:)

okay, im home now, shoutout time
s/o to samuari code (steinerw, munky, janzsen, azion, lorgon) for carrying me to my first lan wins and making sure i didn't leave with a 0% win rate after 2 lans now
s/o to bear, yuice, meyy, and fatsaam for giving me a spot to sleep saturday night, it's very appreciated and you're all awesome and funny people
s/o to spades slick (lol) for almost going to a basketball game with me and being one of the three people with red hair at lan (trip has red hair sometimes)
s/o to the people who played secret hitler (bear, bopper, beel, yuice, kitty, meyy, spades, goldfish, saam) cus that game is fun and im probably gonna buy it later
s/o to the people who got lost walking across the parking lot to go race go carts, good luck out there friends
s/o to penny for talking to me a lot
s/o to chompa for being soft
s/o to yerb cus he sucks
s/o to the ascent/20b people, max, and deadbolt and paragon for signing my mousepad even though i was being a total nerd
s/o to the people who make this happen tims after time again for charity
s/o to all the teams who showed up and maid this event even better than the last one
and s/o to the tf2 community, the most dysfunctional family im glad to be a part of
https://imgur.com/a/SMpTbDw

EDIT: that's aquila, not altra

IS WAWA OPEN 24 HOURS?

s/o to GUTTER_BAZOOKA https://m.imgur.com/a/GFlzu9a. Back to front is Maxie, dave2 (CHUD), cukei, MurkScribe, pizza_fart. I love you guys :). Also s/o to Kitty for playing medic for us last minute, super cool dude.

damn this is making me less scared to go to Rewind 3 now.

shoutout to you all

Writing this from my phone on the drive back, will update later with full thanks

• silva & cytalis- for housing me Wednesday night and embracing our community fullheartedly. Without them lan wouldn't run and I wouldn't be able to join staff of my favorite LAN :)
  
• DubThink and Munky - for driving me to and from Ithaca to oaks, and providing great commentary along the way about Bawls
  
• KVWI - for basically being my DD during the weekend and providing much-needed extra monitors for stream pc. Also you were hilarious casting PUBG dude, had me dying the whole tourney :D
  
• Stochastic, saam, screwB, cozen, ninjanick, thefragile, bear, meyy - thanks all for signing my mousemat of invite medics, really appreciate; need to get more at Ep 3
  
• Steve - Pulling through on stream PC stuff and overall keeping me on task throughout the event, without u wouldnt be doing stream stuff so big ups
  
• Justin - Made a new best friend this weekend, you did dumb crazy amounts of work to help me set up stream lighting and camera angles and ur just a really cool person with a neat pubg hat :3
  
• Azion&Lorgon - most memorable t-pose of my life, had shittons of fun meeting you guys after playing with u in past seasons and chilling in discord, yall are amazing
  
• xiPoison - being TheFakeWeiner over the weekend and introducing me to the speedrun people at RGB
  
• TheRealWeiner - mega help during setup and really fun to hang out with
  
• Spyromancer - giving me a cookie and having random pasta and overall just being a quirky dude
  
• TheFragile - putting on all of the tourneys on different tracks at the same time is fuckin hard work and u help make this shit happen, especially for tf2.
  
• |\/| V R |< - stephen ur one of my favorite people to meet up with at LAN, ur my boi <3<3<3

if i didnt mention you or forgot or am being dumb apologies now because sleep deprivation ruined my memory and brain (shoutouts to forgetting who munky was 8 times over lan tho i literally drove with him) I love u all and everyone was chill to talk to, even some of the quirkier/out there tf2 community members. Y'all were a fucking blast to hang out with at LAN and cant wait until the next one!

if i didnt get to see u this time around im really sorry :( i tried to spend all of my time that wasnt at the production corner mingling and pugging and meeting both new people and familiar faces from RGB2, i love u all tho TF2 community are fuckin dope

thank u to everyone who gave me hugs i wanted them

-s/o to the drunk guy at som's hotel who waved his fingers in front of his face as the elevator doors closed and the moment we left the hotel hurricane weather started up until we got back into the venue

