{"id":1842,"date":"2016-04-26T11:07:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T16:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:33:13","slug":"esports-preps-for-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/mpress\/esports-preps-for-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Esports Team Preps for League of Legends Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reading time: 2 minutes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPP has a team going to the final four \u2013 the Esports final four. The Saints Esports <\/a>team is undefeated and\u00a0carries a 36-0 record to the semifinals of the League of Legends national championship<\/a>, considered the biggest tournament in North America history. The finals will be contested May 6-8 in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n The Saints, seeded\u00a0No. 1, compete in the C-Star League Division I Tournament and face University of Waterloo in Canada in the semifinals. The tournament began with more than 128 teams. League of Legends is a five-versus-five multiplayer video game.<\/p>\n “We recruited some of the best talent in the country,” team coordinator Dan “Clerkie” Clerke said. “We have players from everywhere, including two from California, one from Arizona, and one from Canada.”<\/p>\n The Saints team consists of John Le, ranked as one of the top 10\u00a0players in the world, and squad members Cody Altman, Tony Chow, Andrew Smith and Marko Sosnicki, who are all ranked in the top 200. Clerke, an international business student, is also the owner of several successful eSport teams, including Enemy, a professional-tier League of Legends team.<\/p>\n “I’m excited to get Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPto the forefront of collegiate Esports,” Clerke said. “Esports is the biggest thing that nobody knows about. To put it in perspective, more people watched the League of Legends World Championship last year than every sporting event except the Super Bowl.”<\/p>\nË¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPSaints Esports Team<\/h6>\n