{"id":6639,"date":"2020-11-24T21:54:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T21:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2020-11-24T21:54:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T21:54:29","slug":"esports-continues-to-crush-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/11\/24\/esports-continues-to-crush-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports continues to crush competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Kayleigh Johnson ’22, layout editor
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LVC\u2019s esports team is cleaning up in matches and shows no sign of slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team is fairly new, having only been launched in spring 2018. It is LVC\u2019s first fully co-ed team. Varsity athletes compete in Call of Duty (fall 2019), Counter Strike, Fighting Games, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Overwatch, Paladins (fall 2019), Rocket League and Smite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team\u2019s overall record is 52-27. They have competed and won against larger universities such as Yale, Northeastern and Penn State. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cade Kassay, a junior digital communications major and member of the Overwatch and Hearthstone teams, explains how little LVC is able to clinch victories over much larger, more well-established schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the area that we really excel at is teamwork,\u201d Kassay said. \u201cOur team communicates with each other extremely well and we all know each other\u2019s playing styles and use that to our advantage.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The esports team has also helped to put LVC on the map. LVC is a member of the NCAA Division III, competing in the MAC Commonwealth. Playing against well-known schools generates more interest and respect for LVC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt makes me happy that a small school like LVC can be represented and play against bigger names,\u201d Jacob Triano, a junior digital communications major, captain of Overwatch and member of Valorant teams, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Overwatch team\u2019s recent victory over Albright College secured a day off for students. In past years, if the LVC football team won its rival game against Albright, students would march to the president\u2019s house and demand the Wednesday of Thanksgiving break off. This year, with football not being played as normal, President James MacLaren declared the Overwatch victory would suffice and canceled classes on Wednesday, Nov. 25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esports is a great opportunity for students who are passionate about video games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love being able to play my favorite games on a team and in a competitive environment,\u201d Nikolai Neufeld-Kreider, a senior digital communications major and member of the Overwatch, Counterstrike, Valorant and Hearthstone teams said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience and I\u2019ve made some really good friends.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LVC\u2019s esports season is over for the fall semester, but the team will return in full force next spring.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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