Hi, I’m Chiers! I’m known for being the Head TO of RCADIA Fortress, held in Hamburg Germany in November of 2022. I have some sad news regarding the event.
There will not be another RCADIA Fortress Event. These are the reasons:
RCADIA had to give up on the venue of the hotel in December, making it way harder to host events. This decision was already made before RCADIA Fortress but had to be kept hidden.
RCADIA is taking a step back from hosting esport tournaments in general in order to focus on more profitable events featuring popular german influencers.
I, as a result of that, have stopped working at RCADIA, as my interest does not lie within influencers. Therefore, RCADIA has lost its connection to the TF2 community.
Organizing this event, or any event for RCADIA for that matter, was an absolute nightmare, as the company was promised an illusion of profit within esport tournaments, accompanied by a lack of guidelines or realistic goals, which lead to even the greatest tournaments not being viewed successful, no matter how well they turned out. Our biggest efforts of working with third parties were torn apart by weird, on the fly decisions that lead to complete rearranging of plans for seemingly no good reason. I’d like to apologize to DCS and Phoenix Red for receiving the short end of RCADIA’s whims so many times and thank them again for pulling through. Without you, this event wouldn’t have been possible. I managed to host some amazing community tournaments despite RCADIA’s best efforts to screw me over. I am glad to have left RCADIA, and I have learned a valuable lesson that if you want a grassroots tournament done well, with any hint of passion and heart in it, don’t do it in the name of a company.
I’d like to apologize to you, the TF2 community, for not informing you about this earlier. It took me a while to recover from RCADIA mentally, since it was seemingly a dream job, just to turn out to be the biggest shit show of all time. However, I haven’t lost my passion for hosting tournaments. I WILL attempt to get another TF2 tournament going in Hamburg. I can’t promise anything, but I will try. Thank you so much again for the amazing event that RCADIA Fortress turned out to be, and I hope I’ll find a way to bring you all together one more time. If you have any questions regarding the matter, feel free to ask me.
Until then,
Cheers!
Chiers
Hi, I’m Chiers! I’m known for being the Head TO of RCADIA Fortress, held in Hamburg Germany in November of 2022. I have some sad news regarding the event.
[b]There will not be another RCADIA Fortress Event.[/b] These are the reasons:
RCADIA had to give up on the venue of the hotel in December, making it way harder to host events. This decision was already made before RCADIA Fortress but had to be kept hidden.
RCADIA is taking a step back from hosting esport tournaments in general in order to focus on more profitable events featuring popular german influencers.
I, as a result of that, have stopped working at RCADIA, as my interest does not lie within influencers. Therefore, RCADIA has lost its connection to the TF2 community.
Organizing this event, or any event for RCADIA for that matter, was an absolute nightmare, as the company was promised an illusion of profit within esport tournaments, accompanied by a lack of guidelines or realistic goals, which lead to even the greatest tournaments not being viewed successful, no matter how well they turned out. Our biggest efforts of working with third parties were torn apart by weird, on the fly decisions that lead to complete rearranging of plans for seemingly no good reason. I’d like to apologize to DCS and Phoenix Red for receiving the short end of RCADIA’s whims so many times and thank them again for pulling through. Without you, this event wouldn’t have been possible. I managed to host some amazing community tournaments despite RCADIA’s best efforts to screw me over. I am glad to have left RCADIA, and I have learned a valuable lesson that [b]if you want a grassroots tournament done well, with any hint of passion and heart in it, don’t do it in the name of a company.
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I’d like to apologize to you, the TF2 community, for not informing you about this earlier. It took me a while to recover from RCADIA mentally, since it was seemingly a dream job, just to turn out to be the biggest shit show of all time. However, I haven’t lost my passion for hosting tournaments. I WILL attempt to get another TF2 tournament going in Hamburg. I can’t promise anything, but I will try.[b] Thank you so much again for the amazing event[/b] that RCADIA Fortress turned out to be, and I hope I’ll find a way to bring you all together one more time. If you have any questions regarding the matter, feel free to ask me.
Until then,
Cheers!
Chiers
really unfortunate. corporate greed prevails again
thank you for organising a great event regardless of behind the scene issues, huge respect and you've given myself and others an experience we'll never forget!
really unfortunate. corporate greed prevails again
thank you for organising a great event regardless of behind the scene issues, huge respect and you've given myself and others an experience we'll never forget!
No need to apologise, we're very grateful for everything you managed to put out for us and am very thankful to you for providing the best lan experience at least I personally have ever had. You wern't given the respect you deserved at the end of the event, so to hear you're sticking around despite that is brilliant and I hope the collective is able to give you your dues in the near future.
No need to apologise, we're very grateful for everything you managed to put out for us and am very thankful to you for providing the best lan experience at least I personally have ever had. You wern't given the respect you deserved at the end of the event, so to hear you're sticking around despite that is brilliant and I hope the collective is able to give you your dues in the near future.
your passion throughout the organization of the event was obvious to all of us. its a shame that some of the things you wanted to do and improve upon didnt end up working because of 3rd parties in our scene or rcadia themselves.
you put in an insane ammount of work and managed to put together an incredible event, no need to be sorry!
your passion throughout the organization of the event was obvious to all of us. its a shame that some of the things you wanted to do and improve upon didnt end up working because of 3rd parties in our scene or rcadia themselves.
you put in an insane ammount of work and managed to put together an incredible event, no need to be sorry!
<3 RCADIA was one of the best LANs I have watched from a production perspective. Thank you for your work. Godspeed
<3 RCADIA was one of the best LANs I have watched from a production perspective. Thank you for your work. Godspeed
One of the most memorable TF2 events I've been to, and I have been to so many of them. Thanks for the work you put into it. Despite the chaos behind the scenes, it really wasn't visible at the event itself.
One of the most memorable TF2 events I've been to, and I have been to so many of them. Thanks for the work you put into it. Despite the chaos behind the scenes, it really wasn't visible at the event itself.
Thanks for hosting. Know your hard work and passion was noticed
You can definitely expect me at future events :)
Thanks for hosting. Know your hard work and passion was noticed
You can definitely expect me at future events :)
Working with RCADIA was indeed about as enjoyable as sitting down on a pincushion.
Guess it kinda makes much more sense now if they had already decided to drop the venue und the esports unit...
Sucks overall though, the place had the potential of becoming a LAN staple for TF2.
Regardless, we created special and I guess literally unique memories for everyone involved and I appreciate that. Thats why we do what we do afterall.
Working with RCADIA was indeed about as enjoyable as sitting down on a pincushion.
Guess it kinda makes much more sense now if they had already decided to drop the venue und the esports unit...
Sucks overall though, the place had the potential of becoming a LAN staple for TF2.
Regardless, we created special and I guess literally unique memories for everyone involved and I appreciate that. [b]Thats[/b] why we do what we do afterall.