[rezyn8]

Silicon Sports are very proud to announce our first major event for 2014,
a true celebration of gaming;

GAME ON! 2014

GAME ON! 2014 will celebrate and showcase the best local indie talent, the greatest players and personalities,and Grand Finals from three of the greatest games eSports has to offer.

With so much talent filling one stage, this will be a spectacle which you don't want to miss!

Leading up to GAME ON! 2014, there will be online qualifiers for Dota 2, StarCraft 2 and League of Legends. Qualifier Rounds will be held online in the weeks leading up to the event, with the Grand Finals for each game being held live in Richmond, Melbourne on the <strike>22nd of February</strike> 8th March 2014.

Players and Teams who are successful in qualifying for the Grand Finals will make their way to Richmond on the night, compete for thousands of dollars in prize money and the chance to be crowned GAME ON! 2014 Champions.

Casters and Personalities which are attending the event and casting online qualifiers so far are - Zee 'JiNxXx' Kotwal, Leigh 'Maynarde' Mandalov, Helen 'Zepph' Browitt, Lily 'Lilypie' Collins and Mackenzie 'Alicifer' Baskerville. With more to be confirmed, Richmond will be on fire on the [s]22nd of February[/s] 8th March.

The Schedule
1st/2nd February:

• League of Legends Online Qualifiers
• Open Rounds on the 1st, Round of 8 on the 2nd

8th/9th February:

• Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Online Qualifiers
• Open Rounds on the 8th, Round of 8 on the 9th

15th/16th February:

• DOTA 2 Online Qualifiers
• Open Rounds on the 15th, Round of 8 on the 16th

8th March

• GAME ON! 2014 - Live from Botherambo St in Richmond, Melbourne.
• Grand Finals for Dota 2, Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm and League of Legends.
• Indie Game Showcase

Dates and Times to be confirmed by 31st December.

Keep up to date with all the happenings at the GAME ON! 2014 website, GO-2014.com, facebook.com/GameOnAustralia & twitter.com/GameOnAustralia.

UPDATES

14/12/2013: Game On Shop Now Open!
14/12/2013: Important Date Changes
12/12/2013: Minimum Prize Pools Announced
23/01/2014: Back to the Drawing Board

[Dox]

So cool! Keen as.

[SLCN.Petrify]

So excited for this!!! Proud to be with Silicon #GameOn

[ShayneRarma]

Schweet! day after my B'day! Just need to talk the missus into coming to Melbourne for E-Sports for the weekend

Good Stuff SLCN!

[Matt93]

Sounds awesome. I'm not familiar with Richmond, what's the venue like?

Quick Comments

	ShayneRarma:	Further to this, is it a licensed venue? I would like to consume large amounts.
	Seffy:	Shayne knows priorities.

[NvRossi]

starcraft and dota at the same event sounds sick!

[Maynarde]

Awesome See you there friends!!!

[x5_dot]

Sounds cool! Hope to be there

[Sparrow]

Looks awesome! Can't wait to watch.

[nirvAnA]

great stuff rezyn8!

[rezyn8]

Originally Posted by Matt93

Sounds awesome. I'm not familiar with Richmond, what's the venue like?

It is a new venue, and will be licensed on the night. There will be limited tickets available to the live event, but we are also looking at running a BarCraft for the event as well depending on numbers.

[rezyn8]

I have been asked if this is open to all SEA players and I can confirm that all SEA players are welcome to enter. The only caveat is that if you make it to the Grand Final, you will be required to travel to Melbourne to play the Grand Final at Game On! 2014 on [s]February 22nd[/s] March 8th 2014.

I am also happy to announce that GO!`14 will be an official SCS tournament with points awarded for the 2014 season.

[Eddie]

Silicon Sports delivers once again! Should be awesome

[Dox]

Originally Posted by Matt93

Sounds awesome. I'm not familiar with Richmond, what's the venue like?

It's a really good location. Richmond station is just outside of the city and the venue is just a few blocks away. Super accessible. And the Precinct Hotel across the street is really nice, used to go there for drinks after work every Friday.

[inFeZa]

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TtSYF.tRoy:

wut, infeza pls

[zealous]

cooool

[zenabi]

out of curiousity, how many players actually qualify for finals event? is it just the two?

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by rezyn8

It is a new venue, and will be licensed on the night. There will be limited tickets available to the live event, but we are also looking at running a BarCraft for the event as well depending on numbers.

Will the tickets be available far enough in advance for people who might consider travelling down to organise that?

[x5_Doombie]

epic... cant wait.

[rezyn8]

Spectator tickets for the event will available this weekend (14th December 2013). Player/Team registration will also be available this weekend.

Top two players/teams (Grand Finalists) from each game (SC2 Dota LoL) qualifier will be required to attend the event. If for some reason they cannot attend the third placed player/team will be invited to attend.

[rezyn8]

Minimum Prize Pools Announced: http://go-2014.com/minimum-prize-pools-announced/

[ShayneRarma]

Flights and Accom booked, now just save me two tickets to the live event, k thanks

[PiG]

Looking sick! Summer SC2 season here!

[sR.Kumo]

;-; Someone buy me flight tickets to Aus pls

[rezyn8]

Important Date Changes: http://go-2014.com/important-date-changes/

Game On! Shop Now Open! http://go-2014.com/game-on-shop-now-open/

[rezyn8]

Regrettably, Game On 2014, in its current format will be cancelled.

Press Release: http://go-2014.com/back-to-the-drawing-board/

GAME ON! 2014′s mission is to be a celebration of the community, the players, eSports, and everything in between… A true celebration of gaming.

The idea is to regularly showcase the best players, casters, personalities, game developers, and the amazing gaming community of Australia and New Zealand. An event to show the world what us Aussies, and those from over the Pond, can do.

As time moved on throughout the development phase of this event, it became clear that the support that we had gathered for the event, from the industry, sponsors and the community, just wasn’t enough to deliver an event of the standards which are now expected around the world. And you, the community, doesn’t deserve any less.

In looking at our expected financial losses, in the expected format that we wanted to run the event, we realised that this would have been too great to bare just between the two of us. So, regrettably, GAME ON! 2014 in its current state, is being cancelled.

It’s now time for the two of us to go back to the drawing board, to continue to put our spare time into bringing bigger and better events to Australia and New Zealand. We are truly determined to make a difference and see this amazing industry grow to its full potential.

Last but not least, we would like to send out a massive thank you to all of the organisers, friends, family and our fans that were on board for the event and were as excited as us to see it happen. To those of you that we let down, we promise to make it up to you.

We will be back, sooner rather than later, with something truly awesome and deserving of all of you.

Game On, Australia.

Much Love,

Synthetic and rezyn8.

Please note: Refunds for all pre-paid tickets and tournament entry will be completed by the 31st of January. If you have any questions or issues, please contact us via hello@go-2014.com.

[Matt93]

That's a shame, this looked really cool. Hopefully you can work something out in the future.

[rezyn8]

We definitely will, Matt

[Eddie]

Sorry to hear about the cancellation. However Silicon Sports have helped support many great SEA SC2 projects, as well as their own initiatives, so it's understandable you want to maintain that level of excellence. You've earned a lot of respect and faith from this community, so thanks for all your efforts, and i can't wait to see what you do next! #siliconsports2014

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