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**Baldie** · Thu, 27th-Mar-2014, 7:30 PM

Australian Cyber League is returning to Queensland over May 31st - June 1st for ACL Brisbane!

It's time! The Australian Cyber League's first Live Event for our 2014 season, ACL Brisbane, is set for May 30th - June 1st! Hosted in the heart of Brisbane's CBD, come be a part of our 2014 ACL Pro Circuit and compete against the best gamers in our region.

Venue:
The Edge
Stanley St
Brisbane
QLD 4101

Google Map Location
Venue Website

Dates & Schedule:
May 31st - Saturday: 8.30am - 9.30pm
June 1st - Sunday: 8.30am - 7.00pm
Tournament schedule to follow.

Bracket
http://www.aclpro.com.au/2014/events...e/acl-brisbane

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Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm:
-1v1 Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm on PC.
-16 players pre-seeded into Group Stage, Group Stage consists of 4 Groups of 6 players.
-Multiple Brackets featuring all open players, the top players from each Double Elimination Bracket will progress to Group Stage.
-In Group Stage all players from each group will play against every competitor in their group.
-The top 3 players from each group will progress to the Championship Bracket, which features a 12 player Single Elimination Bracket. This bracket will be played until a Champion is crowned.
-Tournament seeding determined by proceeding Online Rounds.
-$50 entry per person for Group Stage, $25 entry per person for Open Bracket. The top 8 players that progress from the Open Bracket to Group Stage must pay an additional $25 at the time of their progression.
-$2,500 prize pool based on at least 50 competitors in attendance. $1,750 if below 50 competitors in attendance.
-Equipment Requirements: Keyboard, Mouse, Mousepad.

Registration:
To register click here and fill out the form in its entirety.

Registered Players:

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Pro Seeding:

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Top 24 Pro Confirmation

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Close Accommodation:
Riverside Hotel Southbank - 500m from The Edge
The Capitol Apartments - 500m from The Edge
South Central Apartments - 1000m from The Edge
Rydges South Bank - 1500m from The Edge

Transport:
Car: Paid parking is available at the Stanley Place car park, directly under State Library of Queensland.
Bus: Cultural Centre Busway Station in Melbourne Street is located 500m from The Edge.
Train: South Brisbane Station is located 750m from The Edge.
CityCat & Ferry: The CityCat and City Ferry terminals are located at South Bank 1 CityCat terminal, 1000m from The Edge.

Flights:
Ensure you fight the cheapest flights possible by using Webjet to search for flights on your required dates. We would recommend you then go to that website directly to book.

Online Rounds:
Separate announcements regarding the remaining Online Rounds preceding ACL Brisbane will be announced shortly.

ACL Sydney:
The second Australian Cyber League Live Event of 2014 was announced back in January. ACL Brisbane results will determine seeding for ACL Sydney, the original ACL Sydney announcement can be found here.

We hope to see you all at ACL Brisbane over May 31st - June 1st!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACL VaNzR

Just an FYI, this is indeed a much smaller scale ACL. We don't want to mislead people by any means. While anyone can actually check out the venue we're in, we assume you won't. This is why I'm making this post, to make it very transparent that this is a smaller venue than the norm.

It is indeed centrally located with a great view of the river, though it is fairly tight for space. While we are only accommodating SC2 and CoD, just be mindful of this.

Our key production focus (for spectators etc) will still remain as Sydney. We are pushing the envelope to its limits to make this happen, and will still be focusing on a premium quality TOURNAMENT & STREAM experience.

A higher quality SPECTATOR experience will be available at the Sydney event.

ThatGuyDoMo · Thu, 27th-Mar-2014, 8:54 PM

nuuuuu uni is still onnnnnnnn

EDIT: ugh middle of exams, guess I'll just go to Sydney

EDITx2: DWDW ALL G

WOOOOOOOOOOO

Quick Comments

mGGNemesis:

lol

DGWoLF · Thu, 27th-Mar-2014, 9:29 PM

I Will be there Yelling and cheering for my favorite player and if ACL will allow it cast some games

**syfSoundwave** · Thu, 27th-Mar-2014, 10:11 PM

So why was ACL Sydney in July announced before this in May-June?

