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**Baldie** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:05 PM

ACL officially welcomes League of Legends to 2013 ACL Pro Circuit!

It has been a long time coming and finally ACL is proud to announce that we have picked up the powerhouse title League of Legends for the 2013 ACL Pro Cricuit! A MOBA title has been on the cards since early 2013 (the great debate can be seen here) and with the unbeatable global popularity of Riot's title we are thrilled to confirm League of Legends is our MOBA of choice! Since the inception of ACL we have always been committed to providing the Australian gaming community with the best possible competitive gaming experience and we are very excited to extend our experience and expertise to our newest title, League of Legends!

ACL League of Legends Online Round 1 - Season 2:
Australian Cyber League will host their first Online Round for League of Legends on the 9th of June and like all titles Season 2 will host two Online Rounds for League of Legends. After each Online Round the individual players from teams are awarded Season Points, which will accumulate leading into ACL Melbourne. A full separate announcement will be released shortly for Online Round 1 however for now save the date, as this Online Round is the first stepping stone on the road to the League of Legends tournament hosted at our National Live Event - ACL Melbourne.

For those interested, we are working closely with CyberGamer much like we do for our Call of Duty events and are committed to a strong partnership in this regard. Our events won't conflict, we will have a close tie-in with admins and our overarching programs will complement each other.

ACL Melbourne:
We are wasting no time trying to give League of Legends the live event exposure in Australia it deserves by hosting the title at our upcoming ACL Melbourne Live Event. The exact date for ACL Melbourne, including venue details and all other information, will be released early next week! Stay tuned for full details of this event soon.

We are extremely excited to welcome League of Legends to the ACL family and promise to dedicate ourselves to helping build the already thriving and vibrant LoL community in Australia. We hope to see all of you sign up for our Online Rounds in Season 2 and see your faces come ACL Melbourne!

Quick Comments

Snx.FigJig:

Disappointed.

FantasyStarr · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:18 PM

Woo! Can't wait

**syfChadMann** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:20 PM

First concern, as you post this on a SC2 site, its only to be expected. SC2 has often limited numbers of PCs and space. Adding LoL - while I agree with the move, its going to be very taxing on PCs - minimum numbers of 20 PCs just for LoL on top of the SC2 pcs.

Will this affect the SC2 tournament?

**Baldie** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

Will this affect the SC2 tournament?

No it wont.

SLCN.Kez · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:29 PM

Been waiting for ACL to pick up LoL. Awesome stuff to see!

Oh no. I just realised there will be 3 times as many 14 y.o's at events now..

Quick Comments

MezjE:

ecboks

ROOT`iaguz · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:35 PM

Their shrill high pitched voices will be an amusing contrast to the baboon growls of the FPS players. I look forward to it!

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Demosthenes:

Reasons i love iaguz... this comment.

**ToR.Arnor** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kez

Been waiting for ACL to pick up LoL. Awesome stuff to see!

Oh no. I just realised there will be 3 times as many 14 y.o's at events now..

you clearly have NEVER been to a LoL event

**syfChadMann** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 5:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Baldie

No it wont.

Elaborate if you want... So SC2 will still have the same numbers of PCs or set up from ACL Brisbane? and LoL will have X set up for its competition..

**ACL VaNzR** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 6:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

Elaborate if you want... So SC2 will still have the same numbers of PCs or set up from ACL Brisbane? and LoL will have X set up for its competition..

Absolutely Chad. We wouldn't commit to this without a battle plan. We feel we've been able to deliver on these kind of improvements in the past and that we won't compromise quality for any of our titles.

**syfChadMann** · Sat, 18th-May-2013, 6:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ACL VaNzR

Absolutely Chad. We wouldn't commit to this without a battle plan. We feel we've been able to deliver on these kind of improvements in the past and that we won't compromise quality for any of our titles.

Understandably, any idea what will be set up for either title at ACL? thats all I'm after, can say no it wont.. then SC2 only have 10 PCs for Open bracket, but better schedule to get it done, or the same as previously, etc.. If these details aren't locked in, thats okay - just curious as to what ACL is planning with the two titles.

Also, I read 'next week' for announcing when its all going to be, any specifics on that (I might have missed them, personally ofc) - but is there going to be a podcast on tuesday or what ever?