{"id":1789,"date":"2019-09-20T10:49:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/?p=1789"},"modified":"2019-09-20T10:58:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:58:23","slug":"mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulerider E-Sports: How to Get Involved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/mulerideresports.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1791 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/mulerideresports-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/mulerideresports-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/mulerideresports-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/mulerideresports-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/mulerideresports.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>E-Sports is a form of competition that uses video games as a means of play. Like Football and Baseball, e-Sports athletes train for multiple hours a day, practicing for their next bout. Southern Arkansas University recently introduced the Mulerider e-Sports Lounge to bridge the gap between students and the world of competitive gaming.<\/p>\n<p>The e-Sports lounge is located on the second floor of the Reynolds Rotunda. It&#8217;s divided into two areas; the lounge, and the Lab. The lounge hosts multiple televisions and comfortable seating to hook up and play games on. The Lab is a room to the side that can be accessed through the lounge full of powerful computer hardware to play on. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/muleriderclassic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1792 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/muleriderclassic-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/muleriderclassic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/muleriderclassic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/muleriderclassic-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/muleriderclassic.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAU has multiple e-Sports teams, and each is dedicated to a particular game and their unique roster of E-Sports athletes. The e-Sports teams include Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Rainbow Six: Siege, and Rocket League. The e-Sports lounge is used by these teams to practice for competition against other schools that have e-Sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>The best part, though? Anyone can use the e-Sports lounge and the e-Sports Lab! There will be a sign posted next to the door with a list of times for team practices. As long as no team is practicing during the time you come in; you&#8217;re free to play some games! You might find a couple of people to play with, too!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1789 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/img_20190830_201550\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190830_201550-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/img_20190830_193513\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190830_193513-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/img_20190830_163753\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190830_163753-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/img_20190830_155509\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190830_155509-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/img_20190830_162411\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190830_162411-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/2019\/09\/20\/mulerider-e-sports-how-to-get-involved\/img_20190830_155344\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/social\/files\/2019\/09\/IMG_20190830_155344-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<br \/>\nI took a trip over to the e-Sports lounge to find a Smash Bros. tournament going on, and I was even offered to participate. I declined, but I got to talk with Jackson Hill, the captain of the Smash Bros. team. I asked him how to get involved with the e-Sports teams, and this is what he said: &#8220;It&#8217;s great because you can walk up here and hang out and play games.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in joining a team, you can contact the team captain or Sandra Martin, who&#8217;s been a big help for getting this started. If you want to play Smash, you&#8217;re talking to the right guy!&#8221; He proceeded to wink, smile, and walk away as I laughed. He is right though, if you&#8217;re interested in getting involved with E-Sports, send an email to Sandra Martin at sandramartin@saumag.edu.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find more information about Mulerider E-Sports by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/mulerideresports\/\">web.saumag.edu\/mulerideresports<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mulerideresports\/\">Mulerider E-Sports Facebook page<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-Sports is a form of competition that uses video games as a means of play. Like Football and Baseball, e-Sports athletes train for multiple hours a day, practicing for their next bout. Southern Arkansas University recently introduced the Mulerider e-Sports Lounge to bridge the gap between students and the world of competitive gaming. 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