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'The World Cyber Games 2007'
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game event :: game1 melbourne 2007

GAME1 Melbourne 2007

Starks covers the competitive gaming tournaments running at GAME1 Melbourne.

The Gaming Expo (Cav) | The Gaming Tournaments (Starks)

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From a competitive standpoint the Game1 tournaments are seen as the only national console competition going around. With a $2,500 kitty for the winner and some nice peripherals, the competitions has grown in size since its beginning last year.

As a result, competition tends to be downright ruthless when the business end of the competition comes around. Especially when you’re playing to redeem the money you spent flying down there!

Competitive FPS on console is lacking considerably in the ‘respect’ department. I can, to an extent, understand why a lot of people belittle the events themselves. PC gaming has been established for a good many years, and anyone who knows what an FPS is knows that Counter Strike is the game you play if you want to earn your stripes.

This presents a bittersweet edge to being a competitive console gamer. Whilst we contest that to be a competitive console gamer requires additional skill to that of our point and click compatriots, its indeed very difficult to prove this.



It wouldn't be a Starks feature without photos of booth babes


Never the less, it was with great to have another comp to get involved in and as usual the competition was fast and furious.

Whilst there will be many people who dislike Halo 3, the quality of the competition was the highest I’ve seen so far. Strategies, skill and screaming throughout the competition was the best I’ve seen since the ACL competition a few years back. Many familiar faces were present, and Australia’s best team in Best BR was present to defend their title as Game1 Champions.

COD4 Pool “A” final results
  1. Renegades
  2. KIA
  3. The Pack
  4. 2L2Q
  5. Mojo

COD4 Pool “B” final results
  1. Best BR
  2. Malice
  3. The Drop Bears
  4. Team Guff
  5. Cafe Jaguar

Call of Duty 4 was probably the competition I looked forward to the most. Being a new game, it provided hours of fun and tense moments. It was not dominated by one team (Yes, I know BBR went undefeated, but they had some very, very tough games) and overall I think all teams could lay claim to having a great time.

The Drop Bears held a line up of Strangled Duck, Psykerpath, F8 and myself. Whilst we had had very little time to play the game, and scarce game together, we managed to grab equal 3rd after seeding 6th in the Pool Play. We walked away with our heads high knowing we’d accomplished something.

Best BR pulled off some crazy clutch plays in the finals against Malice. Haxz0r, team captain, managed to pull a 4 kill deficit back with some frantic M16 fire to put his team in the lead. But Best BR really showed their class in the final when woaheddie, AbA and Beserka went nuts and quite literally dominated Malice in the final.

Good games to all.



The Drop Bears in their element


Halo 3 Pool “A” final results
  1. Best BR
  2. The Drop Bears
  3. 2552
  4. 2LLQ
  5. Think Your Funny!
  6. Renegades
  7. US7U
  8. H3ARTS

Halo 3 Pool “B” final results
  1. Kitty Kats
  2. The White Button
  3. Halo Dude Team
  4. Malice
  5. Rowtown Ryders
  6. Fallen Horizon
  7. Order 37

The Halo 3 was probably the centrepiece tournament. Microsoft’s flagship game was given a good smashing over the weekend and it was one of the tightest tournaments I’ve had the pleasure of watching.

With the game only being out a number of months, it was great to see clans had retained that impressive team work that characterised competitive Halo 2, and built upon it for the next instalment.

A veritable ‘Who’s who’ of Australian Halo turned up, which was quite good. Lots of familiar faces from the community, both new and old, made their appearance and it was great to see such support for the game.

The Drop Bears fielded their strongest side in any Halo competition since ACL, with Strangled Duck, Psykerpath, F8 and AbA turning out. Going through the hardest pool, the team took out overall 2nd and went into the finals with some good momentum. Losing only once to Best BR in the finals series – coupled with two losses in the rounds to Haxz0r’s crew – we beat off some determined challenges by Kitty Kat and 2552 to go into the Grand Final with Best BR, who were also playing some fantastic Halo.

The first game, a CTF on The Pit, was easily the closest game of the tournament. Although The Drop Bears went down 2-1, with 15 seconds left a raid was made on the BBR base that saw the flag taken by Psykerpath. However, with no Sudden Death rule setting, it was in vain and DB lost.

The second game, a Team Slayer on Guardian was won definitively by BBR 50-27. Best BR definitely showed their strength that day, as a line up like theirs should. Sporting Haxz0r, OMEGA ADZ, Dante and the incredible Beserka, they took the mantle of the best Halo 3 team in Australian.

Also running at the same time was the Altech NRG Cup; A Conter-Strike: Source competition also with a good cash prize on hand. Sequential Gaming, WCG Champions and an altogether formidable team, attended the tournament and, in what I would class as a bit of a white wash, absolutely smashed all competition in their path to add another feather to their hat.



Altech NRG Cup tournament


Honestly, I watch these guys every time I’m at a comp, and they never cease to impress. Whilst Team Livid put up some stiff resistance come the finals, it really was SG’s day and they took the competition out with little fuss.

The standings for Altech NRG Cup were:

  1. Sequential Gaming - $2,500 Cash
  2. Team Livid - $1,500 in peripherals
  3. Team Fiend - $1,000 in peripherals

SG sported a different line up for the stages, with Jaytee taking OZi’s place, but when the finals rolled round, their A-Team took the stage and it was, literally, game over. Their line up is:

Chris "dblstr" Galbory
Luke "Havoc" Paton
Austin "OZi" Bunney
Josh "deathdoG" Edwards
Mark "iz" Bytschkow

Overall some good competition play on show, and I’m looking forward to Sydney.

Big props go to Anna and Cav for coming out to see me, everyone who came up to say hi to me and the Go SOLID guys.



Halo Boys



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