[ausproleague]

APL Group Stage broadcast has finished for today! Thanks for watching, VoDs will be posted sometime tomorrow.

The APL Finals Bracket broadcast begins on Sunday at 1pm AEDT.
-------> APL Stream <--------

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The Australian Pro League is a new group of passionate dudes who love StarCraft, we love watching as much as we love playing, to this end we're in the business of hosting Sydney BarCrafts (speaking of which: Come along to our Sydney BarCraft for the GomTV Blizzard Cup finals) and now we're introducing the first of many tournaments to come.



The Open Bracket recently concluded and from it we gathered eight talented players who will be joining the group stages and matching up against our fine SEA invites. These eight players come from Australia, Korea and the Philippines with the hopes of taking the $800 first place prize home, but every victory is worth something.

Champion: $800
Runners Up: $300
Semi-Finalist: $100
Quarter-Finalist: $50
($AUD)

Top two players advance to the Championship Bracket.

Keep an eye on our liquipedia page for results when the group stages are in motion!



We don't know yet but we're going to find out soon



We'll be streaming what we can of the group and bracket stages in near 1080p, full details:

Stream: APL Stream
Caster: Duckvillelol, don't worry he hasn't lost his passion
When:
Group Stages December 17 2011 1pm AEDT
Champ Bracket December 18 2011 1pm AEDT

We'll be broadcasting some of the open bracket qualifier games in a couple of days (on this stream) as well, December 3 2011 11am AEST. Tune in to see what and who our invites will have to look out for, all the qualified players are quite talented (and patient too, SEA battle.net going down didn't phase them, kudos )

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Quick Comments

	TAEdgE:
	Dox:
	Maynarde:
	PiG:	sickk!
	ToRSpartaz:	Looking forward to it ^^
	NDG.Stitch:	Nice one ACL :)

[ToR.Arnor]

So glad you guys finally dotted your i's and crossed your t's and were able to announce this, this comp looks freaken sick as!

[ausproleague]

Thanks man, we love you too

[zendex]

Nice tournament! An opportunity for those who are not going to WCG!

[Mayo]

glhf APL

[Mayo]

glhf APL

[cRSenSei]

Nice to see this finally come to fruition

Registered.

[Benji]

^_^

Go Xeria!

[jump]

this is online tournament right? and ex-aus can regis ?

[Dox]

Yepyepyep!

[jump]

where moonglade ? he did't get invite?

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by jump

where moonglade ? he did't get invite?

He'll be at WCG Globals at the time ;(

[Strafe]

yes but u cannot win jump, because i entered already

[jump]

oh wcg .... that mean RA can't join :S

[sl0th]

finally an australian pro league
kewl tournament, gl with it

[Dox]

Moved from "News" to "Tournaments".

[iMSystem]

Awwwww yea

GLHF to all players, this looks sick!

[Dox]

Very surprised to see that the Australian Pro League open bracket is open to anyone in the world who has an SEA account.

[Crucius]

Originally Posted by Dox

Very surprised to see that the Australian Pro League open bracket is open to anyone in the world who has an SEA account.

In the same way the NASL isn't limited to North American residents, the IPL Pacific/UK qualifiers aren't limited to people in those regions only :P

[Crucius]

Looks like there a few Slayers players registered (may or not be the real players), but the registration list is starting to look pretty awesome!

[ausproleague]

A week to go until the Open Bracket goes live, let your friends know they have a shot at going up against SEA's best! Nothing like playing in a tournament to get the heart pumping

Originally Posted by Dox

Very surprised to see that the Australian Pro League open bracket is open to anyone in the world who has an SEA account.

We argued about this internally for a long time and the short answer is that it's really, really hard to ensure that people are who they say they are. Acquiring a SEA account is easy, for us to get people to prove they are SEA residents is... not quite as easy. The end result is this, which is regrettable but don't misunderstand our intentions (which seem kinda conflicting, we'll admit : P). The APL will become what it's name says it is, but to do so we first need to show people what we're here to offer. We wish to be like the ACL, hold great Aussie events and have awesome people watch/participate in them, however we lack the same foundation as the ACL so we need to start somewhere, show people we mean business and then go from there.

