Excited to share that I'll be joining @FerrisState as a tenure-track faculty member in Professional Esports Production this fall!
Looking forward to sharing my passion for #esports and helping prepare the next generation of industry professionals 🎮 #highereducation
This is Nishil, a collegiate Valorant player who had a medical emergency and had pancreatitis send him to the ER. The team they were playing refused to reschedule, so this bad a$$ played a bo3 from his hospital bed and won… 2-0
Legend
How many teams and players from the same program have to get caught cheating for our industry to realize that this program is extremely detrimental to our entire space. Like come on…
We are now talking about MULTIPLE teams over MULTIPLE game titles over MULTIPLE leagues…
My opinion: Esports and gaming is THE MOST powerful retention tool higher education has ever had, when used correctly.
Read that again, let it sink in. Most of us are missing that opportunity.
Here's a developing story in collegiate:
@olemissesports could not access Riot servers today.
Mississippi legislature voted to ban access to software from Tencent (and other companies) on state-operated networks, which includes state schools. Tencent owns Riot Games
Ex-@BarryUniversity Esports players talk about competing in @CollegeCoD when they weren't enrolled and "cooking up a fake transcript" (second clip)...
This should make your blood boil.
@JakeSucky
I have heard of at least 3 college esports directors who have ended up in the hospital due to the stresses of our jobs.
We have a problem and we need to talk about it. #collegeesports