shoutouts to the sidewalks for keeping me off the streets

shoutouts to kings crew
shoutouts to phelon for drving 13 hours to drop me off
shoutouts to my brother telling people in the stream im his brother

I just got home so lets go

Shoutouts to my team
qkei - for giving me a ticket and a place to stay
fygg- for walking past me, qkei, and boxcar 3 times before recognizing us
pizza fart prid - for snoring
jenkins
aquila
Murkscribe - not actually our team mate but he hung out with us

Shoutouts to people I met / came to say hello to me
Boybilly and dondorito - for helping me setup my rental pc and meeting me when i got lost at the venue

Pablo "The fridge", mu, yosh, snarken, nurbey, boxcar, Console, capnfapn, saga, gritoma, tripbwai, sandblast, Bobby "The manager", AlexLandros, Tery, Hedgehog_hero

Shoutout to jeff from dunkmasters who didn't actually go

also shoutout to the guy who thought i looked like botmode but then i told him my name and he said we used to play mixchamp together i forget your name sorry

Shoutout to GUTTER_BAZOOKA_II top 8 somehow lmao
Special Shoutout to Console for running the show nearly by himself with shoestring budget
Shoutout to anyone else who helped on production/casting
Shoutout to Ducksauce, BLANC, And Kings Crew for giving us really fun games
Shoutout to Zanda and Hedge for hanging out at the airport
Shoutout to the waitress at the cheeseburger restaurant for having patience with Murkscribe
Shoutout to Murkscribe for being a freaking bundle of joy

Shoutout to cukei for being the smallest twink at lan

shoutout to console for smashing together a broadcast on the tightest budget/time ever

shoutout to all the staff for running the event
shoutout to my team and habib for filling in
shoutout to tambo, tatuwah, dippidy, KK, cafe, and 20b for all being fucking awesome
there's more tho ill post more later!

Shoutout to yerb for making me talk to people
Shoutout to Bobby for getting me on a team Friday night
Shoutout to pablo/tatuwah for playing melee with me
Shoutout to clorg/spades for driving me everywhere

Shoutout to fragile for being the ultimate homie
Shoutout to 20b for keeping my chat lit
Shoutout to bawls
There's too much shit to go over as I sit in some bum ass gas station in PA, but I love u guys

Shoutout to all of you :3

TF2 will be the home of this LAN as long as you keep showing up and supporting it, regardless of the number of teams (which was 18 teams this LAN). You'll never have any concern about it going away.

Highfive said he loved me, was a good lan.

:3

shoutout to rick and a little girl for being my moral support

Shoutout to my team the drunk masters
Shoutout to fragile for a great lan
Shoutout to dippidy, tatuwah, tambo, frootloops, Andrew, bilbert, and all of kcrew
Shoutout to snarken for beer and being THE homie
Was a great first lan
P.S Frick my nick is the nicest person at lan

Didnt play any TF2 but everyone was cool af

Shout out to Entropy and Freddo for remembering me lol
Shout out to whatever team was infront of me, there was a dude with a shaved head and pink+white headset that was hype as hell and I loved it but I never got their names.
Shout out to all the TF2 teams in general because you guys played like champs and played nearly all damn day
Shout out to Fragile of course because he deserves the praise for all hes done

Dunkmasters. Makkabeus was the dude popping off

as if i wasnt sad enough already

big ups to spades for adding a fifth to the mass carpool (+bear, saam, tery) and letting me room for the thursday night on short notice - this group was also a blast to hang out with despite the 100-degree car and hartford traffic

wubs for rooming, zooming, otherwise being the older brother and telling me not to hit on the toomanygames bowsette cosplayer

the lion coalition / skyz crew that picked me up from the rescue shelter and groomed me to a (6th? 7th? 8th?) place lan championship - boybilly, saga, dondorito, exer and jayy were awesome friends almost instantly

robert lft the manager for challenging me to a standing pug and demanding i get out of a car to sign his mousepad (honestly the amount of people recognizing me and asking for me by name to sign their stuff is super humbling)

