University of Leicester eSports

11/03/2017

Hey guys! The varsity games will be live in less than 20 minutes, so make sure to cheer on leicester uni on varsity games twitch:
twitch.tv/thevarsitygames

First game is going to be our two teams from UOL!

26/01/2017

Greetings Summoners! Prepare for battle as we are running a League of Legends 1 vs 1 Tournament on 18th Feb 2pm (a whole day of competition). Use your mechanics and strategy to rise of to the top!
Sign up to the tournament by registering and filling in few details here: http://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/A2lg8iRn8L
When you are joining the bracket join with your summoners name.
You can view the tournament bracket here : http://challonge.com/UoL_1v1_Tournament
View the tournament instructions, rules and details below on the image.
Make sure you have signed up to the society on union website. Also join our discord for communication.
We will also be streaming the tournament on twitch, link coming soon.
We have more events and tournaments upcoming and aim to host at least one event every fortnight this semester so keep updated.

16/01/2017

Welcome back everyone, hope you guys had a good holiday. To start off the year we have a great opportunity provided by ESL.
ESL are looking for an observer for League Of Legends for their premiership broadcasts for this season. It is required that you are at least high gold or above and an active follower of competitive League of Legends. They are hosting trials for the first week.
The first night is Wednesday 18th January from 5:30 at their studio. 16 Saffron Way, Leicester LE2 6UP.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We will have more updates for other things and events after the exam period.

09/11/2016

Hey guys,
There is going to be a rocket league tournament run by NUEL this Sunday if anyone would be interested in participating. It’s a pretty standard 3v3 PC tournament with 3 rounds of group stages leading to semis and finals. The tournament itself and the information can be found in the link below with the sign-up deadline being noon 12/11/16 as the tournament is on 13/11/16. If you feel like participating, either complete this form and we’ll sort you into teams, or if you have 3 people just sign up via the tournament link and let us know what your team is called and the members (DethMetalDuck on discord, James Boorman on FB).

Rocket League tourney link – https://thenuel.com/tournament/rocket-league-winter-16

Sign up form link - https://dethmetalduck.wufoo.com/forms/mj1xioi1cxee5o/

We’re also looking at creating some other teams for various games if people are interested, e.g. DOTA 2, Smash, or anything else you guys would wanna play competitively. If you fancy a DOTA 2 team, send us your details via the form below and we’ll try to get a team/some teams organised. For other games, just contact us directly with the game, team member(s) and how serious you want the team to be (casual/competitive), with competitive requires multiple times of practice a week (DethMetalDuck on discord, James Boorman on FB).

Sign up form link - https://dethmetalduck.wufoo.com/forms/q124qllv01td4dr/

18/10/2016

Just a reminder that the deadline is coming up for Overwatch NUEL teams and NUEL Hearthstone event. The NUEL deadline is Monday 24th; however the deadline for organizing the teams will be Friday 21st 11:59pm.

We have given this deadline so that we have time to put together the teams and give them the time to practice.

Fill out the forms if you are interested:
Overwatch: https://din12.wufoo.com/forms/q1a1zi3j1ub9xic/
Hearthstone: https://nisepanda.wufoo.com/forms/zg5yvom0x4al08/

For Hearthstone, there is no need to fill out this form, you can register directly through the NUEL website. If you do fill out the form, we will email you further information.

The NUEL: http://thenuel.com/

Discord: https://discord.gg/9vpsVuh
(For more updates, team chat rooms and discussion)

14/10/2016

We are thinking of doing a viewing event for League of Legends worlds final, do you guys want to watch it live at 12:00am on Saturday night(29th) or watch the rebroadcast on Sunday(30th) afternoon at 2pm?

Cast your votes here:
http://www.strawpoll.me/11429323

Vote Now! [Live, Saturday night at 12pm going into Sunday morning] [Rebroadcast, Sunday afternoon at 2pm]

13/10/2016

We are looking for a high elo(plat or higher) player for our primary Nuel team, message us if you are interested!

12/10/2016

Final chance to sign up for the NUEL CSGO and League of Legends teams, as we will be finalizing the teams tomorrow. Make sure you check your emails and Facebook messages as we will be contacting those who have applied to be on a team.

LoL: https://din12.wufoo.com/forms/zjofezw04b2u8p/
CSGO: https://din12.wufoo.com/forms/mr2qm8l1wkx4c3/

Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you register at http://www.thenuel.com/ so it's quicker to register the teams when they are finalized.

10/10/2016

Hi guys! Sorry to spam your timelines/notifications with posts today!
We are currently looking into booking a private cinema for the league of legends worlds finals on Saturday 29th going into the early hours of Sunday morning. The company we would be working with would like an idea of the amount of people interested in the event as it does require a little bit of planning. We're posting in order to get an idea from you guys whether this is something you would like, the studio we are looking at using has a 30ft wide LED screen so it's all sounding very exciting so far!
If you could comment or like this post in order to let us know that you're interested that would be amazing, you don't have to be interested in league of legends to come as it will be a great night for hanging out with people, talking about games and just meeting new people that are also into eSports!

10/10/2016

The NUEL tournaments are running soon. It's a great opportunity to represent your University in one huge tournament against others with chances to bring home trophies and prizes.
The games you can compete on are League of Legends, CS GO, Overwatch and Hearthstone.
This year we are looking to compete seriously in The NUEL therefore we will be creating Primary teams. This will require a lot of commitment as games are held every week and there will be practice sessions.
For League of Legends games are every Sunday, CS GO on Mondays, Overwatch on Thursdays and Hearthstone every Tuesday. All of them in the evening.
However we will be creating more than one team to compete, you can chose to play casually or competitively.
League of Legends sign-up deadline is on the 14th therefore if you are interested please fill out the forms asap and get signed up on The NUEL website. We will start making teams on the 12th therefore please FILL IN THE FORM BEFORE this.
CS GO sign-up deadline is also on the 14th. Sign-up deadline for Overwatch and Hearthstone is on 24th.
Make sure that you have created an account on The NUEL and also check out their website for information.
http://thenuel.com/

Please fill in these forms so that we can organise the teams.
League of Legends -
https://din12.wufoo.com/forms/zjofezw04b2u8p/
CS GO -
https://din12.wufoo.com/forms/mr2qm8l1wkx4c3/
Overwatch -
https://din12.wufoo.com/forms/q1a1zi3j1ub9xic/
Hearthstone -
https://nisepanda.wufoo.com/forms/zg5yvom0x4al08/

You can also sign up your own team on The NUEL if you already have a team.

We are also looking for coaches for the teams or members to keep track of The NUEL teams/ tournament therefore if you are interested or have any further questions feel free to message us or member of our committee.

08/10/2016

Massive thanks to everyone who went to the bar crawl yesterday. It was great to meet so many of you guys there and hope everyone had a great time!
Also congrats to Henry Lavender for winning the giveaway, you will receive £10 gift card to any platform of your choice.

27/09/2016

We are here again in the O2, infront of the stage with a PC setup!