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Open Bracket
I for one am extremely happy with the way ACL pans out.. As a player that is not in GM, I go to ACL and other tournaments with the mentality of "go as far as you can and have fun", so the Open Bracket at Sydney was great for me! I won a few matches and then lost a few matches and was out, but I took games off ppl I thought I never would. The main thing that convinced me to go to ACL Sydney's Open Bracket was the BO3 from round 1 (I think everybody hates bo1's) and that there was a losers bracket.. i have a guaranteed 4 matches, even if i lose all 4 (which can happen, but I still get to go to ACL :P)

Top 8 from Open Bracket choosing groups: I always thought this was a little strange... I mean, the people that are already in groups didnt get to pick theirs.. and now people that weren't able to get to the pro-bracket right off the bat are able to pick and choose? Seems a little un-fair to me in that way, but I can see the appeal, to make the end of the open bracket a little more interesting... can i suggest 2 barrels with group numbers in one and the 8 players in the other? or 2 gigantic wheels of fortune? let's race snails to see who's leaves the circle first, they get group A, 2nd Group B, etc etc until full.. But then the time constraints.. DARNIT... i'd watch that though.. and then Frogmite can eat the snails after... crazy french people..

Swiss Style
It's tasty.. I love this stuff... put it in a sammich with some ham and then toast it so it melts... mmmm.....
To be honest I hate it.. the first time I ever heard of it was at SGL last year where the pro-bracket ran it.. it seemed confusing and although they got more games out of it, there were people playing till all hours in the morning just because there were so many matches to go through... Time constraints are a big issue I feel, ACL Sydney speaks for itself.. Swiss style is also not to viewer friendly as far as casual viewers go anyway..

Online Rounds
Unfortunately I haven't been able to compete in any online rounds as of yet. But intend to soon.. I prefer the 1 online round, although having 3 allows players to select which one/s they wish to enter, it again comes down to a time constraint - if you can't make the online round.. well.. sorry, show up for regionals perhaps? this isn't always an option but unfortunately everything cannot be accommodated to everybody's best wishes...
As far as the time between the online round and the tournament itself, that doesn't bother me too much.. players know their skill level, if it's a possibility that they will get thru the online round and get to play in the next ACL, then they should be prepared to go to that ACL! If you are competing in the online rounds just for points, let it be known so that you can immediately give your ACL spot to the next person in line..
Brisbane, I don't have a solution for you or any thought out ones anyway... put a disclaimer on it, if u compete on the online round u cannot compete in the regionals?




Hope I was able to shed some light on it.. haven't read over it so excuse any "retardism" throughout.. and this is only from a scrubs opinion anyway, lol..

See you all at ACL Melb, where I hope to cast with some handsome dread-locked man, if u can find one

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