ESL Birmingham 2024

[frail scaffold]

I cant draw two bulls

[lapis shore]

Why aren't you this nice salmon colour yet Seal?

[frail scaffold]

I'd prefer to be more rare

[lapis shore]

Oh special role, such a chad

[frail scaffold]

hehe

At least somewhere I can feel special

[lapis shore]

Understandable have a nice day

[frail scaffold]

night

Btw wanna see what I made so far?

without bulls for now(

[queen plover]

links to that?? that sounds wildd

sounds like some high quality videos there

[bitter condor]

ill have a look but i have a feeling the vods are long long long gone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LinlseERNE this is pflax slacks lewis shane nigma stack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz8DL_HbOew aui coaching them XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFKLHvpoogs and dirtmaul still the greatest dota event ever held

these are some old ass vids

[queen plover]

tyty

[lapis shore]

Just over a week. Need OG to get through the groups pleeeease haha

[tough dagger]

Ahhh

[lapis shore]

Have a word with them kit

[old hare]

Damn downgrade from last brum where my friend brought every meal into the stadium lol

[frail scaffold]

Motivate them

More energy

[tough dagger]

YALL GOT THIS CMON

[wild compass]

Will there be OG merch at esl 👀👀

[tough dagger]

#general message

[wild compass]

LETSS GOOOO

IM GETTING SUM OG MERCH BICHS

[tough dagger]

YAAS BICHS

[rustic harness]

YESSSSS

[frail scaffold]

HELL YEAHHH

I'm poor student so I made merch myself lol

[old hare]

I already own all the merch

Who @'d me

Why do I have a notif

[old hare]

Thanks premier inn for reminding me

[tough dagger]

Your welcome

[tough dagger]

Immm so in my looking for music to a burm music video arc

Wanna record and take so many photos to make a cool montage… or several

[peak ocean]

Whenever I get these little reminders for upcoming trips, I just go !!!
It's like feeling of excitement, you know? Like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA it's happening!!!

or well, maybe it's because I don't travel much(?) ahre

[topaz talon]

ONE WEEK

OMGGGGG

i need to figure out how to get from the city centre to the arena

[tough dagger]

Train/uber/walk as far as ive seen

Should be a piece of cake

[lean rain]

train from bham new street to bham international is the easiest way

[old hare]

There's a station for the NEC/Airport

[old hare]

It's my first time travelling in awhile so hype

[topaz talon]

thanks for the advice guys

[old hare]

If Birmingham can be considered traveling

[lapis shore]

One of my real life friends who knows nothing about gaming asked me what I am doing in Birmingham next weekend. Struggling explain exactly what all this is hahaha

[tough dagger]

Tell him its like a FIFA tournament but a different game and then maybe they might understand more

Surely they know FIFA??

[lapis shore]

She does, yeah, it's more like the concept of being a professional e-gamer (thanks lacoste) that is a bit odd. I have linked her the Ceb doc haha

But she asked if I was competing

[tough dagger]

Hahah

[old hare]

say yes

what's she gonna do

[lapis shore]

🤔

Hmm good point

If anyone asks my name is Bozhidar and I am 19 years old

[tough dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/who-dat-snoop-gif-15116696

[frail scaffold]

??)

W8 u all guys have flights directly to Birmingham?

[bitter condor]

most of us are in the uk

[peak ocean]

LITERALLY

[frail scaffold]

I forgot

[lapis shore]

Birmingham has an international airport so sure there will be someone flying in there

[tough dagger]

#manchestergang

[frail scaffold]

Flights from my town to Birmingham got cancelled couple of weeks ago

[lapis shore]

aww shit

[frail scaffold]

So I'm coming to London

Always wanted to see it

[mellow glacier]

I'll be driving down from Manchester 🙂

[frail scaffold]

I want to film myself in front of something famous in UK and show it to my English school teacher

I wanna see her face

[lapis shore]

What you thinking of? Nelson's column is a good choice. Or Tower of London

Or Parliament with Big Ben in the shot

[bitter condor]

tower bridge

[lapis shore]

gates of Buckingham Palace is a classic but I think Big Ben is better

[rustic harness]

I’ve been trying to explain it with the non-gaming team at work and also facing this same issue

[lapis shore]

The "you're watching other people play computer games for money?" bit is the hurdle

[rustic harness]

Yep 😂

[mellow glacier]

force them to watch free to play

[frail scaffold]

hmmmmm

I'll take as much as I can

Why should I decide)

[lapis shore]

Well Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Parliament and Big Ben are all super close

[bitter condor]

its all in central london so theyre not far from each other

[frail scaffold]

even better

[tough dagger]

Im going via chester(visiting friends a day before)

[frail scaffold]

I have to explain that " I'm going to Dota tournament" doesnt mean " I'll attend tournament as a player" to every friend of mine

[old hare]

I don't explain

All my friends think I'm a pro Dota player

Jk I don't have any friends

[green quest]

I'm flying in from Prague 🇨🇿

[green quest]

they don't need to know all the details 😏

[frail scaffold]

We'll I didnt say to absolutely everyone)

So yeah

some of my friends think I'm going to UK to play on major

[queen plover]

When I said I wasn’t playing at the major my dad asked me why.
So I had to explain that only the top 12 teams in the world are there and that I, a crusader 3 player who barely plays, isn’t quite there yet

[bitter condor]

tbf you have actually played tournaments for smash and stuff right

[queen plover]

Yeah actually. So the question isn’t as unexpected

As I usually would for that.

