Hello dear friends! I’m sure many of you attended the finals of the game championship World of Tanks "Ural Steel". But there are probably those who live further than the final stations of the Moscow metro. It is for them, and for those who saw it but wants to remember how it was, that I am writing this report. Enjoy watching. All photos clickable.
This celebration of eSports took place in the sports and entertainment complex of the Russian State University of Physical Culture.
Arriving at the event, I was surprised by the number of people who arrived at the event. There were girls and even whole families with children.
But what I didn’t notice was a lot of press. It’s a shame for W.G, During my entire stay there, I noticed only 2-3 professional cameras. It seemed to me that this event should have been covered more actively; it’s not every day that teams from different countries of the world come to the capital to compete for the title of the strongest tank brigade. Stopgame took the rap for all Russian journalism.
The entire crowd was allowed through one door with one metal detector
The first thing you notice when entering the concert hall is the T90 standing on the stage. Stop, a real T90?? Oh, no – inflatable 🙁
And from afar – just like the real thing 😉
A few minutes later you realize that there are more people in the hall wearing white T-shirts with the inscription The RED than ordinary visitors. Looking around, I meet a sleepy Gleb, we smoothly move into the VIP box.
This, my friends, is the real server kingdom. While standing there and freaking out, I realized one thing. Before you start flooding in the comments under the broadcast “Bufferiiiit! Lags! Stopgame rolled down! PRtplfdypatrololprf!" – look at these photos.
Having been in such an environment, you feel like you are in the emergency control room. For the stable operation of all broadcasts (of which there were about a dozen), Yaroslav and Kirill had to demonstrate the skills of Doctor Octopus
Meanwhile, the action was happening on stage. Between fights, someone regularly entertained the audience. Strange cultists rhythmically banged on the barrels with splashes of water. Beautiful and mesmerizing.
The guys know their stuff. T90 smiling in the background
We catch the winners https://8xwinscasino.co.uk/games/ of The Red: Baikal qualifying rounds on the street. You will meet such people on the street and you won’t think that they are avid tankers.
The rest of the teams warmed up, fought among themselves until a certain number of victories, but everyone was waiting for the final.
Once again it’s time to entertain the audience. This time the extravagant violinist received this honor. Even almost military style. It was nice to listen, Igor will soon provide you with such an opportunity.
A touch of tenderness surrounded by hairy men who love to kill and crush with caterpillars
Then again tanks, technical problems, playoffs. And again the performance. For me, this is the most memorable thing of the whole day. It’s better to see it with your own eyes.
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It’s time to catch the captain of the losing American team "Angels of Death". A PR specialist was invited as a translator W.G. The young man came to Cherkizovo all the way from the sunniest California. Next in line is Kirill Mal aka Stonewall. You could hear him in one of the broadcasts on
WoT
Stonewall – left 😉
Time to visit the control room. Constant monitoring of comments, phone calls. Fatigue and constant noise take their toll. Yaroslav’s anger gets out of control.
Futile attempts to defend yourself
Moved with Igor in search of interesting things. I didn’t find anything new, our operator still targeted something.
If you are good bloggers, the report will be filed as quickly as possible 😉
One of the RED members got married the other day. His gift is a tank cake.
And the teams all played, played, played.
The tension increased with each match
I consider it necessary to announce the results of the finals, if someone has not yet recognized them.
Division 6/60. Winner – “RED-E: Pz” Division 8/90. Winner – “[STAL4] Centurion”Division 10/140. Winner – "[RED] Center Rush"
What do I remember about this event??
Perhaps colorful performances of many groups, beautiful playing, scandals, intrigues, investigations, sandwiches with sausage for 100 rubles and true emotions. At some moments I jumped up and applauded in a way I had never done before at football.
Overall it was great 🙂
Special thanks to the stopgame team for the invitation.
And as a bonus for all those who read this to the end – a teaser for the report from Igor Surov and Gleb Meshcheryakov.
Good luck and see you again!)
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