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MillionMonkey · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 10:38 AM

Hey Guys

I'm from a community that is probing the possibility of running frequent and fairly large SC2 tournaments in Australia since for such a great competitive game there really isn't much out there in the way of tournaments. We've decided to put together a survey to gauge interest and see what gamers would want from such a tournament.

Put any additional comments in the thread after you've done the survey. We look foward to hearing responses.

Cheers

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HR9C7PJ

**Dox** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 10:59 AM

I filled out the quiz questions. Out of curiosity, what community do you represent? And how thorough has your probing been so far?

**Maynarde** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 11:12 AM

Filled out the survey, but yeah like Dox said I'm interested which community you're from as well. Is it a company? A lan cafe? Or just a group of really passionate nerds with a lot of money?

ToRDeathsFang · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Maynarde

Filled out the survey, but yeah like Dox said I'm interested which community you're from as well. Is it a company? A lan cafe? Or just a group of really passionate nerds with a lot of money?

We have a name for that. It's called FXO.

Jokes aside i'm also curious about which community/company you represent. Australia does need a lot more spotlight on e-sports.

Hocus · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 11:30 AM

I filled it out also, I love the fact that more and more people are looking to get involved in SC2.

I thought I might just give my opinion on this, others may have similar or different ideas...

My main response to someone from outside the starcraft community looking to host events is this: if you're serious about creating a successful and loved series of tournaments, use people who are inside the community to at least heavily influence/advise the hosting of the actual events, and thoroughly research tournament success and failure in the past (this survey is a good start).

I realise that it is an organisation's event and they want to hold onto that and I completely respect the initiative and am grateful that said organisation has chosen to hold something for the players to compete in, but honestly the community members that are around now have extensive experience in things like tournament formats, outlets for exposure of tournaments, and even venues for LAN events, and it would be a waste to dismiss this.

If a tournament is held and a player is comfortable and familiar with all the aspects of it, they will be a much happier customer and are likely to return and bring friends etc. On the flip side if there is some amazing innovation to tournament running that could be introduced then serious convincing should be made for players to accept something alien to them.

I guess my main advice is to take a humble approach and the community will appreciate your sincerity and absolutely return for future events.

Also, this is obviously said without knowing who you are or any knowledge of your expertise, but this is my advice in general for external parties looking to get involved in the SC2 scene... Hope this was helpful.

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	ProAnnn:	Need more people like hocus
	nirvAnA:
	Dox:	This sounds a lot like a conversation we had yesterday! Props. :D
	NvRossi:	i want to rub hocus's bum

**nirvAnA** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 11:49 AM

Was pretty short, yay! Filled it up

Yeap we are all curious about the company etc MillionMonkey, would be nice if you edited your post and included the information

Also first question should be Masters and above. I loled at the gaming girls haha!!

**Maynarde** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nirvAnA

Was pretty short, yay! Filled it up

Yeap we are all curious about the company etc MillionMonkey, would be nice if you edited your post and included the information

Also first question should be Masters and above. I loled at the gaming girls haha!!

I... Ticked the gaming girls box... v_v;

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ToRDeathsFang:

There's no shame

**Dox** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Maynarde

I... Ticked the gaming girls box... v_v;

I did too! Tournaments don't have to be sausage fests.

TAhackdZ · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 12:29 PM

Done.

I liked the question about food...I think that's something that local tourney's should start doing to promote community.

Have a little bbq after matches have finished with nibble and drinks or w/e so that the community and the players involved can get to know each other a bit better.

/2c

Next_rim · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 1:46 PM

I'd enter an aussie (or any) tournament if I had the account. Management should provide cross-server accounts for those who play on, say, KR.

AxSGRiM · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 1:55 PM

Awesome, there is nothing better than more tournaments for the growth of ESPORTS in other countries. Hopefully there will not only be LAN ones because I live in HK!

**SkyBreaker** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 2:33 PM

Completed! Fingers crossed we see some regular LAN tournaments pop up on Australia's more popular states (Melbourne in particular) :]

MillionMonkey · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 3:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Maynarde

Is it a company? A lan cafe? Or just a group of really passionate nerds with a lot of money?

Perhaps a combination of 1 and 3

Survey responses have exceeded our expectations thus far which is great to see.

Thanks for the advice Hocus we fully intend to involve people from various communities in the creation of such events.

As we're still in the planning phase and our website is under construction we're not at a stage where we can reveal anything yet. However hopefully you hear back from us in some form or another in the not too distant future.

**Dox** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 3:09 PM

Hmmph.

Would have been nice to have a little more information about you! Even your background, history, goals, whatever! Oh well. I'll be watching closely.

**Maynarde** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 3:12 PM

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Originally Posted by MillionMonkey

Perhaps a combination of 1 and 3

Survey responses have exceeded our expectations thus far which is great to see.

Thanks for the advice Hocus we fully intend to involve people from various communities in the creation of such events.

As we're still in the planning phase and our website is under construction we're not at a stage where we can reveal anything yet. However hopefully you hear back from us in some form or another in the not too distant future.

Oh I see! Interesting response, how very NASL of you

Interested still to see what happens.

**SkyBreaker** · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 3:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dox

Hmmph.

Would have been nice to have a little more information about you! Even your background, history, goals, whatever! Oh well. I'll be watching closely.

Agreed, but anything that'll boost and promote SC2 in the SEA/ANZ region is always most-welcome :]

Azure · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 7:14 PM

filled it out. The more tourney's the better!!

noobinater · Thu, 14th-Jul-2011, 10:16 PM

If you're looking to set up a good tournament, compare the way (mainly the early) NASL and IPL were run. Both were pilot tournaments however one spent their time and money in all the wrong places while the other prioritized what's important and is so much better for it.

(Hint: IPL is the good case)

PS. Gaming girls make me close streams.

**cure** · Fri, 15th-Jul-2011, 2:43 AM

Done the survey, glad to see more people willing to host tournaments !

EscapisT · Fri, 15th-Jul-2011, 3:32 AM

Done! =D
Gamer Girls>Food imo

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