On March 7, a Super Smashbros Ultimate Tournament was held at the Castle Leazes Halls, Newcastle University, hosted by NSE(National student Esports), 63 students to participate in the competition as a gamer.
In 21st, the development of e-sports competitions has been global and rapid. For instance, The International, DOTA2 Championships has been held for 9 consecutive years in 5 countries, the 2019 prize pool once reached $ 34,330,068. MOBA, FPS, RTS, Fighting games there are all have series of games which the number of audience has 443 million in 2019.
Recent years, the major gaming race we see from the screen are no longer just exclusive professional e-sports players, Official competitions also seem to be geared towards college students, There is even a large league like WUCG (World University Cyber Games). Wang Gang, Vice Chairman of China University Sports Association said: “These competitions provide a stage for e-sports-loving colleges and universities to show their skills and creativity, and drive them to apply the skills of e-sports and the thinking of teamwork to daily life.”
The Super Smashbros Ultimate Tournament facing college/university students across the England, large scale, established playing venues at Newcastle University, Manchester University and King’s College London. These three universities were chosen because they cover almost all parts of England in order to get more students involved.
Dhillan Kumar, 21, a staff form NSE who running in the scene said, dividing the participants into eight groups in this tournament in Newcastle, 5 players per group, the player in their groups fight each other and pick the top 2 player in each group, and let them play until a winner. “Then is the 3v3 team fight, there are 6 teams totally, will pick 2 teams as the winner.” Kumar said. Jonathan Tilbury, 28, the managing director of NSE said, winners of team and individual races will receive free tickets and accommodation for the finals in Nottingham, April. “Monster and Nintendo both sponsored the game, players don’t need to worry about their logistics.”
The players present showed their passion for this series of games. Charlie Wilson, 21, study in Durham University who bring his team called The Real Durham Gamer and also is team leader. He and his team won the last term competition in Manchester, in Newcastle’s term, he remains confident in this game. “The main team in this round we think is Northumbia’s team, they are strong as we know, but we are also fully prepared. We have done a lot of practice and studied the opponent’s past game videos, so we know their playing style, I think we definitely have a chance.” Wilson said.
During the Super Smashbros Ultimate Tournament, players will win the points of British Esprots championship (overall E-sports competition for Universities’ student across the U.K), these points will qualify the player for this big match.
Several members of Newcastle Game society assists NSE staff on the scene.
The services of Reslife Accommodation in Newcastle University provided a playing field, responsible for answering questions about services.
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