[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by AusBox

TteSports was selling equipment during the event, such as keyboards, mouse pads etc.

We also had a mini-store at the centre admin desk which sold various gear such as cables.

I heard that there were some keyboards etc set up to try somewhere, but people didn't know where and I didn't manage to find them... saw those weird 3d monitors and some laptops but no Tt stuff unboxed to play with

[TAminimat]

The weekend was so sick, so glad i flew down for it. I was hoping to get round 2 of winners and I did that so I'm happy . Unfortunately I was feeling pretty shit for my game in losers round 2 so I forfeited .

Huge shout out to Dox, Vanz, Norksman and all the staff and volunteers, even though it ran hours over time I didn't mind, was still a great atmosphere at 3am in the morning which was awesome.

Great meeting all the TA boys and everyone else I talked to there. slowhands and miles for looking after me . Hopefully I will have enough time and money to make it to melbourne.

♥♥♥♥ ACL

[Dox]

Originally Posted by TAminimat

The weekend was so sick, so glad i flew down for it. I was hoping to get round 2 of winners and I did that so I'm happy . Unfortunately I was feeling pretty shit for my game in losers round 2 so I forfeited .

Huge shout out to Dox, Vanz, Norksman and all the staff and volunteers, even though it ran hours over time I didn't mind, was still a great atmosphere at 3am in the morning which was awesome.

Great meeting all the TA boys and everyone else I talked to there. slowhands and miles for looking after me . Hopefully I will have enough time and money to make it to melbourne.

♥♥♥♥ ACL

Hope to see you passed out on the ground outside the venue at 4AM again at Melbourne!

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	mOOnGLaDe:	hahaha
	TAminimat:	me too ;)
	inFeZa:	well said

[TAEaeron]

Was watching the stream for pretty much a solid 2 days; whilst I felt for the players with the length of time they were there on a selfish note it meant that I got to watch SC2 late into the night and waking up tired the next morning.

This ACL from a spectator perspective was fantastic, stream was of good quality, I never felt bored whilst watching the stream and on most occasions I knew what game was coming up next or what was actually going on. I have to say seeing well known sc2sea casters like Maynarde, Doble(saw you guys last time anyway), Zepph & Frogmite made it all the more awesome. Guest casting was good also; it gave that other aspect of casting that I hadn't seen before from ACL.

To be honest we were spoiled for SC2 this weekend with MLG/DreamHack and ACL on, I found myself wanting to watch ACL over the others, to achieve this just shows how far the ACL and the SEA scene has come. I have to say a big thanks to the organisers/players/casters and everybody who was involved for giving me a good way to spend a weekend.

I am looking forward to ACL Melbourne and am hoping to be in attendance so that I can get that other side of the experience, if I can help in anyway let me know

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	Dox:
	Maynarde:	Very kind

[syfChadMann]

Ahhhh.. That was a fun ACL!! Well done to everyone!!

Sooo good to meet so many of you guys! and very excited for ACL Melbourne!! ^_^

VaNzR is a total boss for getting so many other talented people together to make this happen. He looked so tired and stressed by the end of it - and you guys should all give him heaps of mad love and respect.
Huge props to the casters (Maynarde and Doble and all the guests),
Production crew (wow - amazing set up.. I got to check it out while I filled in for inFeZa's obs.. and it was an amazing set up).
Dox - Dude.. you have the sc2 tournament midas touch - everything your involved in always comes out perfect - the delays was not a problem imo.. I'm sure the players weren't up for late night games, but at least it was all ZvZ - imagine if that Championship bracket was all TvT?!?!?! - we would still be there.
Players - nawww mah god, there were some amazing games and so much talent at this event! well done to everyone!

anyway, really looking for bigger and better things at ACL Melbourne!!

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AxSGRiM:

[Dox]

Originally Posted by cRChadMann

imagine if that Championship bracket was all TvT?!?!?!

If iaguz vs deth was any indication, we'd all die happy.

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ROOT`iaguz:

Some of us maybe

[ACL inmaniac]

Soooo much love in this thread!

I was one of the guys along with Beware a couple pages back who helped a little to put this event together, along with the rest of the ACL crew.

I just want to echo what Beware and a few others have said by thanking some key people who made SC2 and everything else come together so beautifully at ACL Sydney, despite the delay.

Vanzr - A bit of D-Riding for my boss, my room mate and my friend, without Vanz I really do believe eSports in Australia wouldn't be taking the leaps and bounds it currently is. He slaves away at a "normal" job and moonlights as an eSports super hero. He really puts blood, sweat and tears and a LOT of his own money into these events to make them what they are. Make sure you show him your support. Love him. Adore him.

JB - Vanzr's right-hand man and my personal hero, JB makes stuff happen. Seriously, JB is our tech/IT/Stream/LAN guru (officially: Executive Producer) and is just an amazing guy. His vast experience in LAN organisation and the gaming scene in general is pivotal to the smooth running of ACL's events. Without him ACL would also not be happening.

Dox - Baller. No other words need be said.

"Stream Team" - JB's stream team, Blair, Simon etc etc along with casters Doble and Maynarde. These guys are siiiiick and are super awesome. They make the stream what it is and ACL couldn't function without them.

ACL Staff: Beware, Brett, Nephix, AusBox, Nuguns, Killself (I'm forgetting people) - ALL of these guys are the bread and butter of ACL. These guys fly in from all over the country and don't sleep for days to bring you a LAN event worthy of being called an ACL National LAN Event. You may not know them, or have even seen them, but without these guys, we wouldn't have these comps.

The Players - Without all of you, there is no ACL circuit and there is no LAN. We can not say enough times how much we appreciate the support of each and every one of you. The support from SC2SEA and the Starcraft community at large has been simply amazing and we look forward to bringing you even better events in future.