(in no particular order) boxcar, yumyum, luigi, sandblast, pablo, and hedge for recognizing me, and seeking me out of a crowd to hang out and otherwise being super friendly and accepting

big sad for lan blues but i had an insane amount of fun this lan compared to last, honestly the best weekend of the past like two years of my life lmao

shoutouts to:

bwelp for being the only other filipenis at the lan, i hope we eat jollibees sometime together

mak for while not being at the LAN, motivating me to come out and play even tho i was nervous of underperforming

lion coalition (saga, dondorito, boybilly) + exerb + gritoma for being such a great team, given the circumstances im glad we placed very well with the players we had. really chill comms and we got hyped when it was appropriate
- also thx to lion coalition for letting me stay in a hotel with them

yarn legacy + bobby for being scrim partners and bobby being the epicest manager and most outgoing guy i talked to at the LAN

murkscribe, as my ex-teammate and also as a really talkative and quirky dude at the LAN

pablo for recognizing and talking to me and letting me sneak at some rgl docs

a bunch of open players/teammates that i got along with at the LAN - yumyum, bilbert (Sorry bro...), trobort, zweiz, Jojo, redshirt, goosea, lewd rude and nude, wubs, j_peg
- specifically yumyum/bilbert/trobort/zweiz/goosea/lewd who i knew beforehand and ate at bww for dinner w/ jojo + redshirt + kate

Shoutout to everyone who played the cp_chad pug:
bobby, BiG, Gritoma, LsRainbows, SteinerW, boybilly, ChaseDuck, Bubbzi, Brushguy, Bryan, DonDorito
A truly unforgettable experience

- s/o to my team for giving me an excuse to come play video games at a place that isn't at my house and dealing with me when i got mad at our gorilla roamer for not showing up to the event and stuff
- s/o to staff for putting on a great event as always
- s/o saam and spades for housing me saturday night when i was really high n didn't wanna be lonely
- s/o to phox for being the first person ive ever played on a team with to meet irl that's kinda sick and walking around the convention with me so i could buy a gameboy color
- s/o all the people i sat behind and slapped on the back when they did some cool shit for not getting annoyed at me (saam, h5, tatuwah n tambo, alfa and meyy)
- s/o to dippidy's team for having not only the best match of the lan besides finals vs kings crew but also having some of the worst setups ive seen including tambo's broken monitor and tatuwah and tambo sharing a mic for every match until the last one
- s/o to kings crew for having the best jerseys ive ever seen, id buy one if they sold them
- s/o to highfive for being my favorite tf2 player and taking a picture with me and showing me to how to get better at scout by watching him (even tho they only got second)
- s/o to cafe and ford for having one of the greatest matches of tf2 ive seen in a while and ford especially for being able to come back from the lan wizard tripping their cables to win the grand finals (it was probably cookiejake in disguise)
- s/o to kyle's twitch chat for keeping me and 20b entertained in between and during games, if anybody has logs of the stuff show was saying in chat pls hmu
- s/o to gritoma for being a cool ass dude and spending a bunch of time with me
- s/o to fygg for being exactly like i expected her to be
- s/o to alec for talking with me during the finals as im sure you all heard
- s/o to bark for playing rock band with me even though im really bad at it
- s/o sandblast and the ford hotel room for keeping a bunch of people in a cramped hotel room at 3 am so we could celebrate the victory and have a good time with our friends who we don't get to see that often, make sure to check out the IRL stream from Saturday night on b3ar's twitch channel if for a good time including sandblast having a harder time spelling the word onomatopoeia than he did during lan grand finals
- s/o to the staff for hosting us (though the wrestling match going on during group stage was annoying) fragile for running stuff and console for putting together a stream from less than nothing and still making it work
- s/o to everyone who hugged me i really needed those after a kinda frustrating tournament
- s/o to trip, spades, yerb, clorg, nursey, meyy, zanda, yosh, puzza, dubthink, makka, fridge, murkscribe, yuice, john milter, and many more, while this probably isn't the most fun i had actually playing TF2 at a lan, the experience outside of the game was incredible and you're all awesome

