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On April 21st at Red Bull headquarters in Santa Monica, teams from Amazon, IBM, EA, and Epic will compete for $10,000 in the After Hours Gaming League Season 2 Grand Finals!
The AHGL is a corporate league where normal nerds from major companies battle for fun and charity! Instead of having players from top professional teams, the AHGL consists of players from the following 30+ major companies: AMD, Adobe, Amazon, Digital Extremes, Dropbox, EA, Epic, Ernst & Young, Facebook, FactSet, Gearbox, Geek Squad, Google, IBM, Intel, Legend3D, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Mozilla, NVIDIA, Palantir, Pipeworks, Promethean World, Qualcomm, RapidShare, Shopify, TwitchTV, Twitter, Western Digital, Zappos, and Zynga. Phew. Quite the list eh? :D
In AHGL Season 2, there are two divisions: Starcraft 2 and League of Legends. In each game, teams are duking it out for the chance to donate $5000 to the charity of their choice. Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games have kindly donated the prize pool for SC2 and LoL respectively! Huge thanks to each company for supporting community events so generously <3.
A major goal of AHGL is to help legitimize eSports in the West, to show that Starcraft 2 is an amazing platform for fun, friendly competition and teamwork WE're better than corporate softball! Tune in on Saturday for fun en masse! Make sure to be rooting as LOUD AS YOU CAN. Fun is of utmost priority.
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When: April 21st
Stream: www.twitch.tv/day9tv
League of Legends Finals: 1pm to 5pm
Starcraft 2 Finals: 5:30pm to 9pm
Older matches: www.ahgl.tv
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Day[9] and Husky for SC2!
Phreak and Rivington fpr League of Legends!
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Each team is competing for the right to donate $5000 to the charity of their choice! Please show your support by clicking below to donate to the charities for your favorite team!
IBM playing for Youth Service America - YSA (Youth Service America) improves communities worldwide by increasing the number and the diversity of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles. YSA coordinates Global Youth Service Day(www.GYSD.org) and Semester of Service, distributes over $1 million in grants annually, and provides resources and trainings.
Epic playing for Doctors Without Borders - Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in nearly 70 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.
Amazon playing for Child's Play - Child's Play is dedicated to improving the lives of children in hospitals around the world through the kindness and generosity of the video game community and the power of play.
EA playing for Make a Wish Foundation - Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation\'s mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities.
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So glad you asked! We're already being inundated with inquiries! Simply go to www.afterhoursgaming.tv, click on "FAQ" and follow the instructions to be included in future mailings. You'll also find a downloadable AHGL Handbook with a ton of information about forming a company team of your own!
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Absolutely! Husky and I can't wait 
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Braavos36390 Posts
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
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AmazonPrime
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On April 18 2012 14:14 Hot_Bid wrote:
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
::sunglasses::
AmazonPrime
This entire OP was an inside job so you could bust that joke out.
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This is gonna be amazing! Go team IBM :D
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Is there going to be any live spectating for those of us who live in SoCal?
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I doubt the team IBM is mannered.
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Looks awesome. Great stuff as always.
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On April 18 2012 14:31 WolfBro wrote:
Is there going to be any live spectating for those of us who live in SoCal?
This.
Final item under AHGL FAQ:
Q: Can I attend the live finals? Are they open to the public?
A: We’re hoping to invite a limited number of people from the community this time. Look for more updates on this in the future!
Finals are 4 days away, hoping to hear these updates sooner rather than later...
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What whattt, I didn't know there was a AHGL for LoL too. If you helped set that up you da man. Lookin forward to it!
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Great league! Thanks to all those at Day9.tv for setting this up. It is wonderful to see the SC2 community also reaching out to other esports and expanding to League of Legneds as well.
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It has been an absolute blast playing in the AHGL Season 2, and while I'm bummed that my team didnt make the finals, I cant wait to watch them  Flying out to LA tomorrow night!
Hopefully in Season 3 we will be able to tear it up!
Great jobs to Amazon, EA, Epic, and IBM, and of course to Day[9] for just being an all around baller and making all this happen.
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On April 18 2012 14:14 Hot_Bid wrote:
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
::sunglasses::
AmazonPrime
False, no one on Amazon's team is named Amazon.
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awesome k{9}
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Most importantly, I've been told we are going bowling after.
Let's set an over/under on how bad Zai beats Husky!!
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oh wow, SC2 and LoL.
this will be interesting
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Is that Pacific time or Eastern?
