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Generation Esports Announces First Middle School Esports League Tournament

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:22:25 +0000

Generation Esports (GenE) — a global community-focused esports organization and tournament platform — today formally announced the first key activities for the newly launched Middle School Esports League (MSEL).

Following the path of GenE’s High School Esports League (HSEL) — North America’s largest competitive gaming organization for high schools, MSEL aims to harness middle school students’ passion for video games through organized competition and provide beneficial academic opportunities. The MSEL officially kicks off in the fall semester with the MSEL Fall Major esports tournament.

Beginning September 21, 2020, the MSEL Fall Major is an eight-week long esports competition where North American middle school esports clubs can compete against their peers in six popular multiplayer online video games. Winning teams will net their schools gaming hardware like Nintendo Switch consoles. Thanks to the innovative technologies that power Generation Esports’ tournament platform, competitors of the MSEL Fall Major will easily find time-slots and enter queues to arrange gameplay sessions with opponents for remote competitions.

Fortnite tournaments will be offered free to all middle schools to try out the platform and experience esports at their school. The full list of esports titles featured in the MSEL Fall Major includes Minecraft, Rocket League, Fortnite, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Just Dance 2020, and Mario Kart 8 DX.

Registration for the MSEL Fall Major begins August 24, 2020. Students, teachers/advisors, and existing esports clubs can register their teams at https://middleschoolesports.com.

“We are very excited to carry over all of our accomplishments and learnings from operating North America’s largest high school esports organization and offer middle school students the same opportunities,” said Mason Mullenioux, co-founder and CEO of Generation Esports. “Whether students are eying a professional esports career or just love playing video games, the Middle School Esports League will help students excel not only in organized competition, but academically — creating opportunities to improve their skills, grades, and future prospects.”

Additionally, a new esports-based curriculum for middle school students is being developed by Dr. Kristy Custer and Michael Russell from Complete High School Maize in Kansas — the two educators behind the innovative, Microsoft-backed HSEL Gaming Concepts curriculum that shaped high school students’ passion for video games into academic success. The new curriculum will launch in the near future and be available to middle schools to engage students in social-emotional learning (SEL) and digital citizenship through the lens of video games and esports. Where implemented, high school students who took the HSEL Gaming Concepts course saw an average of 1.4 points of GPA improvement and 95 percent or better attendance — strong evidence of the positive impact video games and organized esports can have on students’ lives, especially in an academic setting.

“Middle school is often the time when school becomes challenging not only academically, but also socially for students,” said HSEL Gaming Concepts co-creator Michael Russell. “All of a sudden students no longer have one teacher and a built-in group of friends that they spend their days within the classroom. So many students struggle to find where they belong. The new curriculum will help middle school teachers bring esports into their classrooms where they can implement purposeful play with the social-emotional learning and digital citizenship that is so desperately needed.”

Pricing for middle schools interested in joining MSEL begins at just $20 USD per student per tournament, with weekly Fortnite tournaments free to all students. Annual packages are available that include additional perks and are cheaper for growing programs. For Title 1 schools looking to raise funds for league fees and/or esports-related equipment, GenE facilitates financial assistance through STEM grants and its partnerships with non-profit organization Varsity Esports Foundation (VEF) and fundraising service partner FundMyTeam.

To learn more about HSEL and MSEL, please visit https://hsel.org and https://middleschoolesports.com.

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U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:33:16 +0000

Four-Day Esports Competition With Over $1,000 USD in Prizing Open to Pro-Am Esports Athletes in New York Metropolitan Area Starting July 3rd.

Generation Esports (GenE) — a global community-focused esports organization and tournament platform — announced today that it has teamed up with the United States Army to celebrate Independence Day and the Fourth of July weekend with a four-day online esports tournament with over $1,000 USD in prizing for competitors in the New York metropolitan area. Beginning July 3, 2020, participants of Generation Esports’ “U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament” will compete for top rankings in popular esports titles Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Fortnite, and NBA 2K20.

“Generation Esports was founded on the idea that a sense of community is of great importance,” said Mason Mullenioux, co-founder and CEO of Generation Esports. “In honor of Independence Day, a holiday that should remind us all about what it means to be American and the values that we should uphold, we wanted to bring some fun to esports fans next month. We are grateful to our partner, the U.S. Army, for supporting this new competition and look forward to the festivities.”

The U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament will be held online from July 3 through 6, 2020, with a multitude of prizes available each day for both participating and top competitors. Participants who best all of their opponents in any of the three tournament titles can win a video game console or console marketplace gift card of their choice. Additional tournament “Quests” based on daily participation will award even more prizes — including special U.S. Army Swag Bundles, gift cards, and more!

Through Generation Esports’ innovative online tournament platform, participants of the U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament can easily select preferred timeslots to compete with fellow competitors throughout the fourth of July weekend. Registration to Generation Esports’ U.S. Army 4th of July Esports Tournament is open to competitors between the ages of 16 to 24 years old within the five boroughs of New York City and the tri-state area. Interested parties can learn more about the tournament and sign up prior to registration closure on July 2, 2020, by going to https://generationesports.com/us-army-nyc.

To learn more about Generation Esports, visit www.generationesports.com.