pictures
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top LtR (i 4got some names): hedge sandblast trip bear beel lsrainbows BiG prograde saam meyy brian ??? wubz boxcar chaseduck
bottom LtR: jpeg yuice console saga yerb tery zanda ??? azion dubthink
https://i.gyazo.com/967814e7f39df91313559faa2991af25.jpg
https://i.gyazo.com/d5b4f49725e28c83890fb721b53eabfb.jpg

I had an absolute blast.
Shoutouts to:

My team for being really chill, helpful, and supportive - trobort, Billbert, zweiz, yumyum, and lewd rude and nude. Comms were solid, and it was cool to see how got on the same page despite not scrimming together much.

Everyone neighboring me such as BLANC esports and the melee players who brought in a cute little CRT for being really considerate and welcoming.

J_peg for being a really funny dude, jayy for being extremely chill and great to hang around with, phoxx for coming around to shake my hand and still playing despite being busy with other stuff, the team of yarn legacy, Jojo, and Crasian.

The casters for putting together a really solid production, and basically everyone else at lan.

The waitress who the bunch of us who went to bww together for dinner (me, jayy, lewd, zweiz, yumyum,trobert, billbert, jojo, kate, redshirt).

In general, it was reassuring how well things went despite being surrounded by a really huge and chaotic event.

Shoutout to lewd's dad for driving him all the way from the midwest, and mine for sticking around and being really open to my hobby of gaming and how it extends to real life.

Kinda regret I didn't go around and meet up with some more people, but there's always next lan.

Entropy, bubbzi, Bobby, snarken & freddo - you guys gave been my main support network for 5 years and at last Unpharohs have united on lan. You guys have my back no matter what and are the reason I got up in the morning through a lot of high school. Y'all proved you got my back no matter what when I broke down in tears and you immediately hopped on production with no experience or working knowledge of the hardware setup. Truely heroes to me, y'all are.
Murkscribe - being a fucking boss observer with 15 mins of traiing and explanation; don't take my frustrations about you dipping the wrong way, you aren't obligated to help and I was anal about production stuff with you and my frustrations were much more rooted in hardware issues; still love ya a million and had a fantastic time Friday night with you
TheFragile - despite having to not only run the largest tf2 tournament at RGB yet with 18 teams (POGGERS) you got shit done, especially having to also run CSGO. Seriously, nick cannot receive enough praise for what he does to make the wheels spin for tf2 at rgb
ArmedGamer/Steve - thank you for being there for me at my lowest point at LAN and helping me through it; your advice and empathy is heartfelt and genuine and I'm glad I get to work closely with you every lan :)
Silva/Dave - despite now being a dreamhack big-boy lan staff, you still did everything in your power to make this RGB epic and damn did it deliver. Next lan things can only go up, hoping I can improve the broadcasts and get some more hands on deck to make our broadcasts really shine
Cytalis/Mike - huge props to this man for putting on a kick-ass speedrunning event on Saturday and chatting whenever we saw each other for the most part
Nurbey :3c - thanks for being really cool and nice to me despite me being a neet when it comes to NA organizing, and thank u for being comforting just after I started breaking down. Sorry that's how you got to meet me at lan ;)
Sandblast - you kicked ass at ur first lan and were super chill about inviting me to the Ford party/letting me sleep on your floor, very much appreciated. Had a chill time that night and you were really cool to chill with
Bear - you are one of the most hilarious people, love your sense of humor and you're a staple of the n e e t g a ng I've come to anticipate seeing again each lan. Here's to hoping we can chill more at insomnia
Meyy - was sad I didn't talk with you more over the weekend, but had a great time chilling with you the time I did talk. Hope next lan we can spend more time chilling
Yerb & saam - you guys were super chill to smoke with and talk to at the party, and very friendly to me. Thank you again yerb for paying for my burger, meant a lot to me
Aquila - the man, myth and legend once again knocks an RGB grand finals cast out of the park. Can't wait to cast with you again, maybe next lan we do some more as well? ;)
FrickMyNick - the other half of the GF duo and a staple of the Dunk cjerk, you are always an absolute blast at lan. Thank you for comforting me before grands with shiny and bilbert, you stopped the LAN blues from setting in early
Dreamboat, eepily, and eXtine - thanks very much to you three for showing up and carrying the first leg of the cast. I genuinely don't know what I would have done without you guys holding shit down early on.
Ire and bleghfarec - you guys worked pretty hard on helping me get info and organize getting articles written for LAN, was super appreciated and you guys put out quality articles
TonyMan - thanks for keeping Liquipedia updated like a homie, as well as reviewing my wiki updates frequently
Yuice - fun to party with and also still impressed you got any sleep on sat night, that chair looked hella uncomfortable
Lucrative - thank you for bringing me water and offering to bring me anything if I needed. Now RGB 5 Luc map test pugs when???
Raisins, & Weiner - being top tier epic volunteers for LAN as well as and chill gamers, unfortunate that I didn't see y'all more this weekend
Azion & ChaseDuck -thanks for giving me more opportunities to make it in our quote channel on discord ;D had a blast talking when I got the chance
DubThink - thanks for helping make servers run for pugs and matches through the weekend. Unfort that Munky wasn't here too. Also cp_chads experimental test pugs sounded lit as hell, didn't play but watched a bit in my downtime
BIG - shoutouts to my fellow CNY TF2 gamer, one of these days we will have to meet up again before lan.
Makkabeus & redshirt - got to have a miniature reunion with my combros in my first full esea season, was a heartwarming experience.
Lewd - thanks for coming up and chatting on Sunday and getting me a button from the convention. Was a really kind gesture. how do we get Vinny to stream tf2 sooner rather than later

