I thought me and nirojan were the only ones who played around here! I have a few hundred hours too many clocked on Steam. I would love to form an EoFF team or just group up in 5-stacks to mess around, have fun, and teach newer players who are interested.

I only caught the first night of preliminaries, some really cool games. For those who don't follow the pro scene, the biggest story right now is that last year's champions, [A]lliance, have just been eliminated before the tournament proper could even begin. This is a huge reversal from TI3, where Alliance absolutely stomped every team at the competition, going undefeated in the preliminaries IIRC. Their win rate has declined over the past year, despite having the same lineup I believe. Many were pulling for them to return to form and unveil the super secret strategies they've been saving for the tournament but, alas, it was not meant to be.

Watching TI3 last year while on voicechat with friends, then hopping into games together was some of the most fun I've had in gaming. Really excited to see how things play out this year (go iG!).