[topaz talon]

whenever i am going to an esports event

i just say i am traveling to meet with friends

and FOR AN EVENT

just an event

[frail scaffold]

sounds good to

[frail scaffold]

Well I say I'm going to event too

But they start to ask which why when

and other stuff u know

[topaz talon]

yeah that's true

[topaz talon]

oof

okay, uber not an option sadly

[tough dagger]

Hmm?

That reminds me @lean rain do you have bolt Also in UK?

[topaz talon]

to be honest I can't really afford this LOL

good idea to check bolt

[tough dagger]

You had accomodation in city Yeah?

I wouldnt be suprised if me and Benji took an uber once or twice. So you could tag along with us

Pooog Im 5 stars on uber

[bitter condor]

There's a train between city centre and nec

[tough dagger]

I know, but car go wrooom

[tough dagger]

Any app for this one?

[bitter condor]

Bruh

[tough dagger]

[bitter condor]

Can use Google maps

[tough dagger]

Yeah but that doesnt Tell me how to get ticket

Smile

[queen plover]

If there’s enough room for me too I’m city centre.
Makes it p cheap if we split costs

[bitter condor]

Trainline or something

[tough dagger]

Dope!

Send me a dm on where you are staying beth and il put a marker on my map

[queen plover]

Also yea train exists too. It’ll mostly be for getting back for Ubering as trains seem to stop around midnight

I’ll do that once I get home from work in like 10 hours. I have the address on my pc!

[tough dagger]

Dope

I thought uber was going to cost more honestly

Shits expensive over here, at the same time. I dont know what i expected 💀

[tough dagger]

Good prices aswell

[topaz talon]

yes

[tough dagger]

Dope! Let me know which one in dms 😎

[topaz talon]

🫡

[vocal wigeon]

What's there to do in Birmingham post-event each day?

I'll be there with like 0 actual work to do

[lean rain]

drink

heavily

[vocal wigeon]

Will you buy me a drink?

[tough dagger]

Oh no

Benji

[topaz talon]

to be honest

||is there any other answer? ||

[lean rain]

of course

[young dune]

Just to try and forget you're in Brum AND you paid for the privilege?

But yeah, based on my teenage years, that's pretty much what I did. :p

[vocal wigeon]

❤️

[frail scaffold]

Tea?

[topaz talon]

[old hare]

We're in England we are English

And especially Brum

We are being drinking

[frail scaffold]

I dont drink alcohol

I can join yall with a cup of tea

[mellow glacier]

seal sat in the corner drinking tea and redbull

[frail scaffold]

what if I mix it-

[mellow glacier]

you made a mocktail

[frail scaffold]

I should be doing that

[mellow glacier]

call it the Ari

[old hare]

We'll get you a J2o

[frail scaffold]

What's that..

[mellow glacier]

orange and passionfruit i hope

[old hare]

A nice fruit drink

[frail scaffold]

[old hare]

It's like an informal tradition for people that don't drink alcohol

[frail scaffold]

look suprisnigly good

[old hare]

A nice bottle of J2o kinda just fits in an order

[old hare]

They're very good

[mellow glacier]

my mothers go to drink at the pub since shes a non drinker

[old hare]

Same with my Dad

[lean rain]

shloer clears lowkey

[mellow glacier]

debatable

[old hare]

That's good for a wine replacement

[mellow glacier]

and less readily avaliable

[old hare]

True

[mellow glacier]

never been to a pub that doesnt do j2o

[old hare]

Yeah all pubs do a cheeky j2o

[lapis shore]

Love schloer

Plenty of good non alcohol options in pubs these days tbf

Gone are the days when you get looked at weirdly by the barman for not drinking

[empty adder]

Is cash needed there?

[lapis shore]

Nope

Plastic accepted every where except rare occasions

Obviously your card provider may have fees and forex that makes cash a better idea

[topaz talon]

that's great

[frail scaffold]

My tickets should arrive today\tommorow

The last thing to complete my preparation

[topaz talon]

I need to survive one presentation on Tue and classwork on Wed

💀

just before the trip

[queen plover]

25 mins left of todays shift and then I just gave 6 hours tomorrow and then I’m done until Birmingham :3

[cerulean sedge]

fam don't be greedy and share LOTS of pictures with us pls&ty

[tough dagger]

Ez

[frail scaffold]

I cleaned some extra 25 gb of memory just for that

[tough dagger]

ITS THIS WEEK

WTFFFF

[mellow glacier]

That's a lot of photos 👀

[lapis shore]

We gon' get papped

[tough dagger]

Hmmm maybe i should clear it

[tough dagger]

Selfie with Xeno is granted

[mellow glacier]

I have to try balance my time between 3 groups while at Brum difficult

[tough dagger]

Wowow mr popular here!

[mellow glacier]

😂 not exactly

Forcing myself to be more social 😋

[old hare]

Bros and gals it's come around so quickly

[lapis shore]

4 days of work to bash through

[tough dagger]

SHEESH

[queen plover]

Last day of work till after Birmingham for me :3

[topaz talon]

gl 🙏

[frail scaffold]

damn 4 days

Gotta check my mail

[mellow glacier]

forcast for this weekend

typical English weather

[tough dagger]

Good riddance we are gamers then

Just gonna stay inside anyway

[lapis shore]

I ain't touching grass this weekend

[tough dagger]

I Will ask you to let me take a picture of you touchens grass now lol

[lapis shore]

lol ok deal

[tough dagger]

HAHA

dope

[green quest]

ngl I didn't expect sunshine and rainbows

[frail scaffold]

I'll prob get an umbrella

I feel like a definitely need one

[bitter condor]

its just showers

[tough dagger]

I legit have not had the thought

But im assuming

I cant bring my own umbrella with me on planes? 😹

[lapis shore]

Will depend on the airline

[lean rain]

you should be able to

[lapis shore]

Just wear a coat :p

[lean rain]

but check ahead

[lapis shore]

https://tenor.com/view/toowet-ethan-renoe-towearashirt-shirtless-raining-gif-4932431

kit in brum

[tough dagger]

HAHA

thats too real man

[old hare]

Let us know we'll pack extra union jack umbrellas

[gusty summit]

I am so excited to see all your FACES

[frail scaffold]

it sounds so weird, I like it lol

We have to make a photo with all of us

I kinda like collect them

[young dune]

Watching the players arrive in a damp drizzle... Aaah, feels like home!

