By: Jeremy Blye

 

As many of you know, we had our Welcome Back Bash last Tuesday. It was a way to help welcome back our community with a neat little kickback event. We had a bunch of Nintendo Switch setups, Sega Genesis setups, a Nickelodeon All-Stars Brawl setup, pizza, free merch, and an amazing community to come support what we put on! Let’s take a look at what happened last Tuesday.

 

Throughout the 4 hour event, we had a pretty big audience show up that were both a part and not a part of the community. It was neat to see how we were able to attract people that were and were not a part of our community. Many people decided to stop on by because they heard all of the sick gaming music and sounds coming from the basement. We even had some Super Smash Bros. battles go on between our Varsity team and some fellow gamers that showed up to the event. There was some friendly banter between the competing parties, but it was fun to see both a competitive and casual scene come together and just have fun in the middle of the school year. On top of the banter in game, the concourse became flooded with everyone who was at the center once the pizza came in. How can you say no to free food?

 

That’s what I thought. It’s pretty hard to say no to free food, yet alone famous Chicago pizza.

 

As the event started to wrap up, we definitely had a lot of people help close out a wonderful day at the Esports Center. It was a day full of gaming, socializing, and fun times. We can’t wait to see you at more of our awesome DePaul Esports events. Be sure to stay caught up in our Discord servers and social media!