I got my invite too btw, and so did the rest of xGKing for the record. Light ain't going cuz of WCG Bris and I ain't going because my large family decided that was the weekend to hold a large family gathering sort of event so I'm trapped.
A few up dates; despite the exceptionally short notice for the tournament, GIGABYTE would like to make clear that this is an invitational event, and accepting/not-accepting the invite is the choice of those players.
Additional to this the event is aimed at giving local Melbourne players a chance to enjoy a good SC2 tournament against some of Australia's top-ranked players; thus the venue choice of Respawn
I apologise for those who would have liked to attend, despite the clashing date with WCG.au Brisbane quals, and also the short notice for organising travel and accommodation.
GIGABYTE has allowed for open registration to all players who would like to attend, and as there is a limit of 32 players, the players will be picked at random (dependant on the number of responses we receive), and to fill in the gaps attendees of Respawn LAN are welcome to sign up.
Come on people! Don't be so negative! We should instead be happy that glade, targa and deth all gonna get paid without any real competition! How fun for them!
targa and JPmoney, you guys still headed down for this?
Driving out to god knows where this BYO lan is where like 500 people will attend who when they hear "5k in prizes" will all sign up and there's only 25 or so free places in the tournament...? No, I'm not going to waste my time on this joke of a tournament on the off chance im one of the lucky 5%... So unless they give out a few more reasonable invites to the better players of melbourne/vic in general and anyone else interested in traveling, I sure as shit wont be bothering.
Tournament organizers have to realise players can't get money for travel as easy as ringing somebody and yelling for money. This lack of notice and information for what is an invitational tournament and expecting a good response is laughable.
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