Insomnia 52, what an event! I will start by saying that I am extremely appreciative of one specific person for making it possible for both me and my wife to get to Coventry and be part of the event as well as have access to the backstage.
Having just moved to the UK just over a year and a half ago I finally had the chance to spend some quality time with some of the people I met or played throughout the years and man, what a dream it was. Being able to be part of TF2s biggest event is everything I could had hoped for, seeing the Americans, the Australians and of course all the Europeans.
There are a whole lot of people that I want to mention, and I really honestly hope I don’t forget anyone, and If I do, please don’t be upset.
Byte – If it wasn’t for you, both I and the wifey wouldn’t even be able to go to i52, I have the most respect for you for being able to pull of everything you did for so many years, it is time for you to move on, but it will be a massive loss that hopefully no one will forget!
Arie, Dashner, Lange, David, Bones, Tagg, Bluee, Atmo, Ally, Ryushi – For taking the whole entire event to the next level, not only was the production way above anything that I had ever seen, but they did it without asking for anything. The humblest of people that had nothing to eat for hours but stayed just as strong making sure that everything was going according to the plan, making it single handily the best production ever for TF2.
Casting Crew – You guys were the face of the TF2 event, even more so on the stream. You guys gave everything you had, and on Saturday evening even though everyone was literally dead at 1 am, you guys still put on a show for the golden cap.
Admirable – Gosh, you are the man, there never was and there will never be anyone like yourself not just on TF2 but anywhere. You are the funniest character ever, and I had a whole lot of fun with conversation we had.
CommanderX – One of the nicest people on the event, got caught out when I introduced myself to him, still not entirely sure if he recognized me but still treated me as if he had known me for years.
Arx – Watched an entire game with me and was doing partial commentary, didn’t know me at all, but still talked to me as if he had known me for years.
Hildreth – Man, you are the funniest drunk alive, I will always remember pissing off telling me you were gonna go to the bathroom and five minutes later coming to me with a jaggerbomb for me to drink. This man not only dropped us off to the lan every single morning, but on the last day took us to the Coach station to make sure we would arrive on time. You are one of the kindest people on TF2.
Canfo – Again, one of the kindest people on the event, he talked to me as if we had been friends for years, he remembered times we scrimmed against each other as well as times we had worked together.. some which i didn’t even remember myself.
Lange, Tagg – For having the most American argument possible, that Pizza shouldn’t of had had corn. Corn belongs to BBQs says Lange with the most Americanised accent possible.
Lansky – My favourite player of the entire event, didn’t know me out of nowhere but invited me to watch iM with him. Hope those custard creams helped you buddy.
Fanva – haha what a character, he is a lovely guy and someone I wish I had met a long time ago when he was active on the community.
Sideshow – Epsilooon, the biggest fan of Mike and the biggest hater of War.
Mike, Warhuryeah, Kiler4fun, Bash – Extremely cool group of people, it was especially great to meet someone that I had played with for so many years.
Seagull – The kindest American I have ever met in my life, and a genuinely humble person as far as I can tell. He will always be the best roamer in my eyes.
Huhy - Just as nice as the person i have known for years online. Sat next to me through the finals and guided me through what was happening.
Zebbosai, Knuttson, Zappis – Extremely nice bunch of guys, met them in the last few minutes before I left the coach station of Coventry. I knew that voice out of somewhere, and obviously it was Zebbo. Hope you guys arrived alright!
All in all, the entire event was everything i had hoped it would be. Absolutely no one knows how great our community is, and the passion some of the people have for the game. Everything gave everything they had to make the event as memorable as possible I will never forget it myself. Thank you for making it to i52.
Insomnia 52, what an event! I will start by saying that I am extremely appreciative of one specific person for making it possible for both me and my wife to get to Coventry and be part of the event as well as have access to the backstage.
Having just moved to the UK just over a year and a half ago I finally had the chance to spend some quality time with some of the people I met or played throughout the years and man, what a dream it was. Being able to be part of TF2s biggest event is everything I could had hoped for, seeing the Americans, the Australians and of course all the Europeans.
There are a whole lot of people that I want to mention, and I really honestly hope I don’t forget anyone, and If I do, please don’t be upset.