If you're referring specifically to the tweet: That was misguided intention. It was supposed to be like "hey look, we're doing cool things! Take interest in us and the SEA scene!" not what it came out to be. Great ideas when you're drunk don't seem so great when you're sober :P



Cya on the flip side I'm more than happy to talk to anyone on Skype about these kinds of things btw! Come chat to me, so we can make sweet passionate ... intercommunication.

[EveTechtron]

looks good

[Dox]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

We argued about this internally for a long time and the short answer is that it's really, really hard to ensure that people are who they say they are. Acquiring a SEA account is easy, for us to get people to prove they are SEA residents is... not quite as easy.

Most webmail clients (even basic shit like Horde) will give you the option to screen incoming mail by region, which is why I accept all my tournament registrations via e-mail. So unless they go to the trouble of setting up an SEA proxy or giving their e-mail address to someone within SEA to submit on their behalf, it's pretty easy to catch people. ie. When MajOr sent replays (from Gerlan's e-mail address, I believe) in for Dox Cup, it told me he was sending e-mail from Mexico. Just food for thought in future, if you feel like you want to go down this path.

[Crucius]

Tournament starts in 3 days, be sure to get your registrations in on time

[Crucius]

Little under 12 hours left until the start of the tournament! Be sure to register in time if you're looking to join

[jump]

it's 8am SGT right ? for tomorrow and which channel?

btw play on NA?

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by jump

it's 8am SGT right ? for tomorrow and which channel?

btw play on NA?

The z33k page ( http://www.z33k.com/starcraft2/tourn...1-open-bracket ) has a countdown timer in the top left showing how much time remains until the open bracket starts. Essentially, 9 hours from this post.

All games to be played on SEA.

You report results through the z33k page, so there is no channel, but if you have trouble we'll be sitting in channel 'APL' to deal with any issues.

[jump]

so APL

thx a lot

[Crucius]

Tournament starts in 3 hours! Check-in begins in 2 hours.

[deL]

Hope everyone wakes up in time... it's very early O_O

[Crucius]

The cheers from DreamHack will wake everyone up :P

[Crucius]

Check-in has begun!

http://www.z33k.com/z/boh

[NvPinder]

Out of curiosity, is Light still taking the invite? He just posted a blog about him quitting sc2 ;o.

[deL]

Pinder's right, a fair replacement could be say the first person to reply to said blog gets the invite?

[ausproleague]

deL's suggestion seems the most reasonable from where I'm standing.

Quick Comments

deL:

good admin

[NvPinder]

alright it's settled. deL to Ro16 of the first APL.

[deL]

Originally Posted by TAJPMoney

alright it's settled. deL to Ro16 of the first APL.

All I can say is, "I deserve this".

[ausproleague]

Welcome to the APL, deL! Group stages start on Dec 10, time to start bench-pressing, uh... laddering.

[Crucius]

20 minutes left to check-in!

[Crucius]

Brackets are out
http://www.z33k.com/z/boi

If your opponent is listed as "TDB" check back in 10-15 minutes as your opponent may check in late.

If you need assistance, join the channel "APL".

GLHF.

[Crucius]

SEA B.Net seems to have crashed for some. If you're caught up in this, players have been informed about the situation and you won't be penalised.

Matches are to be replayed if you disconnected during a match. If one player was a huge advantage, you can discuss between yourselves as to the result of the match. If you can't come to an agreement, seek myself or Rampager for an Admin ruling.

[xGKingdelete]

i still can't get back on, and the brackets say i forfeited. so am i out?

[Pobbes]

hi! would just like to ask if this is pushing through? i'm one of the people that crashed and until now i can't log in :s

[MskiJaBiTo]

Same here. Would like to know as well.

Can't log back on. -_-

[Crucius]

@Delete, we're looking into it

@Pobbes, keep at it. We won't forfeit anyone due to this since it's out of our control.

[Crucius]

Same to you Mskijabito

[ausproleague]

Pobbes your opponent is still waiting.

Delete, your opponent says he beat you 2-1, we'll see what's up.

JaBiTo, your opponent can't log in either, so... This is pretty sad times. We'll hold on for alittle longer and see the situation.

[Crucius]

@delete, your score has been reset to 1-1. You will have to replay the third match when you're back in

[xGKingdelete]

alright. if yang vs himynameisho finishes before i manage to get back in, i'll just forfeit and you guys can play on

[ausproleague]

If you're offline and need to play a finishing game, go onto the NA server and join the channel 'APL', we'll attempt to get your opponent to move over as well.

