[Dox]

Updating this thread with more info every few minutes! Keep checking in!

+ [Stream] +

http://www.twitch.tv/team/acl
ACLPro2 is the dedicated SC2 stream.
ACLPro will be stage/roaming.

+ [Open Bracket] +

http://www.challonge.com/aclgcopen
As Jimdiddy and Ninja chose not to attend, the top 8 players from the Open Bracket will now advance to the Pro Playoffs.

+ [Schedule] +

10:30AM: Welcome ceremony
10:45AM: Open Bracket begins
2:30PM: Lunch Break
3:00PM: Pro Bracket Groups begin

+ [Venue Entry Photos] +

+ [Recap] +

By the time we were ready to kick off the opening ceremony, I already had 34 players signed up for our open bracket. I was budgeting for 32, but hey, one extra round couldn't really hurt. We saw my predictions come to light as all of the expected Open Bracket players emerged one by one, even after people like Danmate had an early clash with some tough opposition in the upper bracket, finding himself on a long road back towards the playoffs.

Maynarde and Doble on the desk were brilliant. I would allocate players to computers during each broadcasted game, and line up the next match to be streamed. While this happened, I scribbled down as much information about the player as possible, then passed the piece of paper on to the commentators to let them know what the next game would be, and allow them to share some info about the players with the stream.

We saw stellar performances from all of our open bracket participants - TTneKo, churlz, ali, Danmate, LoSt, Rorscach, Hectic - and of course yang. Some of these guys played as many as 15 games back to back in order to reach the Pro Bracket Playoffs. And when they were told they didn't have to play anymore games until Sunday? They were keen for more bloodshed.

There were several series. iaguz was the only person to take a map from mOOnGLaDe in Group A, as they both emerged from the playoffs. Meanwhile, Pinder (as always) came out of nowhere to steal a map from MaFia - nearly taking the whole series, before falling 1-2.

As far as Sunday goes, I'm hoping we have a similarly sized crowd (if not bigger) full of spectators today as our guys take to the main stage for the first time. Some of the groups have nearly wrapped up already, whilst others still have a few games to be played. We already know that iaguz & mOOnGLaDe will advance from group A, finding themselves on opposite sides of the bracket. We can see that MaFia has nearly flawlessly topped his group, whilst Pinder is looking to emerge in 2nd place. In Group C, Rossi is absolutely killing it, currently standing with a flawless 8-0 map record. His last remaining opponent in the group will be his clanmate SenSei - and this will be the very first game to be broadcasted today at 9:30AM. And finally, in Group D, we see PiG and the Open Bracket Champion yang butting heads with Rorscach to determine who will advance.

So in about 90 minutes, the games will be live once more and as results start flowing in, we'll see exactly who our top 8 players in the championship bracket will be!

Be sure to tune in.

[iMSystem]

Heading there now, see you guys there

[cruxBsK]

awesome cant wait to see the bracket.

[Dox]

Opening Ceremony is about to go live! Games will follow very soon, just allocating seats and arranging brackets.

[syfMiley]

DDDDDDDD Glgl to all, I will be watching!

[Dox]

Open Bracket has been published!

[TAminimat]

Any news about the stream Dox?

[Snx.FigJig]

Hey dox, is neko in the open bracket? Cant find his name in the brackets!

[xpaperclip]

Originally Posted by nRvPickleWeasel

Hey dox, is neko in the open bracket? Cant find his name in the brackets!

TTneKo right? He has an extra round - seed 34, first game is match B against Tricide (Chickdealer).

Quick Comments

Snx.FigJig:

yep! thank you :)

[Zealo]

were the seeds for open bracket done randomly?

[Dox]

6 of the 8 players were seeded. The remaining two were randomised due to Ninja and Jimdiddy pulling out. (Didn't want to offset the points balance for each group.)

[syfMiley]

More updaates!

[stalking you]

Originally Posted by TAMiLes

More updaates!

^ this please

[Dox]

That's all for today! The event will resume tomorrow with the remainder of the pools being played out, and the championship bracket commencing.

The stream will go LIVE at 9:30AM QLD time (10:30AM AEDT) with Rossi vs SenSei kicking off the day.

I'll be writing a HUGE post in the morning, listing all of the groups and a summary of the day.

Sorry I couldn't be more active on the forums throughout day 1, I was running off my feet all day keeping things moving. Tomorrow shall be a lot more streamlined with less players requiring my attention, so I'll be more in touch with updates!

Goodnight for now.

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

Thank you so so much Dox!

Caught all the games streamed today except maybe 2 at the end. Yang was definitely the hero of the day on the stream I feel!

I can't wait for tomorrow! Good luck to everyone there 3

[deL]

Can we make it mandatory that SenSei rips his shirt off on camera? Consider it a request from shinya and he will make it happen

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

Lets step it up to all sqltt members ripping off their shirts together.

[syfChadMann]

Have to replay cast my series vs Pinder... sooo fun!..

[Dox]

Updated OP with a recap of Day 1. Creating Day 2 thread now.

[inFeZa]

Man i love that pinder guy, he's probably going to take out the whole thing... He got a bit unlucky vs mafia but I mean everyone drops a series every now and then, I still think he's going to take it out easily. Glade, rossi, sensei, iaguz, mafia, pig and yang aren't BAD players, but Pinder's juts on another fuckin level, when I see him play it's like im watching a white bisu.

A Pinder fan forever

-Definitely Infeza.