Day 2 of SeatStory Cup is underway and the GosuCrew arrives at Take's to report all things SSC.
Day 1 photos
Day 1 blog
Day 2 photos
Interviews:
Trump: On beating Ek0p, the arena and constructed mindsets and one very awkward fan-finish
Gnimsh: On preparing for tournaments, yes/no on the [card]Nat Pagle[/card] ban and Ek0p's drinking habits (featuring a video bombing from actual-size Ek0p)
StrifeCro: Why playing for money is not fun for him, keeping his mindset sharp during long tournaments and why Path of Exile is better than Diablo
Determined to be tired no more, I fill up on Red Bulls and get ready for another good ten to twelve hours of SeatStory Cup coverage. I barely have time to turn on my laptop before a very excited and hyped Ek0p storms the press room. He remembers his promise from last night about giving us an interview and we pull a couple of chairs.
Known as one of the best entertainers in the Hearthstone industry, it's almost weird to see Ek0p enter such a serious mode. We talk for 25 minutes and cover topics such as the constructed metagame, ideas how to make Arena better, tournament formats that can be introduced to make the game more fun, his match against Trump and the lack of rivalry between him and the American.
His final words go out to the reddit community and his haters. "Go to your angry chicken corner and cry about pay-to-win," closes Ek0p with his characteristic no-fucks-given attitude and adds how you should watch Fight Night 5 because of the BM in it.
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In the late afternoon, me and Dopeshow take retreat to the Irish pub downstairs because... we like to drink while working. Sitting amidst the barcraft crowd we watch Ek0p play Artosis in Losers Round 1 and lose 0-4 after the game bugs his hand of card. We run up hoping to catch him rage on camera but we as we arrive he's already calm and ready to cast the match.
Not before long, we catch Lucifer who enters the press are to do some stuff for ESGN and his sits with us for an interview. As we talk about switching from WarCraft 3 to Hearthstone and coming here for his big event, Dopeshow's hands are shaking as he gets excited filming one of his all-time eSports idols. To his luck, the interview doesn't go for long and we let Lucifer go and play Monk in LB 1.
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