[Crucius]

If you don't have an NA account, keep trying SEA and leave us a message here.

[xGKingdelete]

na's working fine for me

[MskiJaBiTo]

I'm online in NA if fourby can come over.

[Crucius]

Due to issues with SEA B.Net all matches will be delayed until 2PM Sydney Time (1 hour 12 minutes from this point).

Hopefully B.Net has fixed itself by then so we can continue. At that time, please try to log back into SEA B.Net. If not, check back here for more details.

[Crucius]

Pobbes, you will return to a 1-1 series. Verde's map choice.

[Dox]

Originally Posted by Crucius

Due to issues with SEA B.Net all matches will be delayed until 2PM Sydney Time (1 hour 12 minutes from this point).

Hopefully B.Net has fixed itself by then so we can continue. At that time, please try to log back into SEA B.Net. If not, check back here for more details.

Oh I didn't know this. I just got eliminated due to being unable to prevent drones from avoiding Banelings despite a 10 second lead time.

[Bielsko]

aww.. I missed out because I didn't refresh the page and so the count down timer was wrong

[Crucius]

SEA is up again, please log in and we'll resolve all issues ingame.

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by Dox

Oh I didn't know this. I just got eliminated due to being unable to prevent drones from avoiding Banelings despite a 10 second lead time.

!! Chat channels in SC2 just aren't enough sometimes I think we decided this while you guys were in game to wait out the lag, sorry man.

Bielsko: : ( 11am too early huh, hah.

[PiG]

Omg sorry bielsko! He was driving me to the airport. Ah well one less sacrifice to slayersCranks proxygates :P. My place ended up delayed by 2 hours gah I wish I could watch on my phone!

[x1a0yu2]

all admin told me the tour will restart in 2pm due to B.net crash, when i came back before 2pm ,i am already forfeited. nice job!

[ausproleague]

Hey there Jerry, you're right, it was my (Rampager) **** up. I could type an excuse but I won't. I hope we'll see you in the next APL, and then I can make it up to you by mailing you a fat check.

[TAEdgE]

Wish this started later . Good luck to all!

[x1a0yu2]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

Hey there Jerry, you're right, it was my (Rampager) **** up. I could type an excuse but I won't. I hope we'll see you in the next APL, and then I can make it up to you by mailing you a fat check.

thats all right, i am just a bit angry cuz i waste whole morning for that. u are a cool man, gl for the APL 1.

[ETL.Santi]

why do you start so early... two aus cities had parties and not all sc2 players are nerds.

[Crucius]

After a few hiccups, we're finally wrapping up the qualifiers. The Top 8 have qualified for Group Stages, along with our invited 8 players. The Open Bracket Qualifiers will stream on the 3rd of December with Duckvillelol casting

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by Santi

why do you start so early... two aus cities had parties and not all sc2 players are nerds.

pro tip: drinking on saturday night doesnt make you not a nerd.

Playing computer games competitively online makes you a nerd.

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by TAJPMoney

pro tip: drinking on saturday night doesnt make you not a nerd.

Playing computer games competitively online makes you a nerd.

Santi thinks if you are bad you are not a nerd, hence why he is protected

[ETL.Santi]

not protected enough from offended nerds tho

[TAEdgE]

Originally Posted by Santi

not protected enough from offended nerds tho

Someones a desperate troll

[zendex]

QUALIFIED:
Won (someone said it's a SlayerS B-teamer)
cZa.Uppercut
cZa.Beast
cZa.Cbass
cZa.Penguin
delete
TA.Sensei
Mski.Jabito

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by Santi

why do you start so early... two aus cities had parties and not all sc2 players are nerds.

11am is a pretty common start time for tournaments but I understand that some people love their sleep (I'm a firm believer of more sleep myself). Next time, we'll push it forward abit but by the time we felt like moving it forward a large number of people had signed up and we didn't feel it was right to move the start time after we already had 40+ signups.

Hindsight, as they say, is 20/20.

Anyway, **** this day. z33k going down and SEA bnet being shit didn't make this easy for us. Maybe it's a sign?

