Insomnia LAN LAN Events

A statement regarding Insomnia

Post author By EssentialsTF
Post date 19/05/2024

The below statement is from DrHappiness, Event Coordinator for EssentialsTF:

Hello, just wanted to give you a quick piece of information regarding recent news with the Insomnia Gaming Festival. As you may have heard, the organisers behind Insomnia – Player1 Events – have been subject to mass layoffs. Right now the owners of Player1 Events, Supernova Capital, have yet to make a statement on the future of Insomnia. From what it looks like right now, it appears that Insomnia as we understand it will not be continuing.

We at EssentialsTF have been discussing our involvement with Insomnia for a long while now, many years even, and despite this latest news we have been planning on suspending TF2 events at Insomnia for the near future. This is so we could explore options more suitable for the changing attitudes and approaches to LAN we have seen post-COVID and have been making progress on these ideas. In our ‘Future of EssentialsTF’ post we discussed our commitment to a LAN this year, but upon reflection with this latest news and knowledge of other events in the calendar it is likely that we will instead be looking at our next major LAN sometime in 2025. Given that Insomnia was one of the community’s most well-known events and had tremendous longevity, we want to ensure that whatever comes next meets the community’s expectations whilst also being sustainable, an event that we can return to year-on-year.

We are saddened to see the end of what has been an iconic and storied event for TF2, it was an opportunity to not only celebrate the game and the peak of competitive play we have all come to enjoy, but also a place to connect with old friends and make new ones. The memories of such events will be long-held and fondly remembered. Despite all of this, we remain optimistic to what the future holds.

YOU vs PRO - DreamHack Dallas TF2 - Rules and Prize Terms & Conditions

1. General:
1.1 All times posted are in CDT (US Central Daylight Time).
1.2 All communication is to be done via the EssentialsTF Discord or with the tournament administrators in-person. Link: https://essentials.tf/discord

2. Players:
2.1 No cheating of any kind is allowed.
2.2 Exploitation of bugs is not allowed.
2.3 Offensive nicknames and avatars are not allowed.
2.4 Offensive content in-game is not allowed.
2.5 Players that have an active ban for cheating from ETF2L, RGL, ozfortress,
or AsiaFortress are not eligible to enter the competition at all.
2.6 Scripts that allow a player to perform an action in-game that they would not
be able to execute without the script, or scripts that purposefully disrupt the player
hitbox are banned. Scripts that freeze or glitch the player model (e.g. in mid-air to be
less predictable) to make it harder to hit are also banned.

3. Administration:
3.1 Administrators are allowed to make changes to the rules and/or make final decisions
on situations during the competition not included in the written rules.
3.2 Any rule breaks will be punished by the admins. Penalties include but are not limited
to verbal warnings, disqualification of match results, and bans from further competitions
with EssentialsTF & DreamHack.
3.3 Matches are played as 1v1 on the provided TF2 server. Players may choose the Arena they play in on the server map.

5. Prizes:
5.1 Any prize monies due to eligible Players will be distributed by DreamHack directly to each eligible Player within 60 days of event end.
5.2 EssentialsTF will transfer the alias’ and email addresses of eligible Players to DreamHack in a secure manner.
The eligible Players will receive an email invite to withdraw their prize monies via different methods depending on their territory.
5.3 Any prize monies will be distributed in United States Dollars (USD).
5.4 Each eligible Player will receive the defined split of the prize pool as per the prize information that forms the Player’s prize monies via the medium defined in 5.2.
5.5 Recipients of any prize monies are responsible for any transaction fees or loss due to currency conversion as well as any taxes they may have to pay in their territories.
5.6 All Players who are eligible for prize monies must make reasonable efforts to allow EssentialsTF to contact them via Steam message.
If EssentialsTF are unable to contact eligible Players within a reasonable time after the tournament ends, your prize winnings will be forfeit.
We recommend Players are available in our Discord server and check for announcements regularly to avoid issues.
5.7 Any prizes may be subject to change at any time by the sole discretion of EssentialsTF or DreamHack.
5.8 If requested, Players must show proof of their attendance of DreamHack Dallas by providing a copy of their ticket/ticket confirmation for General Admission or BYOC.
Failure to provide proof will make the Player ineligible to receive any prize.