Well, I play at clan level but my lack of comms has been stopping me (I play weith shitty built-into-laptop mic...which is why my
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plantronics-GameCom-367-Closed-Headset/dp/B001E42QYE is in the mail

But I love the idea of comp TF2 (such a better spectator sport than football (soccer for you yanks), so I know quite a bit about the comp scene. Also, the only reason I know he went to the LAN is from an interview I saw on CommunityFortress.