[EveTechtron]

its really hard for me to play on tuesday aswell !

[Dox]

@tgun: There is no group on Sunday.... groups are Tue/Wed.
You will be seeded to the Double Elim bracket due to your Adelaide ranking though.

@inFeZa: No problem.

@techtron: You'll probably be seeded to the Double Elim bracket also. If not, I'll slot you into the Wednesday Group.

[cRSenSei]

When do we find out what night we have to play it's leaving it a bitttttt late, kind of holding off plans for this.

Also seeding into the double elim, huh?

[Dox]

Originally Posted by SQLTt.SenSei

When do we find out what night we have to play it's leaving it a bitttttt late, kind of holding off plans for this.

Also seeding into the double elim, huh?

Groups will be published tomorrow afternoon, so unless you specifically asked to play on Wednesday, everyone should be prepared to play tomorrow night... just in-case.

Also, you're in the same boat as techtron - most likely seeded directly into the Double Elimination bracket due to your placement at the Brisbane Regional event.

EDIT: Just to clarify, I would have liked to give people more notice but unfortunately there's no cut off on the registration form, so I'm keeping peoples options open as long as possible. So keep signing up people!

[cRSenSei]

Ok i'd definitely prefer Wednesday night too. Even if I do get seeded into the double elim based off my offline result, i'm under the understanding that it would be better for me to participate in this to get more points to be seeded higher, correct?

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by SQLTt.SenSei

Ok i'd definitely prefer Wednesday night too. Even if I do get seeded into the double elim based off my offline result, i'm under the understanding that it would be better for me to participate in this to get more points to be seeded higher, correct?

I dont think you understand what 'seeded through to double elim' means.... ya dumbass....

As far as my understanding, tuesday/wednesday night is a qualifier for the double elim bracket to be played this sat/sun. However if you've got a high placing in one of the offline events already, you wont have to play tuesday/wednesday because you'll be seeded straight into sat/sun.

Whatever position you place on the sat/sun will determine how many points you get from the online qualifier... Then your points from the offline event are combined with your points from the online event to make up your total score (and for those who never attended an offline event, their total score is simply 150% of their online score), and that decides whether or not you qualify to ACL gold coast.

Actually now that ive typed it, it is actually kinda confusing, but hopefully that all makes sense and hopefully my understanding is correct, someone correct me if it isnt ;o

edit: so basically, in my understanding, me and you wont have to play tuesday or wednesday night at this stage as we most likely placed high enough in the offline quals to get seeded straight into the Ro32 double elim bracket on sat/sun.

[TAminimat]

So this is kinda like a mini MLG played on seperate days? Who ever gets out of group stages goes into the finals brackets with the already seeded players on the weekend?

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

So this is kinda like a mini MLG played on seperate days? Who ever gets out of group stages goes into the finals brackets with the already seeded players on the weekend?

The MLG analogy is pretty horrible... but yeah the other thing you said is correct by my understanding (again stressing my understanding, should probably wait for dox or someone to come along and confirm it before you take it as 100% truth cos its somewhat confusing.)

[Paroxysm]

I have work tomorrow night until 9pm AEST, there is no way that I can come late is there? :S

[Aiya]

Originally Posted by TAJPMoney

As far as my understanding, tuesday/wednesday night is a qualifier for the double elim bracket to be played this sat/sun. However if you've got a high placing in one of the offline events already, you wont have to play tuesday/wednesday because you'll be seeded straight into sat/sun.

Whatever position you place on the sat/sun will determine how many points you get from the online qualifier... Then your points from the offline event are combined with your points from the online event to make up your total score (and for those who never attended an offline event, their total score is simply 150% of their online score), and that decides whether or not you qualify to ACL gold coast.

Actually now that ive typed it, it is actually kinda confusing, but hopefully that all makes sense and hopefully my understanding is correct, someone correct me if it isnt ;o

I believe this is correct because I asked Vanzr (sorry if I spelt your name wrong) about this at LanSmash yesterday and he said pretty much that.

[cRSenSei]

ok this is starting to confuse me, i thought dox was talking about seeding to the finals @ GC in january. When will they be decided? Cause as far as my understanding goes I was under the assumption that top 3 at offline events would be good enough for the finals. So we get special privileges for the online tournaments for our results offline, that doesn't seem right.