Byte – If it wasn’t for you, both I and the wifey wouldn’t even be able to go to i52, I have the most respect for you for being able to pull of everything you did for so many years, it is time for you to move on, but it will be a massive loss that hopefully no one will forget!
Arie, Dashner, Lange, David, Bones, Tagg, Bluee, Atmo, Ally, Ryushi – For taking the whole entire event to the next level, not only was the production way above anything that I had ever seen, but they did it without asking for anything. The humblest of people that had nothing to eat for hours but stayed just as strong making sure that everything was going according to the plan, making it single handily the best production ever for TF2.
Casting Crew – You guys were the face of the TF2 event, even more so on the stream. You guys gave everything you had, and on Saturday evening even though everyone was literally dead at 1 am, you guys still put on a show for the golden cap.
Admirable – Gosh, you are the man, there never was and there will never be anyone like yourself not just on TF2 but anywhere. You are the funniest character ever, and I had a whole lot of fun with conversation we had.
CommanderX – One of the nicest people on the event, got caught out when I introduced myself to him, still not entirely sure if he recognized me but still treated me as if he had known me for years.
Arx – Watched an entire game with me and was doing partial commentary, didn’t know me at all, but still talked to me as if he had known me for years.
Hildreth – Man, you are the funniest drunk alive, I will always remember pissing off telling me you were gonna go to the bathroom and five minutes later coming to me with a jaggerbomb for me to drink. This man not only dropped us off to the lan every single morning, but on the last day took us to the Coach station to make sure we would arrive on time. You are one of the kindest people on TF2.
Canfo – Again, one of the kindest people on the event, he talked to me as if we had been friends for years, he remembered times we scrimmed against each other as well as times we had worked together.. some which i didn’t even remember myself.
Lange, Tagg – For having the most American argument possible, that Pizza shouldn’t of had had corn. Corn belongs to BBQs says Lange with the most Americanised accent possible.
Lansky – My favourite player of the entire event, didn’t know me out of nowhere but invited me to watch iM with him. Hope those custard creams helped you buddy.
Fanva – haha what a character, he is a lovely guy and someone I wish I had met a long time ago when he was active on the community.
Sideshow – Epsilooon, the biggest fan of Mike and the biggest hater of War.
Mike, Warhuryeah, Kiler4fun, Bash – Extremely cool group of people, it was especially great to meet someone that I had played with for so many years.
Seagull – The kindest American I have ever met in my life, and a genuinely humble person as far as I can tell. He will always be the best roamer in my eyes.
Huhy - Just as nice as the person i have known for years online. Sat next to me through the finals and guided me through what was happening.
Zebbosai, Knuttson, Zappis – Extremely nice bunch of guys, met them in the last few minutes before I left the coach station of Coventry. I knew that voice out of somewhere, and obviously it was Zebbo. Hope you guys arrived alright!
All in all, the entire event was everything i had hoped it would be. Absolutely no one knows how great our community is, and the passion some of the people have for the game. Everything gave everything they had to make the event as memorable as possible I will never forget it myself. Thank you for making it to i52.
Really just thank you to every single person that donated and contributed to getting the players and casters there to make this possible. I'm kind of a sap but I get all teary-eyed at the ends of these sort of things because it really is just so fucking beautiful. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way when I say this game has done so much for me, an otherwise depressed fat sweaty WoW-playing nerd. Now I'm a happy fat sweaty TF2 player and I wouldn't trade that for the world.
Really just thank you to every single person that donated and contributed to getting the players and casters there to make this possible. I'm kind of a sap but I get all teary-eyed at the ends of these sort of things because it really is just so fucking beautiful. I know I'm not the only one that feels this way when I say this game has done so much for me, an otherwise depressed fat sweaty WoW-playing nerd. Now I'm a happy fat sweaty TF2 player and I wouldn't trade that for the world.
Thanks to everyone I hugged
Thanks to everyone I hugged
Not the biggest thread but I'll throw what I wrote on etf2l up here too :D
"Ok so I've been trying to write something here for 5 days now without managing to actually produce something worthwile so I'll just gush everything out instead.
10/10 utterly amazing lan <3 love to everyone that I drank with, hugged (I counted roughly 100 hugs over 2 hours on sunday night) and shittalked to their faces.
