I appreciate the hell out of everyone who made the event. Very competitive event with great vibes. :3 I also want to commend everyone for cooperating and not disappearing / delaying the brackets almost at all.

It was great to see so many familiar faces, as well as lots of new faces! Hoping everyone had a great time, and hopefully I'll see everyone at our next event on June 23rd-25th 2023 with TooManyGames!

https://challonge.com/rgb5tf2

I need teams paid up by 10:30 AM on Saturday (1/21). Group stage will be starting at 11 AM, and I do not want to delay anything due to people rolling in late. Please spread the word on this. I will be saying this constantly to everyone on Friday, so there's no excuse if you show up late on Saturday and "didn't know."

You can find me at the admin table to pay me in-person. Cash only, so no Venmo / PayPal or anything.

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After group stage, there will be about an hour lunch break. After that, the double-elimination bracket will start. It is imperative that this bracket goes as quickly as possible, especially the losers bracket. Literally every single event, either some player or team disappears for like 1-2 hours without telling me, which causes a heavy delay. I have come within minutes of being ready to hand out disqualifications for this, so please do not test my patience on this. I try my ass off to make sure the tournament runs as smoothly as possible, as well as finishing at a decent time. On top of this, I have other tournaments to run, so please be respectful of my time and everyone else's.

There's a melee tournament on Saturday.

https://rgblan.org/schedule

Connie started a similar sheet, so both of you may want to make sure everything looks correct: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TrOdxcSvgMmOZQSWrOl040YLMHN-wb2HEvrqAPEWyOs/edit?usp=sharing

Reminder that the deadline for laptop rentals ends at 11:59 PM ET on 1/7.

You must add the laptop rental to your ticket (if you haven't already done so) by then. Monitor rentals do not have a deadline.

I have spent dozens of hours on this during 2022. After many interviews and reviews, I determined that it was best he doesn't go. I can confirm he's not attending the LAN and he knows this.

You buy spectator passes at the event. Spectator passes are $10. Additionally, you can now buy spectator passes online as well.

Our discount code for the nearby hotel expires TOMORROW, Dec 29th at 11:59pm! If you haven't booked a hotel room, do it now! You can book your room here: https://tinyurl.com/rgblan5hotel

Another reminder: when you click that link it defaults to include the night of the 19th in your booking. You only need that if you purchased an early access ticket. If you plan on arriving on Friday, make sure to change your booking dates!

We have more time to secure the laptop rentals!

The new deadline to rent laptops is now January 7th!

As mentioned in the previous post, if you miss this deadline, I cannot help you.

The deadline to rent laptops and monitors is December 31st January 7th.

If you miss this deadline, I cannot help you. Please do not procrastinate on this.

This never matters, because prem/div1/invite/whatever will always exist as "the current best players of the scene right now", no matter how strong or weak they are. Prem/div1/invite exists whether there's 20 low div / open teams or 200 low div / open teams.

We will provide ethernet cables for you if you got a laptop rental.

A miniDisplayPort to DisplayPort cable is included, which is capable of 144hz at 1080p.

Full laptop specs:

GE76 Raider 11UE-046
OS - Windows 10 Home, CPU - Core i7-11800H 8 Core CPU Speed - 2.4 - 4.6GHz (boost)
Screen Size - 17.3" Thin Bezel FHD, IPS-Level 144Hz, 45% NTSC Resolution - 1920x1080 (16:9)
GPU - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Up to 1802MHz Boost Clock, 130W Maximum Graphics Power with Dynamic Boost.
Memory - 16GB (8G2) DDR4 3200MHz HDD Capacity - 1TB NVMe SSD HDD Interface - NVMe
Webcam - 1080p FHD Webcam
USB - 1 x USB3.2 Gen 2; 2 x USB3.2 Gen 1 Type-C Port - 1 x Thunderbolt 4 USB4; 1 x USB 3.2Gen 2
Video Port - HDMI (supports 4K @ 120Hz, 8K @ 60Hz), mDP v1.41
Audio Port - 1 Audio Combo (1/8")
AC Power Adapter - 120-240W, Battery Pack - 4 cell (99.9Whr)

Tickets can be purchased here.

Seating will be first come first serve, so no need to worry about reserving a specific seat! Just sign up and meet your friends there.

As I mentioned in my previous post, we can confirm we will have rental equipment available, so for those of you who don't want to lug around your PC, monitor, etc, we've got you covered in the form of a shiny gaming laptop. That all, of course, will be available on the ticket sale page.

Book your hotel room here! Get your rooms now using our link to save and ensure you have a place to crash between games!

For the rest of the information, including which charity each team represents, check out the RGB news post.