ThatGuyDoMo · Thu, 27th-Mar-2014, 10:12 PM

welp im a noob, can't read calendars right, DW NO DATE PROBLEM

SLCN.Wally · Thu, 27th-Mar-2014, 10:35 PM

T.T, for my uni this is exam week. Either hope I don't have exams on Friday or I dodge another bullet

FLuX · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 6:04 AM

Interesting.

asdfSchnitzel · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 7:03 AM

HYPE, will we have another NXZ miracle run?

**x5_dot** · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 7:03 AM

This is a great surprise! Was expecting Sydney to be the only,or one of two, ACLs. I should be able to make this one

Does anyone know how big the venue is? Last year's ACL Brisbane was the best, I'm wondering if this will be as spacious.

SLCN.Kez · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 8:03 AM

BALIDIE OUTA ****** NOWHERe

SLCN.NXZ · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 8:11 AM

As someone who was really demotivated about no ACL in Brisbane this is awesome! Location is very central, don't know much about venue but I'm sure it will be good. Very excited!

**inFeZa** · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 8:44 AM

hope it's a repeat of last year's ACL brisbane!

SLCN.Petrify · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 9:41 AM

Awwwwwwww yissssssss! ACL brisbane was the best event last year by far

Drinksarlot · Fri, 28th-Mar-2014, 9:54 AM

Woohoo, nice! Guess I better stop playing hearthstone and get back to sc2

**Eddie** · Sat, 29th-Mar-2014, 3:37 PM

Awesome news!

I 100% wont be able to make Sydney, so will try and come up for this one!

syfInsano · Mon, 31st-Mar-2014, 9:01 PM

YES! definitely going to this.

Chiddiru · Sat, 5th-Apr-2014, 5:23 AM

can you go to the event to just watch? if yes cost for entry?

**syfChadMann** · Sat, 5th-Apr-2014, 7:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiddiru

can you go to the event to just watch? if yes cost for entry?

Yes you can,
Should be free.

alt24 · Tue, 8th-Apr-2014, 12:25 AM

Enjoyed simply watching the previous Brisbane ACL, so will be back again

If admins need more help on the day just pm me

**ACL VaNzR** · Tue, 8th-Apr-2014, 8:04 PM

Just an FYI, this is indeed a much smaller scale ACL. We don't want to mislead people by any means. While anyone can actually check out the venue we're in, we assume you won't. This is why I'm making this post, to make it very transparent that this is a smaller venue than the norm.

It is indeed centrally located with a great view of the river, though it is fairly tight for space. While we are only accommodating SC2 and CoD, just be mindful of this.

Our key production focus (for spectators etc) will still remain as Sydney. To answer a question from above, Sydney was booked much earlier than this due the size and cost associated with it (approx. 4x that of Brisbane). We are pushing the envelope to its limits to make this happen, and will still be focusing on a premium quality TOURNAMENT & STREAM experience.

A higher quality SPECTATOR experience will be available at the Sydney event.

EDIT before double post: We are welcome to ideas and opportunities to strengthen the spectator experience. I have an idea that may line up with that. Will need your thoughts/feedback before I pursue it (in case it's stupid). We could align ourselves with the Fox Hotel which is about 300m down the road and host a Barcraft in this venue for spectators. Just a thought...

Quick Comments

ToRGreenArchon:

no league breaks my heart T_T

**syfChadMann** · Wed, 9th-Apr-2014, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACL VaNzR

We could align ourselves with the Fox Hotel which is about 300m down the road and host a Barcraft in this venue for spectators. Just a thought...

Sounds good, I'll be there and if possible, we could bounce between the barcraft and the venue, for people that want to meet/talk to the players - with some sort of arrangement so not everyone is at the venue at once...?

Will the size limit the potential for open bracket participants? as those waiting to play and those playing will need to be in the venue.

Good stuff ACL crew, you guys are rad.

**Baldie** · Wed, 9th-Apr-2014, 11:58 AM

OP has been updated with registration details but here is a link directly: http://www.jotformpro.com/form/40892046277965

**x5_dot** · Wed, 9th-Apr-2014, 12:06 PM

Just wondering,

Quote:

$2,500 prize pool based on at least 50 competitors in attendance.

What happens if there's less than 50 competitors?

**syfChadMann** · Wed, 9th-Apr-2014, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x5_dot

Just wondering,

What happens if there's less than 50 competitors?

