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Good day, beautiful gamers!

I would like to hereby inform you that the bosses over at the RCADIA in Hamburg, Germany have given their thumbs up for an awesome weekend of TF2 in their venue!

[b][u]WHEN?[/u][/b]
25th - 27th November 2022

[b][u]WHAT?[/u][/b]
A weekend all about TF2. The centerpiece will of course be a BYOC competitive TF2 tournament.
"What makes [i]THIS[/i] one so special"? Glad you asked...
This event is also meant to be aimed at a variety of other parts of the community:
Highlander, Casual players, influencers, SFM animators (maybe even cosplayers?) and many more! Anyone who loves this game is welcome!
There will be a stream for you to watch, produced by PhoenixRed with the support of our hosts.

[b]Which brings us to the[/b] [b][u]WHERE[/u]?[/b]
[i]RCADIA Hamburg, Germany
Oberer Landweg 27 - 29
21033 Hamburg[/i]

Never heard about this place? Basically, picture an ideal place to have a LAN, a bootcamp and/or a stream event at.
And the best part? [b]It is also a hotel.[/b] More specifically, a hotel which was designed with the gaming community in mind. You will not even have to go outside when time has come to lie down! This place is an all-in-1 kind of deal.
You can choose whether to bring your own PC or rent one from RCADIA. They will have [u]at least[/u] 80 machines (possibly more) waiting for you to pick up and play all weekend.

[u][b]Rentals[/b][/u]
Since RCADIA offers everything, tickets and rentals are cheaper than at events like insomnia or Copenhagen Games!
[url=https://www.ucs.gg/event-details/rcadia-fortress-tf2-community-lan]Tickets are now on sale right here[/url]!:
- participation tickets: [b]40 €[/b] (early bird rate), [b]50 €[/b] regular
- visitor / spectator tickets: [b]20 €[/b]
- Monitors (fri-sun, 24'', 144 Hz): [b]20 €[/b]
- PCs (fri-sun, cpu i7 10700kF/11700kF | gpu RTX 3060Ti | 16 GB 3200 MHZ ): [b]40 €[/b]

[u][b]Accommodation[/b][/u]
[b]Rooms are also available now[/b], may book yours [url=https://www.rcadia.de/hotel/]here[/url] or through another website of your choosing. You do not [i]have to[/i] stay at the hotel, but we highly recommend it!
Your team may even book a separate room in which you can scrim or hangout bootcamp-style! And do not forget about the streamer booths as well as the gaming area (open for the public every day) which includes PCs, Simulation Racing, VR Tower Tag and an AR Escape Room... everything is ready and waiting for you!

[u][b]Tournament Registration (6v6)[/b][/u]
Tournament signups are open as well! Head over to our [url=https://play.toornament.com/en_GB/tournaments/6072571474844688384/]toornament page[/url] and register your team ASAP!
ETF2L champions and i69 finalists Witness Gaming have already confirmed their attendance. Will you join them and battle for the 1.500 € prize pool?

[u]Singups for Highlander are now also open![/u]
https://play.toornament.com/en_GB/tournaments/6136996214205054976/

[u][b]Schedule[/b][/u]
This is a 3-day-event from friday to sunday. We are currently [b]trying to persuade[/b] the RCADIA to open their doors for you on thursday evening (after 18.00), but we really cannot promise anything. For now the schedule looks as follows - all times in CET:

[u]Friday[/u]
09.00: venue opens
10.00: team check-ins open on toornament (open + invite)
12.00: team check-ins close on toornament (open + invite) + team leader meeting
12.00 – 13.00: Hotel Lunch
13.00: Groups Round 1
14.00: Groups Round 2
15.00: Groups Round 3
Break (30 Minutes)
16.30: Groups Round 4
17.30: Groups Round 5
18.30 – 19.30 Hotel Dinner
19.30: Groups Round 6
20.30: Groups Round 7 + Signups B-Tournament open

[u]Saturday[/u]
09.00: venue opens
11.00: Signups B-Tournament / Highlander close + team check-ins open
12.00: team check-ins close
12.00 – 13.00: Hotel Lunch
13.00: B-Tournament Round 1, Highlander Round 1 (formats TBD on saturday noon)
14.00: Invite Knockouts: Upper Bracket Round 1
16.00: Invite Knockouts: Upper Bracket Round 2 + Lower Bracket Round 1
18.00 – 19.00: Hotel Dinner
19.00: Invite Knockouts: Lower Bracket Round 2
~20.30 (directly afterwards): Invite Knockouts: Upper Bracket Final + Signups Ultiduo open
~22.00: Silly Hat Contest + Beer Pong in the Hotel Bar

~02.00-03.00: venue closes


[u]Sunday[/u]
09.00: venue opens
11.00: Signups Ultiduo close + team check-ins open
12.00: team check-ins close
12.00 – 13.00: Hotel Lunch
13.00: + Invite Knockouts Lower Bracket Round 3 + Ultiduo Round 1 (format TBD sunday noon)
15.00: Lower Bracket Final
17.30: Invite Grand Final!

21.00: Karaoke in the Hotel Bar

Midnight: venue closes

[b]This schedule is subject to change [/b], but you can rely on the start times of each day.
For that reason we recommend paying attention to this forum and join the [url=https://discord.gg/u5PVwYqnJ8]RCADIA Discord[/url] in oder to receive updates.
The evening entertainment may start later than scheduled depending on when the games end each day.
The discord will be used for communication during the event, so [b]at least 2 players per team are expected to join it[/b] and grab the TF2 role in #rollen anyway!

If you wanna check out the RCADIA already, feel free to browse the website [url=https://www.rcadia.de/]RCADIA.de[/url]. Unfortunately a large part of it is in German, but you will get a good idea of what this place offers.

We cannot wait to welcome you all!

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