HYPE: The one thing I believe was missing from ACL was the hype surrounding the event. Prior to an event you need write-ups with a brief intro into every player so you can get to know them and have an emotional investment so you can see how they do in the tournament, also lets overseas spectators get to know the relatively unknown sea scene if it gets posted on international forums such as team liquid.
If having CSN interview most of the top players in Aus is not good enough hype for a SEA tourney IDK what is haha. But i agree with everything you say except partly the one about international players. I like seeing them in international tournaments but when for example Ace came and made all our monies belong to him it was kinda shitty for me personally.
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