Check the Match 2 event for discussion.

Why not use both servers?

Sorry about your grandma, rezzy. We went through that with mine about a year ago. She pulled through it, I hope yours does as well.

In the meantime, I can do a bit of organizing if someone has to. I DON'T WANT TO so if someone else could, that would be great. =)

What are we going to do about this rescheduling? There's another match at the same time that night.

FIRST MATCH ANNOUNCE HAS BEEN EDITED!
Team Some Jerks (heh) Are asking for a reschedule to Thursday. See First Match announce for details.

Additional: My grandmother has just suffered a stroke and has been in and out of the ICU and we're fearing the worst. I may need to bow out to fly to Germany at pretty short notice, so it may be best to hand the Team Captain title off to another member.

Due Diligence. Hell yes.

I'll be there.

I will a bit later. I plan to end the count tonight. Please put any name votes or even your lack of a vote into the comments for the announcement. I would also ask that any discussion of schedule conflicts go under the First Match announcement. Either this is our primary way of communicating or we'll need ot make other arrangements.
Tough love.

You probably want to send PMs to the dudes who aren't online right now.

I'm fine with it.

Re: Our first Match...
Friday May 28, 8pm to 9pm Central Time versus Team 8 (Voluptuously Versatile)
Does that time work for you or do I need to request a reschedule/alternates.
I need to know ASAP.

In Three Pages of comments we don't have a single Team Name suggestion with more than 2 votes (Counting the person suggesting it).

Speak now or be spoken for.

Is AP Erebus not joining our group? I tried inviting him, but it said he's already been invited.

It does, yes.

Also, does steam auto correct the time based on time zone and day light savings time? I am seeing the match at 7:00pm on the 28th.

Our seeming disorganisation might make the other team underestimate us

Scratch that, I don't care one way or another. I just want a name. We're looking dumb, people.

"Team Fairy Princess" then? Because without the Team part, it just makes it sound like we're all one princess. Which is odd. I'm totally fine with you submitting that, though.

Ok... Team (Rezzy) is a dumb name.
Let's get something submitted.
I'm still behind Fairy Princess simply because...
I would also accept NULL at this point.

we have a match, folks:

4. Fri May 28 8pm–9pm - Team 7 vs 8
Team (Rezzy) vs The Voluptuously Versatile
map: cp_granary

Depends on the time. Weekends can be challenging to get a slot...

I'm open to this weekend. Just need advance notice. :)

Re: Team Name...
GWJ Lore demands that one of us suggests Fairy Princess

Re: Scrimmage Tourney...
Sure, how many of us would be able to commit to a time-slot this weekend?

Just noting that I am signed into Steam all the time, but the best way to contact me is either IRC ( {LINK REMOVED}http://bit.ly/5aktQS ) or PM/email through the forum.

If I don't answer in IRC, just leave a message with my secretary, Hyetal. ;)

Mex has been asking about a name in the Tourney thread. We should get back to him.

I should be on tonight, maybe we can get some folks together and play? Also, does nayone know when this tourney kicks off?

It'sa me!

Man, we have a lot of heavies and medics. I'm going to have to learn a skill class, aren't I?

I think we should set up a scrimmage with one of the other teams so we can figure out what each of us wants to play and how we fit together. Rezzy, can you or one of the more longer-tenured TF2ers set that up for us? I play BF with some of the guys but I don't think I know anyone well enough to get that going.

Unless we want to play my DoW2 players. I can probably steamroll them into playing TF2 for a few hours.

I'll be on vacation May 21-June 1st... I didn't expect this 'summer' tournament to move so quickly. I hope the games don't start by then. When I'm back I'm totally in. Maybe I can get a scrimmage in before then. I'm Central time and usually can be on 7:30pm till am (8:30 EST).

What's wrong with team penguin? We already have a mascot.

Band of Nicompoops has got my vote. It's snappy.

Name ideas (most of my ideas are self-deprecating - other folks might prefer more 1337 skillzor sort of names):
Team 7: License to Ill
Band of Nincompoops
Demo Spam
Wretched Refuse

I'm best as Medic or Heavy, followed by Engineer or Pyro, neither of which I'm great at but I have a general idea of what to do and how to do it. I'll play whatever's needed, though. :)

I'm probably best as a medic, but I like to think I hold my own as a scout. The glory days of Unreal Tournament helped make twitch FPS gaming second nature.

Sorry, I'm on vacation this week with a Verizon broadband card. I just fired up Steam online, instead of offline. I gravitate towards sniper, but I can do engineer or medic too.

FYI: Here's a link to the custom maps in rotation on the GWJ servers.
http://gwj.skulljackpot.com/maps/

Team names: Player(7)
License to Kill
DethLazer
Demo's Souls (We're THAT hard!)
Insert Coin
Lords of Ping
... and this is why I don't get to name things.

I'm CSD (Iowa), so it sounds like we'll have a nice range of messed up times to play.
I generally gravitate towards Pyro/Direct Damage. Point and shoot classes. Heavy, Soldier, with occasional rounds as a sniper, but I have a little time with all of them. Enough not to fall on my own sword at least.
I'd be up for finding a place to play a bit and get communications established.

My primary class is pyro. Unfortunately, my style of pyro is not very "team-friendly" in that I play it more as an attack-style class (I use the BB mostly). I'm also a pretty good heavy (with good medic support), a good medic, and a fair-to-middlin' soldier, and fair-at-best demo.

Looks like I won't be playing medic. This is fine, everyone should be using a class they're comfortable with. Can you guys spread the word and we'll try to get together tonight or tomorrow?

I live in San Diego, I should be fairly open to play anytime

I love in Edmonton, Canada so I am GMT -7

I'm usually demo, although ::ahem:: its been awhile. I was a 360 player at first. What time works for scrimmage?

Medic is far an away my best class (I think) though I am more than willing to try something else for the good of the team.

Yeah, looking at the teams I think we have a really good chance of going far. As for classes, Medic, Heavy, and pryo are my best classes.

Not very serious but given that we're a community of 1500+ people and I play battlefield with the majority of my team already (and they're better than me), I kind of expect to win here. Let's make that happen, shall we?

We should at least try to get a scrimmage or go beat on some pubbies so we learn what everyone plays.

So how seroius with this do we want to be?

wow, so THIS is what it feels like to be a winner! I could get used to this.

Name suggestion: Sju or Syv (both are "seven" in Norwegian). Just the first thing that popped into my head, thought I'd throw it out there.

i've invited everyone but crespin, nuean and NSMike. I couldn't find the first 2 in our group and for some reason i can invite Mike to eveery group i'm a part of but this one.

First order of business is getting a real Team Name. Team 53V3N only made me throw up a little. Suggestions?

Team Seven.... ASSEMBLE!!!