After missing yesterday completely and arriving in time to see astz, rmzs, forset1, ODEE and TheRogue stepping out of the Louvre, we settled down at a pub and got fundamentally ripped off for a pint of beer. astz and rmzs were pissed off at getting eliminated in the first group stage and as ODEE, Rogue and I left to get settled into our hotel, they went off to find a place with cheap beer so they could get pissed.

Today, we woke up early to get to the event on time, and after lining up to get my media pass, I entered into the underground space where time seems to stand still while people are playing matches all around. ODEE stuck around to watch hypno nearly make it through the second group stage but get screwed by mapwins, then he left for home, where London was shocked by explosions in the subway.

After that, the single-elimination matches in the UT tournament were played, seeing Falcon and winz come out victorious in a particularily impressive display of aAa power. In the only stage match I've watched today, fox proved that he is, indeed, all rail against Jibo on T4, where I was convinced I was watching a UT match, and hub, where +zoom seemed to be all the rage. The stage matches were pulled off exceptionally well, all credits to the director, who made sure that there was variety and that the emotions and skill of the players were emphasized. Short of slow-mo replays, this is the best spectator experience e-sports has to offer.

The press area isn't amazing, but it does have a large number of "journalists", most of whom are playing Q3 or WC3. Even in the press room, UT2004 is discriminated against. Which is another thing that's annoyed Rogue and me all day - Q3 is still having its first stage groups played out, while UT will have its bronze final later on tonight.

In Q3, Cooller and czm have been dominant, and fox has been all rail, taking a win in his group. Haven't really been following, might force THERAILMCCOY to haul his Irish ass in here and write some sort of an overview of it. Speaking of which, read my fucking UT2004 overview - spent a long time writing it.

That is all for now, might be back with a match report of the bronze final. Need to do my gallery as well, have 90 pictures taken, of which 70 usable, and need to make space for tomorrow's pictures. We'll see.