[Eddie]

3 SEA players, 2 Australians...

Guess there's 8 more invites. Good luck guys! Finals should be awesome

[NvPinder]

well, atleast 2 australians managed to qualify... lol :P

[syfMiley]

Originally Posted by Santi

why do you start so early... two aus cities had parties and not all sc2 players are nerds.

It's a commitment you have to make, 11am isn't "so early"

[NvPinder]

and yeah, i'd generally agree that 11am is not even remotely close to being 'too early'... :\

[Crucius]

Originally Posted by Eddie

3 SEA players, 2 Australians...

Guess there's 8 more invites. Good luck guys! Finals should be awesome

Quite a lot of the Australians were no show upon check-in, so that's probably why :P

[iM yang]

8am is early =[

[iM tgun]

I think it was silly to start so early, purely due to any Sydney player who was in Adelaide that had a flight in the morning could not physically have made it back. I departed at 8;30 am and wasn't home until midday - Iaguz and PiG left later than me, I believe. (EDIT: They had a lot of warning about the Adelaide lan, so don't try to chalk it up to short warning).

[ROOT`iaguz]

Maybe you can have Light's place?

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by xGKingiaguz

Maybe you can have Light's place?

I already have a spot, it's silly regardless.

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by tgun

I think it was silly to start so early, purely due to any Sydney player who was in Adelaide that had a flight in the morning could not physically have made it back. I departed at 8;30 am and wasn't home until midday - Iaguz and PiG left later than me, I believe. (EDIT: They had a lot of warning about the Adelaide lan, so don't try to chalk it up to short warning).

Both yourself and Iaguz and PiG were seeded into the finals (all the players that flew in a believe)

[ausproleague]

Tgun: Sure, I already agreed with your point of view previously. We'll be more accommodating in the future but for now whats done is done. Our mistake goes abit deeper than that and shows that yea, while our hearts are in the right place we're missing a few things here and there in our planning. You live and learn.

On the subject of Light's spot: I already offered deL a spot

[aLtShortizz]

Couldnt wake up for this lol, getting up at 9 to play sc2 is impossible on a weekend for me =P

[deL]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

On the subject of Light's spot: I already offered deL a spot

I feel like maybe I should be seeded directly into the grand finals to make it fair.

[cRSenSei]

Hellooooo no koreans in my group p.s. protoss should replace light there's only 4 of 16 if you make it non-protoss!

Candidates should be between pinder or yang IMO best two protoss in aus atm.

[DUCKVILLELOL]

Originally Posted by SQLTt.SenSei

Hellooooo no koreans in my group p.s. protoss should replace light there's only 4 of 16 if you make it non-protoss!

Candidates should be between pinder or yang IMO best two protoss in aus atm.

Random point I wanted to make: Just did your match with Pinder, and I have 3 things to say:

R U SRS

wait there is a fourth point: LOL

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by DUCKVILLELOL

Random point I wanted to make: Just did your match with Pinder, and I have 3 things to say:

R U SRS

wait there is a fourth point: LOL

yeah game 2 of that was actually pretty hilarious :P

[aLtShortizz]

A mini play off to decide who takes the last protoss spot, 4 Gate fest maybe?

[[TA]LoSt]

Originally Posted by aLtShortizz

A mini play off to decide who takes the last protoss spot, 4 Gate fest maybe?

Would be funny but unfair. If you did one every day I guarantee there would be no consistent winner lol.. PvP woo

[Frogmite]

Originally Posted by zendex

QUALIFIED:
Won (someone said it's a SlayerS B-teamer)
cZa.Uppercut
cZa.Beast
cZa.Cbass
cZa.Penguin
delete
TA.Sensei
Mski.Jabito

Quick Comments

NvPinder:

god pandas are awesome

[frequency]

Afaik Won is from MvP, not SlayerS.

[nirvAnA]

Moved the thread as our stuff group suggested so as not to clog up APLs thread. Please post all drama in that thread instead and keep this free of it thanks!

http://www.sc2sea.com/showthread.php?t=2924

Quick Comments

ToR.Arnor:

agreed best not derail the efforts of APL :)

[iM MaFia]

Light is not dropping out of ACL

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by xGKingMafia

Light is not dropping out of ACL

haha yeah go Light, one last hurrah!