[queen plover]

raining outside, raining on the player videos. i feel connected with them :p

[young dune]

All these aerial shots of Brum between the series!

I've not seen a single person get mugged yet on them!

It certainly doesn't look as pretty as Stockholm did though.

[mellow glacier]

they are making Birmingham look a lot nicer than it is

[young dune]

Ain't that the truth!

[peak ocean]

Sunnier*

[mellow glacier]

its a rather average city

[mellow glacier]

both can be true...

[young dune]

And the tournament ain't even being held where these images are :p

[mellow glacier]

no but Im not sure you can fly a drone at the arena

[young dune]

That's not a correction, just an addition

[mellow glacier]

because airport

[young dune]

Oh, you certainly cannot.

I've seen 1-2 things on these shots which are new since I was last in town

[frail scaffold]

So should I get an umbrella or raincoat is ok

[mellow glacier]

here you go "b-roll" of the arena 😂

[frail scaffold]

looks massive

[mellow glacier]

maximum capacity of 15,685

[peak ocean]

Holy wow

[frail scaffold]

[mellow glacier]

its slightly smaller than the old ESL Brum arena

by 115 people

[young dune]

Raincoat is fine, easier to carry

[frail scaffold]

okeey

[mellow glacier]

only showers forcast

so not too much rain

[young dune]

Ah! That's t-shirt and shorts weather, Seal

Showers are ignorable

[young dune]

I'm still salty

Though not as salty as I am about the new Gladiator's not being there

[frail scaffold]

I wonder If I'll be able to get an ESl poster

[peak ocean]

eh?

[mellow glacier]

I assume the TV show Gladiators

[young dune]

The best TV show of the 90s

They brought it back, but it's being filmed in Sheffield?!?

In the 90s it was filmed in the same place ESL Brum was in last time

[peak ocean]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh I was confused bc I didn't get the reference hahahaha

[young dune]

I went like 5 times as a kid

Cause the tickets were free and all the kids wanted to go there for their birthday

Parents got a free pass!

[peak ocean]

That's super cool!

[young dune]

Yeah, it was a lot of fun.

It was nice watching the reboot with my Nephew, and watching him get as excited as I used to. 😄

[old hare]

guys your thronme

[tough dagger]

i will write this one one of those esl signs xd

[peak ocean]

Wrong chat but yeah(?)

[old hare]

oopsie tee hee

[mellow glacier]

this and "Good mood and shit"

[rustic harness]

petitioning for ‘GET INNN’ to be a shout for OG if (WHEN 👿) they get to main stage

[young dune]

With OG we will also need to shout for them to "GET OOOUT" too... Based on some questionable fights

[rustic harness]

So true

[young dune]

Are you excited?

I'm a little concerned with the excitement levels.

I mean, it's Birmingham. 😄

[rustic harness]

I’m very excited, got one more work day and then I’m off and prepping for Brum!!

[queen plover]

im v excited. Maybe a lil less so than if it was elsewhere as I love exploring new places. but its nice to not have to get a flight for one of these :3

[old hare]

I'm happy because it's in a familiar place

Also so convenient

[young dune]

Brum brum

[topaz talon]

this is me now

[young dune]

"the accent"

Yes, we certainly only have one of those

[lapis shore]

The singular British accent

[old hare]

The kings English 🫡

[vocal wigeon]

oi bruv

[green quest]

Gotta not forget to not break my mewing streak

[peak ocean]

innit

[frail scaffold]

I once told my friend who knows 0 English about Bottle of water

And it's the only thing he says every single time I'm speaking English

[young dune]

We all have that friend. 😛

[frail scaffold]

I found my photo on a plane from future

[tough dagger]

See you on the other side fam ❤️

[topaz talon]

have a safe flight

[tough dagger]

Realised brexit Also has impact on us non briish people, my subskription is not going go be cheap if i use my phone outside of wifi 💀

https://esim.holafly.com/esim-united-kingdom/ is this a thing? @lean rain @young dune

[vocal wigeon]

airalo

I use it when I travel and it's very good

download the app, buy the esim, enjoy your trip

[tough dagger]

Thanks lil bro

[topaz talon]

oh wait

i forgot about that

💀💀💀💀💀💀

[old hare]

We should set up an OG communal WiFi hotspot for all our visiting friends 😂

[tough dagger]

Us the thing sonder linked

I did forget aswell xd

[tough dagger]

Maybe they can fund a wifi backpack and you just walk around with it

Second flight now, on my way to manchester 😍

[topaz talon]

[old hare]

WiFi username:2tis5majors
WiFi password:anaplzanswerourtexts

[topaz talon]

[frail scaffold]

I'm very lucky with my free Sim with first month free subscription

[lapis shore]

Safe travels to everyone flying in to the UK. See you in a couple of days!

[mellow glacier]

mans coming to my city

[tough dagger]

👀

[mellow glacier]

your just flying into manchester though right not staying?

