tl;dr: server changed ip: 74.91.114.30. Add this to your favorite TF2 servers, as the old IP is now gone.

longer version:
We've used Nuclear Fallout for our server hosting for about 15 years now and they informed us that they have to give up the IP address we've been using and move over to this new IP address.

They assured us that this will not happen again, but because of how TF2 stores it's favorite servers, the Cafe has disappeared off your favorites list; you must re-add the server to your favorites. If you're reading this message I'm sorry - this is mandatory.

You can always add the address of cafeofbrokendreams.com:27015, as this will always point to the correct address. (But when you add a favorite server via domain names, it just gets the IP address and adds that). You can also add our new permanent IP: 74.91.114.30

Here's to another 15 years of the Cafe

The Cafe's end date was originally going to be April 2020. And then 2020 arrived and boy this has been a cruddy year.

So here is the new plan: Cafe lives. The Cafe will continue to live and run a TF2 server until I get bored of paying for and running a TF2 server.

The server will always be around in some form to jump back into and kick around in. Rainbow Ride will continue to exist. Pregame Mayhem will always be here. Nucleus will remain strong.

All the Cafe crew players might have moved on, but if you really miss us then we're just in the Discord: https://discord.gg/NKnPGb3

But you don't need to join the Discord.

It's that time again and Artifact still hasn't died[isartifactdead.com] so we're going to continue with our monthly tournament series:


What: Artifact Pauper Constructed Tournament. 2 Matches. Swiss.

Where: At your own home, it's still a video game.

When: February! Games will start on 2/9 but assumed to take a few weeks to finish up.

Why: 1st place will get a $10 steam card + # of players! There is no cost to enter so first come first serve! 16 player cap!

Hop into the Cafe Discord[discord.gg]
and check the #deal-em-ups channel. It's posted in the title.
or
Message doc (Scrub) on Steam
and hope I'm: near my computer or logged into Steam.
or
Wait until the link goes public Wednesday morning
edit: It's live! https://playartifact.com/tournament/?invitekey=9277100428147926454

The grand prize of ELEVEN DOLLARS has been sent his way and plans for next month's scuff is already under way.

January Cafe Luncheon Rankings:

C-Bag
2. Scrub
3. JDAG
4. Geight
5. N-brain
6. Ganky Kong

A few things learned from this tournament:

• I accidentally made it 2 rounds, not much of a tournament.
  
• I might let the winner take a smaller cut to make next month's pot bigger

Anyways: if you're interested in Artifact please join the Discord, we usually got a few games going every day or so and we like having new people to complain to!

Cafe Discord: https://discord.gg/NKnPGb3

What: Artifact constructed swiss tournament. 16 players max.

When: January! Games will start on 1/8 but assumed to take a few weeks to finish up. We got other stuff to do you know.

Where: At your own home, it's a video game.

Why: 1st place will get a $5 steam card + # of players, that's $9 right now! There is no cost to enter so first come first serve! But this is Artifact,[isartifactdead.com] so really it's first come, first and last to get served.

Hop into the Cafe Discord[discord.gg]
and check the #deal-em-ups channel. It's posted in the title.
or
Message doc (Scrub) on Steam
and hope I'm: near my computer or logged into Steam.
or
Wait until the link goes public Friday morning
A group "event" will be created announcing the start of the matches on the 7th, this will include a link to sign up for the tournament.
(edit: it's live: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/cafeofbrokendreams/events/1693816921639183175 )

We have 4 people entered right now, and a max of 16 players for this first month's tournament. This is just something we're doing for funsies so feel free to bring your most brutal meta deck and crush our dreams for a few bucks.

• it's just a game
  
• let's not waste each other's time
  
• jerks beware!!

A few of us even like to play and talk about Artifact on occasion in the Discord,[discord.gg] so even if you're not interested in this tournament but perhaps other Artifact goings ons (draft, ad-hoc versus, complaining about cards) you should stop by.