[Maynarde]

Thanks to everyone that watched / came down to ACL Gold Coast

Looking back on it, it was pretty incredible! Yeah there were some massive delays but this is only the first and I forsee it getting bigger and better, and Vanzr (Sundance DiVanzetti) can see right before his eyes how popular SC2 is becoming. I would not be surprised in the slightest if SC2 got main stage within the next couple big LANs. I believe the next one is in Sydney (April) and then Melbourne (June / July). Dox said they're gonna be roughly 3 months apart each time. Sydney is gonna have a massive SC2 crowd, guaranteed.

I flew to the Gold Coast straight from work, and then flew back this morning to go straight back to work so needless to say pretty wrecked but I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside when I think back on the weekend. No, it's not because of how close in proximity I was to Rossi and Moonglade (although it definitely contributes) but because it honesty went off with delays being the only hitches and everyone walked away feeling really good about it. I saw a smile on every pro-gamer's face and every ACL staff member was stoked with what SC2 brought to their circuit. I see ACL becoming a big thing and I feel really lucky to be a part of it.

This was also my first time casting a big event like this, purely being an online caster until now. I have a lot to work on but I got some really good feedback and I know what to work on Surprisingly, all the feedback has been really constructive I expected to be flamed a little more lol. Side screen scroll was disabled, so were health bars part way through. Observing that way and casting at the same time is pretty hard, mini-map awareness disappears etc. Also I now know how to pronounce iaguz.

But enough excuses. ACL was amazing and will only get bigger and better. The production will get better. I'll get better (hopefully) and so will Dox / Doble or whoever I get to cast with! Thank you everyone for your kind words but especially thank you to all the SC2 pro-gamers for being absolute ballers (cheers for the smokes Pinder) and ACL for running a tight show

See ya in Sydney.

Quick Comments

	Bash:	Enjoyed it! ex-oh.
	Kalikah:	<3 this time with your sidekick/lunch bringer
	SmokyMcPot:	Great casting man!
	ROOT`iaguz:	Also I now know how to pronounce iaguz. DAMN ****** RIGHT
	Dox:	XOXOXO
	nirvAnA:	maynarde funded his own tix btw just to help cast :) massive respect
	Hydroid:	I managed to tune in just for the finals. Enjoyed the casting immensely.

[[TA]LoSt]

Originally Posted by Maynarde

Thanks to everyone that watched / came down to ACL Gold Coast

Looking back on it, it was pretty incredible! Yeah there were some massive delays but this is only the first and I forsee it getting bigger and better, and Vanzr (Sundance DiVanzetti) can see right before his eyes how popular SC2 is becoming. I would not be surprised in the slightest if SC2 got main stage within the next couple big LANs. I believe the next one is in Sydney (April) and then Melbourne (June / July). Dox said they're gonna be roughly 3 months apart each time. Sydney is gonna have a massive SC2 crowd, guaranteed.

I flew to the Gold Coast straight from work, and then flew back this morning to go straight back to work so needless to say pretty wrecked but I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside when I think back on the weekend. No, it's not because of how close in proximity I was to Rossi and Moonglade (although it definitely contributes) but because it honesty went off with delays being the only hitches and everyone walked away feeling really good about it. I saw a smile on every pro-gamer's face and every ACL staff member was stoked with what SC2 brought to their circuit. I see ACL becoming a big thing and I feel really lucky to be a part of it.

This was also my first time casting a big event like this, purely being an online caster until now. I have a lot to work on but I got some really good feedback and I know what to work on Surprisingly, all the feedback has been really constructive I expected to be flamed a little more lol. Side screen scroll was disabled, so were health bars part way through. Observing that way and casting at the same time is pretty hard, mini-map awareness disappears etc. Also I now know how to pronounce iaguz.

But enough excuses. ACL was amazing and will only get bigger and better. The production will get better. I'll get better (hopefully) and so will Dox / Doble or whoever I get to cast with! Thank you everyone for your kind words but especially thank you to all the SC2 pro-gamers for being absolute ballers (cheers for the smokes Pinder) and ACL for running a tight show

See ya in Sydney.

Don't forget about that ninja dude! I'm SO disappointed we were the only group of people that saw him.

Quick Comments

Maynarde:

LOL!!

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by [TA]LoSt

Don't forget about that ninja dude! I'm SO disappointed we were the only group of people that saw him.

OH MY GOD how the hell did I forget about that loooooool.

That was the most intense cosplayer. Ever.

Or a legit ninja, we never actually found out haha!

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[TA]LoSt:

We never saw him again.. Definitely indicative of being a real ninja!

[FaDeBadger]

Originally Posted by [TA]LoSt

Don't forget about that ninja dude! I'm SO disappointed we were the only group of people that saw him.

Is that the guy who was flipping up on the edge of the stage? Saw that on stream for a while.

[[TA]LoSt]

Originally Posted by FaDeBadger

Is that the guy who was flipping up on the edge of the stage? Saw that on stream for a while.

I feel ashamed to say that was me. Dox sneakily put the camera on us while we were messing around on the stage before the game and I had no idea. When his girlfriend told me the chat was talking about me I was like ohhhhh shit, sat down straight away. :P

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by FaDeBadger

Is that the guy who was flipping up on the edge of the stage? Saw that on stream for a while.

Nah this was during the lunch break. A group of us went for a walk to find food through Bond Uni, and on the horizon we see this blonde guy with long hair in a ninja cosplay (looked like Ken from Street Fighter) sprinting so hard. He ran straight past us. And his face was f*cking priceless, had the most intense focused look like he was either running from machine gun fire or on his way to murder someone. We had a pretty good chuckle, I was going to bring it up on stream but the break was so long I forgot. That cafe needs faster staff man.