eSports Day

Details: Published: 26 March 2024

On Saturday 9 March, after the success of our first year, GSSC hosted eSports Day 2024. The aim of the event was to introduce students to an aspect of social gaming that has slowly diminished with the increased ability to connect online, and all who attended were very happy with the results of providing that experience. It also provided the opportunity for those students who are displaying high levels of skills in their gaming a chance to prove their abilities against others in a live environment. We had such great feedback from the first day that we were definitely going to keep running them!

Competitors came to set up in our Enterprise Building from 10am in the morning and planned out the tournaments they wanted to be involved in. Participants were excited to sign up for different tournaments and chatting to others who they may already know or had met for the first time due to their shared interest. Alongside our computer-based gaming we also had a board game and card game table set up by Cris Campanella for those who wanted a break from the screens throughout the day.

Our event runners, Justin and Brandon, as well as the team of volunteers Adam Fox, Brandon Stoll, Chris Harris, Cris Campanella, Robert Steer, Keegan Lambert and Bernie Brennan helped make sure our second year went off without an issue and were busy making sure the kids got the best possible experience out of it. It’s such a privilege to have the support and the opportunity to run these events, and I would love to see our team being able to support more days like this.

We gave out a huge range of prizes thanks to JB Hi-Fi and their generous donations. Our tournament winners were:

Rocket League 3v3 Jaiden Heinzmann, Blake and Brody Betson Each winner won a laptop bag with assorted merch!
Rocket League 2v2 Max Jenkin and Kobe Ahmat-Baldwin Each winner got a Cygnet goodie bag with a laptop charger, charging cable, power brick and a HDMI cable!
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate Ryan Briggs-Farrow Ryan walked away with a PowerA Spectra Pro Nintendo Switch Controller
Diabotical Free-for-All Winner – Jaiden Heinzmann Jaiden won a HyperX Alloy Origins Core mechanical keyboard! Runner-up – Max Jenkin Max received a Cygnet MagPod magnetic phone stand!
Diabotical 2v2 Elimination Winners - Liam Lewis and Max Jenkin Our winners each got a EV3A X17 Pro Gaming Mouse!
Chess Winner – Brody Betson Brody won a Logitech G335 Gaming Headset!
Fortnite 2v2 Winners – Nulla Morgan and Shanie Morgan! They both received an EV3A Z12 gaming keyboard! Runners-up – Blake and Brody Betson They both received a Cygnet MagPod magnetic phone stand!
Apex Legends Winner – Hayden Turner Hayden won a Cygnet goodie bag with a laptop charger, charging cable, power brick and a HDMI cable! Runner-up – Jaiden Heinzmann Jaiden received a Cygnet MagPod magnetic phone stand!
Overwatch Winner – Jaiden Heinzmann Jaiden won a EV3A Z20 Pro Gaming Keyboard! Runners-up – Brody Betson and Max Jenkin Both runners-up received a Cygnet MagPod magnetic phone stand!
Mario Kart 8 Winner – Storm Danda Storm won a Cygnet goodie bag with a laptop charger, charging cable, power brick and a HDMI cable!
Special Mention – Door Prize Our very own Adam Fox won the wheel spin and took home a Razer Blackwidow Mechanical Gaming Keyboard!