[Bielsko]

L9ght is amazinbg +rep. I talecd talked* to tat guy at WCG he is so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAA

I stayed with mafia +_ light in brisbane in hotel at brisbane WCG, so happy to mmeet my SEA idels!

[TAEdgE]

Alright Bielsko go to bed mate

[TAEdgE]

Bielsko: edge = ade;aide king!!!!!!!!!!!!

alright thread solved

[Bielsko]

No wa9t I was watfhing yoon play he is so amazing. I cant win! undo form tineranet explorer dunno wynhy. Why*

Quick Comments

zOmBoK:

LOL, winning!

[ausproleague]

Wow man, take a day off and all of a sudden there's grudge matches taking place and pride on the line. Thanks for splitting the thread up, hah.

Later tonight, I'll update the first post with all the new details and post the groups (which you can see in the APL liquipedia). My apologies to deL, Light has decided to give the APL one of his last fights and there will be no need for a replacement.

Time to read this grudge match thread :P

[ausproleague]

The first post has been updated with groups, as well as a more streamlined source of information regarding streaming and coverage.

[zendex]

Since when was the main tournament slated for Dec 17-18? I thought it was to run alongside WCG?

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by zendex

Since when was the main tournament slated for Dec 17-18? I thought it was to run alongside WCG?

the coverage / stream will be on 17th/18th the actual games will take place the week before

[ausproleague]

Arnor speaks the truth, but that kind of information is confusing to digest so I left it out of the initial post. The games will occur over the WCG weekend.

Reason: We're trying to add production to the stream, trying to deliver a slightly different experience. Will it work, will it be interesting enough to be worth a week delay? We hope so.

[zendex]

Ah alright. Thanks for clearing it up :P

[iM tgun]

Me and pig play each-other early on, STANDARD AS ****.

[ROOT`iaguz]

Not really that standard

Usually when you guys hit it decides who gets 3rd-4th. This time round it's too early.

And it sucks I don't get to talk TvT with Rossi for 2 weeks. Grumble.

[NvRossi]

GRUMBLE grumble grumble GRUMBLE

[Crucius]

The stream for the APL Open Bracket Qualifiers is live! We begin the broadcast in half an hour! Tune in over at http://www.twitch.tv/ausproleague

[Crucius]

And we are live!

[Crucius]

We are now starting our re-broadcast for those who missed it!

http://www.twitch.tv/ausproleague

[NvJazBas]

can anyone tell me what time I'm playing for this? cause I'm going on a trip from Thursday~Saturday and need to know what time I've to be back by

[Benji]

Originally Posted by xGKingJazBas

can anyone tell me what time I'm playing for this? cause I'm going on a trip from Thursday~Saturday and need to know what time I've to be back by

11am Syd time

[NDG.Stitch]

Good job guys! ACL is looking really good so far
It's a shame that some of our SEA server players from elsewhere won't be able to participate!

[Dox]

Originally Posted by StitchSPR

Good job guys! ACL is looking really good so far
It's a shame that some of our SEA server players from elsewhere won't be able to participate!

This is APL, not ACL~

[NvJazBas]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

11am Syd time

on Saturday..?oh man.. is there any way I can postpone my matches?

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by Dox

This is APL, not ACL~

It's amazing how often this happens lol.

[NvJazBas]

Is it possible for APL to postpone my matches please? I have family holiday and will be back on Saturday evening.. if not I have to forfeit..T_T

[Shieldz]

nicenice tournament

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by xGKingJazBas

Is it possible for APL to postpone my matches please? I have family holiday and will be back on Saturday evening.. if not I have to forfeit..T_T

We're on the case. We're contacting the other members of your group to see if they're available Saturday evening, if they agree we're happy to make this happen, otherwise... well, we'll deal with that soon enough I suppose.

Will update this post/update you through more direct means as info becomes available.

edit: Status
Potential postpone time is 10-11pm AEST.

[iM tgun]

I don't even know when I'm playing this, lol

[ToR.Arnor]

Originally Posted by tgun

I don't even know when I'm playing this, lol

11am Saturday AEDT is the "Official" time for this event but some groups may be delayed!

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by tgun

I don't even know when I'm playing this, lol

Check your email...? This Saturday, 11am AEST.

[NvJazBas]

So are my games moved to 11pm AEST today? I just got back and I received no email..

