[Maynarde]

I am obviously with the community here; do not want to lose the open bracket. I also am one of the few who have the unique perspective of being involved behind production and also being a fan / spectator out in the crowd from time to time as well. Production is a SHIT load of work, those guys and VaNz and the other admins work so hard it makes me physically ill watching them. They need help!

For ACL and indeed SC2 in general to grow in this country / region, it needs to get bigger and better as time goes on, not drop off. With the lack of money that exists in this industry, more help is needed!

Right now, even with the recent "ded gaem" bullshit and DOOOOOOM reddit threads about SC2's future on the world stage that were all the rage recently, I feel like the game is doing great in this country. Why? Dat ACL and it's Open Bracket; everytime I arrive to an event I'm happily surprised and enjoy the fact that there are a bunch of new faces and the sign ups just keep getting bigger and bigger. Melbourne 2013 had a record amount of signups I believe, Brissy and Sydney weren't too shabby either!

This is ALL without Blizzard's bank roll too. The local Blizzard dudes love the community, they give back as much as their budget permits, and head office decides how big the budget for them is. The bigger and louder the community, the bigger and louder the event, the more the big wigs are gonna help the little wigs. Makes sense to me! These events being run on the bank and backs of small sponsors, passionate nerds and fans is freakin' impressive.

To add on VaNzR's call to action, I got one of my own: I am a full-time worker, who studies in my spare time, and travels often. I pay all expenses to travel to and from these events, and I am going to be arriving early to every ACL in 2014 to personally help set up for you guys. This isn't for thanks or pats on the back or whatever. This is for me, you, and the game.

I love this game and want to see it kick ass in this country, if I can take time to rock up to the venue and spend a few hours in your home town then I dare say it won't be difficult for 5 or 6 other local dudes / dudettes to join me. We sure as hell get more than that rocking up to open bracket, and sure as hell get more than that spectating. So yeah. JOIN ME and (hopefully) others when we're in your town to keep SC2 and ACL getting bigger and better for 2014.

PS. If you go to ACL's and haven't come said hello wtf do it in 2014 I KNOW SOME OF YOU STILL HAVEN'T and I love meeting new nerd friends and adding to my wondrous eSpatz family. Might even get a cuddle! ;o

Quick Comments

	syfChadMann:	**** yeah!~
	asdfSchnitzel:	i'll do it someday maybe possibly
	Tileä:	Will I ever get a cuddle? T__T