Fixed on both. Thanks. That's what happens when you're doing this at 2 AM.

http://teamfortress.tv/articles/view/98-tftv-i49-lan-fundraiser

It's here.

BTW: PayPal isn't up yet; this is my fault. It'll be ready within the week, I think. PayPal is up.

Yay! It's here!

I'll respond to just this, as vile and Ghostac have you covered pretty well. My short experience is that you're right. I was blown away by b4nny's real life play; it's really on another level than that I've seen anywhere else. To see it online is one thing, to see it in person is seriously something different. He also generously taught me how to c-tap, which is by far much easier to learn when you can physically see the timing.

I'm not nearly the most qualified person to answer, but I went to the Seattle LANFest just recently and am heading to this one.

- Yes, you should come by, if it's not wrecking your schedule or budget! This list of players is ridiculous. If anything, it's massive inspiration to get better. I met b4nny and bl4nk at Seattle LANFest and I'd be a liar if I said it didn't push me to do better.
- Correct, you can do whatever you want. The LAN gives you a spot and you do as you will. They'll announce events that are optional to participate in (assuming it's the same style of Seattle, which would be weird if not). Also, judging from this list of players, there will be a ton of non-competitive fun events, too.
- You're also correct about the off-time. And being 18 might be a factor, yes. Really depends on the crowd.
- You don't need to tear down your setup until the end of Sunday. If they do things right it's pretty secure. Some people are renting hotels (me and John), some people will probably sleep at the LAN itself (I did this at Seattle LANFest, was surprisingly not terrible).

Really, if you can make it (time and budget), I can at least highly recommend it (granted, that's only from me). The attendance list alone is a fantastic reason to go. It also helps to be able to bring a friend, but it's not necessary. :)

Eh, I'll get it when I start doing camera around next week. Not a huge deal. It's not like I would post if I couldn't back up what I was saying.

The reasoning has been covered many times; I'm reasonable and patient, but even I won't reiterate it now. It's somewhere in this thread. Also, you're wrong.

The i49 fundraiser will be up shortly, within a week. We have some swanky nice perks in return for your awesome and generous donations!

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Likewise. We all saw at s12 LAN that he was a playmaker, and with the roster now, that just lets him do exactly that even more.

Great write up, Slin. This is going to be a crazy awesome LAN.

That is correct, at least, only one from the official TeamFortress.TV fundraiser. If a team wants to go themselves, they can, but it's going to be quite an effort.

Sal's answer is best; intelligence is incredibly hard to define and compare without the specific context it's being measured/used.

I'm ridiculously excited for this release; I feel like there's been a huge dearth of funk-based melodies/supports (which is what made me like Daft Punk in the first place) lately in EDM in general. It's also going to be really cool to see the current EDM generation response to an album like what we've heard thus far. I would love at least a little throwback to a strong funk vs electro/dubstep ratio in today's EDM.

EDIT: Listening to some remixes/edits of this theme, and I have to say, this music style is seriously reminding me of the visual style used in Interstella 5555 (an animation with an entirely Daft Punk soundtrack by Leiji Matsumoto, a famous Japanese anime artist who has a distinct style you might recognize if you've seen famous old animes).

Met CarboN at LAN, went 3-20 against b4nny's Soldier on MGE, versus my 2-20.

You'll have a good time. Too bad you can't try out for us, but I'm sure we'll scrim against each other some time. :)

Did you reinstall after the recent update? That generally fixes most HUD problems after Valve updates (short of something like the vaccinator or MvM).

I'll add you when I get back from work (friends list full @_@), because I've been collecting MGE/DM partners as well.

I was thinking of making a regularly scheduled group of some kind, where all of us just pile into a mumble, play on a server, and mentor the lower skilled players if desired. I'm only just in Open, but I do have some IM friends who would like to do this.

That's pretty brilliant; we may want to have it redirect somewhere else (i.e. the indiegogo), but (at least for me) it's much appreciated.