ESports to begin competing

CSC’s eSports club recently gained 26 members to compete on 10 different teams. 

The clubs teams, Rocket League, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege, Smite, Super Smash Bros and Fortnite all gained new competitors. 

“My biggest expectations are just continual improvement,” said Drew Kurtenbach, junior of Rapid City, South Dakota, eSports competitive lead. “And I really want to see consistency in showing up for practices and matches. I’m excited to see all the new faces and getting to try some new games out.”

Markus Ramsey, sophomore of Minden, who recently became the team lead for Rocket League, is looking forward to the coming season.

“I’m definitely looking forward to seeing how this season plays out,” Ramsey said. “Last semester was like a group of misfits that barely made up a team of three. Now, we’ve had tryouts, we do practices. Things feel more official. Like we are finally getting somewhere. Drew did a fantastic job of setting us up where we play in one league that is so open that we are more than likely going to lose every match and learn a lot from that experience. The other league is almost perfectly balanced to our starting team’s skill level that we’ll be able to actually win and see what teams similar to us in skill do.”

Overwatch, Call of Duty and Rocket League teams competed in the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) Star League, in the open division.

In the NACE Star League, Eagle’s Esports is ranked 11 in Call of Duty, 22 in Rocket League and 17 in Overwatch.The Eagles won a total of five matches and lost 12 matches throughout the NACE Star League. 

The team will also compete in the FaceIt Rainbow Six Collegiate Championships in the Rec. Division.