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**Dox** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 11:22 AM

I know I promised a release on Tuesday, and unfortunately some delays with regional venues have caused me to delay this release. At this stage we're looking at announcing on Monday or Tuesday - fingers crossed. So since people have been asking, I thought I'd create this Q&A thread to keep you guys in the loop, and give you as much preparation time as possible. I'll go ahead and fill out some obvious ones.

Once we do go ahead with the release, I'll consolidate this thread with a front page news announcement.

Q: When is ACL Sydney?
A: The ACL Sydney event will be on April 21st & 22nd. You can read the official announcement over at ACLPro.com.au

Q: Where is ACL Sydney?
A: UNSW Roundhouse. Cnr High Street & Anzac Parade, Kensington, Sydney.

+ [Venue Photo from ACL Sydney 2011] +

Q: Prize Pool?
A: Same as Gold Coast at this stage. (1st: $1,000. 2nd: $500. 3rd: $250)

Q: Is there an open bracket?
A: Yes. The open bracket will begin from around 10:00AM on Saturday morning, and wrap up on Saturday afternoon, just like Gold Coast. We anticipate a bigger Open Bracket than the Gold Coast event, so we're working on more PC's this time around.

Q: How is seeding from Open Bracket to Pro Bracket determined?
A: For ACL Gold Coast, open bracket players were automatically pushed through to the Championship Group stages. This time around, they'll be able to CHOOSE which group they are placed into, in order of ranking. (ie. Open Bracket Champion chooses first, then 2nd, and so on.)

Q: I won my Gold Coast Regional event, and came 1st at the Nationals. I'm automatically seeded to Sydney, right?
A: No. In order to keep things fair for newer participants, each National event is a clean slate as far as qualifying goes. Your overall "ACL Rank" is used to determine seeds in all regional, online & national events however. So players who competed in the ACL Gold Coast Championship bracket will receive a very generous seeding at their regional events this time around.

Q: I'm looking for accommodation in Sydney for the event, any suggestions?
A: There are some great suggestions over at the ACLPro Sydney Nationals splash page.

Q: What do I need to bring?
A: Mouse, Keyboard, Headphones. Some of these peripherals will be provided, but it's best that you bring your own anyway.

Q: Will there be soundproofing this time?
A: To an extent. At the very least, the stage matches will be 100% soundproof. We'll ensure that non-stage games are played as far away from the commentary desk as possible as well. This is something that will improve over time.

Q: I couldn't find my opponent at ACL Gold Coast
A: All players will be issued with nametags/lanyards to help identify themselves at Sydney.

Q: When/where are the regionals?
A: We're looking at hosting all 3 of the regionals (QLD, NSW, VIC) on Sunday, March 25th. Venues to be announced soon.

Q: What about Perth and Adelaide?
A: We still want to support these regions, but participation levels from the players & venues needs to increase before we can realistically do so.

Q: When is the online round? Is there only 1 online round again?
A: This time there will be 3 online rounds. They'll be on separate weekends throughout March. Tentative dates are March 3rd, 17th and 31st.

Q: Will the Regionals/Online rounds be streamed?
A: At this stage - yes. Maynarde and Doble will stream these events via the ACLPro channel. They'll bounce back and forth between each regional event and catch the best matches from each.

Q: Any changes to the commentary line-up for Sydney?
A: Not really. I'll be rotating more frequently with both Maynarde & Doble throughout the Championship bracket, but the Open Bracket will be those two 100%. The team has taken all of your valuable feedback on board, and we look forward to presenting an even better show as each event improves.

That's all I can really think of at the moment, so fire away!

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	\|Erasmus\|:	Sounds awesome. Love your work.
	Frogmite:	yiiihhaaaa
	x5_dot:

Stallion · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 11:28 AM

Is there a limit on the amount of twitter plugs the casters can make?
Is Maynarde going to give a a dread to the winner?
Is there going to be someone to hold games so the stream is constant games?
Have you added a 3rd/4th caster so that the casters stay fresh and have more games as a result?
Is yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang going to win?
What's the map pool?

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syfChadMann:

LOL

**Maynarde** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 11:36 AM

I'll give a piece of a dread to the winner of ACL Sydney, yes.

Also a great big cuddle to winner, provided he is sufficiently handsome and doesn't smell.

.. And yes I'll limit the amount of twitter plugs with a caddle prod for the Doble for over plugging!

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Stallion:

<3

**Dox** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 11:46 AM

Re: Stallion

Q: Is there a limit on the amount of twitter plugs the casters can make?
A: This falls under the "The team has taken all of your valuable feedback on board" part. As per day 2 of Gold Coast, twitter profiles will be overlaid on the stream, so there will be no need to mention them.

Q: Is there going to be someone to hold games so the stream is constant games?
A: I was doing that at Gold Coast, but someone unfortunately spectators taking PC's from players and telling them to start their games caused a lot of interference. There will be a better flow this time around.

Q: Have you added a 3rd/4th caster so that the casters stay fresh and have more games as a result?
A: This was answered in the original post.

