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SMITE DOWN
UNDER
By Noe Ponce
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MITE servers for Australia and New
of “MOBA” and “bar” and is used when a bar,
Zealand launched in October 2014. While
pub or tavern hosts a MOBA watch party. Live
there was not an Oceanic presence up on stage at
eSports games are streamed and televised
the first SMITE World Championship in January,
inside the restaurant for their patrons to enjoy
SMITE is alive and well in the land Down Under.
while drinking, eating and having a good time.
The Oceanic servers make up an estimated
A good time is exactly what SMITE fans
2.2 percent of the 5.5 million downloads of
experienced at the various Breakfast of the Gods
SMITE worldwide. That is 121,000 downloads
locations in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.
in Australia and New Zealand alone, and those
The SMITE Breakfast of the Gods (BotG) was an
numbers are only increasing. In fact, MOBAs
event that took place during the SMITE World
(Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas) in general are
Championship back in January. Since Australia
very popular in the Oceanic region. So much so,
is 16 hours ahead of Atlanta, and New Zealand is
that the term MOBAR was coined in mid-2012.
18 hours ahead, Oceanic players could n