[topaz talon]

i'll be stuck at london luton for around 90 minutes

what to do there in that time

[mellow glacier]

ew I feel for you

[young dune]

Wish you were not there... ?

And be confused why it's called "London Luton"

[mellow glacier]

so that when you fly there you can say you flew to london

[young dune]

Safe travels people - see you all soon! 🙂

[topaz talon]

yeah exactly

i said multiple times "i'll be in london"

and then i always realize "oh wait actually in luton nvm"

[mellow glacier]

I mean its only an hour away right?

🙂

[young dune]

Which is exactly why it isn't London 😛

Kit is flying to Manchester now. Not "Birmingham +2 hours travel away"

[mellow glacier]

just under 2 hours actually :p

doing that drive tomorrow

[lapis shore]

If only there was a member of this server who works at that very airport...

[mellow glacier]

oh no...

[lapis shore]

Although annoyingly I actually have to work

[topaz talon]

👀

[mellow glacier]

very sorry to learn this news Xeno

[lapis shore]

mate me too

[mellow glacier]

I have a car to clean and work out how to get dog drool stains out of leather yipee

[lapis shore]

It's such a blatant lie

[young dune]

I guess you also think it's basically in the Midlands? 😄

[frail scaffold]

I'm going to London, just to see too

Get as much as i can

[young dune]

Today? 🙂

[frail scaffold]

Tomorrow morning

[young dune]

Fairs. It has some great museums, and far, far too many people 😄

[lean rain]

and runaway horses apparently

[frail scaffold]

I'm okay with people

[lean rain]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-68888725

[frail scaffold]

I'll note it

Be aware of British horses

[young dune]

Horses of other nationalities cannot harm you?!

What is this superpower?

[frail scaffold]

Sure

I'll eat them

You know how good is horse meat

[lapis shore]

correct

[tough dagger]

Correct, on my way to chester

[young dune]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb18apwcPBc

[frail scaffold]

I'll watch it after the lecture

[lapis shore]

IN fact, I would go as far to say it should be named Luton East Midlands Airport. LEMA > LLA

[tough dagger]

What a lovely first start to this trip

A very cheerful staff on this train

Made my day 😎

[mellow glacier]

Makes a change

[lapis shore]

probably drunk

[young dune]

... how about just "Luton Airport"?

😄

[tough dagger]

Probably

[old hare]

My condolences on having to go to Luton

I live 15 minutes from Luton and I still don't feel far enough away

[lapis shore]

👀 Harpenden?

no doxxerino

[old hare]

No but I'm fucking worried you know harpenden

[tough dagger]

What is a luton

HAHAH

[old hare]

I used to play cricket there

[tough dagger]

you played with bugs…?

[old hare]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-freedom-democracy-spread-gif-7274461004019253594

[lapis shore]

It is one of the worst places to live in the UK

[tough dagger]

Based

[old hare]

We have Stevenage and Luton right next to eachother

[lapis shore]

lol why worried?

[old hare]

It's a double whammy

[tough dagger]

Im amazed by the wifi speed on your trains

Its super good

[old hare]

Really depends which line you are on

[tough dagger]

Or atleast this one xd

[old hare]

Which train service you on?

[tough dagger]

My mates was Shocked the train was in time

[old hare]

Like Avanti or something

[lapis shore]

Dunstable

[old hare]

Jesus bringing out the big guns

[lapis shore]

It always makes me chuckle that 24 Hours in Police Custody gets so much material from Luton and Dunstable

[tough dagger]

Transport for wales

[mellow glacier]

thats why is decent, if it was 1 of the northern english companies it would be a slow ride with people who hate their lives

[tough dagger]

Haha well that certainly is not the one Im on

[old hare]

Transport for Wales you either have brand new trains which are lovely or some old piece of shit from the 60's

[tough dagger]

This is brand new

[old hare]

I used to use them for uni lol

[mellow glacier]

its offpeak so it'll be a new one

[old hare]

Power sockets everywhere

[lapis shore]

fucking rail chat up in here

[tough dagger]

So Im getting a very flawed view on your trains now Yeah?

[lapis shore]

yes

[old hare]

Extremely

[mellow glacier]

privatised travel

[lapis shore]

Our rail service is dreadful

[tough dagger]

Tell em!

[mellow glacier]

means shit service

[lapis shore]

expensive, over crowded, unreliable, late

[old hare]

Go use Kent rail and see what you think of the trains

[mellow glacier]

all about profits!

because the alternatives are equally crap and slow bus or expensive taxi

[tough dagger]

Nothing of the sort here haha

The knew the Kit Show went through town and prepared

[lapis shore]

Got to put on a performance for the tourists :p

[tough dagger]

Your doing great so far 🫢

[mellow glacier]

if Birmingham itself doesnt keep up the performance UK crowd will at least

[tough dagger]

Im hyped af for the crowd

And we are going to be a part of it

[mellow glacier]

DHL

DHL

[tough dagger]

Cheer for the bois today, we are so close

[tough dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/hmusicruof4-rowley-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-rodrick-rules-gif-26773802

[lapis shore]

As long as both us and tundra don't get 0-2'd I think we are through

[mellow glacier]

its a close group tbf

[old hare]

It wouldn't be a Birmingham patch without Razor everywhere

[tough dagger]

Would be sooo rough but also very typical that fate is against us

[lapis shore]

Odds are, for once, kinda in our favour

Would be nice to 2-0 spirit and get upper bracket though

[tough dagger]

UB would be so dope

[mellow glacier]

if we get UB need to work out how to wacth the games tomorrow

[bitter condor]

dragon knight

[old hare]

He's been around. We might have the old classic returning

[humble viper]

Friday needs to hurry up so I can get off work for 4 days...

