Monday, November 30, 2015

IEM San Jose Part 1

Hey guys!
This past weekend I went to a gaming event  called Intel Extreme Masters. IEM was located in San Jose, California, which was a convenient location given where I live. The tournament was based on the video game Counter Strike: Global Offensive. I left for the event on the morning of the 19th; at about 8 AM. I traveled to San Jose by airplane and we (my step dad and I) landed around 9:30 AM. Once we landed, we got a taxi to the hotel and we dashed to the check-in counter to store our bags. One the bags were stored, we were officially "event-bound"! As the SAP Center was within a mile from our hotel, we decided to walk. The walk to the center took about 10 minutes, and the while time I was bursting with excitement! As we approached the stadium I spotted a line of about 3,000+ people. The line would easily take 1+ hour, meaning that I would be waiting in line for the entire duration of the first match. Flustered, my step dad and I walked to the back of the line. As we were about to be THE LAST PEOPLE IN LINE, an idea popped into my head. I told my step dad that I'd be right back, as I started running up a flight of concrete stairs. I looped around the perimeter of the stadium until I would what I was looking for; another entrance. This entrance had 50 people waiting in line; I had found the hole in the wall entrance! I called my step dad and notified him of my newly found entrance.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Social Media

Hey guys,
This blog I'm just going to rant about an issue I have so here I go!

I know that nowadays it is necessary to own social media in order to actually function without issues. It's become something that we HAVE to live with, something that is way too "evolved" to simply let go. Don't get me wrong, I think that social media is awesome; it allows for social interactions to take place anywhere.

Now, I use social media way too much, I'll be the first person to admit that.