Finally got back home after a rather painful 26 hour trip. I always intend to post in these threads but it's hard to find the words of gratitude sometimes, because I am a man of few words. However, this time I feel like I really need to write something as this was a very special event for me personally.
Thanks to Esports Arena and its staff for hosting, adminning and producing this event! Nobody would have been there without you!
I'd like to thank the Se7en squad and its entourage for showing and making me not the only European player at this LAN. I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys, drinking, eating breakfast and whatnot. I apologise for smashing Raymon's headset during the bootcamp!
Thanks to my team: saam, bear, bo4r, shiki and marmaloo. Despite having almost no chemistry, no practice and it being my roamer debut, we still made it and took the gold medal in the open tournament.
Thanks to AMS, alle and Bren for being good roommates. Thanks for booking ubers when I couldn't get my uber app working. The trip to Hollywood with AMS and alle was really fun, even though I got really badly chafed from the shoes I bought and I couldn't walk at the end.
Thank you Dashner and Uberchain for taking the time to come here to produce their documentary. I am really looking forward to see the results. Thanks for all the moments we shared, it was really enjoyable to hang with you guys and I will miss you guys the most! Hopefully we will meet again some day! Also thanks to Uberchain for taking my new Twitter profile picture, and giving me chopsticks when I didn't have anything to eat my noodles with.
Thank you Jasbutts for helping me take care of myself when I was more than slightly inebriated, and thanks for booking the uber back to the airport when I was the only one left at the motel.
Thanks to all the people I hanged out with during LAN, and everyone who came up to me and had a chat with me. You know who you are. The TF2 community has a lot of lovely people and will always have a special place in my heart. I've been to a lot of events and I feel like the community around the events is awesome every single time, and I always miss a ton of people after leaving.
Please lets keep making these events happen! They are always amazing experiences for almost everyone involved, and to people who haven't been to LAN yet, please take the opportunity to go to one if it shows up. I highly recommend them.
Finally, thanks Dreamboat for the GIANT hug.
P.S. Words can not really describe how grateful I am to have attended this LAN, but this is a solid attempt.