For real tho:
-s/o to my team: som, meech, altra, doof, and kvwi. we did pretty good considering our matches and no prior practice
-s/o to happy bois for a fucking tight ass blands match
-s/o to console for getting me to do the grands production last minute (fuck the auto switching every 10 seconds on that pc)
-s/o to boxcar for finally saying hi after not seeing u last year
-s/o to the wendy's drive thru person who had to deal with a high out of his mind meech trying to order a bacon cheeseburger
-s/o to corqo's team and dubthink's team for being super chill guys
-s/o to bear for reminding me how he nuked me last RGB on process

shoutout to cheeburger

with the amount of degens flowing through there they all deserve a raise, i'm surprised they didn't know our names by the end of the weekend

pretty large shoutout to fireborn weiner and raisins for adopting three cumber castaways for the weekend (for the weekend)

much thanks to wubs for driving from rutgers to umass dartmouth to pick me up, then driving all the way back to rutgers to pick up murkscribe, then bringing us all to RGB then back again

murkscribe was murkscribe, very good

mikey bought me a g502 and a hardcover mousepad to replace my poverty setup just because, and i think thats really kind and amazing

special thanks to anyone in the venue on saturday night (around 10:30pm) who wasnt screaming so that we could try to hear comms for our esea match

weiner https://i.imgur.com/igKRMAp.png

shoutouts to the two people who said hi to me

shout out to penny for mentoring me and talking to me for the first time

s/o penny you're fucking awesome! :D

Mega shoutouts to:

SteinerW for letting me borrow (and then buy) a graphics card, which not only made it possible for me to play in the LAN at all, but also made it so that I'm allowed to play tf2 again at home.

DubThink, Weiner, and Poison for allowing me to crush the shit out of their poor ribs so I could bring my chair to the venue

Console, for letting me on stream to cast games that weren't tf2, shit was fun and I was super glad people enjoyed it.

The team (Watermelon Dog was I think the name?) for getting me in there last minute, not tilting after getting stomped during pools, and pulling out some incredibly satisfying (and close) matches against Juulin' With Jert and Happybois.

Everyone that I actually got to talk to this time, I wasn't really used to the environment last LAN, and so I didn't really get to meet as many people as I would have liked to, and it was nice to be able to change that this time.

Apologies to Boxcar for not going to dinner, I had already eaten and was mega psyched to be able to play tf2 for the first time in over a month.

Overall it was a very fun event, even though I never have enough time to meet all the people I want to meet or do all the things I want to do. Check the day 1 PUBG vods too for some beard men casts if you like.

shoutout to my teammates screwb jert aquila poison and dubthink

https://puu.sh/BPmg8/b5579c62cf.jpg

(screwb is invisible in this picture)

shout out to saam for letting me fight him

For real, thanks to kitty for playing, it would've been big sad if we didn't get to play because our med couldn't go last minute.

also big ups to boxcar for letting me use the mousepad that everyone signed because I'm a mouthbreather and left mine at home, i appreciate it

Callout on Spyromancer for trying to extort $120 for "gas money" out of me, trying to steal Steiner's headphones @ RGB 2, pocketing ROL/prograde's beer money, and making me fear for my life/eardrums on the way there.
I am convinced he is on drugs.

Shoutout to prograde for inviting me to his bbq/buffalo wild wings even though i had to leave early and couldn't go and to Steiner for saving me from that horror show with Spyromancer.

im training for our episode 3 rematch

shout out to this pumpkin

https://i.imgur.com/jF4xLLR.jpg

And to everyone on BLANC+ubar69 our cheerleader. We Got This Bread

https://i.imgur.com/o7Ldbbb.jpg

Left to right: Tery, Shiny, Spades, Hedge, Uber, FrickMyNick, Brian

Shoutouts to:
poison for showing up to lan after being my teammate and friend for like a year and a half

my team (juulin' with jert: jert (duh), RoL, poison, ScrewB, aquila, me) for all being super awesome people I'd definitely play with again and for playing well even with our bad luck in the groups and bracket

Watermelon Dog for a crazy close match

Azion's team, Yari's team, Watermelon Dog, and whoever Fireborn was playing with for being awesome neighbors

Console for running production, talking on the ride down and back, and generally hanging out a bunch

TheFragile for running all the tournament stuff as always

Mega shoutouts to all the people I talked to over the course of lan - too many to try and list. In particular, I'll shoutout Murkscribe for being amazing as always <3, Azion for being just as awesome irl as he is online (also for getting to meet him after knowing him since I started comp), Kami for being even more chill and fun to hang with than I remembered and pounding even tho he hadn't played in like a month, ScrewB for some good advice on medic and improving, Yari for many good conversations and being a friend, Munky for being my brother(literally) but also an awesome friend and lan-goer, and all the people that came over for late night pancakes and T-poses (Lorgon, Azion, Console, Tokeegee, Munky).

