As Shoosh said, shoutout to Samski as well as everyone else who looked after me when I was paralytically drunk.
edit: duckie is a lad

So here we go

Shoutout to:

*Invite teams who delivered the best tf2 I have ever seen which led to amazing emotions while being in the crowd and cheering for the sick plays.
*Casters for the amazing commentary. Every caster just took this to the next level. Aswell analyst desk for the nice insight and in general great banter.
*Production team that delivered the best quality production ever seen in tf2 imo.
*My team. We did shit but it was amazing to play with you all and meet you.
*Ross, koston and powapanda for picking me up from the airport with this amazing piece of art. http://imgur.com/nZhAyS1
*AMS and poison for the great chat we had.
*yak for hugging me for few minutes on saturtday ( I reckon you don't remember that)
*Verse for hugging me as he promised
*basshead and kermit for finally meeting my 2 most loved lads for the first time.
*bartender from the casino bar(i think it was casino bar) for giving us an extra jaegerbomb because we were amazing customers
*sideshow because we are still waiting for that shoutout
*my taxi driver who took me to the bus station as fast as possible because I almost missed my bus to the airport because I'm lazy and slow
*mop,shoosh,honey,moursi for just meeting you.
*my employer for raising my paycheck before the summer so I could attend all summer festivities and lan.
*those hearthstone players who took us to the arena on sunday and payed for the taxi because they are a big esports team and their taxi expenses are getting covered by sponsors.

And finally the community in general for donations, support so we could get 2 NA teams and see those huge plays (and sadly get beaten by them).

Looking forward for next lan which hopefully will be at the same level or even better.

Shoutouts to haffi kaptain and hallow we should watch don't tell the bride again someday!

Also huge shoutout to Gecks, what a fucking guy without a doubt the best American to come to lan

if you weren't mentioned I don't love you.

See you next year maybe people xoxo

Scoffer for turning up (even though I drove to his house) and replacing our dodge
Ceejaey for threatening to bang me multiple times in the Bar
Hildreth for denying any chance of me getting into England HL team
torrit for proving how shit at drinking Guinness he is
Lux for DeutschLAN hype
Fiyahstorm for singing Katy Perry with us in the pub quiz
Perm/Sideshow for endorsing a TF2 youth league involving Raptor
Froyo for letting me take a picture with the Cheque that was forged with EU tears

Thought I was done for the day lol.

shoutout to DavidTheWin FOR THE BEST CAMERA WORK EVER

Also shoutout to sideshow for having AMAZING MIC QUALITY DURING THE INTERVIEWS

shoutout to everyone who was there, but especially the production crew and the B I G D I C K players
also, special love goes to all the people who helped me stand up straight when i was too pissed to do it myself; im gonna attempt to name all of you
- hank (one of the toppest lads, like a real fucking ledge, endless supply of finnish cigs)
- mike (for groping me when i was drunk; i really enjoyed it, no homo)
- fribs (for being like 1,5 feet shorter than me and still being able to support me and my weight holy fuck)
- alfie (best drunken promises anyone ever made to me)
- ams and serotone (two of the most fucking sound lads from tlr)
- coleman, tapley and dan (its really impressive how quickly my pride was shattered by them, a pint under 2 seconds what the fuck coleman are you a goddamn well or something)
- hallow (for not being able to flip a single fucking cup)
- maks (only dude that could chill me out when i spilled his beer, wasnt even angry)
- sideshow (never fucking slap me again you silly cunt ill bang you out so bad not even your mum will recognize you)
- gecks (for pissing in the middle of tesco's parking lot while looking 2 random guys straight in the eye)
- every single one of you involved in the drinking games or just drinking in general
anyone who ive missed i owe a beer to @i58

Really great event guys! Here's my thankyoos!

- Firstly, a massive thanks to Beta for even making it to the event. He's got a new 3 month old Son and has a lot of things going on at the moment.

- Secondly, thank you to all the TF.TV guys for putting up with my pre-event communication. I know I'm a pain but at the end of the day I just want what's best for the game. I hope you all understand :$.

- Next I want to give a huge shout-out to the ENTIRE production crew. Seriously, as casters we may be the ones who sit in front of the camera and do some talking but the amount of effort we had to put in to make our casts a success was virtually zero.

Usually I've had to have some involvement with the setup, whether that is getting the casting area how us casters want it, sorting out audio levels, working out a method of communication between production and casters etc... This time, my input into the production was less than zero. The entire setup was absolutely perfect and I genuinely can't think of an improvement that could make my life as a commentator any easier. Every request I've ever had from previous events was incorporated into this setup. We could see the a stream preview (very important so we know what you guys at home can see), we had great (minimal) communication from the production crew that let us know what we needed to do, without being intrusive or distracting.

