The Invisible Game by Zoltan Andrejkovics

Super Smash Brothers is another PVP, player versus player, competitive style game. You choose a legend, join a team, and go head-to-head in a battle to the death against your opponents’ legends. League of Legends is an RPG – role-playing game – full of heroes, or legends, with different skills and attributes. Rocket League is a game where you are put into a match, up to four players a team, and you are a car playing soccer against the other team. This may sound basic, but there are a wide variety of boosts, tricks, game modes, and fully customizable car features.

“ The games we are competing in are Rocket League (didn’t quite finish high enough for tournament), League of Legends which had a record of 11-3 and is ranked 37 out of 175 teams, and Super Smash Brothers who are ranked 47 out of 182 teams,” said Wilson. It was really nice meeting new people and seeing old friends. It’s funny how calm we are when we’re not competing,” stated Noah Casaletta, junior at Blackman High.Ĭurrently, the club takes part in several games, competing against other schools nationally and internationally.

“We are gamers, so we don’t usually get to see each other in person, especially because of COVID this year. Gaming and Discord aside, the club has only met in person for club photos. It allows people to communicate through voice, video, or text additionally, you can join servers where larger communities can interact. “ We have our own discord server where we meet, and we also have two teams about to start the regional tournaments,” said Joy Wilson, esports club sponsor at Blackman High.ĭiscord is an online platform used by gamers, streamers, YouTubers, and more. The club started three years ago with Natalie McDowell getting a constitution approved for a school club only about gaming. Most of these competitions hold a cash prize that can only be obtained by the last team standing. Bracket tournaments are held to find top teams, or players, and strict rules are enforced.īlackman High School has its own esports team, which has grown in the national, and international leagues. Gamers all around the world work with a team every day to improve their skill in time for the leagues. Esports stands for electronic sports, which is a term used to define any video game that has professional competitive scenes. Īndrejkovics, amongst a rough estimate of 380.2 million others, occupies a largely known community of esports players. “The team that keeps winning is not the most talented but the most hard-working,” stated Zoltan Andrejkovics, author of The Invisible Game: The Mindset of a Winning Team.

The Invisible Game by Zoltan Andrejkovics