[vague wadi]

How does that even happen

[bitter condor]

they got spooked apparently

theyre animals in a very noisy environment im surprised its not really happened before tbh

[vague wadi]

[lapis shore]

https://tenor.com/view/my-lovely-horse-gif-11837108

[lapis shore]

nugget?

[frail scaffold]

K guess I'm going without my real tickets cause they didn't get delivered

[peak ocean]

The heck is this

[frail scaffold]

WOAHHH

Pounds look so goood

[tough dagger]

Scotch egg 👽

[peak ocean]

Lonely Scotch egg*

[lapis shore]

Ahh extremely bri'ish

[mellow glacier]

do you have e-tickets?

[frail scaffold]

Yup, I hope it's them

[bitter condor]

print em out too just in case they cant get it from your phone, mine says to do that

[mellow glacier]

ticketfactory is crap

I have the pdf on my phhone and printed them just incase

[bitter condor]

yeah same

[humble viper]

https://tenor.com/view/scotchegg-gif-19313708

[old hare]

scotch eggs are pretty mid

fight me

[peak ocean]

https://tenor.com/view/popcorn-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-eat-popcorn-gif-18371747125248355478

[old hare]

hello buffy

[peak ocean]

[old hare]

although to me she is daphne from the live action scooby doo movies

[peak ocean]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[lean rain]

was it runny egg inside

[young dune]

Our trains are very hit and miss - as there isn't a national service.

Some services/lines are good - some are awful... all are expensive.

[queen plover]

we're guaranteed to be watching og live guys wooo

https://tenor.com/view/mapache-pedro-gif-7206648027763736533

[young dune]

FEELS GOOD

[old hare]

from not qualifying to being on mainstage, our merch stonks value been going up and down like a yoyo

[tough dagger]

Nope ):

[tough dagger]

SERIOUSLY???

TRLL ME ITS REAL

OG LIVE?

Guys 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[old hare]

Discussion

Should I wear this to the event

The hat I mean

I have the OG shirt ready

[mellow glacier]

is real

[tough dagger]

Holy fuck

Holy fuck

[old hare]

UPPER BRACKET BABIES

[frail scaffold]

Absolutely

[frail scaffold]

yes

but game 2 is still here

[peak ocean]

Just put a giant OG logo on the front and you're gucci

[old hare]

Josh get me a stick on OG logo plz

[frail scaffold]

[frail scaffold]

Get us a whole poster

we'll hold it together

heheh

[old hare]

https://tenor.com/view/panic-panicking-gif-20590506

OG merch division going from not being invited to being main stage upper bracket with the only UK Player

[bitter condor]

dont even want to know how expensive they will be

[frail scaffold]

noo, I dont have much money haha

[lapis shore]

fancy cash

[rustic harness]

Okay question - checked liqupedia and the two upper bracket games are tomorrow, is it right that they’re not on main stage with no crowd? Just wanna make sure we don’t miss anything and we didn’t get confused with tickets 🥲😂

[bitter condor]

correct

last 3 days are all thats in front of crowd

they do UB tomorrow so that all the LB is in front of crowd so every team gets at least one series

and also elim series are the spicy ones

[rustic harness]

Okayyyyy that makes sense!!!

Thank you!

[queen plover]

we're still guarenteed to see all teams in bracket but yea we miss winners round 1

at most events you also miss losers round 1 too but this one they decided to be nice

(also less teams than normal that made that the case buuut... also theyre nice)

[bitter condor]

advantage of 8 team bracket

[queen plover]

fr

[old hare]

Guaranteed at least one b03 on stage with OG right

[queen plover]

yepp

[queen plover]

if they lose wr1 we get to watch them losers round 2

[queen plover]

Anyone want to watch the og bet boom match together?

I get into birmingham at around 1pm

[frail scaffold]

I'm still not sure If i'll be able to watch anything tomorrow cause i wanna make sure I'll have enough internet

[queen plover]

surely theres a bar or internet cafe somewhere to meet at with good enough internet to watch

[frail scaffold]

I'll see what I can do

Cause I'll prob have train at that time

[tough dagger]

Should be a bar at some place, otherwise maybe Everyone can meet up at our hotel room or smth

[queen plover]

yea that works. either that or ive hired out a small apartment so could meet there too (idk how big it is though!)

[tough dagger]

xd

[frail scaffold]

sounds super comfy

[queen plover]

Packing rn. Almost forgot this

[mellow glacier]

dont get into brum until just before our series and im not staying central so shall see yous at the arena friday 😛

[frail scaffold]

I'll get there tomorrow in evening to check in in the hotel

[old hare]

Sorry OG merch but I have the true essential

[mellow glacier]

a man of culture

[old hare]

Last time I wore it was 2019

Lfg

[frail scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/lion-king-time-gif-25279783

[old hare]

My OG merch is also packed

OG cuddly monkey about to go on a commute

[young dune]

I'm not there until Friday. You all have fun tomorrow, though.

[frail scaffold]

I made my own cringe looking pin with my whole heart cause I'm a broke student. Does it count?