The prize pool goes down. off hand I think its the $1750 prize pool, paying just top 3. But I'm sure Baldie can confirm.

ROOT`iaguz · Fri, 11th-Apr-2014, 7:09 PM

First ACL I'm gonna miss. That sucks.

Hope ya'll have a good time now.

**inFeZa** · Mon, 14th-Apr-2014, 3:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROOT`iaguz

First ACL I'm gonna miss. That sucks.

Hope ya'll have a good time now.

does this mean ur coming back for sydney.

Quick Comments

	Maynarde:	I think most likely will be the 2nd ACL he misses
	SLCN.Kez:	LOL ^

**Baldie** · Mon, 5th-May-2014, 9:29 PM

Hey guys there is a CoD player who has booked accommodation and can no longer attend, so he's looking to pass it onto somebody else. The details are below:

Riverside Hotel (http://www.riversidehotel.com.au/)
2 Adult booking Standard room
Friday Check-in 2pm
Monday Check-out
$366 pay on arrival

Contact:
Skype: kritikalmotion
Twitter: @_kritikal
Email: kritical_motion@hotmail.com

teddyoojo · Wed, 7th-May-2014, 8:46 PM

ill definitely tune in !

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asdfSchnitzel:

teddyyyyuuuuu

[TA]LoSt · Thu, 8th-May-2014, 2:21 PM

Wow I thought Syd was going to be the only ACL this year.. Check this site for the first time in forever and see this. Sick! I'll come hang out and watch for sure. ^_^
Hopefully a few people I know will come and chill!

Quick Comments

	SLCN.Kez:	play ya pussie
	syfChadMann:	see you there you massive nerd.

mGGVISION · Sat, 10th-May-2014, 9:25 PM

awesome looking forward to this!!

**Baldie** · Mon, 12th-May-2014, 1:59 PM

Original Post has been updated to include the Pro Seeding table. Pros will need to register by filling out this form in its entirety. If you will not be attending simply respond to this thread stating so.

Pros have until Thursday 15th May 11:59PM AEST to register for a pro seed. Any registrations after this time will still be valid - however they will be for an open bracket seed and not that of the pro top 16.

**Baldie** · Thu, 15th-May-2014, 7:53 AM

Friendly reminder that pro registration closes tonight at 11:59PM AEST. I am yet to have a response from Probe, Stormz, Alopex, South, Slayer and Snexwang.

In the case 16 pros are not confirmed, the remaining slots will go to the highest seeded players outside of this list who have already registered.

So even if your name isn't in the top 24 it could prove valuable signing up before midnight tonight!

mGGSlayer · Thu, 15th-May-2014, 1:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baldie

Friendly reminder that pro registration closes tonight at 11:59PM AEST. I am yet to have a response from Probe, Stormz, Alopex, South, Slayer and Snexwang.

In the case 16 pros are not confirmed, the remaining slots will go to the highest seeded players outside of this list who have already registered.

So even if your name isn't in the top 24 it could prove valuable signing up before midnight tonight!

Unfortunately i wont be able to attend acl Brisbane ;-; , i didn't even know i was gonna get seeded tbh.

Quick Comments

	mGGDaedalus:	good guy slayer will let someone else win acl
	rezyn8:	The chin is strong in this one

ETL.snexwang · Thu, 15th-May-2014, 2:09 PM

Sorry, won't be there. Too poor.

mGGSouth · Thu, 15th-May-2014, 5:24 PM

Can't go to Brisbane, but getting excited for Sydney already!

**Baldie** · Sat, 17th-May-2014, 10:19 AM

ACL Brisbane Groups will be announced on a live show tomorrow night (Sunday 18th May) at a to be confirmed time, likely 7pm. I will host the show with Maynarde. More details will be released when they are confirmed.

Quick Comments

	syfSoundwave:	Keen!
	asdfSchnitzel:	sickcity

**rezyn8** · Sun, 18th-May-2014, 10:51 AM

Much Hype!

ThatGuyDoMo · Sun, 18th-May-2014, 4:38 PM

Getting excited for the group selection tonight

**Baldie** · Sun, 18th-May-2014, 4:59 PM

If you missed the earlier social media the groups will be revealed tonight at 7PM AEST on www.twitch.tv/aclprosc2. We will have a pro from each group on to discuss their groups once revealed.

