[Dox]

ACL announces Online Round One for 2012 !!
The Australian Cyber League is pleased to announce its first ever online competition for Starcraft 2. Open to unlimited registrations, the competition will be run over the course of several days, with group stages and a double elimination bracket finals. This will reward participants with valuable season points that will qualify players for the ACL Gold Coast Nationals event. So warm up your micro and get gaming in preparation for a very important event!

DATES & TIMES
Group Stages:
- Tuesday December 13th. 8pm AEDT (Syd, Mel), 7pm AEST (Bris), 5pm (Perth).
- Wednesday December 14th. 8pm AEDT (Syd, Mel), 7pm AEST (Bris), 5pm (Perth).

Finals Bracket:
- Saturday December 17th. Midday AEDT (Syd, Mel), 11am AEST (Bris), 9am (Perth).
- Sunday December 18th. Midday AEDT (Syd, Mel), 11am AEST (Bris), 9am (Perth).


REGISTRATION
Please register for this tournament via the event's landing page here


FORMAT
The competition will have open group stages to any player wishing to participate. Some players who participated in ACL Regionals will only be required to compete in the double bracket elimination. The amount of pre-seeded players, and double bracket elimination specifics will be announced later this week. Be sure to check back on this space for updated tournament details.


SEASON POINTS & SEEDING
For those that could not attend an ACL Regionals event, if you finish in a points attaining position (1st - 32nd) you will receive 150% of points. If you did attend an ACL Regionals event, you will receive 100% of points allocation.

These points will combine with your ACL Regionals points (if any) to seed your ranking at the first Nationals event on the Gold Coast. The top 16 players, by seeding points, will be invited to compete here in the Pro bracket. Please bear in mind that an Open bracket system will be in place at the Gold Coast (but again to limited numbers).

PREDICTIONS & DISCUSSION
Head on over to the Starcraft 2 Predictions & Discussion thread and let us know who YOU think is going to win!

[TAminimat]

Is the pro bracket and open bracket exactly the same as MLG or does it differ in some way?

[neon]

Dox you rock. Looks pro

[Dox]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

Is the pro bracket and open bracket exactly the same as MLG or does it differ in some way?

Similar concept. Anyone can rock up on the day and participate in the Open Bracket.
The top ~4 players from the Open Bracket will join the 16 "Pro Bracket" players during group stages.

[TAminimat]

Cool, cheers. Do you know how many points or about how many would be needed for top 16?

[EveTechtron]

nvm im an idiot.

This looks good !

[Dox]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

Cool, cheers. Do you know how many points or about how many would be needed for top 16?

Difficult to say... all I can say at this stage is that the guys who picked up the top 3 spots in each of the regional events (mOOnGLaDe, tgun, Jimdiddy, TargA, iaguz, MaFia, techtron, Pinder, SenSei, PiG, Bielsko) are at a significant advantage right now. Essentially everyone should aim to achieve a high ranking in the Online Event if they want to squeeze through! Keep in mind that participants who missed out on a Regional event will receive a 50% bonus to their points earned in this Online event. Don't expect to see this happening too often in the future though, we're just being a little more forgiving since we didn't give you guys a lot of lead time.

Originally Posted by techtron

Dox will this combine with my points from the Melbourne ACL event ?

Yes. Whilst you can only secure points from your best Regional performance, Online events will stack.

Keep in mind that during our next league (after the Gold Coast) i'll be revising the points & Online event format.

[nirvAnA]

I keep getting confused.

ACL = Au only right? APL = All of SEA?

[dippa]

ACL = dox
APL = definitely not dox

Quick Comments

[TA]LoSt:

[NvJazBas]

Can NZer join this?? or Aus only?

[Dox]

ACL = Australian only
APL = Anyone in the WORLD can play

JazBas, you're more than welcome to participate in the online qualifier, as we'd like to include New Zealand as much as possible, but we haven't decided how to accommodate you for the Nationals yet. This came up briefly at our meeting on Sunday night, however we didn't actually reach a conclusion.

[syfMiley]

Is there any entry fee for this online qualifier?

[NvJazBas]

"if" I get through the qualifiers, will I be able to get accomodation+flight, just accomodoation, just flight or none? could you let me know ? thanks

[cRSenSei]

can't wait!

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by xGKingJazBas

"if" I get through the qualifiers, will I be able to get accomodation+flight, just accomodoation, just flight or none? could you let me know ? thanks

I'm not 100% certain on this but unless there's preference givin to overseas players, afaik you/your team have to pay your own flights/accomo to the event.

[NvJazBas]

Originally Posted by TAJPMoney

I'm not 100% certain on this but unless there's preference givin to overseas players, afaik you/your team have to pay your own flights/accomo to the event.

oki thanks!

[ACL VaNzR]

Only 28 people signed up for this so far! Get registering guys

Remember, your points from this will stack on top of Regionals attained points to determine your seed at the Nationals event.

Register Here

[Dox]

This begins in 2 days! EVERYONE should be signing up for this, whether you came first, second, last or didn't even compete in the Regional qualifiers. This is essentially free points!

http://registration.aclpro.com.au/?e=56

REGISTER QUICKLY! Group stages begin on TUESDAY night.

[inFeZa]

Hey dox - is it possible to be put in the wednesday group? I can't make tuesday

[iM tgun]

Could I possibly be in Tuesday and Sunday groups?