[queen plover]

ofc

my flag is hand made too (but not by me(tysm n1kc))

[bitter condor]

i have nothing

[queen plover]

you can hold the flag with me if you want

[old hare]

Bringing my GoPro

Capture some footage

I want to get ID cards printed out saying "UK VISA office" and walk around with them on while wearing OG shirts

[lapis shore]

Wish I had the cuddly monkey

My son would love it

[peak ocean]

That's gonna look... Interesting with your hat

[topaz talon]

I just woke up from a nightmare, flight in 2 hours

and the dream was that I missed the flight

lol

[frail scaffold]

I'm on my to way rn ahah

[topaz talon]

ok we go

[topaz talon]

was close tho

[frail scaffold]

I was hour early

Had to seet and w8

[tough dagger]

Safe travels 🫶

[tough dagger]

@young dune you know if theres any esport bars in brum?

[queen plover]

ive been researching it and there doesnt seem to be any outside of a gaming bar (not esport but just a bar with arcade machines/gaming setups)

[vocal wigeon]

I heckin' love sponsors

and 1xBet

[mellow glacier]

Good morning ESLers, Safe travels everyone

[vague wadi]

Safe travel to everyone travelling today for Birmingham

[tough dagger]

Yeah thats what a Quick search gave me aswell

[frail scaffold]

I just arrived and a first thing a see us a freaking hail

[queen plover]

Arrived in England or Birmingham itself?

[frail scaffold]

London)

I'll arrive to Birmingham around 6-8 pm

[queen plover]

Welcome to the uk! ^.^

[frail scaffold]

Thx

I don't like the weather already

Or maybe it's just the hail itself

[queen plover]

Painful rain is the best introduction to this “beautiful” “country”

[tough dagger]

BIRMINGHAM DAY IS HERE WOOO

[frail scaffold]

I told ya I'm taking him with me

Like a mascot

[queen plover]

At least it’ll make you recognisable.
Due to your pfp I just think of you as a small yuragi. But I doubt that’ll help me irl

[tough dagger]

Please wear it as a hat

Hmmm….

Holy shit hoodie gang

[frail scaffold]

I'm more of a small notail lol

[frail scaffold]

I'll try my best

[mellow glacier]

Give me 100 and I'll pick you up 😂

Detour fee 😋

[tough dagger]

🤔

[queen plover]

P sad I couldn’t get a goodie bag but hopefully most things are for sale anyway

[young dune]

I've don't go to Brum much anymore, so I'm not going to be keep up with the new openings of things.

There wasn't before, and I've not noticed one being opened on any of my feeds.

I don't think there is, and Google backs them up

[mellow glacier]

Why you looking at Uber anyway kit

[young dune]

Maybe you can hang around in one of your hotel bars? I've convinced a nice bar tender to put what I want on in the past

[tough dagger]

Why you wondering

Sussy

[young dune]

Welcome to England!

(You'll see rain, sunshine and blue sky later in the day)

[frail scaffold]

The first thing I saw was rain...

And it's sunny already

I give it 9/10 cause I'm in a good mood

[young dune]

Why is there quotation marks around country?

Beautiful is certainly subjective... But we are a country. :p

[queen plover]

I thought it’d give some funny implications lmao

[mellow glacier]

Checking you weren't stuck in Chester lol

[frail scaffold]

I don't understand a thing cause i wanna sleep

But I like what i see

[young dune]

Excellent! Seems you've got most the seasons in one day. That seems authentic to me.

[tough dagger]

Im yet to know if this Will be true or not

💀

[frail scaffold]

As long as I finally don't see any old soviet buildings, I'm super ha5

[tough dagger]

Cupe xd

[frail scaffold]

*happy

[tough dagger]

Now that’s a very specific requirement

[young dune]

Yo

[frail scaffold]

Well I saw in every country I have been too, and it's just sad how it connects all of them

[tough dagger]

Why is there olives in my bread 😡

[young dune]

You are going to be super happy then. They never got this far.

[frail scaffold]

HAHAHA

[tough dagger]

Your in allies countries land now

[young dune]

Because your brother didn't remove them and eat them instantly (like mine does)

I dunno why that is a thing

[tough dagger]

I def removed them

[frail scaffold]

I like olives

[queen plover]

I love olive bread

[tough dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/throw-up-dry-heave-vomit-gross-eww-gif-23254758

[mellow glacier]

Chester moment

[tough dagger]

Is it???

[queen plover]

I used to get olive and sea salt bread in Manchester

And just munch on it

[young dune]

Ewwww

[queen plover]

Was so good

[young dune]

Well, you've found out who to pass your gross olives onto Kit. Just throw them in Beth's direction

[queen plover]

^

Same goes for pickles

[tough dagger]

Il arrange a bag

[queen plover]

30 mins until I leave Blackpool ^.^

[tough dagger]

Is black pudding form blackpool

[mellow glacier]

No

[tough dagger]

Awww

I saw a Connection!!!

[mellow glacier]

Wait Beth your from Blackpool? Just down road from me that is

[queen plover]

I’m from a village nearby

But it’s my closest large town and I work there

[mellow glacier]

Small world, I'm from Preston but live in manc now

[queen plover]

Ooohhh

Was planning on moving there before uni messed up

[mellow glacier]

I would have offered to take you but thinking a full car of 5 adults might be a squeeze

[old hare]

I get in to Birmingham at 9pm tonight

Can't wait

[tough dagger]

And i have wide af shoulders

[mellow glacier]

Train doesn't look fun from Chester

[frail scaffold]

Train look expensive hereeee

[mellow glacier]

not bad pricewise but 1hr 30 and 2 changes

[frail scaffold]

😅

[old hare]

Nothing is fun from Chester

[mellow glacier]

the zoo is nice

[topaz talon]

Birmingham soon

[tough dagger]

I have a direct train

😎

[topaz talon]

second part of the journey

[old hare]

LUTON SPOTTED

[mellow glacier]

huhh fair

[tough dagger]

Ez

Trainline is such a good app

Love it

[mellow glacier]

god our trains are slow

[topaz talon]

we will arrive at the same time

[tough dagger]

Really??