[Dox]

Originally Posted by Paroxysm

I have work tomorrow night until 9pm AEST, there is no way that I can come late is there? :S

I can put you down for Wednesday, if that's more suitable?

Originally Posted by SQLTt.SenSei

ok this is starting to confuse me, i thought dox was talking about seeding to the finals @ GC in january. When will they be decided? Cause as far as my understanding goes I was under the assumption that top 3 at offline events would be good enough for the finals. So we get special privileges for the online tournaments for our results offline, that doesn't seem right.

It's pretty straight forward, it's the same way I ran the IPL Australia qualifiers.

Group Stages -> Top players from each group advance to the Double Elimination bracket.

People who have performed at the Regional Events have already shown that they're likely candidates to advance from their groups, so by seeding them directly to the Double Elimination bracket, it gives other guys a better chance to advance from their groups (and encourages them to participate).

There are two ways to accumulate points for the National Finals:
1) Attend a Regional event
2) Attend an Online event

Both of these methods stack, essentially allowing you to accumulate more points for participating in more events. The top 16 players with the most points after the Regional & Online events will be invited to the National Event at the Gold Coast on Jan 21/22.

There will also be an Open Bracket at the Gold Coast where anyone can rock up and play.
If you'd like more info on this, I'll happily explain once we've made it through the Online event.

Also keep in mind that the Gold Coast event is only the first National event of 2012. We'll also be in Sydney and Melbourne 3-4 months later, with a "National Finals" being held at the end of the year as well (location TBA).

So essentially it works like this:

2012 League 1:
BNE Regional
SYD Regional
MEL Regional
ADE Regional
Online Event
Gold Coast National Event

2012 League 2:
BNE Regional
SYD Regional
MEL Regional
ADE Regional
PTH Regional (hopefully)
Online Event (x3)
Sydney National Event

2012 League 3:
etc...


Your comment that top 3 being good enough for the finals is pretty much correct. But you will continue to accumulate points for the entirety of ACL, not just this one league. So you always want to ensure you get points any way you can.

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	TAminimat:
	cRSenSei:	ahh thankyou, clearly explained now :)

[Snx.FigJig]

Can i be put down for Wednesday? Wont be able to make Tuesday night.

Edit: dont worry about it, going to have to unregister. Double elim is during the day...have work so if i did get through group id have to forfeit ><.

[BAD.BiGbiRd]

Sigh, all these SEA events start like an hour before i finish work every. Single. One.

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[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by BiGbiRd

Sigh, all these SEA events start like an hour before i finish work every. Single. One.

Adsgahfdghasfdajsfgakhhgsa.,ekljgnklswrh

Take a sick day / ask for work off / create a clone to work that day

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Maynarde:

Legit suggestions

[BAD.BiGbiRd]

Originally Posted by tgun

Take a sick day / ask for work off / create a clone to work that day

Taking a sick day is kind of hard when i live at work (Long story lol) seeing as i've worked 15/16 days the last fortnightish i could probably get work off/create a clone, the only problem is that the ethernet cord runs through the doorway of the dining room to my room (I live at the pub) so old mate Kimbo, the publican and boss would get annoyed one day i'll be able to practice then play these events.....untill that day i shall sporadically ladder badly and attend minimal LANs in Adelaide when i can scrounge a weekend off lol

So there's my life story

[Dox]

Originally Posted by nRvPickleWeasel

Can i be put down for Wednesday? Wont be able to make Tuesday night.

Edit: dont worry about it, going to have to unregister. Double elim is during the day...have work so if i did get through group id have to forfeit ><.

You should still compete in the group stages to get whatever points you can.


This is tonight people! Groups will be posted in a few hours.

[Snx.FigJig]

Originally Posted by Dox

You should still compete in the group stages to get whatever points you can.


This is tonight people! Groups will be posted in a few hours.

Hmm ok, fair enough. Put me in Wednesday anyway . Will there be more online rounds before GC next year?

Thanks Dox!

[Dox]

Nope, as per the info post above, there is only 1 Online round for this National event. For future National events, there will be several.

[cRSenSei]

Groups done yet?