Journal of Experiences: A moment in our lives

September 07, 2019

Diary, 

I was waiting a lot for this day, I was anxious with each passing day and couldn't think of anything else during the week besides this game. In the finals of the League of Legends Brazilian Championship, my favorite team was in its fourth consecutive final and with no title won so far. The players were under a lot of pressure as Fla e-sports could end if the fourth runner-up came.

Sunny day, the sun kissing the skies, standard heat in Rio de Janeiro, me and my friend who are fans of electronic sport. We left Belford Roxo, the city of love, to Barra da Tijuca in an amazing place called Olympic park. We were talking all about the game along the way, I was so confident that I could not see Flamengo losing this final, because Flamengo football team put the League of Legends team in a mansion in Rio de Janeiro near to Olympic park with all possible preparation including psychologists, because in the previous finals the players "tilt" in the game and had their performances shaken by it. Tilt is a dialect in the game that means "get stressed". Anyway, I was confident.

I got off at the Terminal Alvorada and I got the BRT. We got there and we saw that big arena from far, the Flamengo crowd singing outside with flags, flare guns and drums. I saw many people, couples, cosplayers united by the electronic sport. I got there too early. The gate opens at 9am and we arrived around this time, but the opening festival only starts at mid day. I took some pictures outside and soon we entered.

As soon as I went through the inspection and ticket validation part, we saw some staff at the table with some cups and things inside, my friend and I didn't know it was free. I was so happy when I received it. In that cup was an art of one of the main champions that I play in the game. I thought: it is awesome.

I already knew that was going to have "meet and greet", it's basically a part of the event that we get to know and we take pictures with famous people from the league scene. The problem is that the queue was SO BIG and I just wanted to get in the arena first. I asked for information if I could already enter and I soon went on the way. However, I found a shirt stand, the same art of the cup was also on the shirt, I wasted no time because "who wastes time is a watch" and I soon bought this shirt that costs 80 reais.

Soon after my friend and I climbed the ramp and went to the arena. The arena was magnificent inside, an incredible half-blue violet light system. I was speechless. I just thought about starting the event. Later, I got to know what was going on around the arena before the game started.

At 11 o'clock, I ordered a bobs snack and bought a red bull and soon after we went in arena, around 11:30. It was half an hour before the opening. The arena was already starting to fill up. I went to the bathroom a few minutes before it started and already got in.

THEN, one of the best moments of the day, the opening ceremony. I swear if you put the opening of the world cup together with the opening of Riot Games (Company of the game), the cup loses. IT WAS SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT TO THAT, I mean everything: lights, sounds and effects. It was one of the best openings if not the best I have ever seen. After the games started, it is like volleyball: 5 games. I was nervous of anxiety. The Flamengo fans were having a party, after all we were home. We started losing the first game, turning the set around after. INTZ (rival team) made 2x1 and went into match point. My friend was seeing the elimination already, but I told him that if there is no suffering, it is not Flamengo. Flamengo drew in the fourth game and took to the fifth and last game. We won, turning around, the crowd in ecstasy, I was very crazy and there was too much to celebrate that I fell on the woman in front of me. I did not care, after all I saw and I was at the day that Flamengo won the Brazilian champion of League of Legends.

Adson.