Airon was on it with the audio adjustments. From a production point of view, Beta and I are a nightmare to work with. Our voices go from a very light whisper to an absolute scream very quickly. Airon was constantly making 'on the fly' adjustments to the system to keep our voices in check and sounding beautiful!

Dashner was an absolute star of the production crew. The amount of hours put in really showed and while at previous events he has been quite stubborn with his ideas, I think the collaboration with the rest of the team and the experience s of the previous events have allowed him and the crew to raise the bar far higher than most people expected. Nothing but respect and admiration coming from me.

DavidTheWin was awesome on the Camera for us. He took into account some points that I made on the Friday and Early on Saturday and I think that really helped with the quality of the stream. I won't go into the fine details but I'm sure most of Production know what I mean. I've loved watching back several of the games so far and look forward to watching the rest! Quick tag on shoutout to Arie as well for being there when we had some PC issues. Always a star mate!

Web updates... Jesus. Another major factor that allowed a very rusty Arx and Beta to look well prepared. Honestly, more preparation has gone into this forum post than I personally put into the event. Even though we were sitting in the event, right next to the games that were happening we still had no idea about the brackets or previous results. The guys in charge of putting content onto various websites are some of the real heroes of this event. I actually don't know exactly who was responsible (we were only there for a few hours on Saturday so didn't properly meet you all), but whoever it was, thank you. It's this kind of stuff that is frequently overlooked and often doesn't get done (the web writers usually go and get drunk and don't do anything... I'm looking at you Ads). This time the team was on completely on point.

Sideshow and Gecks were legendary. Massive thank you for the prep notes. We used them frequently for the pregame talk and even during the casts. You were another reason why we didn't look at rusty as we actually were. Great job on casting the final and the rest of the games throughout the event. There can be a lot of pressure on the commentators to really do the whole tournament justice and when you've had a tournament of this quality, the pressure is ramped right up. It was incredibly important to put on a final show of the highest quality and you guys pulled it off. Well done!

The other commentators / stream 2 production at the event were also great. Again, I didn't get much of a chance to speak or listen to the casts, but the bits I did catch were fantastic. The quality wasn't any different from the primary stream and that just goes to show the depth of 'entertainers' we have in this game and at this event.

There's definitely more of the production to thank (sorry), but I couldn't go without saying a massive thank you to all the people / organisations who sponsored the production. It made a real difference to not just the event, but TF2's future. It would be very easy for the community to abandon these international LAN events but each time there's a success story, it inspires people to continue forward to the next one. People who sponsor these events are really not only sponsoring the current event, but they are motivating people for future events as well. Maybe one day the community will give up on the game, but right now there are many people who are buzzing from this event and already making preparations for the next one. The funding is a HUGE part of this that makes it all possible, so I can safely say a massive thank you from all of the production crew, and even the players considering additional funds went into the prize pot.

- The Players. The TF2 at this tournament casted itself. We could have just sat in silence with an auto-directed camera and people would have enjoyed the games. The tournament was THAT GOOD. TF2 commentators are more like cheerleaders. We try to help narrate the game, get people cheering and make the spectators feel involved in the match. We really didn't have to do much and you made us sound much better than we actually were. We didn't have to fake any excitement as it was all genuinely exciting. Congratulations to all of the teams that participated, not just the invite teams, but the open bracket as well. You don't realise how important it is that the open teams pay their way and enter these tournaments... without them we may not have gotten this far in the first place.

Whoever made the outtro, get that shit online please, that is seriously epic. The little segments between the games and features were also fantastic.

I could write so much more, but I'll get fired from my job. All that's left to say is that this was some seriously good shit, and thank you for letting me be a part of it. These experiences are why I've stayed in gaming this long (I've commentated at least one TF2 game every year for 8 years! #realisation), and why I can never truly leave the TF2 scene, even though I've been trying to for years. I did say in my TF2 song that "I won't stop until my name's in lights, on the hall of fame with my friend Mike (Beta) on the European teamfortress 2 website" and well... I'm not there so I guess I better keep showing up to these things. ;)

Thanks!

huge shoutout to the teamfortress.tv crew, for making this stream so nice to watch, it was really professional this year (we e-sports now)!!!

shoutouts to everyone i've met and talked to and spend time with
shoutouts to marvin, ces & friends for letting me sleep in an extra tent they set up for me, with such a short notice, you saved my lan experience :D
shoutout to hildreth for the lift to lan + letting me drive his car :D
shoutout to lux and her mom for the lift to the airport
shoutout to kaidus for giving me his 120hz monitor (#never60hzagain)
shoutout to nymthae + firestorm for the nice support + providing the rental computers, without any problems to set them up or anything + for trusting me so much =)
shoutout to goldskies for the arm wrestle fight, 1-1 now, decider @i58
shoutouts to my team, sorry for loosing my voice after the first day already, was a pleasure to meet you guys and play with you in the season + on lan

