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ACL so much.

Regarding Volunteering, I have a little (don't want to overstate it here) experience in volunteering and in organising volunteers. By far the biggest obstacle in recruiting volunteers is unclear expectations.

If you simply ask people to 'volunteer' you are never going to get a good response. It's too vague. People don't like signing up when they have no idea what it means. If, however, you say "We need someone to help us unpack boxes and move tables for 4 hours on Friday the 27th of X" it seems much more approachable for novices.

I'd also add that, wherever possible, it's great to have different 'levels' of volunteering. Sure, you'd love everyone to help out for the entire weekend. But if there are any smaller, singular tasks that people can pick up those are great as well.

As for the other stuff I think most of the important things have been covered. ACL so much. I'd be very wary of reducing open brackets, however, and not just for my own selfish reasons (I love attending them). As a spectator experience I feel ACL still has a way to go before it equals other 'events' that people might spend a weekend at. By far the biggest hook is community interaction, it keeps people going, it makes 'esports' something special. If ACL didn't have an open bracket I probably would only attend ACL Melbourne, and even then only very briefly. Sure I'd tune in on the stream, but showing up for 2 days to watch StarCraft (or whatever) is a big ask unless you feel part of it.

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SLCN.Kez:

+1, such amaze, so skill, very wow