just some constructive criticism, from a web designers perspective:

1. the grunge style templates went out years ago... it's not very professional, clean, or space efficient.
2. you shouldn't be running a sports tournament from a WordPress content management system... it's meant for blogs, not intricate content delivery systems like a tournament organizer.

also, to have 32 teams competing in ALL Bo5 format for the entire season will be WAY too much content. I'd start the lower brackets with a Bo1/3 not only because if people are intimidated with how much content you provide, they might shy away from it as it will be hard to follow. Not to mention having to produce, observe, commentate, and deliver all that content will be literally a full time job. If you don't have dedicated staff working a decent amount of hours per day, you are going to get swamped with work load and what seems like a fun thing now, might turn into a painful chore later... (leading to the league's demise)

I'd start slow and steady, and grow from there.

(this is all constructive criticism... not trolling, just trying to give some helpful advice. take it as you will!)

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 26 2011 04:18 GMT

#43

@MgcHarger - its so that if we ever need to contact a team that appears lacking of a leader we can do so. Its similar to signing up a CSL team. We wont be doing email verification as they do, but we will be verifying character codes before the season begins.

1. Im not a web designer. The site is simply to deliver information.
2. Not all games will be streamed or casted. - probably about 2 matches per week (max of 5 games) will be cast every week. (by me)
There will be other casters lined up to cast additional games, but most of the games will simply be avali as replay packs
Semi-final and Grand final are sure to be casted.

The lower bracket is only if i reach 32+ teams for season 2. All teams registering past our 32 maximum will be placed on hold for season 2.

bkrow

Australia8532 Posts

April 26 2011 04:21 GMT

#44

If you can get this up and going it would be great; the more team leagues the better.

Good luck - i hope i can keep up with all the content being produced haha

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 26 2011 04:32 GMT

#45

Lol true at the all the content being produced. Its so hard to keep up with everything :D

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 26 2011 04:45 GMT

#46

http://machtechcorp.net/apl/?page_id=14
The registered teams list has just been updated.
if you registered before this time, your team name should appear on this page with the number of players on your team inside of () If you did register before this time and do not appear on this list please resubmit your registration form

-AEgis

memcpy

United States459 Posts

April 26 2011 04:48 GMT

#47

Looks interesting, I'll see if my clan is interested.

SCFlavor

United States82 Posts

April 26 2011 05:48 GMT

#48

Style Craft will be honored to apply, once the forms are up

jonathan1

United States395 Posts

April 26 2011 06:12 GMT

#49

sounds cool good luck

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 26 2011 06:53 GMT

#50

The forms are up at http://machtechcorp.net/apl/?page_id=30

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 28 2011 04:26 GMT

#51

21 teams now registered. 11 spaces left for season 1

PMSH2OStarcraft

United States107 Posts

April 28 2011 15:52 GMT

#52

On April 28 2011 13:26 AEsgaims wrote:
21 teams now registered. 11 spaces left for season 1

will we be starting early if the slots fill up sooner than the projected start date?

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 28 2011 20:53 GMT

#53

As of now, we will not. However we will look into expanding the league and perhaps starting 1-2 weeks early.

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 29 2011 04:48 GMT

#54

Due to strong interest in the league we will be opening up B-league for season 1 of the APL. Any teams that sign up after the initial quota of 32 will be placed into B-league automatically for season 1. B-league will also have a maximum of 32 teams. This will make for a maximum of 64 teams in the entire APL.

-AEgis

darwinmach

United States3 Posts

April 29 2011 05:30 GMT

#55

I'm kinda new to this league stuff. Do I need to join a particular team to play? Or how does this work? Sorry, ima n00b

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

April 29 2011 17:42 GMT

#56

Yes you need to join a team to play, or make your own team!

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 01 2011 19:31 GMT

#57

Rules and Schedule have been updated

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 03 2011 06:27 GMT

#58

Team Profile Pages have been posted with team rosters! :D

AEsgaims

United States237 Posts

May 03 2011 21:43 GMT

#59

I did an interview with eng0re today and here's a link to that. Its about the APL. perhaps some of your questions about the league are answered here as well :D