For the latest news and updates from Generation Esports, like the organization on Facebook at https://facebook.com/joingenesports and follow on Twitter @joingenesports and Instagram. Fans can also join the official GenE Discord and subscribe on YouTube and at Twitch.tv/GenerationEsports.

About Generation Esports

Created by the founders of High School Esports League (HSEL) — the largest and longest-running competitive gaming organization for high school students in the United States — Generation Esports (GenE) serves communities across the world that wish to better engage today’s youth. GenE believes that esports is more than just video games; it’s competition, community, engagement, and relationship building. With over 3,000 partnered schools and 80,000 participating students within its HSEL alone, GenE makes it easy for communities of all backgrounds and ages to offer competitive esport experiences to their members. To learn more, visit https://generationesports.com.

Generation eSports Founding Team: Charles Reilly, Mason, Mullenioux, Aaron Hawkey

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High School Esports League Spring Major Championships

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 02:28:59 +0000

High School Esports League (HSEL) — a division of global esports organization Generation Esports (GenE) — is excited to announce that the championships to their Spring Major gaming tournament begin today! Amidst nationwide school closures, thousands of high school student esports athletes persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic, taking part in the eight-week-long HSEL Spring Major online tournament from the safety of their homes for a shot at winning up to $1,000 USD in college scholarships.

The varsity-level HSEL Spring Major esports competition began in March 2020, pitting North American high school esports clubs against their peers in 12 popular multiplayer online video games. Champions across all titles are set to win up to $1,000 USD scholarship prizes, with top participants and winning teams throughout the tournament additionally awarded three-month XBOX Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions (valued at $44.99 USD), and select weekly winners received $250 USD gift certificates to Zaxby’s restaurant.

The HSEL Spring Major championships will also feature live commentary by premier esports casters. Esports Insider Hall of Fame 2019 inductee and Dignitas vice president, Heather “sapphiRe” Garozzo, and others, will host select HSEL Spring Major finals matches over the course of the week live on http://twitch.tv/GenerationEsports starting today, June 8, 2020, at 7:00 pm CST.

The HSEL Spring Major championships will also feature live commentary by premier esports casters. Esports Insider Hall of Fame 2019 inductee and Dignitas vice president, Heather “sapphiRe” Garozzo, and others, will host select HSEL Spring Major finals matches over the course of the week live on http://twitch.tv/GenerationEsports starting today, June 8, 2020, at 7:00 pm CST.

The full list of esports titles featured in the HSEL Spring Major includes Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, FIFA 20, Fortnite, Hearthstone, Minecraft, Overwatch, Rainbow Six: Siege, Rocket League, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Super Smash Bros: Ultimate, Madden 20, and NBA 2K20.

The full HSEL Spring Majors grand finals livestream schedule is as follows:

Monday, June 8, 2020 – 7:00 PM CST: Overwatch [Casters: Irelique and Zark]
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 – 7:00 PM CST: Rainbow Six: Siege [Caster: Jazzman]
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – 7:00 PM CST: Rocket League [Casters: Irelique and Digital Bacon]
Thursday, June 11, 2020 – 6:00 PM CST: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [Casters: sapphiRe, topical_tv, and Boq]
Saturday, June 13, 2020 – 3:00 PM CST: Super Smash Bros: Ultimate [Casters: Shope and Kargo]

While the intention of this championship was meant to be hosted in person, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HSEL prioritized student safety and will instead host the “Zaxby’s Fastest Fingers Award Ceremony” at the conclusion of each stream. All of the winners of the HSEL Spring Major will be able to redeem their scholarship prizing online after the events.

The HSEL Spring Major championship follows Generation Esports’ free online charity tournament, the “Social Distancing Cup,” which concluded in May 2020 and was organized in support of communities nationwide affected by COVID-19. Featuring a $30,000 USD prize pool, the Social Distancing Cup saw a surplus of 3,000 new registered GenE members. GenE makes it easy for communities of all backgrounds and ages to take part in competitive esport experiences, with both the HSEL Spring Major and Social Distancing Cup tournaments being accessible entirely online during the current global pandemic.

For more information about the HSEL Spring Majors, please visit https://www.highschoolesportsleague.com/spring-major-2020.

To learn more about HSEL, visit www.highschoolesportsleague.com.

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eSports Team – Team Secret

admin — Sat, 23 May 2020 03:45:33 +0000

From Team Secret:

Team Secret is a global esports brand that strives to bring together the best players, to compete on the world’s biggest stages, and put forth the most entertaining experience for our fans.

We are passionately committed to building the esports community, and rely on a simple but winning philosophy – focus on cultivating the positive culture that is critical to success in team based esports. The Team Secret organization drives forward this philosophy by providing advertising and promotional sponsorship, talent and team development, business management, coaching, and support to players both professional and aspiring, who compete in esports.

Their gaming teams include:

DOTA2

FORTNITE

APEX LEGENDS

AGE of EMPIRES

RAINBOW SIX – SEIGE

CS GO

Player Unknown’s Battleground Mobile

For more information on Team Secret – check out their website here: https://teamsecret.gg/

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MMO Hall Of Fame is Now LIVE

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:21:39 +0000

MMO Hall Of Fame is Now LIVE

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