STACK #155 Sep 2017

INTRO GAMES

In Super Mario 3 , if you let a chain chomp pull against its chain enough times, it will break free on the 50th attempt. Did you know?

SEPTEMBER

5 years ago - The Mists of Pandaria update for World of Warcraft is released. 10 years ago - Halo 3 launches for the Xbox 360, developed by Bungie. 20 years ago - Croc: Legend of the Gobbos makes it to the PlayStation 1. 30 years ago - The SEGA Master System hits shelves in Europe.

GT SPORT JB are offering an exclusive Steelbook edition, as well as a Europe Theme pack featuring three cars!

Every month STACK takes a brief look at what’s happening in esports, both locally and overseas. esports Round-Up Junglist with

I t’s been an incredibly busy time for Australian esports, with the talk of the town being our performance at the Overwatch World Cup qualifiers in Sydney. After demolishing Portugal and Italy, a loss to Sweden meant Australia had to book its ticket to the World Cup finals by fighting a Japanese side that had a points advantage almost the whole time. The Australians kept managing to come back, even after being within one per cent of losing a final point, and snatched victory with some tricky, yet still frantic, defensive play. A new league has spawned in Australia. “The Elite Series” is a lovechild of several digital marketing companies undoubtedly volleying words like “youth” and “millennials” across meeting rooms. It aims

to tie its franchises to cities with names like the Melbourne Rebolte, and Perth Subnets. What’s unclear is “why?” – because while mainstream sports athletes playing for their actual hometowns are already rare, the only way to make geography less relevant is to choose a medium based on broadband. We'll find out more

Dire Wolves' roster in its entirety has quit the game...

soon.

group stages of the Call of Duty World League Championship, the former unable to recreate previous successes. Elsewhere, Aussie player Damien “kpii” Chok earned an individual $800,000 for team Newbee’s second place finish in DOTA 2’s The International 2017, losing out to Team Liquid. Perhaps most impressively, our very own Daniel "dandaking" De Sousa managed to qualify for the Quake World Championships by showing up Americans in the qualifiers – despite a ping of 272.

All is not well in Oceanic Smite, as top team Dire Wolves’

roster in its entirety has quit the game. A lengthy grievance statement from guardian player Richard Castle cited frustrations in dealing with developer Hi-Rez Studios. Recently third-placed Smite organisation Dark Sided has also disbanded, citing lack of motivation. Both Mindfreak and Tainted Minds crashed out of the

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