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Esports prepares for the upcoming season

Dhwani Parekh October 26, 2023

The Augustana esports team recently underwent a director change since last semester. The new director for the esports team is Peyton Tucker, who is replacing former director Joe Loomis. Despite the change...

Players on the esports team practice in new facility.

Augustana Esports team remains undefeated going into playoffs

Sarah Villani November 17, 2022

The Augustana Esports team is well into the season, with many of the teams making it into the playoffs next week. The “Valorant” and “League of Legends” teams are the top seeds.  “The goal...

OBScast The Augustana Observer Podcast – Talking Esports with Head Coach Joe Loomis

October 8, 2022

Podcast Director Jaren Smith sits down with Head Coach Joe Loomis to discuss Esports at Augustana. From recruitment to tournaments, this podcast delves into the essentials of an emerging competitive sport.

Senior Anthony Zavala plays practice matches of Overwatch at the Augustana Esports House.

Powering up: Paying attention to the rise of collegiate esports

Kyle King April 23, 2022

One of the fastest-growing sports in the world is played on a computer, according to Next College Student Athlete (NCSA). This refers to the growing popularity of esports, which at its core is playing...

Augie Esports member Evan Webber plays matches of Valorant at the Esports House.

First online and all gender varsity team- Esports

Stuti Shrestha November 18, 2021

Esports is a competitive sport which is played online. It has been a club for four years, but this year, it was launched by Augustana as the first all-gender varsity sport on campus. Director of esports...

eSports live in action for the first time

Olivia Hagerty September 20, 2018

On Thursday, Sept. 13th, the Augustana eSports team traveled to the new Paradigm Virtual Reality Gaming and Training facility in Davenport to compete against their cross-river rivals, the St. Ambrose Bees....

Augustana Adds eSports

December 14, 2017

Although the NCAA does not officially recognize eSports as a team sport yet, the number of collegiate teams around the nation has grown exponentially over the past few years. After working to get the proper...

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