The Australian Cyber League is proud to announce it is teaming up with powerhouses Nvidia and Gigabyte to produce a six week online StarCraft II tournament (#ACLSOS) with a $1000 prize pool - and growing! This wont be your everyday online tournament as we push to take it to the next level with live commentary and production from our Sydney studio.
The tournament will run four separate qualifiers which will each reward 1st place with a seed into the Round of 8. At the completion of the four qualifiers, the top 4 overall points earners who have not already received a seed will advance to the Round of 8. Over the course of two more weeks the top 8 will be reduced to just four and then an overall champion will be crowned. Further details below.
Schedule Open Qualifier #1 - Thursday 4th September
Register here: http://bit.ly/1tTy9Pj
Restrictions: Must be resident of ANZ or SEA region and have qualified through Round of 8
Start Time: 6PM AEDT
Server: South East Asia
Group: Australian Cyber League
Player Cap: 4 pre seeded players
Format: Single Elimination
Series: Best of 3 for Semi Finals and Best of 5 for Grand Finals
Prizes: Top 4 will split the total prize money at the time of the finals with 50% going to 1st, 30% going to 2nd and 10% going to equal 3rd and 4th
Map Pool
Foxtrot Labs LE
Catallena LE
Nimbus LE
King Sejong Station LE
Overgrowth LE
Merry Go Round LE
Deadwing LE
(To donate to the prize pool please PayPal your donation to accounts@vimme.com.au. If you write a message with your donation it will be read on stream during the next broadcast)
The prize pool will be a minimum of $300. Money earned through ad revenue and donations will be contributed back into the prize pool. If you would like to make a donation to the prize pool the easiest way to do so is to PayPal "accounts@vimme.com.au". If you put a note in your transaction we will read it out on stream (assuming it's appropriate).
The prize pool will be a split between the top 4 in the following weighting:
1st: 50%
2nd: 30%
3rd/4th: 10% each
Heyyyy.. Just a suggestion.. Have you thought about mixing up the start times to accommodate for everyone out there? Like, different days, different start times. etc...? Just to give an open playing field for everyone to sign up. Rather than them all being the same time, same day etc??
In regards to changing the date. Monday's will be taken up in the studio most likely with "All In eSports", Tuesday we stream CoD League, Wednesday is GSL, Thursday is the event and Friday is GSL.
I am happy to look into having one or multiple weeks on different days it's just you will be playing on a GSL night and I know a lot of people want to watch the Ro8 onwards and not miss that not to mention any online stream viewers.
In regards to changing the date. Monday's will be taken up in the studio most likely with "All In eSports", Tuesday we stream CoD League, Wednesday is GSL, Thursday is the event and Friday is GSL.
I am happy to look into having one or multiple weeks on different days it's just you will be playing on a GSL night and I know a lot of people want to watch the Ro8 onwards and not miss that not to mention any online stream viewers.
Playing an important tournament > GSL matches. There are always VODs. I know a few people that have said they can't make Thursdays or that time is a bit early for them etc.. So if you can mix it up, It would be appreciated by a lot (Though I'm sure everyone will understand if you can't). Perhaps poll the community and see what response you get?
Also, and excuse me if its already been stated (I haven't read through everything on this) but are ACL Points awarded for this tournament? Or is it just seeding points for the online finals.
Playing an important tournament > GSL matches. There are always VODs.
Good Point. Will look at options tomorrow. First qualifier will be 100% Thursday though.
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Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann
Also, and excuse me if its already been stated (I haven't read through everything on this) but are ACL Points awarded for this tournament? Or is it just seeding points for the online finals.
Seeding will be ACLSOS #1 > ACL 2014 Yearly. Tournament is unique so ACLSOS points do not count towards ACL Yearly points and vice versa.
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