Special mentions:

Moonglade - The champ himself stayed at our humble abode (@AusGamingHouse) and it was a great experience to have him there. He really is an awesome guy and great to talk to. I'm a bronze nub and he didn't even hesitate to help me out and give me some pointers.

Rossi - The Terran Italian Stallion, Rossi also stayed at the house for a bit and is also an awesome guy. I'm officially the apprentice of his apprentice In all seriousness, such a good guy to hang out with, bad luck on your result but I'm sure you'll give Moonglade and the rest of the crew a run at ACL Melbourne!

Livibee - Stayed at the house more often then not alongside Moonglade and is a really awesome gal! Her cooking is supreme! Plus Livibee was also put on the spot by yours truly to become ACL's newest official presenter and conducted all of our recorded interviews at Sydney. Get used to seeing her face at ACL, she'll be around a lot more!

I hope that's it. I always forget people but remember that I do you. Thanks once again to SC2SEA and the community,w e love you guys and look forward to seeing you at future events!

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	LiviBee:	awww! :):)
	AusBox:	Josh you're a baller
	xGKingdelete:	lol @ accidental neg rep, have some to counteract it

[AusBox]

Originally Posted by ACL inmaniac

Soooo much love in this thread!

SHIT, ACCIDENTALLY GAVE NEG REP, WHAT THE ****.

Thanks Vanz, Beware, Inmaniac, Dox, JB, Doble, Maynarde, Infeza, Nuguns, Pyroteq, Kself and everyone else that I forgot.

I spent most of the event on the main stage so I didn't get a chance to speak with many people from SC2Sea during the weekend, but I hope to get a chance to talk to a bunch of you guys at ACL Melbourne!

Also I thought I saw a game that went for ~40 Minutes, it was one of the XG Zergs (Mafia? Poker?) vs a Protoss on Daybreak. Towards the end it was the Zerg with a bunch of mutas and a single hatch, the Protoss had nexuses spread all over the map. I remember Iaguz was watching. Anyone else remember?

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by ACL VaNzR

Time Delays
A mixture of player time wasting combined with communication between the tournament runners & stream team caused unfavourable delays. Next events will see 1-2 additional 'enforcer referees' recruited to ensure this NEVER occurs again. We will not be lenient on laddering and/or time wasting (especially in the middle of series).

Updated Brackets.
We have a staff member whose only job is to ensure brackets are updated and use social media. Unfortunately Dox uses prehistoric excel sheets for tournament which made it harder to update easily . We will force Dox to go to the dark side and use a web friendly (instant update) version rather than his excel doc in future.

I love the idea of enforcer referees!
as for the excel thingy, why not use docs.google.com? also has Dox kinda in the name

[Dox]

I'm in the process of putting together replays, results, etc for the ACL site and I thought people might like to see the misc stats from Sydney:



For the record, no-one even comes close to the speed of JazBas. He averages over 400 regularly, whilst TargA, YoonYJ & Pokerface often float around 350 in 10-15 minute games.

Originally Posted by SQL.inFeZa

as for the excel thingy, why not use docs.google.com? also has Dox kinda in the name

'Cos we have a bunch of spreadsheets shared amongst ACL staff via DropBox which reference eachother.

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by Dox

I'm in the process of putting together replays, results, etc for the ACL site and I thought people might like to see the misc stats from Sydney:



For the record, no-one even comes close to the speed of JazBas. He averages over 400 regularly, whilst TargA, YoonYJ & Pokerface often float around 350 in 10-15 minute games.





'Cos we have a bunch of spreadsheets shared amongst ACL staff via DropBox which reference eachother.

How long was my game 3 vs Pokerface?

[Dox]

Originally Posted by tgun

How long was my game 3 vs Pokerface?

28 minutes

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by Dox

28 minutes

Felt like it was much, much longer o-o

If only the record encompassed all the games played there. The game you (very thankfully ) let me play vs LucifroN ran for 51 minutes. Any chance of getting replay packs from the event?

[Fenner]

Originally Posted by Dox

I'm in the process of putting together replays, results, etc for the ACL site and I thought people might like to see the misc stats from Sydney:



For the record, no-one even comes close to the speed of JazBas. He averages over 400 regularly, whilst TargA, YoonYJ & Pokerface often float around 350 in 10-15 minute games.





'Cos we have a bunch of spreadsheets shared amongst ACL staff via DropBox which reference eachother.

gratz to jaz for being korean

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	inFeZa:
	TCPLemminks:
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[xGKingdelete]

how long was my game vs poker on daybreak in the group stages?

[Dox]

Originally Posted by delete12

how long was my game vs poker on daybreak in the group stages?

31 minutes - you were the next one in line.

Originally Posted by Dingobloo

One question for Dox though: Are the vods going to have a more permanent home this time around? Last time I linked to the time stamped twitch vods which have since been removed/expired.

I'm gonna make sure we actually have them backed up this time! That was such a tragedy last time.

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Dingobloo:

[UHF]

i was keeping tally on google docs, but it was getting deleted if I put it on the stream chat - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Qa1duMHc#gid=0

[syfChadMann]

Originally Posted by ACL inmaniac

Dox - Baller. No other words need be said.

I think you meant:

Originally Posted by ACL inmaniac

Dox - Dragon. No other words need be said.

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Dox:

ty for correcting that

[SLCN.Kez]

in other news, jazbas' apm is a record in korea as well, as the lowest average apm of any game hehe Just kidding thats actually ridiculous

[mOOnGLaDe]

damn both games me and light had must of gone pretty close to that too

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LiviBee:

getting two tabs of broods, made it feel that way fo sho