By: Jeremy Blye
After a little bit of a hiatus from the blogs, I am glad to be able to talk about what has happened in the past two weeks. Honestly, it has been a packed couple of weeks. This has allowed me to share a decent amount of information with updates to the organization. Let’s get started.
DeSmash Tourneys: Almost every week, the Super Smash Bros. Club has been holding Smash tournaments that bring around a huge crowd. So far they have been on Saturdays and they start at around 1PM usually. I have to say it has been quite amazing seeing the types of turnouts we have for these types of events. Before the tournament today, there was about 38 people signed up. That number could very much vary and be bigger now that it is the day of the tournament.
Tryouts: Like I said in the previous post, we had virtually all of our tryouts over the majority of the gaming titles we offer. Most of the teams have finally solidified their rosters and many of them will be competing within many different leagues. The most important of those leagues comes down to EGF and the Big East section. Hopefully our teams will have solid seasons this fall and will bring home some dubs for DePaul. After seeing the amount of interest in Esports this year, I am interested to see how many people we actually have on our rosters. I know this organization is growing rapidly, and it will be amazing to see the sheer number of competitive players going into this school year. Not only that, the graphics that are being put together for some of our announcements are awesome! Check out this roster announcement from Matt Beach:
This Week in DePaul: I am glad to announce that Kevin and I will be starting this show up again. We have a few things we need to iron out as far as production goes, but we will be starting all of that up again. That also means there is possibly some Jerm on the Streets in the works for these episodes. You will just have to stay tuned in the future to see what we have to offer for you all.
In Person Events: If you did not know, we had a gaming night with the Student Center. It had an amazing turnout. I believe we had over 200 people show up for it. Unfortunately, I was on duty as an RA so I could not attend, but I heard amazing things about the event. Our friends Matt and Kevin were taking the lead on this event and it worked extremely well.
Every little event we are holding this year only shows to me the possibilities that this year holds. Like I have said before, Esports has so much potential to become something greater, and I am able to see that even though the school year has just started. I am excited to see what else we are able to accomplish and what communities we are able to facilitate. Only time will be able to tell what can happen, and I am ready for the ride!