[eXoBLaZeR]

PM Sent and thank you

[syfChadMann]

Can you please confirm which NA server games are to be played on? (US West, Australia, US East, US Central) thanks. :-)

Good stuff esl and blizzard
ILY

[Baldie]

Games are to be played on Australia server.

The four invited players based off performances in WCS 2015 are:

Iaguz
Petraeus
NXZ
Blysk

For Season 2 and 3 the 4 players who made it to the Ro4 in the season prior will be the four selected to skip the open qualifier and go directly into the Round of 16.

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VB_Blake:

naice

[eXoBLaZeR]

Hi, may I know what server are we going to play and also the channel?

[SLCN.Wally]

Originally Posted by eXoBLaZeR

Hi, may I know what server are we going to play and also the channel?

Played on Aus server, I'm not sure what the chat would be. Probably wcs chat. Baldie might reply in a bit and confirmerino

[syfInsano]

Chat channel is WCS on NA/AUS server

[Ascarecrow]

i would like to formally apologise to everycompetitor about our internet. We struggled to get people to sub in for us while our internet was down and sorry for the delays and issues we created. Next time someone in the ESL staff has issues we will have replacements ready to take over. Our internet in Canberra disconnected for 3 hours in the area we live in, including friends and family internet.

[syfChadMann]

Are you guys going to announce the brackets for stage 2 soon or only just prior to the day? Would love to see the brackets and get the hype going. Gives the players good chance to prepare specifically and show good games for their fans.

[uJeanZ]

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

Are you guys going to announce the brackets for stage 2 soon or only just prior to the day? Would love to see the brackets and get the hype going. Gives the players good chance to prepare specifically and show good games for their fans.

Second this. If we get reasonable time notice that would be great. This way we can hype the matches, even put out some pre match analysis content. All which helps to promote the event.

[SLCN.Wally]

you can figure out who plays who if you really wanted to
1v16
2v15
3v14
4v13
etc

tied places are usually done off map difference. But hopefully they release the actual bracket soon so we get some weeks to prepare

[Ascarecrow]

hopefully next few days it will be released (hopefully sooner) just asking blizzard for a few details.

[Inflicted]

What's the format for the double-elim finals? (2x Bo3?)

[Baldie]

Feedback is appreciated friends.

Big downer was the admin situation for the Open Qualifier - while a freak of nature being the reasoning behind it (severe storms knocking out internet to half of Canberra) we have made steps to ensure the time between emergency staff coverage is minimised.

I was super happy with how the set turned out, even better than I imagined in my head but interested to hear how everyone else found it.

[Philosopher]

If you ever need a freelance emergency Administrator for tournaments, in case freak events happen again. I'm happy to help out.

Loved the cast, and the production. ACL has really stepped up its game lately. Having the cast from the studio made such a difference, in my opinion! Kudos for a great show

[syfChadMann]

Was great. Admin issues sucked but totally understandable. Would like to see a less top heavy prize pool. Top 4 get good money plus ro4 tournament money. Pay out to top 12 would be tops hehehe.

Only other thing is i would like to see this or another ACL event live not online (if possible).
Looking forward to more events from acl.

[ROOTProbe]

I thought the production and set were great, and the fact that it was streamed on the main starcraft stream was awesome! Admin issues did suck, but hey we got through it. I know I have mentioned it before to the admins, but the seeding relating to walkovers was very weird, should be looked into.

Other than that, was a great tourney!

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by eCKo'Probe

the seeding relating to walkovers was very weird, should be looked into.

Yeah sorry, this was one thing that I didn't like.

My thoughts; if you forfeit games after placing high enough to get seed you are last in any seeds regardless of your map score. If there are multi forfeits on a tied seed then go back to map score and place anyone who actually played their games for tied seed above those that didn't.

Also, for the bigger parts of the tournament Ro16 etc... Run two streams. Run a B-Stream so we can catch all the awesome games.

[SLCN.Wally]

Originally Posted by fray`ChadMann

My thoughts; if you forfeit games after placing high enough to get seed you are last in any seeds regardless of your map score. If there are multi forfeits on a tied seed then go back to map score and place anyone who actually played their games for tied seed above those that didn't.

yeah I think this is a good idea. Discourage people from forfeiting

[syfRize]

Only thing I can think of that was disappointing (from a spectator's standpoint, as I was busy and couldn't enter qualifiers) - The prize pool that was on Liquipedia, which was apparently incorrect, favored having a less top-heavy distribution.

Myself, and a number of others, all signed up with a massive amount of excitement seeing such a great chance for the people scraping in outside the top 8 to make some money.

Sure, the people at the top would probably like the extra money, but if it's more spread out there's a greater chance of rewarding the up and coming talent and increasing motivation.

Thanks Baldiemate, and thanks everyone else who was involved in running this~

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Ascarecrow:

will forward your suggestion

[ROOTProbe]

Originally Posted by fray`Rize

Only thing I can think of that was disappointing (from a spectator's standpoint, as I was busy and couldn't enter qualifiers) - The prize pool that was on Liquipedia, which was apparently incorrect, favored having a less top-heavy distribution.

It was actually right, just weird because 5-8th = 1-4th on day 2

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syfChadMann:

Nah, previously it had said 9th to 12th got $300