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Let’s talk coaching Bobcats! Today I sat down with the Coordinator and semi-coach of the Texas State E-Sports Overwatch team, Nick ‘Kuda’ Miller, for a short interview inside of discord. In the video we talk about questions such as: What do coordinators and coaches do for the E-Sports teams? Is being a coordinator/coach enjoyable? HasContinue reading “Coaching & Coordinating”

Hey Bobcats! Today we’re going to talk about the positive and negative impacts illness’s have on E-Sports, and ways that we work around them. As many of us know at this current time, Covid-19 is presently affecting all of Texas State. For many this means spending more time indoors, moving out of dorms, and onlyContinue reading “E-Sports & Illness”

Let’s watch some games Bobcats! Media coverage is crucial to any attempts at establishing a professional gaming scene. Be it virtual or in person, competitive gaming requires: Exposure to the public – The public is necessary to competitive gaming, in order to prove to potential sponsors and to generate revenue to gaming companies, sponsors, host-organizations,Continue reading “E-Sports and Media Coverage”

Let’s Practice Bobcats! Practice, Scrimmages, Tournaments, and Interscholastic Competitions. These are some examples of things that school athletics, or school interscholastic competitors do during the school year in order to improve their ability and maintain their skill set and team cohesion. An important thing to understand about E-Sports is that we practice our games.. alot.Continue reading “Practice and Scrimmages”

Let’s talk about money! For many people who hear about E-Sports, they tend to believe it is just a collection of gamers or people with too much time on their hands, attempting to justify video games by labeling it a sport. After many discussions and debates with various E-Sports club members, and personal experience, we’veContinue reading “E-Sports and Promotions”

Let’s Play Bobcats! Tryouts! Similar to any sport organization/club, TXST E-Sports hosts tryouts for the games it participates in. However, tryouts work differently based upon the game and organizer. Below I’ll be listing the different games we currently host, as well as the try out periods and how each game hosts/hosted tryouts. A good shortContinue reading “Tryouts!”

School Year of 2018 During 2018 Texas State took a step toward future internet based competition with the official establishment of the E-Sports club! School Year of 2019 As of 2019 the Texas State E-Sports club took 2 big steps forward. The first step we took was becoming identified as an ‘official‘ sports club. ThisContinue reading “History at a glance of TXST E-Sports”

Press Play! Hello everyone, my name is Luke Davis. I have an Associates degree in Communication Studies from ACC. I’m working on my Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies with a persuasive focus and a Mass Comm. Minor. My goal for this blog is to take everyone along for the ride as well as some ofContinue reading “Welcome to my E-Sports Blog!”