New street aswell?

[old hare]

I live on trainline

QR code tickets LFG

[tough dagger]

Apple wallet 😎

[queen plover]

Wait I arrive at that time too

[topaz talon]

yeah, around 20min difference

i think the national express station is nearby

[queen plover]

I arrive at 5 to 2

[young dune]

I'm still triggered by the London part :p

[old hare]

"it's in the south so it's London"

[young dune]

You might be on the same train then?

You're coming from the same Northern direction

[queen plover]

I’m on a coach

[young dune]

Ah, fairs

[young dune]

It is. It's about a 10min walk to New Street / Grand Central

Grand Central is the shopping centre above the rail station, to avoid confusion

[topaz talon]

[old hare]

Can't believe it's starting

It came around so quick

[mellow glacier]

i'll be bringing an upset spirit fan with me

[queen plover]

persuade them to support og with us. or better yet heroic on day 1!

[mellow glacier]

hes fairly likely to support Betboom now

[young dune]

If the people from the trains /coach are meeting up with each other. The Bull Ring shopping centre is basically 50/50 between the two

[mellow glacier]

do the tourist thing and get a photo with the bull

[young dune]

You could meet up at that church you've been seeing between games on stream :p

Saint Martins Square

[queen plover]

idk what peoples plans are for arriving

[old hare]

Man of culture

[queen plover]

where im staying is in the city center so im p flexible

[young dune]

Well, that's awkward... I guess he's declared war for this afternoon!!

[mellow glacier]

man of culture or just someone who had to watch a lot of EEU dota

[tough dagger]

Oh no

[tough dagger]

Lunch and check in hotel pretty much

[mellow glacier]

by end of today he might be an upset BB fan

[old hare]

Eeu play the most fun doto so I he could make worse choices

[tough dagger]

@vapid quest

Easier than explaining

[vapid quest]

Ta luv

[mellow glacier]

bryn help me convert Robb

[tough dagger]

Look whos awake!

[mighty hearth]

tell him "there's a lot of similarities between Ari & Dominic Calvert-Lewin"

[mellow glacier]

you want him to be a fan or hate ari?

[lapis shore]

How we doing today Brum Goers?

[mighty hearth]

??? HE DOESNT LIKE DCL ?

[mellow glacier]

idk.. he complains about his lack of scoring

[mighty hearth]

okokok

uhhhh

[young dune]

They both enjoyed seeing Liverpool's title challenge end?

[mighty hearth]

ok tell him

uhhhh

OG are the everton to falcons' liverpool

[mellow glacier]

Robb was casting and watching everton last nighht

[mighty hearth]

wait I guess falcons are man city

because of the oil

uhhh

[mighty hearth]

HAHAHAHA

[mellow glacier]

as a united fan I approve of the liverpool hate

I shall try thhis approach

[young dune]

Who does Ari support, if he likes football?

@mighty hearth

[mighty hearth]

no clue

I'd guess he's not into it

Allen is a brentford fan

BZM is a chelsea fan I think

[mellow glacier]

i'd ask where hes from but that wouldnt help

[mighty hearth]

idk about timado, wisper or ceb

exeter

[mellow glacier]

yeah that doesnt help

[mellow glacier]

poor boy...

[young dune]

Yup, I've spoke to Bonks about football a lot. He supports a proper team (a fellow team with no hope of winning much)

[topaz talon]

😶

[young dune]

Well, at least his dota team did better than 0-5 this week

[tough dagger]

Imagine being a fan of an activity were you just kicking a ball

[mighty hearth]

no hobby shaming kit or ill take anime channel away

[young dune]

It's pretty easy to imagine. Considering I've been doing just that for 35 odd years :p

[tough dagger]

OK I LOVE BRIGHTON

SEAGULL GANG

[mellow glacier]

LUL

[tough dagger]

I LOVE BALLKICKING

@mighty hearth we good?

[mellow glacier]

its ok Kit you just come from a place with no good team

[young dune]

The wrong Albion to pick, but at least they also play in the correct colours

[bitter condor]

The rare based Brit who doesn't give a fuck about football???

[tough dagger]

I have no clue

[young dune]

He grew up in the Zlatan era of Swedish football.

If that wasn't going to win him over, i don't think anything will.

[tough dagger]

I used to be a forward you know

[mellow glacier]

Zlatan is a living legend

[tough dagger]

My family isnt interested in sports, i blame them 🫶

[mellow glacier]

whho is the zlatan of dota

[young dune]

Neither is mine, i went all in anyways

Me and my brother got season tickets without our parents in high school

[mellow glacier]

nvm he can see the likeness

[young dune]

🙂

[queen plover]

My dad loves football and I’ve tried to get into it

[mellow glacier]

is he a Blackpool fan?

[queen plover]

But I just don’t get the appeal. Bad pacing

Nah he supports man U

[mellow glacier]

oh..

[queen plover]

He used to live in bury

[vague wadi]

Besto sporto Badminton

[mellow glacier]

that makes sense then

my dad is from Bury and support Chelsea

🤷‍♂️

[queen plover]

Wild our dads grew up in the same area lmao

[bitter condor]

https://discord.com/channels/689865753662455829/1206586770775605269

[mellow glacier]

inb4 distant relations

he actually grew up in Germany though

[queen plover]

Ahhhh okok

Was thinking maybe there’s a small chance they knew eachother but that shatters that

[mellow glacier]

army family

[tough dagger]

#1206586770775605269 off you go

[mellow glacier]

is there a dads thread?

