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Play Team Fortress 2 with Valve on Friday

Valve is going to take its mad Team Fortress 2 skillz online this week via Xbox Live, as the company is celebrating the release of The Orange Box on Xbox 360 with a Friday event.
This Friday (Oct. 19) from 3-7 PM PDT (6-10 PM EDT), Xbox Live Gold subscribers will have the chance to take on Valve in a friendly game of Team Fortress 2. While playing, gamers can chat with the level designers, programmers, artists, writers, and animators who created Team Fortress 2 and learn helpful play tips and favorite โ€œinsiderโ€ strategies. To play with them, just launch Xbox LIVE and invite or be invited by the Valve team members whose Gamertags are below:

  • gamewithdev1 (Matt W.- Level Designer)
  • ValveArtist1 (Matthew S. โ€“ Artist)
  • ValveAnim (Matthew R. โ€“ Animator)
  • ValveProg1 (Vitaliy โ€“ Programmer)
  • ValveProg2 (Adrian โ€“ Programmer)
  • ValveProg3 (Kerry โ€“ Programmer)
  • ValveProg4 (Robin โ€“ Programmer)
  • ValveProg5 (Jim โ€“ Programmer)
  • ValveLevelDes2 (Dave โ€“ Level Designer)
  • ValveArtist2 (Nick โ€“ Artist)
  • ValveLevelDes3 (Scott โ€“ Level Designer)
  • ValveProg6 (David โ€“ Programmer)
  • ValveWriter (Chet โ€“ Writer)