If I am forgetting literally anyone I feel terrible, but I haven't slept since Thursday other than passing out on the Ford Gaming hotel floor for a few hours and I need to sleep, like, yesterday

I love you all
I'm not crying you're crying

Shoutout to the entire TF2 community for continuing to attend and support RGB LAN. I cannot express enough how much I appreciate the enthusiasm and passion that you bring to our event. In many ways, RGB would not be where it is today without the continued support from all of you. I cannot wait to see you all at the next LAN.

And of course, shoutout to the fragile, console, and all of the RGB staff for their hard work and dedication. This LAN would 100% not be possible without them and I could not wish for a better team.

CU@ RGB LAN 5!

I'm so fucking sad I was slowly working on a post for about 2 and a half hours and I closed chrome on my phone on accident and wiped the text.

Not worth uploading this pic

https://m.imgur.com/5pZ2eJE

If I talked to you more than twice 100% I had at least 2 sentences on how much I appreciated your ass and why I knew or how I knre you.

Yarn BLACK:
Medic- beel
Demo- frootloops
Pocket- max and his RealWeiner
Roamer- Wubs
Scouts- HaloLagan (n?), Luigi (and his dad)

Y'all took rounds off mostly everyone we played and for a team with no priors together that's hells nuts esp for one put together within like 4 hours Fri night. Luigis dad is hella appreciated and awesome cause it looked like he genuinely is interested in what he's doing. Weird af I know but how many of us could say we had any support period?

Yarn legacy:
Medic- bubbzi
Demo- freddo/entropy
Pocket- brush/entropy
Roamer- bryuan
Scouts- freddo/entropy/brush, snarken
The online or nonfragging boys: redshirt, console, mak, murkscribe, playmo, phlash, just about anyone that was on a yarn team or one of our auxillarys.

