Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

After 6 days of fundraising, we're nearly halfway to our goal is $4000. The support has been incredibly overwhleming and the warmth felt from the community contributions and discussion is so awesome!

Team Game Night
Just as a reminder, our $2000 milestone goal is a streamed Team Game night where the team will sit down with a group and play various PUGs and party games for a few hours! Make sure you're following all of our players on Twitch so you don't miss a thing!

Reminder About Perk Claims
The support and interest in perks has been the driving force behind our campaign, which is fantastic! However, I'd like to encourage ANY donors that claim a perk to please check their email after the purchase of a perk. I always try and make sure to personally send every donation an email thanking you for your contribution and I usually ask questions regrading how we can best service you after the purchase of a perk!

If you have already purchased a perk, are thinking about purchasing a perk and had questions, or just had any questions in general about the fundraiser, my points of contact are always open!

Email: faulkner.ian@gmail.com

Discord: Witness#3415

Twitter: @WitnessGamingTF

I personally cannot thank you guys enough for all the love, support, and confidence you're putting into the project. It means the world to myself and the 6 players who will be attending.

Best,

Ian

Out now! Check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoiIK7Zcd-Y

I'm speechless and beyond thankful. $1000 raised in less than 24 hours is no easy task and we couldn't have even dreamed of raising this much so quickly with the overwhelming support of our donors or people who have spread the word either on Twitter or with friends.

That being said, with $1000 comes another update!

More (Signed) Jerseys
Our signed jersey perk was the first perk to sell out and many have asked for a rerun so I'm happy to say that we're increasing the TOTAL amount of unsigned jerseys to 20 and running a 2nd signed jersey sale for 15 more! This will be the LAST OPPORTUNITY to claim these jersey, so get em' while they're hot!

wG Young Sanity

Last night we added a $1500 milestone that would allow Young Sanity will replace his idol, ash for a night of scrims on Soldier. ash will stream his pov and give the young man feedback through comms. You can drop ash a follow here for when that happens and there will also be a $1500 update once we reach that point! We're nearly $400 off!

wG vs wG Showmatch
Our milestone for reaching $1000 was crushed, so we will be organizing a wG vs wG showmatch between the NA and EU rosters on a 3 map, server alternating (NA,EU,NA) friendly showmatch between the two teams. No date or time has been set yet, so keep your eyes open on Twitter @WitnessGamingTF and check for an email update from us as more details get ironed out!

FAQ Update
A minor change in perk redemption has made some details slightly confusing regarding how the Raffle and Movie Credit perks are being tied together. I have placed this question into our FAQ to better clarify the change.

"Does claiming a perk also claim any perks below it? For example, does an Item Signing Bundle also come with an Unusual Raffle entry?"

Sadly, the only bundle that includes other bundles (like the Movie credit included with the Raffle) is exclusive to that bundle. I made this decision after announcing the fundraiser so people could contribute, get a reward and not have a complete loss when buying a Raffle ticket!

Bundles like Mentoring, Jersey Sales, and Item Signings are standalone and do not include a Raffle Ticket or Movie Credit at this time.

To Conclude,

Once again, I cannot thank you all enough for the support and confidence over these past 24 hours. If you have any questions, concerns, or need help with perk fulfilment please don't hesitate to contact me through my personal email @ faulkner.ian@gmail.com, on Discord @ Witness#3415, or send us a DM on Twitter @WitnessGamingTF

Best,

Ian

Hi everyone!

On May 27th, 2021, Copenhagen Games 2022 was announced. An Esport and Gaming festival event organized in Copenhagen, Denmark. Soon after, it was announced that Team Fortress 2 would be among the games featured at this event. After confirming with our ETF2L team that they would be in attendance, I had the idea to try and get our North American team over as well. There has not been an international TF2 LAN in nearly 2 years (the last being Insomnia65 on 8/23/2020) and having regional representation is important in open tournaments like this. I have a deep passion for this game, seeing improvements, and watching lifelong memories unfold.

For those unfamiliar with our team's roles, allow me to introduce the current NA Witness Gaming Roster:

Pocket Scout: branslam
Flank Scout: yight
Pocket Soldier: ash
Roamer: laz
Demoman: artist
Medic: LOLGUY

As stands, this Witness Gaming roster (winners of RGL Traditional Season 6 Sixes) will be planning to be in attendance, representing North American Team Fortress 2. We’re bringing an incredible mix of talent, with three of our players (yight, ash, laz) already being internationally LAN proven and the other three (branslam, artist, LOLGUY) looking for their first taste of victory both on LAN and overseas.

Hopefully, with the help of gracious contributions, we can recoup some of the losses in paying for this trip and play our very best for North America.

Expenses and Fundraising

To summarize, a full 6 person trip to Denmark isn't exactly the cheapest venture when compared to traveling domestically. Here are the major areas where donations and contributions will be applied and most appreciated!

• Flights
  
• Room and Board
  
• PC Rentals

In addition, the team will travel to Copenhagen three days in advance and run Boot Camp from a LAN center in Copenhagen. All additional costs such as transport around the city, food, etc will be covered by the players. Please note that if we exceed our donation goal, any extra funds raised will be used to reimburse the player's own costs, or saved for future Team Fortress 2 events. We will be offering lots of perks and milestones to help incentivize donations! You can view the full list of perks on our full fundraiser page here! This fundraiser will only be lasting 60 day and is set to end on January 3rd, 2022!

30% of revenue generated from ANY Witness Gaming merch sales will contribute towards our goal. You can select from a wonderful selection of merch from t-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants, and even socks over on RGL's merch at https://shop.rgl.gg/!

COVID-19 and Refunds

COVID-19 has made organizing a full TF2 LAN extremely difficult. With borders risking shutdown and international travel becoming difficult. That being said, should the event be canceled at ANY point, we will honor any request donors make for a refund. We deeply appreciate your support, but understand that sometimes the unthinkable can occur.

You can learn more about Indiegogos' refund policy here!

Our concerns with COVID-19, and how it will affect our travel plans will require consistent and constant monitoring of what's happening in the world around us. Above all else, I would like to ensure that player and personal safety is upheld first and foremost. I will personally be keeping an eye on the situation and be posting more as information comes along, should any developments be made that hamper our plans to attend in the "Updates" tab of this specific campaign, along with steps you can take as a donor to seek a refund should you so choose.

Thank you guys for reading, this is an exciting opportunity for us! You can view the full fundraiser here:

NA Witness Gaming to CG22 Fundraiser

Play Gloria

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glhf, happy to take the very large international step with wG :D everyone has been overwhelmingly supportive in the decision and I'm really excited to see all of the great things this specific group will achieve :)

8 was my D-String Korean BBQ table at Rewind 2.

We all failed to correctly cook any meats correctly, but it was probably the hardest I laughed at a LAN ever and might have been the best vibe table in that whole restaurant.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SELWGYy995k

Enjoy!

Credits to jay for putting together an awesome video!

Tanline smells like shit, everyone else showers.

Fast learning player and comes into every scrim/match looking to win. His flank scout experience is limited but he lives on harvest for like 4 hours a day and grinds sniper. Could very easily slot into any low-mid adv team looking for a long term player.

one last bump before DH! After some scrims, my soldier is probably not as on par as my scout but I communicate well and I'm willing to learn to play better Soldier if teams are interested in a more vocal presence in the group. Scout is definitely the stronger of my two classes, not where I want it to be but I'm trying my hardest to improve with every night of scrims :)

still looking! down to play pocket solider for teams also!

also down to teach anyone who might be interested how to play! Game is gas and very rewarding once you learn the basics!