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The After Hours Gaming League (AHGL) is the place where competitive gamers with day jobs compete with each other for charity. Last Season, we had almost 1000 participants from Bronze to Masters from 52 different companies.
In Season 4, we're changing the league structure to a version of Swiss to make sure teams of any skill level can enter and have fun, competitive games throughout.* After about 2 months of regular season Swiss play, we’ll start two tournaments with Charity donations as prizes - one for the top teams and one for the rest. So even if you’re an average skill team you have a shot at becoming an AHGL champion.
If you have any questions or just want help getting started, send us an email at support@afterhoursgaming.tv
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*The first two or so weeks do still have potential to be mismatched teams while the matchmaking system figures out team skill.
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Changes from last season
Handbook
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Tutorial: Registering a team
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Registration: Now - December 13th
Preseason: January 19th and 26th 2014
Regular Season: February 9th - TBD (Roughly April 2014)
Grand Finals: TBD (Roughly May 2014)
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The prize pools are generously donated by Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games.
- 1st Place League of Legends A League - $5,000
- 1st Place StarCraft 2 A League - $5,000
- 1st Place League of Legends B League - $1,000
- 1st Place StarCraft 2 B League - $1,000
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Thanks to Red Bull eSports for making this season possible! Support them by buying tickets to Red Bull Battle Grounds in New York City (November 23-24).
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Good fortune to all the wonderful employed gamers out there, thanks AHGL!
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I'm so glad AHGL is back! Now time to get into the SC2 shape of my life 
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Great to see AHGL is back! :D
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With the previous season that were so successful, I can't wait to see what the AHGL will have in store for us next.
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Is this still casted exclusively by day9?
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great initiative, great people, great games!
any plans to add dota2 in the future too?
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The swiss system is great. Allows fun for all, especially with a big player pool
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i am going to get all my unemployed GM friends to sign up with a fake company and win first prize. cant wait!
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Do you have to work at the same company or can you form a team with just full time workers?
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On November 05 2013 21:20 T1Sugar wrote:
Do you have to work at the same company or can you form a team with just full time workers?
Teams need to be employees of the same company, we have posters for break rooms and advice on how to find fellow gamers at your company if you don't know anyone 
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Mmmm...too bad there's none for Dota.
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On November 06 2013 05:10 AHGLtv wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2013 21:20 T1Sugar wrote:
Do you have to work at the same company or can you form a team with just full time workers? Teams need to be employees of the same company, we have posters for break rooms and advice on how to find fellow gamers at your company if you don't know anyone
Can you link to posters/advice? I couldn't find on the AHGL site.... although I probably didn't look very good  Thanks.
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On November 06 2013 05:10 AHGLtv wrote:Show nested quote +On November 05 2013 21:20 T1Sugar wrote:
Do you have to work at the same company or can you form a team with just full time workers? Teams need to be employees of the same company, we have posters for break rooms and advice on how to find fellow gamers at your company if you don't know anyone
Wow! Not sure how I missed this last time, but sounds fun. Unfortunately, there's no way I could, even working at a university, get a team together. Also, dota2 needs in on this.
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CloudMage, here's the recruiting info:
Flyer
And here's the recruiting advice:
+ Show Spoiler +It is important to spread the word at your company that you are organizing a team for the AHGL so as many employees as possible have a chance to participate. Even if you personally know enough employees to form a team, you will probably be amazed at how many closet StarCraft 2 and League of Legends players will emerge after you make your announcement!
Here is how previous seasons' teams recommend you do it:
-Post in internal corporate newsletters, blogs, forums and email lists.
-Put up posters and signs in-house. (We have included a sample flyer for you to use in the Appendix.)
-Network among other employees to find out who games and ask them to spread the word.
-Post on AHGL threads on StarCraft or League of Legends community sites like teamliquid.net, reddit.com/r/StarCraft, and reddit.com/r/LeagueOfLegends.
Don’t forget to reach out to new employees. Says one team captain:
“Make sure new hires know about your AHGL team; they are often out of the loop on how things work in the company and will just not hear about it, and because they are young they often are among the best players.”
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Poland3767 Posts
Is it north America only or Europe as well?
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I wish my company had gamers =/ damn you TriQuint!
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On November 06 2013 17:21 nimdil wrote:
Is it north America only or Europe as well?
Two part answer:
1. For this season, we're allowing European teams and it's the same league as the NA teams but with some big warnings. The caveats are the time for games each week is pretty inconvenient (Sunday early afternoon PST = late night before a work day in Europe). Also games are on NA servers by default, which is less of a big deal now with cross-region stuff in SC2.
2. We want to expand to Europe very soon and have a separate league, so please contact us either way so we get you on a mailing list!
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Are you guys going to do another So You Think You Can Cast competition?
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hi, do u guys currently have plans to expand into SEA/Oceania?
Thanks
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If only my colleagues at the hospital played SC2
T_T
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best casting by day9 ever. not even kidding.
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I have a job, I play SC.... but I have no team so fuck me right? T_T
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Are you guys going to do another So You Think You Can Cast competition?
We will still have casting this season although no competition. If you're interested in being a caster send us a message at support@afterhoursgaming.tv
hi, do u guys currently have plans to expand into SEA/Oceania?
Company density is the hardest part. Europe is looking promising for next season so at least we would have more time zone options for when your team can make games. I'd love to see enough teams for an AHGL in all regions eventually!
I have a job, I play SC.... but I have no team so fuck me right? T_T
Did you try posting this flyer in break rooms? Here's some recruiting advice:
+ Show Spoiler +It is important to spread the word at your company that you are organizing a team for the AHGL so as many employees as possible have a chance to participate. Even if you personally know enough employees to form a team, you will probably be amazed at how many closet StarCraft 2 and League of Legends players will emerge after you make your announcement!
Here is how previous seasons' teams recommend you do it:
-Post in internal corporate newsletters, blogs, forums and email lists.
-Put up posters and signs in-house. (We have included a sample flyer for you to use in the Appendix.)
-Network among other employees to find out who games and ask them to spread the word.
-Post on AHGL threads on StarCraft or League of Legends community sites like teamliquid.net, reddit.com/r/StarCraft, and reddit.com/r/LeagueOfLegends.
Don’t forget to reach out to new employees. Says one team captain:
“Make sure new hires know about your AHGL team; they are often out of the loop on how things work in the company and will just not hear about it, and because they are young they often are among the best players.”
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MLG is entering this league? FUUUUUUUU
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Were any military teams ever able to sign up? I saw something in the Season 3 handbook about the USAF trying to sign up and something like this would totally get me back in to SC2.
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Love the AHGL and always watch the SC2 competition and am glad to see it back.
However I do have a question. For future seasons, are there any plans to add other games such as Dota 2 or maybe even Smite or just sticking with two game titles?
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