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K[9] finally after such a long break of not seeing you <3
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On April 19 2012 03:29 Novae_x wrote:
Is that Pacific time or Eastern?
Those times are Pacific time.
Super pumped for the finals!
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thx for the time zone info
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Typo spoted : Phreak and Rivington fpr League of Legends!
On subject, looks promising. Gonna give it a watch
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Super excited to show you guys an awesome finale to end the season!
On April 18 2012 22:46 ZaiSC2k wrote:
Most importantly, I've been told we are going bowling after.
Let's set an over/under on how bad Zai beats Husky!!
The spread for ATrain beating Zai is currently set to 20 pins!
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Anyone know if spectators are allowed at the venue? I live in Santa Monica and it'd be awesome if I could go since I'll be coming home from university that weekend.
If no one replies, I'll assume that it's a no
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Wtf did Hot Bid just write?
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First comment beats whole point of advertising.
fuck eyah!
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On April 18 2012 14:17 Warpath wrote:Show nested quote +On April 18 2012 14:14 Hot_Bid wrote:
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
::sunglasses::
AmazonPrime This entire OP was an inside job so you could bust that joke out.
I am pretty sure Hot_Bid rigged the entire AHGL actually.
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Why you keep failing, Google? 
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On April 18 2012 14:14 Hot_Bid wrote:
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
::sunglasses::
AmazonPrime
LOL
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Ugh, damn timezones. I could watch LoL and then go to bed, but I can't stand LoL. Are the VODS up the day after or? How long will it take?
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On April 18 2012 14:14 Hot_Bid wrote:
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
::sunglasses::
AmazonPrime
Prime have a LoL team?
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On April 19 2012 18:31 Svartmaal wrote:
Ugh, damn timezones. I could watch LoL and then go to bed, but I can't stand LoL. Are the VODS up the day after or? How long will it take?
Day9 usually has the VOD's up on his YT account the very next day. It's been like that since AHGL started.
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So this is what EA does instead of making good games. Good to know.
Anyway, it's nice to see K9 so I hope I'll catch this.
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Blazinghand
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I'm pumped. are you guys as pumped as I am? :DDD can't wait to watch
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On April 20 2012 02:19 Blazinghand wrote:
I'm pumped. are you guys as pumped as I am? :DDD can't wait to watch
I am way, way more pumped than you!! The SC2 match should be a really close, good series!
Epic team captain reporting in.
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what? is IdrA playing for IBM >.>
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i love redbull will deffo watch this tourney
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This is gonna be awesome! I'll get home from my baseball game and watch SC2 for the rest of the day... that's what I'm talkin bout. BTW, there is a typo when the casters are listed. It says "Phreak and Rivington fpr League of Legends," so it obviously should be "for"
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I really enjoyed last year's finals! Great to have Husky on board again too!
Will definitely tune in. (StarCraft II that is)
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On April 18 2012 14:14 Hot_Bid wrote:
I am cheering for Amazon and hope the ace player on that team can go to Korea and join a Korean team and play with MarineKing because then he'd be...
::sunglasses::
AmazonPrime
omg lol is it bad that the most interesting part of this thread is this post?
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TT @ hotbid I'll watch the sc2 content :3
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omfg Hotbid... lmao... :D. I feel like that joke only works for SOTG fans tho. B).
-Anyways, lookin forward to the sc2 part. Not gonna bother with the LoL part, for reason's I wont go into. (off-topic).
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Gogo IBM. I shall be cheering you on!!!
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I like the idea behind AHGL and hopefully it will grow as more companies join in for future seasons. Besides, it's for charity, what's not to like?
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I want to see Day9 cast one of the LoL games. The less he knows about the game the more entertaining it would be...
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Is the SC2 already over or has it yet to begin?
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Yet to begin I think:
League of Legends Finals: 1pm to 5pm
Starcraft 2 Finals: 5:30pm to 9pm
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half an hour
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I dont know anything about LoL, but the casters sound really professional, a bit more than SC2 tbh
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it is starting
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Day9 didn't cast any LoL today, but he tried his hand at casting a game with Phreak at the Riot party the night before. It became a hilarious commentary of how the champions were dressed and what their abilities reminded him of....with one of his favorites being Rammus and his Sonic the Hedgehog spin.
And he was so dissapointed when he started singing the old Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon song, hoping that others would sing the rest. I shouted it out but he didn't hear it. I knew it Sean, I knew it!
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