• Disabled TFTrue's restorestats feature while I try and find the cause of crashes
  
• Paid out 185 euros to the EU server providers
  
• Paid out $70 to tragicservers, the sole NA server provider
  
• Replaced the 8 Windows-based servers for the Australian system with 9 shiny new Linux-based servers, thanks to Some_Thing

Good times!

I don't know.

This. :(

They should've watched the i49 fragumentary and realized the TF2 finals are the best. Oh wait.... i46 documentary!

Yeah, there was a problem with the FTP connections in the NA system. Unfortunately no one bothered to leave a comment about their failing reservations, so it took a TF2Center admin (thanks kkaltuu) to notify me of the problem. It's fixed now.

• STRAYA C*%TS!

• Wrote an update post for Reddit r/truetf2, comments welcome

Byte and Bones asked Multiplay if we could have a mini stage again.....

This is it:

http://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/wP48RYKKxI.png

• NA: Added 5 Dallas-based servers, as always, courtesy of tragicservers \o\ /o/ 19 NA servers now wooooo :)
  
• Working on a little something something for that third TF2 continent.

That won't show the Sensei's hardware accel.

• EU: Added the option to rent a private server. For 15 euros/month you can take any non-donator server and make it only reservable by yourself + you also become a donator for this period. Bit of an experiment to see if people are interested in such a thing.

http://fakkelbrigade.eu/i/dIn6wJEXXD.png

Had a few people pm me on steam that can help out with photoshopping things during the event, so we might be sorted for that :)
List of casters starting to look good too. Is it august yet? Let's go!

Sneak peek of TF2Center's serveme.tf integration :)

http://i.imgur.com/9OSWKbz.png

Getting ahead of things here...but oh well....

I'm warming to the idea of doing it on the tf.tv stream. We'll probably be shutting down both VTF2 and VTV after i52 anyway, so kinda silly to have people watch a stream that won't be back.
Now I am rather fond of the VTV assets, the HUD, the scoreboard, overlays, the bird and such, so would love to see that again for the i52 stream, especially as its swan song.

Things were looking quite grim a few weeks ago. Taking stock of what we could bring for i52, both in people and resources, we were quite sure we couldn't put on anything like the i49 show. After reaching out to tf.tv EU to see if they'd might want to run it instead, it turned it out they were in no position to do it either.

The recent preliminary meeting has me in a positive mood though. We're looking good in terms of gear, OK-ish on casters, OK-ish on number of production crew. I mean we're asking 2 Americans to fly over just so we have enough people that know how to computer, that's how desperate EU casting situation seems to be atm.

Also, it would be nice to find people for:

• Basic photoshopping for the overlay images. Nothing fancy, just changing caster photos and team names. That kind of stuff. Might not even have to be on site to do that. Anything random we might need on stream on short notice.
  
• On-screen talent. Bonus points if you know the game, can look in a camera and ask good short questions. (I <3 you byte, but look in the goddamn camera)

• EU: 14 more servers to play with. 2 UK, 12 DE. Fill all those, I dare ya.