....so so many people to shoutout really... lets try and name everyone...

nation, spudd, alfie, scrab, sheepy (thanks for not dodging), verse, marvin, davidthewin, henghast, kermit, tom, drackk, turbomonkey, e-thug, turbotabs, sideshow, hafficool<3, mak$$$, kaptain, lux, ams., herr_p, fir, alfa, serotone, nuse, zesty, samski, molesto, hank, dennia, ondkaja, vani, capz, smirre, fanva, hildreth, mana, arie, torrit, bash, tiuty, b4nny, raptor00X, commander_x, zebbosai, starkie, ryb, tek, bulle, permzilla, izzy, sidestep, will, dr.phil, clive, numlocked...and all the others, where i dont remember the name .... :D

was a great lan... cya @ i58

http://i.imgur.com/KJI6IDI.jpg

In my defence, I think I passed out not too long after this :D

shoutout to tsc for all those incredible writeups

uberchain, dashnerr and co. for the intro and outro video :)

Please tell me this is real

His eyes were like stars 2 inches from my face as he cried "im doing this on MD and i have no idea whats going on"

http://www.twitch.tv/teamfortresstv/v/13386935?t=07h17m45s

Best part: http://www.twitch.tv/teamfortresstv/v/13386935?t=07h23m10s

Professional esports?

haha I cant stop laughing its so great

woah... care to elaborate? Can't really drop that bomb and not explain.

Aight so there's no way that I can thank everyone I met so if you're missing im supersorry! (also I might just have met you sunday night and I dont remember much of that :D)

Special shoutouts
Everyone playing for TLR: Alfa, AMS, War, Serotone & NiCO, chef for finding us our amazing sponsors in *checks shirt* KFA2, netgear, i-rocks, iiyama and yoyotech.
Everyone that helped us get there, you'll get something in your inbox soon
Tapley, Dr Phil & serotone for buying me drinks sunday.
Zebbosai & Ryb for lending me their floor for the weekend after I screwed up the camping.
Lux, Kr4tos, hildreth, fanva, FIR & Turbotabs for sitting up with me all night until I had to go to the airport and also for destroying the last shreds of innocence kr4tos still had.
Ondkaja for having me babysit his strung out ass on the way home (jk luv u)
everyone in all the teams we got to play: Froyo, Ascent, Reason, Nerdrage, Danger Dogs & Saints <3
twitchchat for Ostric4: i said that i wanted to cum on herr p's hair and i got banned like what the ***
and to everyone who doubted us, everyone who believed in us and everyone who just didn't give a shit while watching over the weekend <3
If anyone ever wants a chat just feel free to add me <3

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNkDUFnWUAA0pan.png

EDIT: OMG I FORGOT PRODUCTION I LOVE YOU ALL
and also special shoutouts to mana and...was it maks? that I spent like 15 minutes drunkenly explaining how to play viaduct to.

Shoutouts go to: Drackk, sidestep, turbomonkey, nuze, moursi, kermit, henghast, ethug, stark, spudd, alfie, verse, nation, kratos, sonixx, boomeh, benscrzy, woody, numlocked, toby, flippy, maks, dagner, hank, dennia ,smirre, the whole of teamfortresstv production/streamer crew and all the players who were involved in the tf2 tournament who I didnt mention.

You guys made this lan incredible. From every fibre of my being, thank you <3 <3

(Sorry if I missed anyone out)

SHOUTOUT TO TURBOTABS THE REALEST OF BRETHRENS YADUNO FAM

Shoutout to my Pub quiz team (Maxi,Yak, Funs, Duckie, Huntzie, Cow) and Lan team (Maxi, Mould, Scoffer, Swift and Zafus)
also shoutout to Huntzie and The Jagermaster for buying us drinks all night

Dashner is very stubborn, that's why the production was so good at i52, GXL and even better at i55. I don't think it should be taken as an insult in this case.
If it were up to me we'd had stuck with caster webcams, Mumble, remote streaming webcams and PNG overlays at i52 and i55. Dashner was stubborn enough to push for a professional setup and the results speak for themselves.

On the topic of shoutouts, I'll limit myself to two:
Bones, the nicest man at LAN, probably still has a car full of Pelican cases that he got to have the pleasure of returning. Good to snuggle with too!
Bluee, 24/7 overlay and mumble linkage man. All done so well you almost forget it's there, it just gets done seamlessly.

It was a pleasure to work with this production crew. From a small team of generalists doing too many things at a time at i49/i52 we suddenly have a team of specialists, each of those doing a better job, the results speak for themselves.

