jeff exhaling a huge dab rip directly into the smoke detector in my hotel room, setting off the alarm and sending all 20 people inside running away

i saw one of my teammates sprint after franzj like a gazelle across the busiest road in philadelphia for an out of focus selfie, then he came back and did a standing backflip

will never forget: the fucking europeans pissed in our hotel tub in LA

can't remember any details: had some bomb moonshine at gxl then promptly woke up the next morning

meeting my friends from my puter :)

https://twitter.com/moralexeii/status/1597263139200204800

etf2l mid players are the friendliest lads in the world.

Putting a face to the name of friends I've played with for years, is deffo my favourite part of lan's.

I also noticed the people who talked mad shit in-game, were also the most awkward irl, I always found that pretty funny tbh.

Meeting grapejuice and giving him a hug

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1045307878317240421/1046849165872877649/unknown.png?ex=6589c442&is=65774f42&hm=81af7dae0fe3d28ba20f486b9f21a84c83c6af930a53b7d50bd98cfd54e2becf&;

MurkScribe drinking straight vodka out of a glass instead of having a screwdriver @ RGB 4

eXtine coming up to calm me down while I was freaking out at iSeries and saying "Yaoo buddy, you don't look so good"

The parking lot BBQ hosted by prograde at Fullerton LAN

Meeting my friends irl for the first time at i61, spending our days in the crowd and airbnb
Was going through some stuff irl so it was a breath of fresh air and my fondest memory of that time period.
I had to leave early for an exam. We played pubs with their PCs at the airbnb when I got home to my own setup. Felt so happy hearing their voices chattering in the background. Decided I'd go to every LAN my friends would go to from that point on

Staying until 7am at copenhagen games 2019. multiple days in a row just talking w everyone for hours and hours
We'd said our goodbyes to the final 10 ppl or so as the staff were closing. Walking to the hotel w my friend we talked about the past couple days and laughed all the way until we got there

cerby on keyboard, me on mouse, skybox airpiping bobby (playing normally) in mge

At I61 (i think, could have been another one), getting photos holding/stealing the winners and second place cheques for no reason whatsover. Fair play to the teams, neither of which knew who we were.

We randomly got seated opposite Se7en and didn't give a fuck, which I think Se7en liked. Oh and our 450 hours roamer sitting next to Paddie and having no idea who he was but they bonded. It was cute.

introducing myself to kaidus at cph2019 and him recognizing me and telling me he liked my stream highlights is a high I've been chasing for the nearly past 5 years

bobby has never played normally lets clear that up

same, challenging bobby to a standing, direct hit only mirror match pug at rgb 4

Honestly, anytime I've stood behind players on the stage for an Insomnia Final has been pretty damn memorable. The one standout moment is i63 with Se7en winning Granary in the last moment. Watching a wave of people in front of you leap up and cheer like that was something to behold.

Its pretty cheesy to say, but seeing people having a great time at LAN and making their own memories is the most gratifying feeling for me. When you can say to yourself that "I helped make this happen", that feeling of accomplishment is a huge reason why I keep doing this, years after I thought I'd stop.

LAN is awesome.

https://x.com/dcs_tf2/status/1597083069768683521?s=46&t=0XwrHeFHqi6Wnc4y6pY2ZQ

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2281700278789688391/1F12B91175427418644B8A89F22FE58A5774AF9C/

piggles testing the Automatic Pouring Harness (APH) at i65 during his fat phase

Seeing my friends is always great and I love meeting all the new people and handing out rubber ducks. The last b4nny lan watching the grands in an air bnb and then everyone sprinting to the venue once g6 won. That was super funny and a blast.

soapymeister was the only person at philly 2022 who immediately recognized me, he was very nice

besides meeting everyone, karaoke and earnestly debating cheatfeed with a blackout drunk toemas, stage observing the i71 finals was something else. production at home means sitting quietly in your room pressing buttons and watching twitch chat shitpost. production at lan means hearing drunk nerds roar when piggles airshots sil or sneaky headshots toemas.

3rd place b4nny

handing trip a bottle opener for his coke and realizing he didn't understand how to use it

leaving the venue to do literally anything else (with the guys)

for me it's been LANsilesia 2019 #summer and the moment we've presented all beers we got for mały
in general someone i think wonszu brought up an idea that we could do it as a some form of gratitude to mały as he's doing so much for our polish community and actually for entire EU, we knew he loves porter (black type of beer, usually Żywiec Porter) so we asked everybody who attended (~40 people) to go to local shops and buy a bottle or two for him

i remember he was quite dissapointed before we gave them to him because he couldn't buy any of his favourite beer nearby xD and he had no idea why at that time
we ended up getting 60+ beers and the way it was presented to him was this
https://i.imgur.com/ztcYRJC.jpg
i think it took him a few months to drink it all

Mine might be when I gave my phone with livestream running to funs and Raptor during SweLAN and they went to a pizza place. Funs being drunk as hell and started talking to random people in the line rofl. Atleast it was easy to find my phone with the livestream running.

Also pretty memorable when they locked the kitchen in the hostel at SweLAN because the 3 non tf2 guests were disturbed by the noise. Rip all the alcohol for the final night.

Another one is the gas station raid when Rcadia closed the bar early on the final night. First the staff wanted us to be quiet and let a few people in at the time. And people were hushing and were dead quiet with the only chance at alcohol at stake

One of my first epic lan memories was i49 when Broder(TCM) took a map of epsilon during the final, unreal hype

i43: Me and Knutsson sharing a tent that was too small for us so our feet would stick out in the pre-tent. Also having players like Darn, byte and greg calling me a hacker.
i46: Cookye passing out in a bush and could not be found.
Getting a 6man vs the americanos during one of our matches
Me and eXtine getting lost for like 2hours in the middle of the night due to chatting, it ended up with us ordering a cab to find the hotel!
Dreamhack winter 2015: Getting to play with some old friends again in Swederage (also coming 2nd was pretty sweet)
Dreamhack Summer 2016: Having a insane comeback during our games
Rcadia: Singing karaoke like the first evening and then getting thrown out because we were not supposed to be there.

Other then that its always been fun to meet the community and teammates.