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I think they were looking into that, fsXD, but I don't know that VHX has that option.

Gotta pay for all the child support from the furious baby making that will happen after watching the documentary.

Kidding - pretty sure it goes to Luc and Sal and then into future production stuff. I don't think anyone is 'skimming' off it, if that's what you're worried about.

Just in case you guys didn't know, pre-orders are up for the doc, in case you wanted to buy it.

You had me til underwear.

Careful with that pot, Brad... it looks pretty dank.

We all spent at least that much every day during the Steam sale.

Man, ya'll mofos never gonna be happy :-)

I'm pretty stoked it's finally here. Definitely going to buy it, just to have a copy around. It'd be a cool thing to show your friends if they want to get into TF2 or eSports. Also a good way to support everyone who put a shit ton of effort into it.

They don't call him "Lucky"Luke for nothing.

I'll see myself out.

Somebody needs to poke the TF Team about mentioning this on the blog, they'd probably be happy to see everybody in their community banding together to help another gamer. Might get a little more publicity, as well.

Great work, everybody.

@#43 - it's not a class yet, it still needs to go through certification and that's going to be very difficult for any judge to accept, given that fact ESEA has made strides to make things right. Ultimately, I think anyone who wants to see this through is going to have to sue them individually for damages. I really don't see this passing the CA class certification litmus test.

I'm really torn on this.

I was really pissed off when all this came out and wanted to see ESEA face the music, but at the same time I understand that as things are, they're a necessary evil.

They made promises to remedy the affected users, and as far as anyone knows they're making good on it. They made promises that this was a one thing deal, and that the involved parties were fired (although reading on the CS:GO subreddit and the esea forums it seems to indicate otherwise) and that they were putting "all" of the funds into the prize pots for this season. On the other hand, nobody knows the full extent of this. How long it really went on, to what extent they exploited the client and what other sorts of rogue code were stuck in there that no one saw.

I was a part of a similar (albeit much broader and larger) punitive damages class action. I can tell you that class certification is going to be tough on this one, and will probably take quite a while. The lawyers for the plaintiffs (basically anyone who downloaded the client, ultimately) will have to argue that everyone incurred equal damages (or *could* have incurred them, but most judges, especially in CA where this, and my case were, will want solid proof of damages). I think it's in ESEA's best interest to go ahead and try a single case and see what happens. The sheer amount of technobabble the plaintiff's council would have to dumb down and explain to a judge and jury is staggering... I'm sure ESEA et al has some pretty phenomenal connections to good council in NY, some of the best class action defenders are out there, so I don't see this having any immediate effect on TF2 or ESEA in general. My case took over 3 years to resolve, and now, 5 years later, it's technically still in arbitration. ESEA has the time and resources to throw at this, and honestly I really don't see this going anywhere. ESEA has made good faith efforts to "restore" any damages to relevant parties of the class, and honestly most judges will see that during class certification and deny it. But know knows, some judges love this new age "Facebooky" shit.

I know you guys are heavy on the push to incorporate competitive play into the game... if your goal is to grow it, this needs to exist for TF2 streams:

http://blog.twitch.tv/2013/07/link-twitch-to-your-steam-account/

East of Pekin, kind of between there and Tremont.

Wait until Friday. They're expect 2-3 million for the parade and rally in Grant Park. I'm thinking about taking the train up from Peoria...