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That suspicion was only fanned by the intense hype generated by the Australian Cyber League, culminating in various clues, rumours and even the odd bit of information from those “in the know” at ACL Melbourne. But it was left for the league’s CEO, Nick “Vanzr” Vanzetti, to blow everything out of the water when he confirmed the wet dreams of many a nerd: Tastosis, the Casting Archon, would be touching down in Australia to cast the event, alongside Painuser and HDStarcraft.

Add the best 16 Australian Starcraft 2 players, US$10,000, a few ocker accents (although whether rising internet celebrity Goatlust will make an appearance is yet to be confirmed) and the event was already shaping up to be a bucket list for gamers around the world, let alone those down under. But it doesn’t stop there: the top 6 Australians face off against Tilea “KnighT” Flavall and Thomas “Jazbas” Cho for an additional US$15,000 and the right to represent Oceania at the World Championship Series global finals in China later this year.

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