Valve just has announced a special event on Xbox Live: On Friday, October 19th, from 3-7 PM PDT (6-10 PM EDT), Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers can take on real Valve representatives to play a "friendly game" of Team Fortress 2. While playing, gamers can chat with the Valve guys and learn insider strategies.

To get the chance to play the developers, you will need an Xbox Live Gold Membership and to add the following Gamertags to your friends list:

1. gamewithdev1 (Matt W.- Level Designer)
2. ValveArtist1 (Matthew S. - Artist)
3. ValveAnim (Matthew R. - Animator)
4. ValveProg1 (Vitaliy - Programmer)
5. ValveProg2 (Adrian - Programmer)
6. ValveProg3 (Kerry - Programmer)
7. ValveProg4 (Robin - Programmer)
8. ValveProg5 (Jim - Programmer)
9. ValveLevelDes2 (Dave - Level Designer)
10. ValveArtist2 (Nick - Artist)
11. ValveLevelDes3 (Scott - Level Designer)
12. ValveProg6 (David - Programmer)
13. ValveWriter (Chet - Writer)

Of course, there is no guarantee that you will actually manage to invite one of the insiders or be be invited by them, but at least you've got a chance. And there are 3 hours and 13 Valve guys, so that means quite a number of rounds. The event is meant to "celebrate" the release of the Orange Box for Xbox 360.