Val · Wed, 21st-May-2014, 11:28 AM

i'll come

see you

upd:
my plane arrives at 8 30
i hope i'll be there at 9:30 or earlier

Quick Comments

	asdfSchnitzel:	yay! hype!
	ToRRedemption:	GG
	syfChadMann:	its about 45mins-1hour to Venue from Airport.

**syfChadMann** · Wed, 21st-May-2014, 4:00 PM

For public transport from Airport to the venue (The edge, Stanley Street, South Bank)There are busses, I think that will take you to South East Busway in South Bank, on Grey Street, then its just a short walk to 'The Edge'

Or take a train from the Airport, the Brisbane Airtrain goes straight to Southbank. This trip takes a minimum of 35mins and trains leave every 30mins. So give yourself at least 1-1.5 hours to get from the Airport to the venue and you *should* be fine.
Train prices are around $21.70

Or take the train to South Brisbane (basically just as close to the venue as Southbank station) it'll be a touch quicker and adult fare prices are a bit less at $16.50.
****Someone from Brisbane please confirm these are the right stops, I'm only going off what I can see on the website http://www.airtrain.com.au/ *****

Quick Comments

	ThatGuyDoMo:	The Cultural Center stop is also pretty good. I think its a good deal closer to the venue as well.
	mGGDaedalus:	cultural centre is a bus station, sth bris is closest train station to that
	ACL Beware:	South Brisbane train station is the closest train station. Few hundred meters walk from there.

ThatGuyDoMo · Wed, 21st-May-2014, 4:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

****Someone from Brisbane please confirm these are the right stops, I'm only going off what I can see on the website http://www.airtrain.com.au/ *****

Yup, I can confirm these stops are fine. There will be a tiny bit of a walk to the venue. Don't think its over a km, but just a heads up in case any of you are carrying anything super heavy...like a razer black widow keyboard or something rofl

Drinksarlot · Mon, 26th-May-2014, 11:42 AM

How many people have you got signed up for the open bracket? Just wondering what my chances of making it out are.

Looking forward to it!

**syfRize** · Thu, 22nd-May-2014, 3:21 PM

As was said on the night of group release;

If Schnitzel makes it out of his group, I'm switching to

and we're forming the #1

team

Chiddiru · Thu, 22nd-May-2014, 3:40 PM

Be a man like me and just taxi in from home (if you live in QLD that is) dat $100 cab fare so worth it

breadfan · Sun, 25th-May-2014, 6:01 PM

If anyone is stuck for transport, or worried about finding it once they get off the train at central or something, let me know.

EDIT: City cat is also a good option if you're coming from somewhere along the river (including the stop at Eagle St if you're down that end of the CBD). Just a quick stroll across the bridge from North Quay

Chiddiru · Sun, 25th-May-2014, 6:04 PM

im taking a cab so i wont get lost bread xD

DGWoLF · Sun, 25th-May-2014, 10:52 PM

2 things
1 Chid where are you coming from ? im sure there would be a train line near you to get you to SB

2 To Baldie and ACL i sent an email to Baldie about casting and doing media content at ACL Bris im sorry to pester or nag but may i get a response soon ?

Quick Comments

Baldie:

I saw your email have just been working this weekend so no time to look at it. Will respond soon :)

Chiddiru · Mon, 26th-May-2014, 4:13 AM

coming in from redbank plains, i already booked taxi, only bit i may get lost at is getting to and from the venue to my hotel

DGWoLF · Mon, 26th-May-2014, 6:55 PM

"

Baldie:
I saw your email have just been working this weekend so no time to look at it. Will respond soon

"

Thanks man

**Baldie** · Mon, 26th-May-2014, 8:59 PM

OP has been updated with registered players list. If you aren't on the list click here and fill out the form in its entirety.

**syfSoundwave** · Mon, 26th-May-2014, 10:44 PM

Wally and Minah are both signed up lol

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Baldie:

Fixed

Val · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 8:19 AM

who is going to brisbane we can meet at 8:30 in brisbane airport and just share a taxi without any buses trains etc etc

if someone want to - msg me here or in skype
otherwise most likely ill go with train

DGWoLF · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 4:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Val

who is going to brisbane we can meet at 8:30 in brisbane airport and just share a taxi without any buses trains etc etc

if someone want to - msg me here or in skype
otherwise most likely ill go with train

Hey man it is literally that easy to catch a trian and your in the heart of brisbane in no time. if you need a hand with anything im more then happy to help directions wise.

