instead of double posting in two different threads, my reply to everything and thank-yous are here.

Prizes

Note: This applies to Saturday.

If you finished top four and haven't received your money / Corsair prizes, message me on Steam. All of you have me added, so this shouldn't take long. Anything CEVO-related for prizes on Friday is totally through CEVO, but if you guys need help with that, you can still message me and I'll try to help.

If you finished in fifth and sixth place (Keywork eSports and Terminal Chillness), you guys received your Zowie gear and are taken care of. You guys are set and don't need to contact me unless you have questions about something.

If you finished anywhere between seventh place and last place (this also includes if you didn't make it out of group stage), I need your captain to add me on Steam and send me an email with everyone's Steam email address. I will send you your digital gift to your Steam accounts that way.

GROUP STAGE:
http://cevo.com/event/tf2-gxl-2014/competitors/112/204/

DOUBLE ELIMINATION STAGE:
http://challonge.com/gxluniverse_teamfortress2

Got home yesterday, collapsed on my bed, and just woke up from a 16 hour nap, haha. I'm sore as fuck, I have a horrible blister on my pinky toe, and I'm unwillingly back at work. I still have GXL prizes to give out (more info on that later in the next post) and other things that need to be done. However, holy fuck, that was amazing.

I've had countless people come up to me and thank me for doing this, but I always replied with "I appreciate that, but thank you for coming out."

There have been multiple times where I went around to everyone, just hugging / shaking hands with people, thanking them for coming out to make this event what it was. All the time, money, and effort I've put in alongside the eXtv crew would be totally irrelevant if it weren't for everyone coming out. We had about 170+ TF2 people come out with a 20 team community tournament. 20 fucking teams. That is so damn incredible.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to hang out with people as much as I had wished, because there was a lot of work to be done. I did hang out with people after each night wrapped up with some great times at Rick's hotel room ($20 COIN TOSS CHAD "HERO" HOLSTEIN, HOLD THAT SHIT). I also had a great time casting with gecks, which was even more awesome to do it in person, considering him and I became an impromptu duo only a month ago.

This event was a lot to handle, and many of us behind the curtains were incredibly stressed. I had a pretty horrible mental breakdown at one point, which then the eXtv guys literally forced me to sit down and take a break. I just sat down and had tons of stressful tears. However, I knew things would come together. After the grand finals finished on Saturday, we played out that awesome outro video the eXtv crew and me watched behind the curtains in the back stage. When it finished, we barraged each others with hugs and lots of tears, knowing we fucking did it. The stress disappeared, and all of the hard work we put in finally paid off.

I really wished we had taken a giant group photo, but I saw tons of people taking many pictures throughout the event, so I'm sure we'll be fine on that end.

Here is what will surely be a horribly incomplete "thank you" list, as I will definitely forget people that I want to thank. So, in no particular order:

dashner - For spending over half of a year talking to me almost every single day for many hours on how we could set everything up and make things better. You spent as much of your own money as I did (maybe even more?), and you really didn't have to do that or even help me with any of this, but thank you.

Lange - For helping with some of the sponsorship stuff and getting A LOT of this stuff off of the ground, especially at the event. There were a lot of times where we were under a ton of stress, but I felt like you were the guy who really reassured everyone that everything was gonna be okay and we were gonna do it.

dr.shdwpuppet - For helping with all of the server stuff. It would have been VERY difficult without you there, and your invaluable talent along with your swift timing to make sure everything happened the moment I needed it to happen was just fantastic.

Airon - You flew out from Berlin to help our production. I think that sentence alone needs no further explanation on how grateful I am for your presence.

Arie - You also flew out from Europe to help with our production and participate in the tournament. I'm really sorry about the miscommunication with PCs, but you could tell how devastated I was. Regardless, things wouldn't have been the same without you and your team.

The eXtv crew as a whole - You guys put on a fucking amazing show. The stream guys, the casters, and everyone who had any kind of role in it. Seriously, what a show.

eXtine - For helping me out with things when I had my breakdown and also helping out a ton with the CEVO rental situation. You made that a hell of a lot less stressful. You also bought me chapstick, and that was basically my #1 request all weekend, rofl.

Corsair Gaming - For being one of the first (maybe THE first?) event you've sponsored. That's so awesome and we appreciate the support so much.

Zowie - For showing your continued support for TF2 time and time again.

ChinGoo, foster, CJ-, Thrasher, Benk, smaka - For donating prizes. I hope I didn't forget anyone here.

TEZC - For flying out from Europe to make this event! Your presence really made this event more exciting, and I can only hope that this is not the last time we see Europe on NA soil. Again, sorry about the PC miscommunication.

Literally anyone who traveled long distances - I don't think this needs much of an explanation, except that it makes me feel awesome that this event was good enough for you to travel such distances. That really makes me feel happy.

mala - For constantly making sure I was okay all weekend and got anything I needed. You also bought me a much needed supply of Monster drinks :3!

CEVO|Pipher and CEVO|Spangler - For your help and PC rentals when they were needed. You guys were probably a little annoyed with me at times but thank you for dealing with me, haha.