[tough dagger]

Dont know, is there @young dune ?

[mellow glacier]

[frail scaffold]

I got lost in London's tube...

[tough dagger]

Hahaha

[mellow glacier]

oh dear

[tough dagger]

Oh no

[mellow glacier]

are you still lost?

[frail scaffold]

I found way out already

But it took me 5 attempts..

[mellow glacier]

well at least you are out now

[lapis shore]

Whoopsie

[frail scaffold]

I'm alive

[frail scaffold]

Surprisingly

[vocal wigeon]

Dear lord I hate this

[lapis shore]

good job

[mighty hearth]

ESL's creation

[vocal wigeon]

I will throw a Gregg's pie in the trash once I get to the UK

[old hare]

Hi it's me I'm trash

[vocal wigeon]

No surprise

[lean rain]

you'd be throwing it in the bin, not the trash xx

[vocal wigeon]

I hate it here

And I'm not even in the UK yet

[lapis shore]

you love it

https://tenor.com/view/england-football-funny-world-cup-swfc-gif-12133570

[bitter condor]

your visa just got revoked for that crime so rip

[vocal wigeon]

My love is for Tesco cookies

[lapis shore]

it being sonder

[bitter condor]

ok visa reinstated

[lean rain]

visa heavily reinstated

[old hare]

Idk by supermarket standards Tesco cookies are mid

Sainos and morris both do better cookies imo

[lapis shore]

https://tenor.com/view/toxiqueney-mannequinney-quingifs-stan-twitter-victoria-beckham-gif-9289263130730263564

[queen plover]

I hate how it’s cropped

[tough dagger]

Thats Whats funny about it

You only need CAM ON ARI

[queen plover]

R Som f**kin v goes hard tbf

[bitter condor]

exactly

[tough dagger]

THEY SELLING SNACKS ON A CART? Yooo

These trains

😎🫶

[lean rain]

ya it's full harry potter but much less exciting

[queen plover]

Better written at least

[bitter condor]

[normal trench]

Hyped to be seeing 2 out of the 3 teams I wanted on the main stage

[queen plover]

Who was the third?

[normal trench]

Team spirit

[queen plover]

[old hare]

Many fans in that boat

[normal trench]

Might be misremembering but if I recall correctly they had a similar fall off after winning their first TI

[queen plover]

Yeah they didn’t make playoffs at Stockholm

I remember due to them being one of the first teams doing signings

[vocal wigeon]

damn, they got @lean rain for sale?

[tough dagger]

Smooth

[lean rain]

😳

[rustic harness]

Is anyone staying at the Premier Inn near the NEC? The one that isn’t above the train station

[old hare]

The airport one?

Or in there more than one

[rustic harness]

Yeah the airport one

[bitter condor]

im at this one

[old hare]

There's a bunch of us I think

[tough dagger]

I think so to

[queen plover]

It was fully sold out when I went to book so I assume a lot are in there for dota

[old hare]

Gonna get a big OG table in there for dinner

[normal trench]

Me and my friend are at the premier inn.

[tough dagger]

Early check in pog

[old hare]

I'm checking in at 9:30 lol

What a waste

[tough dagger]

Wtf

[young dune]

Son, you're getting a talking to tomorrow!

[tough dagger]

HAHA

[young dune]

I actually don't care. But, I knew you'd enjoy the response.

[tough dagger]

I honestly dont remember if you had kids or not, so i went with the first thought

[rustic harness]

Ah cool! That’s great that there’s a few of us!!

[young dune]

I don't -- I'm old enough to have had them though.

I'm only 21 years older than Seal...

😬

[vague wadi]

[tough dagger]

XD

[young dune]

It's why I don't get lost is Subway's. Experience and Wisdom!

@tough dagger - What time are you and Benji getting the train tomorrow morning?

[queen plover]

I am in Birmingham

Woo

[old hare]

My condolences

[tough dagger]

To the arena? It all Depends on my man

[lapis shore]

Oh no...

I am now less than 2x BZM's age

Feels good

[frail scaffold]

Nice comparison

I like it

[frail scaffold]

He's only a year older than me

[lapis shore]

Oh good

[young dune]

I did the math, I'm a little older than you. 😛

I presume you are 37?

[lapis shore]

Yes

Not for long but yes

[gusty summit]

So who's in Brum already?

[young dune]

Kit and Beth have announced their arrivals already.

[gusty summit]

Are people meeting for one in Brum today before the festivities or what

[humble viper]

not arriving until tomorrow AM B)

[bitter condor]

I'm tomorrow PM rip

[rustic harness]

Me and my partner are!

[fossil dirge]

on the walkway towards the NEC

I have also arrived. Hotel bound shortly

[tough dagger]

Yoo wtf

[fossil dirge]

pretty pog

[old hare]

Oh no

[fossil dirge]

yeah im getting the 16:51

[old hare]

I hope it clears up by tonight

[tough dagger]

Monkas

[fossil dirge]

any line through Coventry is fucked atm

[topaz talon]

ok just managed to get to the hotel

let’s go

[queen plover]

Got to my room safely now ^.^

[tough dagger]

Dope

[tough dagger]

Dope

[tough dagger]

Ur train is affected?

[fossil dirge]

nah

Should be in Brum new by 5:10

[frail scaffold]

Same in London

But only 1 got cancelled

[topaz talon]

ok time to go to greggs for coffee

idk what to do now, it’s too late to visit any attractions 😭

[tough dagger]

Watch OG BB