[iM tgun]

So.. this was 11am today? I guess I missed it, don't have an e-mail either. x_x;

[Benji]

Originally Posted by xGKingJazBas

So are my games moved to 11pm AEST today? I just got back and I received no email..

No, you had to forfeit, sorry i wasn't able to msg you

Quick Comments

	deL:	bennnnnjiiiiiiii
	Dox:	Manager of Xeria Gaming

[NvJazBas]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

No, you had to forfeit, sorry i wasn't able to msg you

So I'm out of the whole tournament right?

[Benji]

Originally Posted by xGKingJazBas

So I'm out of the whole tournament right?

Pretty sure, there were quite a few no shows so they might decide to just allow players to play the rest of the games tomorrow, not sure.

[NvJazBas]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

Pretty sure, there were quite a few no shows so they might decide to just allow players to play the rest of the games tomorrow, not sure.

kk. I'll consider myself eliminated but please let me know if theres any changes to reorganising matches. tbh, I don't see the point of not letting us postpone our(my) matches when I did ask for it abit in advance when it doesn't get live streamed? same with tgun's situation aswell where there was miscommunication(or no communication).

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

agreed how come u guys didnt get the emails!!

[NvRossi]

I received an email on the 7th detailing everything.

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by xGKingJazBas

kk. I'll consider myself eliminated but please let me know if theres any changes to reorganising matches. tbh, I don't see the point of not letting us postpone our(my) matches when I did ask for it abit in advance when it doesn't get live streamed? same with tgun's situation aswell where there was miscommunication(or no communication).

Hey there JazBas.

We were unable to postpone your matches due to other members of your group not being readily available at a later time. The only remaining time we have left to postpone your matches to would be sometime before the games on Sunday, which start at 11am. Which means to play your matches, people from your group would have to log on a good 2 hours before, say 9am, to get through your matches (which would all be Bo3) and possibly any tiebreakers. And knowing Murphy's Law, something would probably get in the way of that finishing on time. Not to mention one of those players would possibly be 0-2 in the group and probably not really feel like playing the next day anyway, that's pretty rough.

You can see how in this situation there is almost nothing we could've done. The schedule has been what it is for a full three-four weeks with absolutely zero changes, your family planning a holiday trip was not factored into this due to us not being telepathic. It being live streamed or not doesn't factor into it.

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

Pretty sure, there were quite a few no shows so they might decide to just allow players to play the rest of the games tomorrow, not sure.

Unfortunately, we can't do this.

To cover the no-shows: YYJ was unable to show because of an emergency. Iaguz I have no idea about. JazBas had a family trip, Tgun got confused with the schedule.

To cover disappearing emails: An email was sent to everyone. If you were ever unsure about the schedule ,we linked all players an information package when they agreed to participate in the APL that detailed the entire schedule as well as rules for the tournament. I'm easily contactable, we have a website with contact info, we have a twitter and a facebook. When the players play has been detailed in various threads http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=285113 , and this thread before the main post got changed to reflect the group stages There has even been mention of this in this exact thread on the page before this one. If you still feel there wasn't enough notice, then **** it I'll try harder next time and I'm sorry. APL2, bigger better and possibly with more breasts.

Quick Comments

PiG:

good response

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

Tgun got confused with the schedule.

Areyoufuckingserious.jpg

Quick Comments

deL:

[frequency]

This is going pretty well.

[ausproleague]

No first tournament is perfect, we'll be much more proactive in pushing reminders and notifications in the future.

As some famous song once went, "Don't worry, be happy"

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

No first tournament is perfect, we'll be much more proactive in pushing reminders and notifications in the future."

This is all that you've needed to say, all tournament, really; as long as the criticism is heard, future tournaments will surely be better. I'll be tuning in for the finals broadcast~

[NvJazBas]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

Hey there JazBas.

We were unable to postpone your matches due to other members of your group not being readily available at a later time. The only remaining time we have left to postpone your matches to would be sometime before the games on Sunday, which start at 11am. Which means to play your matches, people from your group would have to log on a good 2 hours before, say 9am, to get through your matches (which would all be Bo3) and possibly any tiebreakers. And knowing Murphy's Law, something would probably get in the way of that finishing on time. Not to mention one of those players would possibly be 0-2 in the group and probably not really feel like playing the next day anyway, that's pretty rough.

