[Baldie]

Oceanic esports scene to strengthen as ESL partner with ACL
ESL and ACL to focus on developing the region’s esports scene

Full Article: http://www.turtle-entertainment.com/...er-league-acl/

ESL, the world’s largest esports company, announced today that it will partner with the Australian Cyber League, an Australian-based company, to strengthen the esports’ community presence in the Oceanic region.

“We’re a truly global company that saw a successful expansion into North America last year, having previously established ourselves in Europe and Asia. Today, we’re happy to announce that we will now also be focusing on the Oceanic region,” said Sebastian Weishaar, Senior Vice President International Business at ESL. “We consistently see Oceanic teams compete in major competitions, such as Intel Extreme Masters and ESL One, against teams from more established regions. With our new partnership, we’re committed to giving the Oceanic region a fairer shot at major international competition by giving them more opportunities to compete at a higher level within their own countries.”

“We have long been looking up to ESL as the global leader in the space, producing some of world’s best esports events. It makes great sense to partner with ESL,” said Nick Vanzetti, Managing Director at ACL. “This partnership will allow us to level up the current esports offering and truly put our region on the map. There are some exciting projects already in development which we look forward to sharing with the passionate fans of our growing scene.”

[syfIce]

Massive news

[Baldie]

For clarification as I have had a few questions - ACL Melbourne will continue like any other ACL beforehand. The event will not be impacted by the announcement of ESL so please don't expect much difference. The budget is still sourced from entry fees and sponsor money.

[Fullmetal]

IEM melbourne confirmed!!!?

[Ascarecrow]

Bloodyrafe and myself (first few admins created esl na and still are) are also coming across we been waiting for this announcement to start tournaments! if any has any ideas please let us know we want to work closely with the sea community with this

[syfRize]

Originally Posted by Ascarecrow

Bloodyrafe and myself (first few admins created esl na and still are) are also coming across we been waiting for this announcement to start tournaments! if any has any ideas please let us know we want to work closely with the sea community with this

I'd suggest if you're going to do weekly things for SEA people or something to hit up Eddie and/or the OSC team and collab with them to sort something out. OSC points being involved with it would be nice.

[Ascarecrow]

Originally Posted by fray`Rize

I'd suggest if you're going to do weekly things for SEA people or something to hit up Eddie and/or the OSC team and collab with them to sort something out. OSC points being involved with it would be nice.

ill see if i can talk to them about it on skype and see what we can organise