Of course the one chip i needed to roast with the soldering iron repeatedly in order to fix a stubborn solder bridge is the same chip that costs 30$ each, and the last chip i solder.. FML.
Oh well assuming i didnt fry this thing its actually coming along nicely. The missing trace i had to hack in is ugly but the fact i got it soldered on at all (had to scrape away some solder mask to get to a via) is impressive. Lets hope this thing works when im all done...