By Santi Elbow
Edgewood College’s eSports student organization is exploring ways to grow.
Kareem Massie, the creator and president of the eSports organization, said he plans to advertise the organization but has not decided on the angle.
Vice President Jordan Bauer said the question isn’t if people want to be playing games. “It is if we can reach those people,” he said.
The organization currently has 70 students and its goal is to reach at least 12 full-time members excluding executive board members. Currently they have only five, but Bauer said, “we are looking to get as many as possible.”
The organization has an executive board consisting of a President, Vice president, Marketing Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer.
They also plan on reaching out to Edgewood High School and run eSports events with them. They did this earlier at the beginning of the year by hosting a video game tournament and inviting the high school to come to campus and participate in the tournament. “We invite anyone from the school to come and join, which can often times cause recruiting as well to non-freshmen students.” Bauer said.
“We do certain kinds of events for incoming freshmen students or high school seniors where they can come to the campus and have an admissions day experience,” Bauer said. On these occasions, students observe the arena, the supplies in that room, and get a chance to play some games. `
“This is one way we found that recruiting actually works because students are super excited after that,” Bauer said. This is a strategy eSports plans on using to advertise themselves in the future.
Another strategy they use to encourage student involvement is partnering with other student organizations. “A lot of the tournaments that Edgewood’s eSports participate in are sponsored by other organizations,” Bauer said.
eSports tries to appeal in as many ways as possible that are most productive to advertise for this organization. Some of the social media platforms they use are Twitter and Instagram. Students can connect with them on Twitter at @Streamin_Eagles and Instagram at @streamingeagles.
“One that we have not quite done yet but is probably the founder of these tournaments is an organization called NACE,” said Bauer. “That is just one of the organizations, but otherwise anyone can set up a tournament.”
If students want to personally reach out to Massie or Bauer about joining Esports as a member, they can contact them via email at KMassie@edgewood.edu and JBauer@edgewood.edu. Students can also email the organization at eSports@edgewood.edu.
For more information on eSports, see On The Edge’s article “eSports arena takes over first floor Stevie Hall” by Anna Hansen, which can be found in October’s archives on the OTE website.
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