It's not often that Australian teams win big on the international stage, or against international teams. If anything, it's an upset, an aberration that's quickly rectified in the matches to come. But that was not the story from Rift Rivals this year.
Earlier this week, the Adelaide Crows announced their intention to build a high performance centre exclusively for esports. Days later, the Sydney Cricket Ground went one step further by opening the doors to a centre of their own.
The grand final of Split 2 in the Oceanic Premier League will be running for the entire evening. Watch a confident Chiefs side go up against Dire Wolves for the right to call themselves Australian champs.
Smite has announced the available spots for the competition to conclude its next split, the Summer Finals -- and there's no path for Australia to participate.
LG Dire Wolves travelled over to Atlanta over the weekend to take on the world's best in Smite, and wouldn't you know it, its first obstacle was esports powerhouse NRG.
