HLTV.org talked to Adam Apicella, Senior Director of events at Activision Blizzard Media, to provide a larger context for the MLG Columbus Major and to talk about various challenges that come with hosting arena events.

The fifth day of the MLG Columbus Major has seen its quarter-final play out, with Luminosity advancing over Virtus.pro and a semifinal currently playing out between Natus Vincere and Astralis.

HLTV.org sat down with Adam Apicella, the often praised Senior Director of the event, to get an understanding of his methodology behind running such a large scale event and to provide some information on various issues that have arisen since the Major started.

You will be able to find all of our future interviews from the Major, as well as highlight videos at our YouTube channel which can be found here.

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