[Dox]

Originally Posted by Paroxysm

I have work tomorrow night until 9pm AEST, there is no way that I can come late is there? :S

I can put you down for Wednesday, if that's more suitable?

Originally Posted by SQLTt.SenSei

ok this is starting to confuse me, i thought dox was talking about seeding to the finals @ GC in january. When will they be decided? Cause as far as my understanding goes I was under the assumption that top 3 at offline events would be good enough for the finals. So we get special privileges for the online tournaments for our results offline, that doesn't seem right.

It's pretty straight forward, it's the same way I ran the IPL Australia qualifiers.

Group Stages -> Top players from each group advance to the Double Elimination bracket.

People who have performed at the Regional Events have already shown that they're likely candidates to advance from their groups, so by seeding them directly to the Double Elimination bracket, it gives other guys a better chance to advance from their groups (and encourages them to participate).

There are two ways to accumulate points for the National Finals:
1) Attend a Regional event
2) Attend an Online event

Both of these methods stack, essentially allowing you to accumulate more points for participating in more events. The top 16 players with the most points after the Regional & Online events will be invited to the National Event at the Gold Coast on Jan 21/22.

There will also be an Open Bracket at the Gold Coast where anyone can rock up and play.
If you'd like more info on this, I'll happily explain once we've made it through the Online event.

Also keep in mind that the Gold Coast event is only the first National event of 2012. We'll also be in Sydney and Melbourne 3-4 months later, with a "National Finals" being held at the end of the year as well (location TBA).

So essentially it works like this:

2012 League 1:
BNE Regional
SYD Regional
MEL Regional
ADE Regional
Online Event
Gold Coast National Event

2012 League 2:
BNE Regional
SYD Regional
MEL Regional
ADE Regional
PTH Regional (hopefully)
Online Event (x3)
Sydney National Event

2012 League 3:
etc...


Your comment that top 3 being good enough for the finals is pretty much correct. But you will continue to accumulate points for the entirety of ACL, not just this one league. So you always want to ensure you get points any way you can.

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[Paroxysm]

Originally Posted by Dox

I can put you down for Wednesday, if that's more suitable?

Thanks Dox, but never mind now, I have to cover for a friend at work tomorrow night also. Thanks though