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Fenner · Mon, 7th-Jul-2014, 10:07 AM

iaguz just boarded a plane back to Sydney to pick up his paycheck, just thought i'd let you know so you can write his name on it now and save yourself some time on the day

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Maynarde:

:D

Lardols · Tue, 8th-Jul-2014, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Maynarde

Edited my post with the VOD of the group unveiling! Enjoy

*******

HYPE

I'm thinking oreo cupcakes, raro cupcakes and caramel slice

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Maynarde:

**** yeah bby

**inFeZa** · Tue, 8th-Jul-2014, 11:41 AM

Happy to announce that the trailer will première live at ACL Sydney on stream. Here's a short teaser to that trailer.

**Baldie** · Tue, 8th-Jul-2014, 11:56 AM

Confirming championship bracket will be Double Elimination Round of 8 - so two players from each pool will advance.

SLCN.Kez · Tue, 8th-Jul-2014, 1:11 PM

way to kill my dreams bladie

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	Baldie:	You're welcome
	asdfSchnitzel:	No dreams, only pain

ThatGuyDoMo · Tue, 8th-Jul-2014, 2:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Baldie

Confirming championship bracket will be Double Elimination Round of 8 - so two players from each pool will advance.

Ruthless.

So happy I'm not playing and have to deal with that stress haha.

**Elusory** · Tue, 8th-Jul-2014, 2:34 PM

Means everyone who advances from groups will be guaranteed money. I'm guessing it's still Bo3 for the lower brackets?

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Maynarde:

Yes bo3 the whole way

RivaL · Wed, 9th-Jul-2014, 2:16 AM

the new ladder maps are honestly terrible imo, and i'm surprised ACL is going to use them when the season just started yesterday.. and ACL is in a weeks time..

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syfSoundwave:

Why force people to practice old maps? Seems silly and it's nearly 2 weeks

RivaL · Wed, 9th-Jul-2014, 4:48 AM

who said anything about forcing? for such a big tournament i wouldn't expect maps to be used 1 week in advance when the season just started 1 or 2 days ago.. it'll make more sense using maps people are more familiar with and use the new maps later when people are more comfortable with them

**Baldie** · Wed, 9th-Jul-2014, 8:03 AM

If you make it to challenger, you'll be playing your WCS challenger series likely a week after ACL Sydney which uses the new map pool. We have always communicated we would follow WCS America's official map pool at the time of the competition and this is it.

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RivaL:

ah ic, makes sense thanks ;p

SLCN.NXZ · Wed, 9th-Jul-2014, 8:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Baldie

If you make it to challenger, you'll be playing your WCS challenger series likely a week after ACL Sydney which uses the new map pool. We have always communicated we would follow WCS America's official map pool at the time of the competition and this is it.

Regardless, every player has vetos and everyone is equally disadvantaged. I think this is by far the most reasonable decision.

**Baldie** · Thu, 10th-Jul-2014, 6:10 PM

Hello friends. Exciting times.. it's almost here!

Many of you will be glad to hear we have allocated the best production resources (of all games on offer at ACL) to StarCraft II however we need additional camera operators to make it all work. If you, or you know of somebody, who has experience operating cameras and would like an opportunity to showcase their talent at a major event, please email me at brad@vimme.com.au or alternatively add me on Skype "bradley_baldwin" as soon as possible. We will provide a complimentary generic 2014 ACL hoodie as a thank you for your services.

Asrathiel · Sat, 12th-Jul-2014, 6:58 PM

Planning to drop in for a bit on the Saturday, see you all there!

**VoxMSI.Rogue** · Sat, 12th-Jul-2014, 8:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Asrathiel

Planning to drop in for a bit on the Saturday, see you all there!

Yay I am excited!

Please bring the kids!!!!

Asrathiel · Sun, 13th-Jul-2014, 1:58 PM

Yep will have all three there ^_^

Pox · Sun, 13th-Jul-2014, 7:58 PM

If anyone has a spare couch / wants to share a hotel room for saturday night let me know

deadpixel · Sun, 13th-Jul-2014, 9:23 PM

Does anyone have any news about what sort of Hearthstone events will be happening here?

**Baldie** · Sun, 13th-Jul-2014, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by deadpixel

Does anyone have any news about what sort of Hearthstone events will be happening here?

There will be times throughout the weekend where specific pre-set events will take place like community vs Blizzard or perhaps a mini tournament (nothing explicitly disclosed) however the majority of the time will just be come and play and hang out with Blizzard employees and win some Hearthstone loot. If you bring your iPad you can even get a new trading card backing by doing the local network connection if you haven't done so already.

There will be a pretty cool area dedicated to Hearthstone and Blizzard have created a pretty special area for it so if nothing else it will be something to lay your eyes on!

**inFeZa** · Mon, 14th-Jul-2014, 3:04 PM

5 days hype

**Baldie** · Tue, 15th-Jul-2014, 1:52 PM

Hey friends sorry I've been a bit light on the scheduling side of things! Here is a rough schedule of events:

Saturday 19th July
08:30am: Doors Open
10:00am: OB Registration Closes
10:30am: ACL Sydney Welcome Speech (Nick "Vanzr" Vanzetti - CEO)
10:45am: StarCraft II Only Welcome Speech (Brad "Baldie" Baldwin - Head SC2 Admin)
11:00am: Tournament commences
12:00pm: Top 16 Check-in Closes (unless previous approval granted for later arrival by Baldie)
08:00pm: Conclusion of Day

Sunday 20th July
08:30am: Doors Open
09:00am: Tournament Resumes
07:00pm: Tournament Concludes

Please note these are all rough times (with exception to doors opening, reg closure and welcome speech times. Whether we go past 8pm on Saturday, start later than 9am on Sunday and/or end sooner or later than 7pm on Sunday all depends on how the tournament progresses.