You can see how in this situation there is almost nothing we could've done. The schedule has been what it is for a full three-four weeks with absolutely zero changes, your family planning a holiday trip was not factored into this due to us not being telepathic. It being live streamed or not doesn't factor into it.



Unfortunately, we can't do this.

To cover the no-shows: YYJ was unable to show because of an emergency. Iaguz I have no idea about. JazBas had a family trip, Tgun got confused with the schedule.

To cover disappearing emails: An email was sent to everyone. If you were ever unsure about the schedule ,we linked all players an information package when they agreed to participate in the APL that detailed the entire schedule as well as rules for the tournament. I'm easily contactable, we have a website with contact info, we have a twitter and a facebook. When the players play has been detailed in various threads http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/view...opic_id=285113 , and this thread before the main post got changed to reflect the group stages There has even been mention of this in this exact thread on the page before this one. If you still feel there wasn't enough notice, then **** it I'll try harder next time and I'm sorry. APL2, bigger better and possibly with more breasts.

Yes I completely understand it if the reason is that (Other players not being able to attend other times). With the contacting, maybe next time yeah could've been better since I didn't know how to contact u at all+didn't get an email at all. Like expect a confirmation reply back and find out whats the problem if you didn't get a confirmation reply from players. Hope the rest of tourney goes well ^^

[cRSenSei]

removed. Watch stream this weekend for results!

[iM tgun]

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[cRSenSei]

edit your post so can't see spoiler still tgun!

[ausproleague]

Hahah, while the results can be gleamed from clicking through match histories and we can't stop players from talking about them, if you want that suspense you should probably stay away until Saturday/Sunday

All players have been paid, and we look forward to showing some exciting games this coming weekend And lastly JazBas: yep, absolutely. All we can do is apologise right now for our mistakes and come back next time more prepared.

[cRSenSei]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

All players have been paid, and we look forward to showing some exciting games this coming weekend

Can confirm payment came through for this! Looking forward to watching the stream this weekend.

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by sqltt.sensei

can confirm payment came through for this! Looking forward to watching the stream this weekend.

i wonder if sensei got top8

EDIT: That was meant to be in capslock, but it wouldn't work, so bold + underline shall suffice.

[cRSenSei]

hmm.. well top 8 got paid :P

[iM tgun]

Originally Posted by SQLTt.SenSei

hmm.. well top 8 got paid :P

I know, that's why I was wondering if you got top 8. No edits at all. None.

-Whistles-

Quick Comments

cRSenSei:

you're handsome.

[ausproleague]

The APL Group Stream broadcasts starts in just 10 minutes! We sincerely hope you enjoy what we've done, we poured more time into this then we initially thought we would and the result, although not flawless, should be a great watch.

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[NDG.Stitch]

Man I just watched some of APL this morning. Very well done. It is the most professional SEA event hosted yet.

[Crucius]

Stream for the Australian Pro League - Season 1 (Championship Sunday) is live at http://twitch.tv/rampager3. Broadcast begins in 30 minutes!

[FaDeNotoriouS]

awesome event so far xD looking forward to the rest of the games..

[FaDeNotoriouS]

is anyone else getting some audio/video unsyncing on the stream? I have tried refreshing and it seems the casters voice is like 3 or 4 seconds behind where it should be~

[ausproleague]

Originally Posted by FaDeNotoriouS

is anyone else getting some audio/video unsyncing on the stream? I have tried refreshing and it seems the casters voice is like 3 or 4 seconds behind where it should be~

This isn't you, it's us, sorry Our 10-hour rendering process doesn't leave much room for error, and unfortunately there's a audio/video delay. Hopefully it's not too bad to distract from the quality of the games

[FaDeNotoriouS]

Originally Posted by ausproleague

This isn't you, it's us, sorry Our 10-hour rendering process doesn't leave much room for error, and unfortunately there's a audio/video delay. Hopefully it's not too bad to distract from the quality of the games

ah I see, dont worry about it though. Still an awesome event

[ausproleague]

^^ Thanks for understanding Glad you enjoyed it regardless!

Thanks everyone for watching and supporting the APL, it means a lot to us It was a nice pilot tournament for us to iron out a lot of kinks and we'll step our game up for APL2. Look forward to it!

APL VoDs will be available later tonight (or, you can view them directly now on twitchTV's VoD system)