Yarn means the world to me. It's shaped who I've become since I started it in 2013 from a fucking sniper_orange_110 server called The Blue Turd(hmu if you recoginize it or any of the Turd maps). I cannot express in words alone how I've daydreamed to meet these dudes and to finally have it happen? Fuck yeah. Half of this roster as of 2 weeks ago wasn't able to or couldn't justify making it due to time or money. Thursday night rolls around and I find out Bry caught shore leave, snarken is coming down for the whole weekend instead of just Saturday, and freddo was able to make it work after I fronted his rental. I fucking love y'all dudes and the sacrifices no matter how petty or small because you still were thinking of the other guys to make our previous seasons, this lan, and hopefully our future seasons together.

Also cp_chad for s1 rgl 6s

shoutout to prograde for letting weiner and I crash at his hotel
shoutout to all the rgb staff for being awesome to work with
shoutout to all the people I didn't get to meet and pugs I never played because I went to go pass out
shoutout to "brograde brawlers" (thanks weiner) for being cool enough to pick me up so late
shoutout to kami, puzza, and ghadilli for being cool and getting pizza with us
shoutout to everyone I checked in and then proceeded to play tf2 against (I was the baseball cap lookin ass)
shoutout to koolaidalan for missing lan u were in our hearts boolaid
I have more but it's time to sleep again

Shout out to Shiny for flying in Saturday morning and carrying me on sub 4 hours of sleep.
Shout out to The Fridge for being well stocked.
Shout out to Makkabeus for yelling the entire LAN, in and out of game.
Shout out to Saam for being fun as hell to play on a team with.
Shout out to Alexandros I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Shout out to the bLANc boys and Nighthawk, kinda sad I didn't get to play against you guys, you guys were bread getters regardless.
Shout out to Aquila for being a boy and casting finals with me on short notice.
Shout out to Spades for letting me borrow his circuit splitter on short notice to let me cast finals, and for being a cool guy every RGB.
Shout out to Console for putting together all of the production stuff so games could be cast.
Shout out to The Fragile for being a great tournament admin, kept things moving despite there being a lot of teams.
Shout out to Redshirt and Jojo, LAN teammates of old, still have to blame you guys for convincing me to attend RGB1 and getting me addicted to 5 ping.

Also big shout out to the people who came and said hi to me, it's super humbling when people approach you, certainly a cool experience. All in all, another fun LAN. cu@ RGB5 :)

Shout out to Console for putting together all of the production despite a few breakdowns and maybe 5 total hours of sleep over 3 days
Shout out to Bobby for handling all of the logistics for the Yarn boys. You guys are homies for life and I'm so glad I got to meet you all.
Shout out to Murkscribe for being exactly as friendly and quirky IRL as everywhere else. You're a good boy and we love you
Shout out to Bubz for being the sober one and yelling at everyone to drink water. Also for not getting mad when I got blood all over his water jug.
Shout out to Morgan and Freddo for driving down and chauffeuring our dumb asses around philly
Shout out to Bryuan for being the fuckin plug
Shout out to boybilly, dondorito and they boys for playing like 6 matches with us. All of them were fun and the tourney match was even better
Shout out to Makkabus for A) Remembering me and still having me be a meme in his group and B) Being the most hyped man alive at LAN. It was contagious.
Shout out to Jayy for saying hi everytime he walked by. A polite guy that one.
Shout out to Brushguy for walking the convention hall with and gift hunting for our respective girlfriends.

There's more but I'm still exhausted. For real I had such a good time and as sappy as it sounds I really felt accepted and like I had real friends for the first time since middle school. I love this community. I hope more events like this will help me further come out of my cringey shell and just be myself more. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Shout out to the dude that played on wiazerds computer and just stayed there after we asked him to move. I guess the lan and waizerds computer wasn't part of the "open video game area". He also warped wiazerd chair after knocking it over.
Shout out to the random kid that kept messing with Chompa's and Kings Crews computers, and then just smiled when asked what he was doing.
Shout out to my teammates and everyone that I saw again.
Shout out to all the new people that went out of their way to say hi to anti social yari.
Shout out to :3
I love lan.