Probably because it's a young-ish city, and it's more accessible to the East Coast. I may try to fly down from PA.

Hukka touched on this, briefly, but I'll elaborate on map knowledge.
Good comms. are directly related to map knowledge, which comes from experience in playing the map. Even if you don't know where the players are going to be coming from, good comms. will at the least give your teammates an advantage after you die. In matchmaking, you'll often hear someone repeat a call 2 or 3 or 5 times. That's because they want to convey the importance or urgency of the positioning callout. Usually, though, it just muddies comms for the whole team. It's panicky and distracting. Even the NA pros do the same thing.
Most Euro teams have very calm and direct callouts. The effect that has is calming on the whole team, I think, allowing you to focus better.

I have been an LEM for a few weeks, and would be happy to answer any specific questions you guys might have. I doubt I'm the highest ranked player here, but I hope I can be helpful.

Jugs of Snapple? Jugs?! You're no ordinary man...

Gentlemen, I'm sure you're wondering why I've gathered you all here today...

Homo Snapians has my vote. Snappies or Snappers would be adorable, though.

That is correct. Would that being the person's only account make it more acceptable?

but what if

I'll be 25 in August, and considering the age I began using the internet, I also feel old. I think I got my first computer when I was in 5th grade, because "mom I need it to write papers. I need internet to research for papers." 15 years of gaming later...

One of the things that convinced me, that I read a few months ago, mentioned that drinking a bunch of water when you wake up will help hydrate you after essentially X hours of depriving your body of water. I used an app, Water Yourself, for a few days to build a habit of drinking more water. Realized really quickly that I would get by on 16 oz. a day, and that I was most likely dehydrated to an extent every day. Now, I drink more and honestly feel better.

I've seen a lot of success in supplanting heavy caffeine intake with heavy water intake, and less caffeine. Down to one energy drink, per day, on average. At one point, I needed one in the morning, and one for lunch. I found, though, that this was more of a habit than a need - and now don't crash between 3 and 5 pm anymore. I guess the type of work you do, and the amount of sleep you get would have an effect.

It seems as though that instead of being sleep deprived, they are just sleeping more efficiently, and thus not affected negatively.

Makes me want to try out another sleep cycle app. to determine when I should be waking up, and not just forcing myself to sleep a predetermined amount of time, possibly waking during an inopportune period in my sleep cycle.

Over the two months that I've been participating, I've earned a little over $6, and spent $5 on an app. I wouldn't have purchased otherwise. I have heard that the surveys are more common for women, but have no source on that. I get about 1 per week, sometimes a little more often.

I think I agree with you completely. I have been a Sony 'fanboy' for as long as I have owned consoles, but now am more seriously considering the xbone than the PS4. A lot of it has to do with the media features, and overall a seemingly more secure and stable network.