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With the Gfinity Elite Series in full swing, we took some time to ask the six clubs a few questions about themselves, their history and their players.
Melbourne Order are the club we have look at today. They’re one of the newer esports organisations on the Australian scene – but they’ve made quite the mark so far.
Tell us, briefly, about Order’s history? What have been some club highlights?
Order was originally founded by Gerard Murphy, and his desire to combine high-performance culture with the emerging esports scene. Gerard sought out a leading professional in the scene and begun talks with Jake Tiberi.
Jake had a wealth of experience available, and the same desire as Gerard to create a domestically dominant, internationally competitive esports organisation, that would be based and grown out of Melbourne.
The duo wasted no time in approaching and signing the top of the talent pool in Oceanic League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and founded the teams that we have today.
A major highlight for us was setting up the Melbourne LoL house for our team, and getting the team settled in. Traditionally, LoL houses are based in Sydney, so to see our team set up in Melbourne was a big deal for us.
Our CS:GO team have also qualified for IEM Katowice, and IEM Sydney this year, and they were also both major highlights for us. The attendance at IEM Katowice was fantastic because the CS:GO team were still a new acquisition, and the team had less than a week practising with new pickup Alistair ‘aliStair’ Johnston, before qualifying for the tournament.
How have your draftees reacted to the experience of being picked up by a professional esports team? How have they fit in with the pros?
Of the draftees that we have had play in matches throughout the Gfinity Elite Series, the feedback has been positive.
Everyone has been really pleased with the presentation of the Elite Series Arena, and have had great experiences playing on stage in front of a live audience while working in with the teams we have assembled.
For us, this kind of feedback has been really important, because Gfinity presented a unique opportunity – to blend the grassroots up and coming scene, with pre-existing professional teams.
It has worked well, it has been a lot of fun, and we’re excited to continue working in the format.
Which of your players – professional or draftee – has the most interesting backstory? Does anyone have any bizarre pre-game rituals?
I think that would have to be Chris ‘emagine’ Rowlands. Chris is well and truly a veteran of Australian Counter-Strike. He has been playing since Counter-Strike: Source and, after his transition to CS:GO, has been in top Oceanic teams his entire career.
He has represented Australian teams competing overseas countless times, and is one of the few players – active or not – that has competed at a CS:GO Major.
Chris is also one of the few Australian players that has moved overseas to play CS:GO. Chris has witnessed the entire evolution of Oceanic esports, and he has been an active professional the entire time, which is really rare.
Which game do you think you have the best chance in?
Order has one of the best CS:GO teams in Australia, ranked #37 in the world. The team of veterans and young prodigies will be competing under Melbourne Order when we utilise them in Gfinity.
We don’t expect them to lose games against the competition in the Elite Series and are confident against all our opponents. That being said, we are confident in the rosters we have assembled for Street Fighter V and Rocket League, we are looking to take the competition out.
Why should Melbourne esports fans get behind your team? What makes you the team to pick?
Order was founded in Melbourne, our offices are in Melbourne, our staff are in Melbourne, our game house is in Melbourne – even our merchandise is designed, produced, and made in Melbourne.
We are Melbourne esports. There isn’t anyone that comes close.
If you could add one more game to the Elite Series line-up, what would it be and why?
In an ideal world, League of Legends would be an awesome addition to the Elite Series.
Order is also
home to one of Australia’s best League of Legends teams and, much like our CS:GO roster, seeing them dominate in the Gfinity arena to become the Elite Series Champion is something would be a big milestone for our club.
In a realistic world, we think Dragon Ball FighterZ, Rainbow Six: Siege and Fortnite would also be great titles to see in the Gfinity Elite Series.
Note: Gfinity Australia is a joint venture with HT&E Events. The Roar is published by Conversant Media, which is owned by HT&E.