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Despite Datacenter Attack, AGA Doubles Down on Coverage of MLily Cup and AGA Pro Qualifier

The year is barely a few days old and it's already been an exciting one for the American Go Association. Hundreds tuned in on January 1 to Myungwan Kim 9Ps commentary on our YouTube channel for the third round of the MLily Cup battle between go titans Lee Sedol and Ke Jie. 

Then an attack on the datacenter that hosts our site took the AGA's website down until midday Sunday (though we were able to get some preliminary content out via our Facebook and Twitter feeds on Saturday and early Sunday), just in time for our coverage of the 4th AGA Professional Qualifier at the Hotel Normandie in Los Angeles. And as the AGA pro event began to wind down for the day early Sunday evening, our coverage of the fourth round of the MLily began. "After the pro qualifications, I thought I'd have a go overdose, but no way," said one YouTube viewer, "let's watch this game." AGA Pro Qualifier coverage continues all week, with game broadcasts beginning at 9:30a PST and 3P PST daily, along with continuous posts on Facebook and Twitter, plus game highlights on YouTube. And if a fifth game is needed in the MLily Cup, we'll broadcast that as well; stay tuned for complete details. report/photos by Chris Garlock