Play Team Fortress 2 with Valve this Friday

We've been unapologetic about our love for The Orange Box, so we have to admit to being a little conflicted about an event this Friday that will allow you to play some Team Fortress 2 against the Valve team on Xbox Live. Sure, it would be neat to have a chat with them, but when we're staring down the barrel of a chain gun at someone who's brought us so much joy, we're not convinced we'll be able to pull the trigger.

The event kicks off on Friday at 6 p.m. EDT, and we've provided a full list of gamer tags after the break if you want to take part. Just do us a favor, OK? If you see someone firing a gun into the air and screaming Point Break-style, just go ahead and ignore us, alright? We'll pull through.

• gamewithdev1 (Matt W.- Level Designer)

• ValveArtist1 (Matthew S. - Artist)

• ValveAnim (Matthew R. - Animator)

• ValveProg1 (Vitaliy - Programmer)

• ValveProg2 (Adrian - Programmer)

• ValveProg3 (Kerry - Programmer)

• ValveProg4 (Robin - Programmer)

• ValveProg5 (Jim - Programmer)

• ValveLevelDes2 (Dave - Level Designer)

• ValveArtist2 (Nick - Artist)

• ValveLevelDes3 (Scott - Level Designer)

• ValveProg6 (David - Programmer)

• ValveWriter (Chet - Writer)