ZippyRulz Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Sergeant Zip said: Not sure what this means but they won and Matt Wilson is really proud. I'm proud of them too - Go Zips! (And nice jerseys) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyfan34 Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Anyone know if Jerseys are available for purchase? My son would love one. We just watched the final and he was going crazy even doing Zip go the Zippers cheer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 https://www.beckersspine.com/sports-medicine/item/46520-cleveland-clinic-partners-with-ohio-university-in-esports-initiative-4-things-to-know.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Our friends 17 year old son won $112,500 for finishing 9th in the Fortnite world championships held in NYC several weeks ago. First place paid $1 million. Edit; the winner collected $3 million. Seems he got "Swatted" recently. https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/27374218/fortnite-champ-bugha-swatted-streaming Edited August 13, 2019 by Hilltopper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted November 15, 2019 Report Share Posted November 15, 2019 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZachTheZip Posted November 18, 2019 Report Share Posted November 18, 2019 Getting a National Championship match aired on TBS is really impressive. I'd say the risk the university took in starting an eSports program is paying off in a big way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDZip Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 With coronavirus e-sports may be all we have left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Sergeant Zip said: Haven't we won the national championship the past two years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said: Haven't we won the national championship the past two years? Only in one of the esport games - Rocket League. The University sponsors teams in seven esport games Edited March 12, 2020 by Aaron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) On 12/19/2017 at 12:09 PM, ZachTheZip said: Akron's focus on STEM and the recent accreditation of the Computer Information Systems program really play into this. There's actually been a demand for something like this on campus. And before I hear anybody saying that this isn't sports: If Poker can get primetime spots on ESPN, then eSports like League of Legends or Smash belong there too. They're more fun to watch, at any rate. eSports is far bigger both by audience size and by financial measures than sports like golf or tennis. Can you back up your last sentence with some facts? Please keep in mind that there is a difference between participants and audience. Millions of spectators attend professional golf events each year and millions more watch televised golf events. I copied some info from the internet to provide you with just one financial measure of professional golf. The PGA TOUR's charitable total, which includes a record $204.3 million in 2019 to bring the all-time total to $3.05 billion, includes donations made by tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica and PGA TOUR Series-China. eSports is a sport just like tidily winks and other games that don't require the level of strength and physical skills that most people associate with sports. Rest assured eSports will probably be an Olympic sport before too long and by that time the audience for eSports will have grown to a much higher percentage of the audience for golf or tennis (it may event match that of Poker (which isn't a sport either, it's a game). Edited March 12, 2020 by Zipmeister . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZipsVoice Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 15 hours ago, Zipmeister said: If Poker can get primetime spots on ESPN, ESPN never claimed poker to be a sport, but was part of the "Entertainment", the "E" in ESPN....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipmeister Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 hours ago, ZipsVoice said: ESPN never claimed poker to be a sport, but was part of the "Entertainment", the "E" in ESPN....... Add me to the list of people/TV networks who never claimed poker was a sport. Not even ZTZ claimed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200506/two-ua-esports-teams-national-champs I wonder if esports is on the chopping block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreed5120 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, ZippyRulz said: https://www.beaconjournal.com/news/20200506/two-ua-esports-teams-national-champs I wonder if esports is on the chopping block? I'd imagine the overhead is quite low once you get past the initial start up costs. Not sure we'd be saving much by cutting it, but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyHoke Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 No, it's not a varsity sport and is not associated with the athletics department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Our friends 18 year old son has won over $250K playing Fortnite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/4/2022 at 11:12 PM, Sergeant Zip said: Fantastic job by Akron on being the ones to host this. There is so much money flowing in the eSports world, and it would be very beneficial to become one of the hotspots. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 I don't know what this means but it seems good 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) I was watching one of the collegiate eSports events earlier this year. They highlighted one of Akron's players and did a full montage of him for his last event. They talk about Akron in the collegiate eSports world like Bama in football or Duke in basketball. It's pretty wild. Also, it's just natural for the Soccer Kings to be good at virtual car soccer, too. Edited October 8, 2023 by Let'sGoZips94 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueandgold Posted October 20, 2023 Report Share Posted October 20, 2023 I wish eSports was around back when I was there. I would have loved to compete in several of the sports games, especially football and basketball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 I would have been a National Champ in Pong! Coach Cheryl was years ahead of her time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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