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The day before the start of this year’s Hi-Rez Expo, I was waiting in the lobby of my hotel, killing time before I could pick up the information I’d need for the next five days in Atlanta. It was then that a bearded man in a blue esports shirt walked past me, stopping to chat with someone who stumbled across him in the lobby. 

At the time, I didn’t pay much attention to the man or his excitable companion. There were plenty of fans already milling around the hotel and so assumed the pair had met at a previous expo. The next time I saw Barraccudda, however, he was on the expo’s main stage, preparing for the Smite World Championship quarter finals against NRG Gaming.

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The first day of the tournament was busy with announcements, so while there were plenty of games going on, I was forced to watch them on the screens dotted around the expo. As time ticked on, it became clear that the next day would herald the first major clash of the tournament. Luminosity Gaming were set to take on NRG for a spot in the semi-finals. I had to get up close if I could.

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