Its like catching the citybus from Tullamarine airport in Melbourne to the city its the easiest and probs the cheapest way of transport.

As for helping out i am willing to help any way possible but i work friday and i work monday so sadly it can only be on the days of the event.

**Maynarde** · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 9:54 AM

Just reiterating as the event approaches;

ACL is super keen on as many hands as possible to set up and pack down. Not gonna rant and play them heart strings and blah blah we're all volunteers etc just be a good bloke / shiela and make life easier for everyone.

I know domo and friends are coming in the afternoon to help, if anyone from this community would like to come down on Friday morning to help out that would be a massive help. I'm arriving in the afternoon to help out as well, and if we're out of there at a decent hour I'll shout the overage people a drink and the underage people ... I'll get you a ... bigmac or something.

SAME DEAL for packing down. Also a HUGE help when people help out so everyone isn't there till 2am rolling cables and packing trucks.

Support the only LAN circuit in Australia that supports SC2 xoxo

Quick Comments

	ThatGuyDoMo:	HAHA bigmac
	syfPhoenix:	Can I have the big mac despite being overage?
	Chiddiru:	if ididnt have work friday or monday id help :(
	asdfSchnitzel:	school killing esports once again rip

SLCN.Kez · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 10:24 AM

Ill be there friday helpin setup as well

Quick Comments

Maynarde:

Bloody good lad

**syfChadMann** · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 1:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baldie

17. ChardMann

wow... just.. wow. If this isn't me, who the ****?.. if its Baldie typo.. wow.. wow bawldie

Quick Comments

	Baldie:	You are now a Pokémon
	syfSoundwave:	ROFL
	Maynarde:	sh@ on

**x5_dot** · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 2:04 PM

Can people sign up for open bracket on the day?

Quick Comments

	ThatGuyDoMo:	dot to win ACL
	Baldie:	Yes up until registration closes on the day. Will be releasing schedule shortly

**Baldie** · Tue, 27th-May-2014, 5:49 PM

Few additional pieces of information for you all.

Schedule has been added to OP (spoiler under "Dates & Schedule).

Pros in the top 16 will need to be at the venue and checked in no later than 11am. Any player arriving past this time who has not communicated to me prior an arrival time and been given clearance will risk losing maps pending if their set is up (I will of course try to avoid this where possible). Due to a reduced open bracket to previous events I imagine group stage will start relatively early in the day.

Open Bracket registrations will be open until 10:15am as per the schedule. Any registrations who have not paid their entry fee by 10:15am will not be included in the bracket. In the case a pro does not pay for their position by 11am, they will forfeit their spot and an additional player from the open bracket will place into groups.

The open bracket and group stage will all be best-of-three matches. Total open bracket signups will determine whether a single double elimination or multiple smaller double elimination brackets will occur. This will be communicated in the morning briefing. The championship bracket best-ofs will be discussed with the qualified players when group stage concludes. The decision on the best-ofs be they all best-of-three or best-of-three into best-of-five/seven will be based on time left in the tournament and player preference.

ToRChoboSniper · Wed, 28th-May-2014, 4:25 PM

I registered earlier but am not on the list... I did it again just to make sure, but can you double-check I'm registered just in case?

Quick Comments

Baldie:

Confirmed

**Maynarde** · Fri, 30th-May-2014, 9:06 AM

Announced via the twits this morning but letting you guys know as well that I've pulled out of casting this event due to health reasons. Woke up with a throat infection so bad I can't talk or swallow.

There's a huge opportunity here for up and coming casters to really show what they're made of, as there's no doubt going to be a huge amount of talent and great games!

Shall be tuning in from home and missing you all

Quick Comments

Elusory:

get well soon :(

**syfChadMann** · Fri, 30th-May-2014, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maynarde

Announced via the twits this morning but letting you guys know as well that I've pulled out of casting this event due to health reasons. Woke up with a throat infection so bad I can't talk or swallow.

There's a huge opportunity here for up and coming casters to really show what they're made of, as there's no doubt going to be a huge amount of talent and great games!

