Last year, at Multiplay's i46 in Telford, UK, the worldwide competitive Team Fortress 2 community came together and sent two North American teams in an unprecedented fight to see who could proclaim themselves as champions of the world. This time, we want to send one North American team to i49, with your help.

We did it last time and this time around with a larger community, lower fundraising target, and hype still lingering from the last event, we're confident we can do it again.

As extra incentive, we're also offering up special "perks" as a token of gratitude for your donation. Be sure to read up on the details here.

... and we promise this isn't all some cruel April Fools' joke. Really.

One note:

We'd appreciate it if this wasn't spread to reddit and other large communities for the time being -- we'd like to keep the first "round" of fundraising within our tight community.