My Ten Year Trip by Natasha Pretzsch (Production B)
In 2011, I began playing a popular video game called League of Legends. I had watched my then-boyfriend play it for some time and thought to myself, “I could do that.” I started to play, got comfortable with a couple of the char- acters and never looked back. I have other interests that come and go, but League is always there. Spring 2013, I was in my freshman year of college. Finding myself with spare time between classes, I followed a Facebook link to see a professional match: Cloud 9 vs. Team SoloMid. I had enough knowledge of the game at that point to see the skill required to play at that level. Cloud 9 played a surprise strategy, a highly uncommon one, to great success. The next weeks, my spare time was spent going over their previous matches, during a time that their roster and strategies were dominant. They had me, and I’ve enjoyed watching competitive play ever since (especially C9!). A couple years ago, as I started to think of 10 year trip ideas, I knew I wanted to see a live competition, meet some of the players if I could. I considered going to Worlds initially, an international League of Legends competition that takes place in a different part of the world each year. It’ll be in Korea this October. While this competition is larger and more prestigious, there’s no guarantee that my favorite team will qualify. So, I eventually decided to stay local (so-to-speak), and attend the North American League Championship Series, or NA LCS, in Los Angeles, California. In late July I took my husband Kameron, our friend Aaron, and my sister Amanda along and spent 10 days in LA. The highlight of the trip was on the weekend, when I got to finally see my team play, and even meet them. During the week I kept myself busy with all the tourist-y things. Beach one day, Zoo another, Walk of Fame on a third. I also spent a great deal of time exploring some of the museums that LA has to offer (Wax, Guinness World Records, Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum of Natural History, Space and Science museum). The Natural History museum was my favorite of the bunch, with beautiful architecture and a full rose garden and huge fountain outside. I’m so grateful to Crest Foods for this opportunity. I think it is a clever benefit to ensure that employees get to live a little in addition to the daily grind. I look forward to returning to LA next year on my own. It was a fantastic time.
My Ten Year Trip by Heather Thomasson (Production B)
For my ten year trip, my two youngest sons Trenton, Devon and I went to Wis- consin Dells. We stayed at Mt. Olympus Resort for five days. During our trip we went on the Dells Ducks and the Wild Thing jet boat. We had a great time. There are a ton of places to eat and shop in the Dells. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Crest Foods for such a special reward for ten years of service. It was welcomed and greatly appreciated.
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