Power outage pulls plug on eSports

By Eben Rosentrater

The CSC Eagle eSports Rocket League team had their season detrimentally affected after Monday’s power outage forced them to forfeit their match against the Florida State University Seminoles, which ruined their hopes of an undefeated regular season.

“It’s just an unfortunate situation for us,” CSC eSports Student Head Coach Drew Kurtenbach stated in a text. “I think it’s tough to really say one easy solution. There could be some adjustments to the rules to be made to allow for scenarios which prohibit teams from playing due to factors out of their control.”

At about 4:30 p.m. Monday, just two hours into the power outage, the Eagles were faced with the difficult challenge of rescheduling their match with the Seminoles. The Seminole team was unwilling to reschedule the match to Tuesday, securing a victory for themselves and a higher playoff seed.

“It just comes downs to rules and not bending no matter the situation,” Kurtenbach stated. “It’s hard to get these matches scheduled away from the default time and trying to expect another team to be able to accommodate us is tough.”

At about 8 p.m., power was restored. The team tried to renegotiate the match with FSU, but they refused. The Eagle Rocket League team ends their regular season 5-1 going into the playoffs.

Kurtenbach assured that despite the frustrating results of Monday, the team has never been more motivated to compete after this situation.

“I think the whole situation motivated the team more than it frustrated them,” Kurtenbach stated. “I don’t think I’ve seen our team this dead set on our goal to win our divisional playoffs.”

Playoffs for both the Rocket League and Call of Duty teams begin next week on Monday and Wednesday. The teams are available to watch on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/Chadron_State_Esports.