Special shoutouts to
EVERYONE making lan possible behind the scenes - production crew, organizers etc <3 you all
Reason - both team and org. Sorry for choking :(
everyone that I had a chance to talk to in:
saints for taking me in despite 3 years of shittalk. You were the greatest, all of you. Can't wait for OG <3 Extra love to whoever it was that added kaja to give him a cs:go skin and gush about how he was his biggest fan before starting to insult him for choking vs us :D
aws for finishing in the same spot as us, showing once and for all that EU TF2 is truly dead (jk you were great). I think I hugged zebbo 10 times the last night, hope I'll see you all at lan again.
epsilon - especially tek for being cutest gamer, mike for being the drunkest "YOU AIM LIKE THIS P *shows aim* ITS SO STUPID P", and apologies for kiler for trying to lift you while hugging you - my back hurt for 2 days afterwards
mixup^ - Enigma for being coolio (and for flying a paper airplane into the Pizza Tower which almost made me cry with laughter) and seagull for being the greatest lad at lan, and for laughing with me at mike's drunken antics - 4 hugs wasnt even close to enough for you <3
froyo - esp lansky and clockwork for not bullying me for thinking that they were yuki and aporia when we first met - I hadn't slept and you have probably realised what a massive mong I am by now :O)
iM - Besides briefly butting heads with you after we got knocked out I didn't talk nearly enough with you. <3 you and hope there'll be a next time
All the community folks that I had a chance to meet, I'm not even gonna try to list you all cause I'll just miss some <3
Extra shoutouts to ads for sharing taxis and bringing the bald wisdom, rising for sharing beds, kaja for actually lifting me back after I lifted him, canfo and ash for sharing flights with us
<3 everyone that was there and in some way made this all possible"
Not the biggest thread but I'll throw what I wrote on etf2l up here too :D
"Ok so I've been trying to write something here for 5 days now without managing to actually produce something worthwile so I'll just gush everything out instead.
10/10 utterly amazing lan <3 love to everyone that I drank with, hugged (I counted roughly 100 hugs over 2 hours on sunday night) and shittalked to their faces.
Special shoutouts to
EVERYONE making lan possible behind the scenes - production crew, organizers etc <3 you all
Reason - both team and org. Sorry for choking :(
everyone that I had a chance to talk to in:
saints for taking me in despite 3 years of shittalk. You were the greatest, all of you. Can't wait for OG <3 Extra love to whoever it was that added kaja to give him a cs:go skin and gush about how he was his biggest fan before starting to insult him for choking vs us :D
aws for finishing in the same spot as us, showing once and for all that EU TF2 is truly dead (jk you were great). I think I hugged zebbo 10 times the last night, hope I'll see you all at lan again.
epsilon - especially tek for being cutest gamer, mike for being the drunkest "YOU AIM LIKE THIS P *shows aim* ITS SO STUPID P", and apologies for kiler for trying to lift you while hugging you - my back hurt for 2 days afterwards
mixup^ - Enigma for being coolio (and for flying a paper airplane into the Pizza Tower which almost made me cry with laughter) and seagull for being the greatest lad at lan, and for laughing with me at mike's drunken antics - 4 hugs wasnt even close to enough for you <3
froyo - esp lansky and clockwork for not bullying me for thinking that they were yuki and aporia when we first met - I hadn't slept and you have probably realised what a massive mong I am by now :O)
iM - Besides briefly butting heads with you after we got knocked out I didn't talk nearly enough with you. <3 you and hope there'll be a next time
All the community folks that I had a chance to meet, I'm not even gonna try to list you all cause I'll just miss some <3
Extra shoutouts to ads for sharing taxis and bringing the bald wisdom, rising for sharing beds, kaja for actually lifting me back after I lifted him, canfo and ash for sharing flights with us
<3 everyone that was there and in some way made this all possible"
Don't even think I can begin to remember everyone, I met so many people this time and everyone was always so nice. I don't think I'll ever experience such a concentrated amount of love for and from a community in one place ever again. We called it the TF2 dungeon but it's genuinely hard to describe the overwhelming positivity in the hall from everyone there.
Don't even think I can begin to remember everyone, I met so many people this time and everyone was always so nice. I don't think I'll ever experience such a concentrated amount of love for and from a community in one place ever again. We called it the TF2 dungeon but it's genuinely hard to describe the overwhelming positivity in the hall from everyone there.
Thanks to all the casters and players
Thanks to all the casters and players