🎉 SAEGX: Swinburne Anime eSports Gaming Expo 🎉

Hey everyone! Get ready for an amazing weekend at SAEGX, Swinburne's first-ever Anime eSports Gaming Expo! 🎮✨

📅 Dates: September 14th - 15th
📍 Location: Hawthorn Campus
⏰ Time: 12 PM–8 PM on Saturday, and 12 PM–7 PM on Sunday
💸 Free Entry: That’s right, you don’t have to pay anything to join the fun!

🕹️ FGC Tournaments:
Spectate in your favorite fighting games—Smash Ultimate, Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6, and Guilty Gear Strive! Here’s what to expect:
⚔️ Double Elimination Format: Fight back through the losers' bracket, ensuring high-stakes matches and potential comebacks.
🏆 Preliminary Qualifiers: Players will be invited based on the number of qualifiers—Swinburne qualifiers and Open Inter-Uni qualifiers.
🔥 Best of Three: Most matches will follow a best-of-three format, giving players a chance to adapt and strategize.
🎖️ Grand Finals: The final showdown will be a best-of-five series, showcasing top talent and crowning the ultimate champion.

Whether you're a seasoned competitor or new to the scene, our tournaments offer exciting and fair competition for all participants! 🎮💥

🤝 Esports Showmatches:
Watch epic showdowns featuring invited university teams! Elite players from RMIT, Melbourne Uni, Monash, Deakin, and LaTrobe will clash in friendly (but intense) matches. Here’s what to expect:
🤜💥 Inter-University Rivalries: Experience fierce rivalries as teams battle for supremacy.
🎮 Multiple Game Titles: Enjoy popular titles like League of Legends, Valorant, Overwatch 2, CS2, Rocket League, and Dota 2.
🎙️ Live Commentary: Matches will feature live commentary from reputable cosplayers and experienced casters, providing insights, play-by-play analysis, and hype moments.
📡 Streaming: All showmatches will be live-streamed on multiple platforms, so you can watch from anywhere and be part of the action.
📊 Post-(Ironic) Match Analysis: Enjoy in-depth post-match breakdowns, interviews with players, and discussions on key plays and strategies.

Inspired by events like The Summit, don’t miss the chance to witness these thrilling matches and cheer for your favorite teams as they compete for glory and bragging rights! 🏆🎮

🎭 Cosplay Workshops + Competitions:
Learn, create, and compete in cosplay! 🧵🎨✨ We have some exciting Cosplay Award Categories for participants to compete in:

🌟 Best in Show: The holy grail of awards, this category honors the contestant who reigns supreme.
⚔️ Best Prop: While it may be flimsy in a fight, it will be spectacular on stage. The prop to rule them all wins here.
🛡️ Best Armour: Handcrafted and ready to protect against any foam-based weaponry, this celebrates the best-worn armor.
✂️ Best Needlework: Precision and skill that won’t go unnoticed—this award recognizes the finest technical sewing work.
🌱 Best Up and Coming: Open to new contestants who have never entered a cosplay competition or won a main category before. A chance to celebrate rising talent in the cosplay world!

🎨 SAEGX Artist Alley:
Discover and support the 40+ artists showcasing their work—you’ll be seeing some of our very own Swinburne students debuting for the first time and renowned alumni coming back to show them how it’s done! 🎨👾

🤝 Sponsored by:

Sulbing
PAX
Lumin's Workshop
UDLE

We’re proud to have the following joining us:

Captain Patchit Cosplay Repair Team
Red Bull
Fortress Melbourne

Appearances from reputable cosplayers and casters for various game titles will be part of the excitement as well!

It’s all happening right here at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn Campus, and the best part? ENTRY IS FREE! 💸🎉

Want to get involved or learn more? 📝 Follow us on Instagram for anime/cosplay-related updates and information: saegexpo 🌸✨