Shall be tuning in from home and missing you all

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Are you still coming to the event? :'(

Hope to give a bit of casting a go if possible. I enjoy casting

**Baldie** · Sat, 31st-May-2014, 10:09 AM

Brackets: http://www.aclpro.com.au/2014/events...e/acl-brisbane

breadfan · Sat, 31st-May-2014, 11:47 AM

Hey all,

I missed my flight home last night so I got in late, which meant that I couldn't get up and get to the venue (unfortunately I was already suffering lack of sleep all week)

Any way I can still contribute my entry fee?

Quick Comments

ToRSpartaz:

:(

Chiddiru · Sat, 31st-May-2014, 12:29 PM

Cheers for a great morning was nice to meet some people

**x5.Crescendo** · Sat, 31st-May-2014, 4:08 PM

This has been an epic event, and it was grand watching the stream at home on a Saturday.
Awesome games, and good casting =D

Cheers to ACL for making my weekend awesome and putting together a great SEA event

A shout out to Ninth Legion's Fearless Leader RunAmoK for taking 2nd place in the open bracket.
#IXLFIGHTING!

**x5_Namakaye** · Sat, 31st-May-2014, 4:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IXL.Crescendo

This has been an epic event, and it was grand watching the stream at home on a Saturday.
Awesome games, and good casting =D

Cheers to ACL for making my weekend awesome and putting together a great SEA event

A shout out to Ninth Legion's Fearless Leader RunAmoK for taking 2nd place in the open bracket.
#IXLFIGHTING!

Stay tuned for the pool play, going until pools are finished i think

Quick Comments

x5.Crescendo:

I look forward to it!

**Maynarde** · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 3:48 PM

#CUTforHUT

SLCN.Wally · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 8:52 PM

#CUT4HUT

10char

DGWoLF · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 9:29 PM

I Would like to personally thank baldie for running an amazing Tourney all weekend and allowing me an up and comming caster the chance to cast on the Big Stage of SEA , and do it live from ACL Bris. It has been the greatest Esports related experience of my life and am very greatful for the opportunity. A Huge shout out to the players and congrats to X5 PiG for 3rd place and $250 , #CUTforHuT coming in at a solid Second . Earning himself $500 and being the only person to take a map of our champion. X5 KingKong, This man is a god and earned himself $1000. its a shame i didn't get the chance to interview the guy after winning but oh well just seeing him play live again was awesome. #WelcometoHell 2014 KingKongs reign has just begun. GGWP So much love for the SC2 Scene !

P.S Thanks to Dox who was a great Co Caster for Saturday and ETL Soundwave who while we didnt meld as well with each other was good fun to casting along side you.

SLCN.Wally · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGWoLF

I Would like to personally thank baldie for running an amazing Tourney all weekend and allowing me an up and comming caster the chance to cast on the Big Stage of SEA , and do it live from ACL Bris. It has been the greatest Esports related experience of my life and am very greatful for the opportunity. A Huge shout out to the players and congrats to X5 PiG for 3rd place and $250 , #CUTforHuT coming in at a solid Second . Earning himself $500 and being the only person to take a map of our champion. X5 KingKong, This man is a god and earned himself $1000. its a shame i didn't get the chance to interview the guy after winning but oh well just seeing him play live again was awesome. #WelcometoHell 2014 KingKongs reign has just begun. GGWP So much love for the SC2 Scene !

P.S Thanks to Dox who was a great Co Caster for Saturday and ETL Soundwave who while we didnt meld as well with each other was good fun to casting along side you.

Was nice meeting and talking to you towards the end ^_^

**syfSoundwave** · Mon, 2nd-Jun-2014, 3:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DGWoLF

P.S Thanks to Dox who was a great Co Caster for Saturday and ETL Soundwave who while we didnt meld as well with each other was good fun to casting along side you.

It's cause Dox is such a ******* experienced professional boss mothafucka that anyone else seems bad by comparison :P

Nice meeting you man, was fun.

Super happy with my results and the tournament as a whole. Will obviously write a huge blog.

Quick Comments

Dox:

xoxoz

fray`Eros · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 10:13 PM

#CUT4HUT

10char

DGWoLF · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 10:41 PM

All of my pictures i have taken are being uploaded now to my Clans Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DominionGamingTv?ref=hl

They will be available in the morning.
All Tags to people and description will be added after work tomorrow/

As for the interviews with players they will be Edited once i work out why they arnt exporting off my SD Card. ( For another night i am way too tired )

Hope you enjoy the coverage of the event. My only regret is being socialy awkward and not just going up to more people asking for interviews.