LAN PICS! (also team pics of The Machine and Juulin' with Jert): https://imgur.com/a/VNY53vm

RGB has been one of my favorite experiences. I love playing the game, and lan play is even more exciting than most, but it pales in comparison to how much fun I have with all of you <3

I'll be uploading the demos from the pugs on my lan server tomorrow or Wednesday and posting a link to the main thread.

s/o's to bear, goldfish, mey, saam and yuice for being the best, we did it boys
s/o's to The Fragile for the quick bit of mentorship, really got my head in the game after a big beef
s/o's to Sigh's brother for being super cool and cheering me on
s/o's to the entire tf2 community who watched THE MACHINE and cheered us on against ascent
s/o's to Bopper for letting me stay and shower in his hotel for the second LAN in a row
s/o's to Kitty for being super cool and driving me to lan, real brother right here. Pick him up season 30!
s/o's to console and everyone who worked so hard on production to make this an amazing event!
s/o's to ratchet for driving goldfish to lan, 14 hour drives yikes! the real lan champ imho

https://i.imgur.com/fZsJmRX.jpg

bear, saam, yuice, goldfish, beelthazus, mey

Saam, Tery & bear: My 9 hour drive there and back wouldn't have been in my mental capacity if it weren't for some great company. We Mass boys
BLANC Esports (Tery, Brian, Hedge, Nick, & Shiny): You guys carried the shit out of me, appreciate it. We had crazy close games with Sparkle Gang and THE MACHINE and I couldn't be happier with how we did.
TheFragile & ConsoleWarsGamer: As far as I know, production was spectacular and you guys are the gears that keep this machine (no pun intended) going, so thank you as always.
Silvia and Dave: A wonderful staff that saw to resolve problems despite unfortunate circumstances. I've already told them as long as they're running the show, I will keep coming back.
Old Friends: goldfish, beel, Bopper, Stochastic, lily, Robert_Cheeto, reimu, Alexandros, ScrewB, Br0nze, boulder. It was great to see you again, you're all amazing.
New Friends: Doof, Uber, trippa, indianspiceguy, JEFFINGTON, boxcar, yerb, JM, ed, Digi, vari, mak, dragonwarrior12, murkscribe, newspeak, sombre, ratchet, prograde.(20b gang also stopped by my hotel room Thursday night) I was ecstatic to meet all of you, just a nice reminder of a good game bringing together good people.
Kung Fury: When you're in a tough situation, just remember what to do: Your Job.
Cheeburger Cheeburger: You guys are the real MVP.

The most important thing for me was setting high expectations and still being blown away by the whole weekend. Thanks a bunch everybody.
If I didn't CU@ this one, I'll CU@ RGB4.

s/o to my team -car noises- for doing amazingly well. you guys are the best team i could have asked to bring to this event
s/o to yari for driving me everywhere and being the best older brother on the planet
s/o to sirr for being sweet and giving me a nice place to sleep, as well as giving me hugs when i would feel anxious
s/o to yuno for giving me big bear hug on the sidewalk
s/o to corqo for making me laugh and smile, and making a lot of jokes (and doing the dumbass stare you do lmfao)
s/o to penny for being nice to everyone and chilling at lan! im very glad you came it wouldn't have been the same without you 100%
s/o to murkscribe for being hilarious to talk to
s/o to the entire GUTTER_BAZOOKA team for relighting my love for tf2 (that match was crazy, literally the best i've ever done in a match)
s/o to samurai code for scrimming us up until the event
s/o to all of blanc for being so nice to me
s/o to hedgehog hero for giving good hugs (have fun at the waterfall!)
s/o to altra for being really funny and doing the fortnite dance thing
s/o to TheFragile for holding the tournament
s/o to watermelon dog for not giving sirr and i too much shit for baiting the scrim and letting us go to bed
s/o to Ascent for letting us get 3 rounds :)

cu@ rgb4 if it happens :3

<3 TheFragile
I hope there is another RGBLAN so I can see/play with you guys again.

s/o to car noises for being chill and doing pretty well I guess
s/o to chompa for squealing at my jokes
s/o to sirr for keeping chompa away from me
s/o to frootloops for respecting that I am the alpha and calling it my team
s/o to altra for actually meeting with me after 4 years
s/o to yari for driving us everywhere
s/o to the guy in the wrestling mask just pressing his body against the vending machine
also s/o to watermelon dog for not being extremely mad when my teamates baited a scrim at L A N

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