I couldn’t possibly thank everyone I met as there is far too many of you, so I will at least say thanks everyone who I spoke to as well the amazing organisers, casters, staff who made it all possible. I had many great conversations and even better company, will be missing everyone until next lan!

I thought the production value was great and thoroughly enjoyed watched some amazing plays, wp to everyone playing this lan and thanks for making it all happen.

LOVE YOU ALL <3

AND FINE THANKS EEPILY U MADE MY LAN. SORRY FOR NO WHOLE CHICKEN XOXOX

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

hpqoeu - For being the first to attend lan by phone
Drackk - For avoiding those single player games,
sidestep - Making up for the last lan where you were missing,
turbomonkey - Helping TFTV on camera as short notice and your computer noobness making me feel i know lots about computers
nuze - having the ability to go missing and turn up at any moment,
moursi - fanshawe, fannyshave, fung-sway, fondue, facesore, flamestore
henghast - top banter savage flavour
kermit - top banter scottish flavour,
ethug - being a staple of my lan experience,
stark - top banter norman flavour
spudd - top banter
alfie - top banter meme flavour,
verse - Being the chillest dude at lan,
nation - For immediately taking my advice and making a move on a girl with a boyfriend two feet away from her
kratos - For taking 50 selfies a minute
sonixx - another staple of my lan i was happy to see
lux - all night torment of kr4tos and all nighter award
t0m - THE REALEST OF KIN-PERSONS
AMS - telling me exactly what i wanted to hear
War - the entertainer
Serotone - letting me compare him to dr.phil
davidthewin - sickest camera man
sideshow - golden boy of tf2
hafficool - passionate game talk
herr_p - having a sick lan not just ingame but out of game too spewing chatting gold 24/7
fir - all night award and being LAN santa claus (drunken jolly man spreading joy)
samski - good casting lad
molesto - excellent drunk
ondkaja - sick fucking strat man
vani - horrible drunk, kind guy
capz - perhaps the funniest guy at lan
smirre - coolest guy at lan
fanva - siiiick cunt barely scratches the surface
kaidus - funny chill dude
hildreth - all nighter award
mana - Top lad, bringer of good times, being a social machine as well as a working machine
arie - A-god :PogChamp:
commander_x - Great casting and good showing on the desk
will, fallen - doubt you're reading but it was nice for you guys to come say hello to tf2 nerds
dr.phil - that armwrestle with sideshow was like watching dragonball z
numlocked - you could have prevented everything seb
Black_bob, Cufc, Tango, Vaette, tpm, b0nes - My first tf2 crew still rocking i-series
Arx, beta - Sick chats about tf2 and streaming practises near production, was great for you guys to turn up
Sim, suyoo, ryushi - MY BOYS, Stream 2 Stream 2 Stream 2 Stream 2 Stream 2 Stream 2 Stream 2 Stream 2
gecks - james bond of tf2, so suave, so cool, so charming, so professional
poison, mattcv, potato - for beating ownage squad and basking in their salt
huhy - Cool of you to show up on such short notice and not only helping tftv out but being a cool cat to talk to
wolf - great guy, i hope you and your team's essentials.tf gets off the ground and soars
permzilla - don't forget your roots
o'leary - nice guy, nice talks
CeeJaey - Coming over to say hi, good luck with DeutchLAN
kritzkast crew - great guys thank you for offering to bite of you sausage, no thank you to whipping out the camera and threating to put it on twitter
nvc - cool to see you working with multiplay and being so accommodating with setup,
firestorm, tapley and nymphae - again; being so accommodating with setup and just being awesome to talk to too, dashner - you fucking did it bro, so proud of you,
airon - for caring so much about your craft striving for the best for the audience
bones - going the extra mile to help out and being so happy and fun that you just give of good times,
uberchain - taking some killer pictures and being my interview emotional coach
tagg - again; taking some killer pictures (and vlogs) and being the bearer of delicious treats
bluee - keeping tagg in check about REAL bacon and putting up with far too many feeling bluee jokes

if i forgot you, first forgive me its very late and tell me ill edit you in, no one left behind

shoutout to:

everyone that came to lan for being awesome
everyone i talked to for being awesome
everyone that watched the stream for being awesome
everyone that donated for the event for being awesome
and the production crew for going above and beyond to make i55 more amazing than anyone could've hoped for, you guys are the real MVPs

man i fucking love this game

Before actually naming anyone I just wanna mention how great it was this year that the specs behind teams were like INSANELY respectful of the players. Keeping their distance, watching the POVs quietly, and then cheering for huge plays. Made it so much better for the teams playing than last year with everyone crowded in. Wp guys.

Was there less drinking during this event, as compared to i52?

No everyone still got smashed

i would say there was more + some illegal substances

less late night games though, likely resulting in less drunk spectating

Big love to everyone i've talked to ! <3

That War guy tho .... <333