**Dox** · Sun, 1st-Jun-2014, 10:55 PM

Rockin weekend, fun times, sleep now

Drinksarlot · Mon, 2nd-Jun-2014, 9:58 AM

Great tournament, had a lot of fun at my first ACL - thanks guys!

**Baldie** · Mon, 2nd-Jun-2014, 12:07 PM

Hey guys lots to do and say when I'm back in Sydney but just a quick heads up had some requests for replays. I've got all the replays from the 12 computers to the right of stage and the 2 main stage computers. I didn't manage to get the replays from the 8 computers on the left side of the stage.

TL;DR All games except for games played between computers on the left side of the room should be available. I'll try to sort out an organised replay pack this week.

Quick Comments

	SLCN.NXZ:	NXZ WALLY GAME 2 HYPE!!!!
	syfChadMann:	There were some great games off stream, definitely worth grabbing these for youtube casts.

**Baldie** · Mon, 2nd-Jun-2014, 5:38 PM

Hey guys so just got back to Sydney (good to lie in my own bed again!). I feel it's probably unnecessary creating a new thread for feedback so just like a lot of you have already done just reply post or create a blog with any feedback be it good or bad about the event so I can take it on board to keep improving the experience at future events.

Obviously the venue heat or the "Hot Box" as I came to call it was not ideal but you were all very patient about it. The glaring thing for me was no audio for the live viewers during games. We've noticed a lot of pro gamers don't own ear buds - that or we haven't been clear in the necessity of bringing them. For spectator audio to work effectively at our events we need to pump white noise through the Commander headsets with players receiving game audio through their ear buds. This is the only reliable way we can ensure players don't hear caster audio. For ACL Sydney this won't be an issue but apologies for those affected at this event and I will be sure to work with players to remind them to bring ear buds for Sydney where possible. I will put up memorable stream games up on our YouTube channel so you can enjoy them again with audio!

Quick Comments

	ThatGuyDoMo:	HAHA HOT BOX
	Dox:	i'd have a go in ur hot box anytime bb

ThatGuyDoMo · Mon, 2nd-Jun-2014, 6:47 PM

Such a good event.

Was good to put some more faces to names.

**Dox** · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 6:35 AM

#cut4hut

**Dox** · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 7:51 AM

Oh yeah as far as feedback goes, I've been asking around and talking to a lot of people. These are the only 2 points that keep coming up, every single time.

1) Advertising outside of channels you already have an audience in.
You're not reaching out to NEW participants. Currently you're only advertising to people who already know about ACL and plan on attending. The last mention of ACL on Reddit was over a year ago - for ACL Brisbane 2013. You can walk away from the event and say to yourself, "I guess SC2 is dying, our open bracket attendance was awful" or you can assume responsibility for those numbers and think of ways to improve that.

2) Downtime. Downtime. Downtime.
This has been an ongoing echo for 2 years now. As far as I can tell, we ONLY streamed matches on the feature station all weekend. (I could be wrong). So after 1 series finished, we had absolutely nothing on the stream for 30 minutes while players packed up, set up, warmed up and veto'd. Just keep chaining games back to back, especially during day 1. I was going to offer to interview people during downtime over the weekend but that idea went out the window when I ended up spending all my time at the venue behind a casting desk. :P

Over the weekend, there were several individuals who actually grabbed players/personalities, dragged them aside and (offline) interviewed them for their own YouTube channels and Facebook pages. Grab these people and have them produce content for you instead. Or even put the footage aside to use in between games, ALA CoD Champs.

I know that ACL Brisbane wasn't meant to be a high-production spectator-focused event. You guys made that clear in the announcement. But on the other hand, it was the first opportunity to showcase what you've learned and improved upon since ACL Sydney & Melbourne 2013 (7-9 months ago).

EDIT: Stuff like this just gets swept under the rug. I think you need to give it your full attention.

Quick Comments

Maynarde:

Gonna try and do my piece for 1 and 2!

