A bit of a lighter week as the Aussie esports scene gets back to its regularly scheduled broadcast — League of Legends and Counter-Strike! We've been keeping an eye on the Throwdown Rocket League season as well, and in the Hearthstone we spotted a new card that will almost 100% never see competitive play, but it's a wonderful thing regardless.
We're still updating our calendar and if your Aussie event isn't on it we want to know! This week we're obviously getting ready for Dota 2's The International — if you're looking for Aussie players, keep an eye on Newbee and OG who have kpii and Ana respectively. Remember you can email tips to me esportsau@ign.com or you can just click to send me an email. If you want, you can tweet suggestions at me as well, my twitter is down the bottom of this article. Make sure you check out the rest of the esports hub, as well!
CSGO - WCA APAC Qualifiers
The Asia Pacific Qualifiers for World Cyber Arena 2017 are in full swing, and the Chiefs have a firm grasp on their lead heading into Finals. BOOT-dS from Singapore, Signature from Thailand and TheMongolz from Mongolia make up the rest of the Final Four as Grayhound Gaming couldn't quite secure a place in the Finals. Which is a shame, because they had some great games — check out MoeycQ as he scores an Ace against TheMongolz below.
League of Legends - OPL Week 6
Some upsets in the OPL this week with the Chiefs falling to SIN and Legacy taking down the Dire Wolves. Maybe it's tough to call LGC v DW an upset, because Lost has been on a tear recently, really beginning to come into his own. This marks the end of the extra long weeks of OPL action I'm afraid, as the schedule returns to weekends only as we approach the end of the season. Watch Legacy put together the teamfight win which would swing momentum in their favour and hand them the 2-1 victory over the Dire Wolves below.
Rocket League - Throwdown Esports ANZ Challenge Week 3
JAM Gaming continue to dominate in Season 3 of the Throwdown Rocket League Series, snagging another victory over Pale Horse this week passed. Billy Fan Club snagged a win over Scylla, and Legacy fell to "The Other Team". Taking into account the games for and against, Scylla needs Billy Fan Club or The Other Team to fall to bits next week to have a shot at the top 4 — and they need to hope Legacy don't refind their week 1 form. Watch JAM secure their first round victory in overtime against Pale Horse thanks to a great one-two by Shadey and Express.
Hearthstone - Knights of the Frozen Throne Card Reveal
Aussie Senior Editor Cam Shea got his hands on one of the new Hearthstone expansions cards a little ahead of time, and he talked us through what the card has in store for us. The long and short of it is that I will absolutely dust every Rogue card I have to get this card, but its competitive potential outside of really frustrating certain fatigue focused decks is extremely limited. Watch the full reveal for all the card details below!
If there are any fantastic highlights from the AU scene you think we missed above, drop me a line on twitter or tell us in the comments below. I'm all over the good stuff though, so we'll see you next week for more!
Joab Gilroy is an Australian-based freelancer that specialises in competitive online games and esports. You can tweet at him here.
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