{"id":62333,"date":"2018-09-10T15:08:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2018\/09\/10\/dreamhack-montreal-2018\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T20:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T00:26:20","slug":"dreamhack-montreal-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2018\/09\/10\/dreamhack-montreal-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamhack Montr\u00e9al 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I would first like to congratulate Simon Marin, Max St-Onge, William Lefran\u00e7ois, Pier-Olivier Cl\u00e9ment, the staff, the volunteers and all the people who contributed directly or indirectly to the success of this magnificent event!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note: This article is an automated translation. For the original article, click on Fran\u00e7ais in the menu.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDreamhackCanada%2Fvideos%2F1045765928927667%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For those who read my <a href=\"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2018\/03\/01\/dreamhack-montreal-2018-at-the-olympic-stadium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>\u00a0last March, I had some apprehensions regarding the event&#8217;s publicity and the size of the Olympic Stadium. I must say that these two aspects were covered brilliantly. Whether through social media, radio ads, or posters throughout the city, it was clear that Dreamhack Montreal was happening. It&#8217;s always a good sign when newcomers approach me with questions because they&#8217;ve heard about it, even though they don&#8217;t follow esports at all. As for the atmosphere, I would describe it in one word: WOW! The lighting and the layout of the stages ensured that the empty space in the stands didn&#8217;t dampen the overall atmosphere, and it also allowed spectators to clearly see the competitions.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned, the symbolism of holding such a large event at the Stadium is enormous, and the repercussions are already being felt at the political level. This event is a bombshell that has just been added to my arsenal of arguments.<\/p>\n<p>For those wondering about the Armata-Boreal Legacy team, no, it&#8217;s not a comeback or a relaunch of the organization. I was on vacation when it happened, but basically, it&#8217;s former BrL and Armata players who were sponsored by someone who supported what we were doing, and we allowed them to take over the name. I will admit, however, that it was pleasant and nostalgic to see players wearing our colors again.<\/p>\n<p>For those who didn&#8217;t watch the SC2 final, check this out:<span style=\"word-spacing: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"word-spacing: normal;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/307903000?t=07h53m22s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/307903000?t=07h53m22s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would first like to congratulate Simon Marin, Max St-Onge, William Lefran\u00e7ois, Pier-Olivier Cl\u00e9ment, the staff, the volunteers and all the people who contributed directly or indirectly to the success of this magnificent event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exploratory","category-gaming-blog","category-206","category-205","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62335,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62333\/revisions\/62335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}