Q: What's the map pool?
A: I've made no plans to modify the map pool at this stage. This could change soon though, depending on how people feel about Cloud Kingdom and Korhal Compound in a few weeks. Currently, the map pool is:

+ [Show Map Pool] +

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Stallion:

ty i mustve missed the caster bit somehow :P il reread

**|Erasmus|** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 11:47 AM

Can I man the cattle prod?

**Frogmite** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 11:51 AM

Can non-australians participate in the ACL Open Brackets?
Can i get a hug from Maynarde even if i don't win?

**ToR.Arnor** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:00 PM

Are you open to the idea of revisiting changes to the commentary team?

Id love to see someone like Zepph sub in for a bit with all due respect to the current casting team they are both play-by-play casters and could really benefit by having someone with stronger/more in-depth knowledge of the game

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Stallion:

i completly agree <3 zepph

**iMSystem** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arnor@CityHunter

Are you open to the idea of revisiting changes to the commentary team?

Id love to see someone like Zepph sub in for a bit with all due respect to the current casting team they are both play-by-play casters and could really benefit by having someone with stronger/more in-depth knowledge of the game

They are getting Dox to do some casting, I believe he will fill the niche of in-depth game analysis

Fenner · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:03 PM

This probably doesn't apply to anyone but me but...

The laptops that they use don't have ps/2 connections so make sure you bring a USB keyboard/mouse

**Dox** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:03 PM

Re: Arnor@CityHunter

Q: Are you open to the idea of revisiting changes to the commentary team?
A: This was answered in the original post.

Re: Frogmite

Q: Can non-australians participate in the ACL Open Brackets?
A: I'm going to answer this very delicately because I'm walking a fine line here, but if you show up to Sydney on the Saturday and sign up for the open bracket, then you can play.

**ToR.Arnor** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dox

Re: Arnor@CityHunter
Q: Are you open to the idea of revisiting changes to the commentary team?
A: This was answered in the original post.

Re:Frogmite
Q: Can non-australians participate in the ACL Open Brackets?
A: I'm going to answer this very delicately because I'm walking a fine line here, but if you show up to Sydney on the Saturday and sign up for the open bracket, then you can play.

Ok thanks

RE answer to Froggies question, I like ^_^

Benji · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:06 PM

Do we have to pay $15 to spectate again?

Asrathiel · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:08 PM

Price:
Starcraft 2: $20 for OPEN BRACKET Entry
- Top 8 from OPEN BRACKET pay additional $20 to compete in PRO BRACKET (total $40)
- $40 for PRO BRACKET Entry
CoD Mw3 4v4: $45
Halo Reach 4v4: $45
Halo Reach FFA: $5 if you are competing in a 4v4 also, $25 standalone
Gears of War 4v4: $45
Fifa 12: $10 for OPEN BRACKET Entry
- Top 8 from OPEN BRACKET pay additional $25
All prices are per person.
Spectating: Free

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	Benji:	Thx ^_^
	x5_dot:

**Frogmite** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dox

Q: Can non-australians participate in the ACL Open Brackets?
A: I'm going to answer this very delicately because I'm walking a fine line here, but if you show up to Sydney on the Saturday and sign up for the open bracket, then you can play.

Sounds like a plan.

**Dox** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 12:17 PM

Re: xGKingBenji

Q: Do we have to pay $15 to spectate again?
A: Nope, spectating is definitely free. I just wanted to clarify here as well - the entry fee for Gold Coast wasn't our decision. As we were only one component of the Gamer's Life Convention that was being held over that weekend, everyone was required to pay. Definitely something we're going to avoid in future. We want to encourage spectators!

**ACL VaNzR** · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 6:55 PM

Yeah, definitely something we want to encourage for free

- Can't wait to see you all there!

[TA]LoSt · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 7:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fenner

This probably doesn't apply to anyone but me but...

The laptops that they use don't have ps/2 connections so make sure you bring a USB keyboard/mouse

I have a USB -> ps/2 converter if you'd like me to bring it?

Fenner · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 8:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [TA]LoSt

I have a USB -> ps/2 converter if you'd like me to bring it?

That works for keyboards? i was under the impression it didnt exist for keyboards only mice. My mouse is USB and my keyboard is PS2. If its for keyboard i would DEFINITELY appreciate it a lot

edit: You know what, i'll do some research myself and find one, it will save you any trouble. It'll come in useful for future events anyway, thanks for the offer though!

[TA]LoSt · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 8:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fenner

That works for keyboards? i was under the impression it didnt exist for keyboards only mice. My mouse is USB and my keyboard is PS2. If its for keyboard i would DEFINITELY appreciate it a lot

I don't know, I've never used it but I think it actually came with my keyboard when I bought it. Maybe I'll give it a try and have a look, you can keep it if it does work. ^_^

Fenner · Fri, 17th-Feb-2012, 8:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [TA]LoSt

I don't know, I've never used it but I think it actually came with my keyboard when I bought it. Maybe I'll give it a try and have a look, you can keep it if it does work. ^_^

I looked now and it only works with your keyboard (i think). I need one with some circuitry. Check out the comments here to see what I mean

Amazon

Anyway even the ones with circuitry are really cheap ill get one, thanks for unintentionally reminding me ^^v