Life Hacks: Jan. 10 – 14
What’s happening at UI this week?
Welcome back Vandals! The start of the Spring 2024 semester means new classes and new opportunities to learn and have fun. Check out these exciting events and activities happening this […]
Tag: esports
Introducing the Vandal Esports Team
An Esports legacy in the making
In the basement of the Bruce Pitman Center, you can find the University of Idaho Esports team practicing for their upcoming matches. In a dimly lit computer lab, the smell […]
Low turnout, high hopes
Belief in a future esports program at the University of Idaho remains intact despite low participation in student intramural tournaments.
Getting any event off the ground can be difficult to run when no one signs up. Butch Fealy and the University of Idaho’s intramural department found themselves in a difficult […]
Dallas Fuel and San Francisco Shock square up in the Overwatch League
What you’ll see and where to find it for the June Joust
Every year, when the Overwatch League starts, 18 weeks of competition are planned out. At the end of weeks four and eight, special competitions happen that pit the four top performers in the ongoing […]
New Olympic Virtual Series promises video games at the Olympics
Virtual events will be coming to the Olympics as a part of a plan to create more digital engagement
Esports has officially joined the Olympics in the form of the Olympic Virtual Series, where Olympic players from worldwide will gather to compete in games based on physical sports, like […]
E-Sports Club has a new place to call home
Spring offers the club many opportunities for competition and recruitment
The newly developed E-Sports Club has had their struggles with the pandemic but were still able to keep up recruitment and lucked out in finding a new place to call home. While […]
Esports: it’s in the gamers
A new club hopes to bring competitive gaming to UI
The Esports Club is a relatively new club at the University of Idaho. They specialize in competitive video gaming where teams compete against other e-sports teams in tournaments. The games they play against one another can range from first-person team-based shooters like “Overwatch,” to fighting games like “Super Smash Bros,” to mass multiplayer role-playing games like “League of Legends.” Gamers can win prize money in these tournaments.
Same month, different madness
Esports are worth a watch, even amidst a busy March Madness
This Saturday, the NCAA Final Four will compete for glory and a spot in the championship. I’m not sure which four teams will be competing, and I’m not sure why […]
Esports — more than a game
Those who doubt esports are on the wrong side of history
Michael Jordan, Lionel Messi, Tom Brady and Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok — each name represents one of the greats in their sport. Jordan in basketball, Messi in soccer, Brady in football […]
Esports — just a game
With undoubted skill, esports lacks the physical exertions that make sports what they are
Coaches often encourage their athletes to “go back to the basics” and “focus on the fundamentals.” It is a common universal practice in sports. That same practice can be applied […]