There are ~50 seats left. Don't wait until it's too late. :(

As of right now, there's roughly six areas on the seating chart where you'll be able to fit your full team of six next to each other.

The seats are almost halfway gone. Don't wait too much longer, kids.

Coming from someone who barely watches anything ever, Black Mirror is amazing.

Registration is live! Use the coupon code CU@ to save $5. This coupon code will expire on February 1st at midnight EST.

https://www.lanreg.org/rgblan/rgblan2

Updated the first post with tournament / event information.

Registration for the LAN opens at 5 PM EST tomorrow. The registration link will be here: https://www.lanreg.org/rgblan/rgblan2

This year will have assigned seating.

I will also post tournament rules and other information sometime tomorrow.

Miggy used to talk to me a lot about various ideas for LANs and such. Very passionate guy who really cared about growing TF2. So sad to hear this. :(

Not sure but I'd imagine so.

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Hi all,

It's that time again. :3

Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
100 Station Ave.
Oaks, PA 19456

START: 03-02-2017 10:00AM
END: 03-04-2017 02:00PM

There is assigned seating this year!

More info here: https://www.lanreg.org/rgblan/rgblan2

What is the closest airport to the venue?
Philadelphia International Airport - PHL

What are the details on the hotel?
Click on Hotel Info on the registration page for more information.

Can I play in other tournaments?
You may only play in other tournaments if and when you’ve been eliminated from the TF2 tournament. Keep in mind that the TF2 tournament is only on Saturday, so anything you wish to do on Friday is up to you. There are no tournaments on Sunday.

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FAQ – TF2 tournament (DETAILS TENTATIVE)

How can I play in the tournament?
You’ll need to find a team if you haven’t already found one. Keep in mind that the tournament will be 6 vs 6. This thread will have plenty of teams looking for players, so make sure to post here (and don’t forget to include what class you play). If you can’t find a team, there will certainly be pick-up teams made while at the event.

Will there be a buy-in for the tournament?
Yes, it is $10 per person (or $60 per team).

What will the prizes and payout be?
1st Place: 60% of total prize pool + additional prizes TBA
2nd Place: 30% of total prize pool
3rd Place: 10% of total prize pool

I’m interested in sponsoring the tournament with cash and/or prizes. How should I contact you about this?
If you’re interested in sponsoring the tournament, feel free to send me a private message on here or send an email to one of our sponsorship guys: sponsorship@rgblan.org

When is the tournament?
The entirety of the TF2 tournament will be on Saturday. It will start at 11 AM.

What is the format of the tournament?
6 players per team. There will be a group stage (for seeding) followed by double elimination.

What are the rules?
Class-limits (NA rules):

2 Scouts
2 Soldiers
2 Pyros
1 Demoman
1 Heavy
1 Engineer
1 Medic
2 Snipers
2 Spy

Time-limit / win-limit (EU/NA hybrid rules):

30 minute time-limit
If a team wins 5 rounds (or 4 on koth), that team wins.
If the game is tied after 30 minutes, the tiebreaker will be decided by golden cap. If this occurs in group stage, there will be a 10 minute time limit, and if there is no victor by that time, then whoever controls mid is the winner. If this occurs in the double elimination bracket, there will be no time limit for golden cap.

What maps will be in use?
Process
Metalworks
Badlands
Granary (Pro rc4)
Product (rc8)
Snakewater
Sunshine
Gullywash

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Post in the thread if you need a team.

More info soon. ;3

Nothing official signed yet, so I can't confirm anything. However, I will wink and nod in a subtle manner.

:3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AmXKrYKDmM

Welp, ty for reminding me of this.

hehe ur quadriceps make me blush :3

really thought this was a thread about that J Lo movie.

All of this really makes my head hurt. You're deliberately exaggerating so many situations.

- How is getting healed quicker make it so the game is slower? You can easily argue it makes it quicker.
- So many arrows to get people back to good health are people that stand still for an easy arrow, or perhaps run in a straight line. Standing still or running in a straight line in an FPS game is the worst thing you can do, but you only see players do this for crossbows in very safe situations. If the damaged player was in a safe position, then a smart team wouldn't try to push off the damage.

- You could apply similar logic in just about any FPS game (ie: some people say "who cares about damage, it's all about the kills"). Honestly, a lot of this is easily applied to the last point i made in the previous quote.

- I cannot help but think you're a roamer main yourself, because you're bringing up a ton of exaggerated situations that honestly don't happen nearly as often as you claim (this being one of them). Once again, this exact same point can be easily applied to the last point I made in the previous quote.

- It takes no skill to aim? lol??? It's a projectile with a relatively small hitbox, no splash damage, not hitscan, extremely poor damage up close (while 75 at max range is fairly respectable), and shoots once per second. Yeah, you're right. It's totally like the direct hit. Fuck those no-skill-to-aim brainless direct hit soldiers that are killing this game.

There are countless weapons in this game that are strictly better than their counterparts. Valve, for the most part, doesn't give a fuck about the balance of these weapons inside of competitive play. The community has done their best for a long time to deal with that.

I can't fathom why you'd want to take away a versatile weapon that, in my opinion, makes the game a lot more interesting (and certainly raises the medic skill ceiling). You can easily make an argument that running needles is better protect yourself, because that's a hell of a lot more reliable than trying to hit 4 close range arrows on a 125 hp scout. It's just the versatility of the crossbow that outweighs it. Needles are better on some parts of some maps (A decent chunk of Granary comes to mind), but people never feel like getting stuck with needles, I suppose.

While discussion is always good for things like this, I feel like the crossbow shouldn't even be anywhere close to the top for banning.

TFTV is messed up for flyingbuddy at the moment, so flyingbuddy wanted me to post. I asked for Heavy Bullets and I got it :)

Thanks!

Special shoutout to Alfa. I'm 99% sure he still doesn't know that I posted that, but a handful of people already knew anyway. :3