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Week 3 SMSC Esports


Already 3 weeks into the semester and I am tired haha. Recently I made the varsity roster for Rocket League, which is the game I play on the epsorts team.

Once I found out I made varsity I felt very relieved that I made the cut. I have been putting in a ton of hours to get better and make top 3 on the team. Last year when I joined the team, I was the worst player on the team and now I am considered one of if not the best players for Rocket League.

One of the main reasons I am happy about making the team is I know once I graduate college, I will not have another opportunity like this in my life. The way Troy runs the program is not like any other program in the country. Most schools just have players and they coach themselves and pick what teams they want. Usually, the best player on the team is the captain and that person decides what happens for whatever game they are playing. The way Troy runs our program is we have coaches who run tryouts for all the games. After tryouts each team has a coach that will pick what leagues they play in or tournaments to play.

Honestly, I have never had this much fun in a competitive environment with anything else I have done before. I have been on many different sports teams before esports and none of them have even come close to being as enjoyable and fun. And as I write this, we have our first match today in one of the leagues we are playing in. It’s exciting, I mean we get to play some of the best players in the game this semester. One of the teams we play has 3 pro players. I would never get an opportunity like this in anything else I do competitively.

I am buzzing right now. I guess that’s me done for this one. See ya next week.

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  1. Colette LiepertSeptember 9, 2021 at 11:31 AM

    Thanks for sharing! I've always wondered what esports is like behind the scenes and it's interesting to see how ONU does it different from other colleges. It sounds like a lot of fun and congratulations on making varsity!

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