Sensator · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 2:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dox

2) Downtime. Downtime. Downtime.
This has been an ongoing echo for 2 years now. As far as I can tell, we ONLY streamed matches on the feature station all weekend. (I could be wrong). So after 1 series finished, we had absolutely nothing on the stream for 30 minutes while players packed up, set up, warmed up and veto'd. Just keep chaining games back to back, especially during day 1. I was going to offer to interview people during downtime over the weekend but that idea went out the window when I ended up spending all my time at the venue behind a casting desk. :P

It's not as simple as "just stream more matches!". If you stream back to back to back matches then you are holding up the tournament; the players, the casters and the entire event suffers.

In ACL Brisbane's case we chose to put the tournament ahead of the stream.

The only real way to have back to back games is if there was a limited and pre determined number of players, and it was set up so we knew the exact time that players are playing each other. That is just not realistic for the type of tournaments that we run (we want as many players as we can fit).

Maybe if we had a second feature station it would have improved the downtime issue, but that is more work piled on to the already large amount of work that has to be achieved in a small amount of time for production. There's only so much you can do in a night.

If you want more interviews and more content to the stream then someone has to be proactive about it, ask the stream director and he will probably say "yeah, jump in to the chair and let's go!" Hell, even if someone wanted to download some replays and go through play by plays of previous matches in the downtime then we would have obliged.

ToRSpookToR · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 7:56 AM

Note sure if this has been mentioned but perhaps people can stream games from home so there is always something to watch. Like duckville or something.

**syfChadMann** · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 2:20 PM

Basically what Dox said...

I just want to point out some positives and maybe this is where ACL has their focus. The tournament ran pretty smooth, everyone got to their games and it seems like it cruised along pretty fast. Could have easily pushed it faster, but there wasn't need. Admins know what is going on, the PCs and the Internet connection was super smooth. The set up was nice and the tournament itself was run really well. This I feel is ACL's focus. This part of the event was executed really well, just improve on the above points raised by Dox and I don't think I could fault it.

Hope to see you guys in Sydney ^_^

Stallion · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 2:27 PM

what Dox said, i tried to tune in between stuff and wasnt anything on so went away.

**Maynarde** · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 2:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sensator

If you want more interviews and more content to the stream then someone has to be proactive about it, ask the stream director and he will probably say "yeah, jump in to the chair and let's go!" Hell, even if someone wanted to download some replays and go through play by plays of previous matches in the downtime then we would have obliged.

Was talking about this with the stream team today on Skype, interviews and replay analysis are easy enough to do in Sydney + future events (as long as there's a person on obs and also a person who is keen to mix between interviewing / casting / etc)

doble · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 3:21 PM

Thanks for the feedback Dox,

I think we are slowly improving in terms of downtime, mostly due to better organization and communication internally - this event had one of the quickest turnarounds overall, with a few exceptions due to things like technical issues or players requiring food etc. Ultimately we are governed by the tournament and the players.

Overall consensus from our *informal and unofficial* debrief today has been:

- Second feature station *may* help, but this may also slow the tourney down which we want to avoid.
- We want to do post-set replay analysis by casters or our observer to recap the pivotal moments in the game.
- We also want to do live interviews with players and spectators while the next set is being prepped.

Replay analysis can be done with our existing team, so this is fairly easy to add into our workflow.

Interviews require an additional camera operator and an interviewer, which we don't have at the moment. If anyone from the community would like to volunteer for these two roles we'd be happy to have you on board.

Thanks everyone for attending and watching online!

**syfChadMann** · Tue, 3rd-Jun-2014, 3:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doble

Second feature station *may* help, but this may also slow the tourney down which we want to avoid.

Not at all, I was told to vs Peppy on Stream.. Peppy and I were watching the game that was on stream before we set up. If getting through the tournament asap was the priority, we wouldn't have waited. People always wait for stream games and having a 2nd feature station means players for the next series can be prepared to go almost straight away with good organisation. (Don't pre-determine games on the stream, just work out a series that can be played as the stream game is underway and get the players to wait for the stream (as long as they aren't waiting for a 2 hour per map series, this should be fine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by doble

We want to do post-set replay analysis by casters or our observer to recap the pivotal moments in the game.

For Sydney, why not have a desk of people to go over key moments in the games or for interviews

There are a few people that I'm sure would be a good interviewer, I'd be happy to do it, but I doubt I'll make it to Sydney.

Quick Comments

ACL VaNzR:

Doubt you'll make Sydney. Pffffffttttt