Tagg - For taking pictures and bodying me in Smash Bros games. I will never stand a chance. ;_;

flame - For helping out with what you could, when you could. We've had some differences on the forums, but at the end of the day, we just want TF2 to be awesome. You also drive a sick fucking car.

mana and enigma - For promptly helping me with any TFTV things I needed done.

The CEVO teams - For playing a ridiculous amount of TF2 over two days. I know you guys are exhausted and were probably a little fed up with me at times, but you guys put on amazing matches as always. Also, thank you for signing / doing autographs for players. It means so much to them than you can possibly imagine.

To anyone I snapped at - I'm really sorry. There were times where I was really stressed out and did that totally on accident. I don't think I snapped at anyone I didn't know and I don't think there were too many times where it happened, but I apologize. I think the only time I legitimately snapped is when my team wouldn't stop scrimming mix^ when they had to play a match, and I screamed "GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE SERVER BEFORE I RIP OUT YOUR ETHERNET CABLES," rofl.

Everyone else - Seriously, I can't accurately put into words how happy I feel with how the event went. None of this means anything without all of you showing up. Thank you.

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For the weeks prior to the event, I was just so done already. My mind was filled with "fuck this, I'm not doing this again next year, wow, much stress, so tired, fml," but now I'm already anticipating planning the next event! The problem is that I really try to do too much on my own. Perhaps I should just do a better job at delegating some of my work to some other people who are ready and willing to help, haha.

All I really gave a shit about is that we put on a good fucking show and everyone had an amazing time, and I think it's safe to say we accomplished both things.

I see a lot of you asking if GXL '15 is gonna happen and if TF2 will be a thing with it.

Yeah, GXL '15 is gonna happen.

Yeah, TF2 will be a thing.

Yeah, I'm running it again.

About to pick up tagg, indust, and shrugger, then head over to the venue. #hype

Yeah. That's something I forgot to tell the CEVO teams when I found out.

my b :<

FINAL REMINDER

Tonight is the last night I can deal with GXL questions, issues, and whatever else. I cannot help you after tonight, as I will be at the venue setting up.

Please iron out any issues that you might have by tonight.

Please have six paid players on your roster by tonight with your Steam IDs synced to your CEVO accounts (if possible).

Thanks.

LEMME LOOK IN THE FAQ IN THE FIRST POST.

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Also, I wouldn't read too much into the FAQ on the GXL website. It's alright for the most part but a lot of is kinda messy / outdated. Just refer to the FAQ in the first post.

Yes, this is all true, but you can't come in at 9 AM (or at all) unless you have SOME kind of pass. If you have literally no kind of pass, you can't come in.

IT'S IN THE FAQ.

I KEEP TELLING YOU NERDS THAT LIKE 80% OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED IN THE FAQ.

PLS.

MY BRAIN.

The event hasn't even started yet, but I just want to thank everyone for trusting in the eXtv crew and me that we are gonna make this an amazing event. We've spent more hours than you can imagine preparing for this, and it's so fucking cool to have it all come together now.

Again, I can't thank all of you enough.

There's been an endless amount of work to do as of late, but we are only a few days away. I'm going to the venue early on Thursday to help set up, so the last day I'm dealing with any kind of issues is Wednesday night. Spangler will not be available either, as he's making his way out Wednesday afternoon. Please, try your absolute hardest to have six paid players on your roster by Wednesday night at the latest.

Any questions, problems, concerns, whatever, please direct it to me and get it out of the way by Wednesday at the very latest. I will not be able to help you after that. Do not wait until the last minute.

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So, because everyone participating is getting a prize, here's what I'm likely gonna do with the prize situation.

If your placement gets you a tangible prize (basically, not an in-game item or game), then you'll be given the prize at the event. If you are given a key, game, or in-game item, I'll likely take down everyone's email address and send them to each person when I get home. It would require probably a good two to three hours for me to send out all of the digital prizes, so I might as well do that on Monday and Tuesday. If I find time to send the digital prizes at the event, I will.

More information will be available about this during the event.

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If you need a ticket transfer or if you want to buy a ticket through me, TONIGHT IS THE LAST NIGHT IT CAN BE DONE. Myself as well as the rest of the GXL stuff will be too busy with everything else to do any ticket transfers. If you message me after tonight, I cannot help you.

I think only some of the CEVO admins are arriving that early. I'm not sure about anyone else.

There's been an endless amount of work to do as of late, but we are only a few days away. I'm going to the venue early on Thursday to help set up, so the last day I'm dealing with any kind of issues is Wednesday night. Spangler will not be available either, as he's making his way out Wednesday afternoon. Please, try your absolute hardest to have six paid players on your roster by Wednesday night at the latest.

Any questions, problems, concerns, whatever, please direct it to me and get it out of the way by Wednesday at the very latest. I will not be able to help you after that. Do not wait until the last minute.

5'8"

However you want. You can make multiple trips to your car, or you can scoot everything little by little.

There is currently an issue with joining rosters on CEVO's website. They are trying to fix it at this very moment.

It's fixed. People can join like normal.

The ticket transfer needs to go through me so I can get it changed on the GXL ticket.