oh fuck yes.

Yeah, Bdonski was fine for the first half of Snakewater, but then it jumped to 100-150 for the rest of Snakewater and Badlands..

The original plan was to play our match vs $5 on Monday the 13th, then play our next opponent (which happened to be Froyo) on Tuesday. This is because Shrugger and I were going to EVO on Wednesday, so we set it up so we could get the first two rounds done on Monday and Tueday, and then go to EVO. Shrugger and I wouldn't get back until Tuesday morning, the 21st. Well, then there was the issue with the Monday matches getting fucked up due to the third map never loading. The admins couldn't get it fixed that night, so we had to get the third map played on Tuesday. The 20b vs Froyo third map started at 11:30 EST, so if that went the full hour (barring pauses and other general delays), then if we tried to play Froyo in a bo3 right after, the bo3 would have started at 12:30 AM, potentially lasting as long as roughly 3:30 or 4 AM. And yeah, fuck that. I have work in the morning and it might as well get rescheduled to a different day at that point.

Froyo couldn't play on the Tuesday we got back. So, the match had to be played on Wednesday, the 22nd. It was the final day that the extension could be given due to the ESEA problems early last week. Killing told me that if the match wasn't played on Wednesday, we would be getting a forfeit loss. For anyone who suggests Shrugger and I should have skipped EVO, you're crazy. We booked our flights, hotel and passes before the season started. I'm not going to throw away +$800 when a match can be extended at a later date (and I talked with Killing about it before going, too).

Shade's internet issues on the second map were spontaneous and caused him to lag out completely at times. We were very patient throughout the match for their pauses, but I don't think anyone (Froyo included) were willing to wait at least an hour for Shade's internet to be possibly fixed. There was a pause that lasted about 20 minutes, and we also waited another 20 minutes during pre-game for shade to get his internet back up. They paused once or twice more (and we paused once) but those didn't last that long. Anyway, let me quote tsc:

I believe teams get two five-minute pauses. We could have forced them to unpause, as they went way over five minutes on most of their pauses, but we were patient and understood their situation. None of us pressured Froyo into getting a sub. At most, all we did was ask for updates on their situation.

So no, we weren't "lucky" that we weren't up until 3 AM, because we probably would have said something if the delay was getting too asinine (and we waited a long time, too). I'm not sure about anyone on Froyo, but Rando and I have work in the morning. We were patient, but we weren't going to wait an unreasonable amount of time for shade to possibly come back, and I believe Froyo felt the same way.

Please don't assume you know all of the details in the situation when posting something like that.

Shrugger, Muffin, Basik, and I will be there.

As I've mentioned previously, you should answer "yes" to that question if you're coming for TF2 in any kind of way. Basically, if you're someone who visits TFTV, you answer "yes."

:3

Roughly 300, but I wouldn't wait long.

One early bird ticket left.

25 more early bird tickets have been added, leaving a total of 35 early bird tickets up for grabs right now.

Also, please spread the word that registration is live. I mass-messaged everyone about it, but I still want to make sure no one is in the dark about this.

I will, but I'll do that at some point this weekend.

It was also a little hard to manage last time, so please make it clear when you've found a ride or if your car is now full.

http://www.thegxl.com/civicrm/event/info%3Fid%3D3%26amp%3Breset%3D1

REGISTRATION IS LIVE. 44 early bird tickets are left as of this very second.

Post that you paid and I'll put you down on the original post as paid.

I just want to echo this once more, just so people don't mindless buy tickets.

We have no plans of doing refunds or ticket transfers this year. Please make sure that you can actually go before you buy your ticket.

The first 50 people to sign up will pay a discounted price of $50. After that, it's a flat fee of $60.

Also, when you buy your ticket, make sure to say "yes" to the question "Are you participating in TF2?" This is important due to us needing a good estimate on how much space we need to lay out for the TF2 players.

You'll have plenty of time. I think it sold out about two weeks before the event last time, and that was when registration opened in April.

Already bought the 518 and g400 from him. :(

meb, I'll buy the 518 and the g400.