OP has been updated will all information I am explaining below.
Based on feedback we are going to bump all remaining ACLSOS rounds to a 6PM AEST start. This will now mean first round walkovers will occur at 6:15PM while second round walkovers will occur at 6:30PM. Apologies to those who are impacted by an earlier start - if you want to compete but may be a little later than 6:15PM I'll consider keeping your set alive to a certain point would just need prior communication an an ETA.
In terms of Qualifier dates they are as follows:
Qualifier 2: Thursday 11th September
Qualifier 3: Friday 19th September
Qualifier 4: Tuesday 23rd September
Round of 8: Thursday 9th October
Round of 4: Tuesday 14th October
In other exciting news the prize pool has been increased from $300 to $1,000 due to a mixture of community donations and support from Blizzard directly. We still are open to take donations throughout the remainder of the series - remembering donations go 100% into the prize pool for players.
Good luck - I'll push this out more formally to social media channels tomorrow.
Sorry for those who didn't see the changed time. I thought it was fairly well social media'd (Facebook, Twitch, TL and SC2SEA updates). I do realise I should have not assumed everyone would see and could have emailed each person who registered. I'll be sure to do so for future events.
6pm / 4pm SG does seem a little early for a work night.
While I do agree, I put the start time to a poll and at the time of decision it was 60% wanting a 6pm start time and 40% wanting a 7pm. So I went with the larger percentage. The remainder of qualifiers will stay at 6pm but if the Top 8/4 decide they want to play later we can maybe accommodate.
Please for the love of all that is holy update YOUR website with the correct dates - I try to promote but then find out that the dates are different because they are hidden in here.
In case people are wondering leading into Qualifier 4 on Thursday these are the current results of #ACLSOS Season 1. Remember top 4 overall points earners will advance through to Round of 8 (assuming they accept)
TL;DR I've been working extremely long days for the last fortnight so I apologise for the delay and if this is an anticlimactic announcement - please note the stream will have all official graphics and look schmick.
Group A:
PiG
EnDerr
DemiLove
Vivid
Match 1: PiG vs Vivid
Match 2: EnDerr vs DemiLove
Group B:
Iaguz
Petraeus
Runamok
Wally
Match 1: Iaguz vs Wally
Match 2: Petraeus vs Runamok
The Round of 8 will commence at 6PM AEST Thursday October 9th with both groups competing at the same time. One group will be streamed - you decide who by voting in this poll! (http://strawpoll.me/2684080).
Sets will be best of 3 and follow GSL style double elimination brackets (Winners Match, Losers Match, Final Match).
As you can see the overall points seeds were highly contested and although many may be disappointed to see KingKong not in the top 8 with his 2014 results - that's the nature of such a qualifying process.
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