TLR team comms up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaM1AzjD7s

Oh you weren't joking.

Just a PSA that ShadowBurn plays on 60hz at home...

Amazing response so far, we're at €284 at the end of our first day. Perks are being managed by us off a google docs spreadsheet and will be updated here and on i55.tf as and when they run out.

Massive thanks to everyone who's donated so far. This site doesn't keep track of total donated so I'll be putting the figure manually in the description and keep you updated on the forums - so far our total is €105.

I want to give super special shoutouts to Molesto and Silentes for donating before we even announced it. SO KEEN.

If you donated specifically to see ShaDowBurn at LAN and would like your money back please check the email tied to your paypal account.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtli4lpAoao

European 6v6 team The Last Resort needs your help to get to the Insomnia 55 LAN event in Coventry, England, this August. We're really keen to get over to the tournament and bring our game to the other Europeans and the two North American teams in attendance, but as it stands we're about €1500 short of making that happen, mainly due to the cost of flying superstar roamer ShadowBurn in from Russia.

You can find out more about the team and our fundraiser here: http://i55.tf/tlr

You can donate (through PayPal) here: https://imraising.tv/u/thelastresort

Who are The Last Resort?

The Last Resort will be a name familiar to many European competitive TF2 players, having competed in many seasons in ETF2L's Premiership over the years. Now, team leader HYS has returned to put together a brand new roster with the aim of establishing ourselves as the top 6v6 team in Europe and, later this year, in the world.

The lineup consists of:

Scout - Nicolas "NiCO" Moret
Scout - Björn "Herr_P" Rundquist
Pocket Soldier - Aleksanteri "AMS" Savolainen
Roaming Soldier - George "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha
Medic - Guy "Serotone" Holland
Demoman - Stevan "HYS" Šajković

Herr_P, pocket scout and hero of TLR's recent victory over Reason Gaming has this to say about our team:
"We might be a pretty new team but I think that we're coming along nicely. I've said it before and I say it again: Skill > Names. And we're stoked to go to England to prove that."

You can find out more about The Last Resort organisation here: http://www.tlr-esports.co.uk

The Perks

Just like the fundraisers for the North American teams, we're offering various perks for donating. We're doing the fundraiser through Imraising rather than Indiegogo because it has much lower fees, but you can just leave a message with the perk you're claiming and your contact information and we'll handle it all manually.

€5 - Outro Credits
A special outro video will be created to mark the conclusion of TFTV's coverage of the i55 LAN event following the end of knock out stages of the competition, crediting the individuals who made the event and it's coverage possible. Be included in on this along with other donators as a special thank you for getting our players to England!

€5 - Raffle for a signed TLR team shirt
Your name will be entered into a raffle for a signed TLR jersey. We will draw this and announce the winner at the event.

Anyone claiming any other perks will also be receive the above two, as long as you provide the relevant information

€10 - Three rounds of MGE vs ShadowBurn, AMS or NiCO
Test your skills against one of Europe's finest MGE nerds in a best of 3 rounds scenario. This perk comes with a 'no ragequitting for ELO' guarantee.
(Limited to 9 claims total, 3 claims per TLR player, please leave which player you'd like to play against in the comment and we'll be in touch)

€15 - Mix with TLR players
AMS and Herr_P spend countless hours playing mixes, so it must be fun, right? If you're paying for us to get to LAN, then we'd love to get to know you, so you'll be able to join us to play some chilled 6v6 mixes. Any skill level, offclassing or onclassing, we'll make it work. This perk comes with a 'Scandinavian humour' guarantee.
(Limited to 9 claims, and is subject to scheduling within European hours)

€30 - 1 hour mentoring / demo review session
Pick a TLR player to go over a couple of demos, watch your team on STV, or anything you want - we're yours for an hour. You can pick any player for this perk but NiCO and ShadowBurn are only available in French or Russian respectively.
(Limited to 5 claims)

€45 - Your game casted by TLR players
Provide a live STV or demo and Herr_P, AMS, Serotone or HYS will cast your match.
(Limited to 3 claims, subject to scheduling)

€60 - Fragvid by AMS
Send in your demos and AMS will make a fragvid for you and host it on his channel. You can see an example of his work here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHIBXauuVks
(Limited to 3 claims, and a maximum of 3 minutes video length)

FAQ

Q: What is i55?
A: Multiplay i55 is the summer iteration of the Insomnia Gaming Festival which is held in England tri-annually. For the past three years, teams from North America and Australia have attended, making the Team Fortress 2 tournament an inter-continental event. It's considered the biggest event in the TF2 calendar, and the only place where teams from different continents can compete on an even footing.

Q: I thought you're a sponsored team, what do you need money for?
A: Unfortunately we're further along in the process of making plans for LAN than in the process of securing sponsorship funds. The Last Resort is working hard on deals for event tickets and PC rental, and these expenses are not factored into the fundraiser total. The money we're asking for is exclusively for flights for ShadowBurn, AMS and NiCO, and acommodation costs; any other expenses will be paid either through sponsorship or out of pocket.

Q: Where do I donate?
A: Right here: https://imraising.tv/u/thelastresort
All donations go through PayPal with minimal overhead compared to other crowdfunding sites. If you want to be in the outro credits, please leave a name or alias in the comments. For other perks, please leave a valid form of contact (email or steam id).

Fundraiser will be up at some point this weekend, I just need to finish writing the words.

Perks will include:

- Your name in the i55 outro credits, same as the NA ones
- A raffle for a signed team shirt
- Mentoring sessions / demo reviews from your favourite TLR player, including foreign language capabilities from ShadowBurn and NiCO
- Fragvid from AMS
- Your game casted by AMS & Herr_P!!

And much more.

"Top. Let's smash the yanks."

You can enable downloads in the track settings.

Anecdotal, but I had a very similar ping issue earlier that week and scrab and I are on the same ISP.

Also this is a troll thread.

Ok my logo submission is a picture of Verse.

Paging Louis Theroux...

These adverts are amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v93Jh6JNBng

If the product itself ships from within the EU will massdrop even work out cheaper to the UK? I've ordered stuff from america before and had to pay around £12 for customs.

Make sure your horse knows how to swim.

Get proper audio on all the cameras, especially the crowd cam. I thought the setup you had there deserved a dedicated audio person. Also maybe have some sort of presenter with a microphone being followed by a camera walking around the venue, talking about stuff and doing quick interviews with players. Would keep things more interesting between games / maps than the static cameras.