Mind of UPSLynx for the week of June 28th. Expo Icrontic edition! Video is rated R for shens (language); you have been warned.

Saying the Icrontic Expo starts June 24 and ends June 28 is an innocent lie. Many Icrontic regulars arrive early, and the international travelers typically stay late. For me, Expo is a 3+ week endeavor that leaves behind the deliriously tired, sputtering nutcase that’s writing this post.

After 6 years, it feels like we almost know what we’re doing.  Never ever has the setup gone so smoothly, the tournaments gone so well, and the balance of activities been so sublime.

Eric Ryder spent many weekends preparing Icrontic HQ, adding a huge amount of electrical and network infrastructure over last year’s already significant setup. Quinton Healy diagrammed and refined a new table layout to allow more people to fit in the same amount of space (and more comfortably). When the tent arrived, the tables and cables fell into place like clockwork thanks to their outstanding planning. Sixty computers, and zero circuits tripped in the tent. Wow.

Andrew Conrad and Bryan Miller ran the Left 4 Dead, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Team Fortress 2 tournaments, all of which were spectacular successes. They stayed cool under pressure, and resolved some bugs we ran into early on in TF2. People are still talking about how great that event turned out.

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There are five tickets or two weeks left, whichever comes first. If you’re thinking about coming, it’s time to decide.