- Courtesy Robert Morris University eSports
- Members of Robert Morris University’s eSports team get their gaming on.
On the third floor of Robert Morris University‘s State Street campus, there’s a room that looks like a cross between a NASA control center, a submarine deck, and an arcade. Nearly every piece of equipment inside the room has a splash of red, from the ergonomic DXRacer chairs to the hard drives that have a display noting the CPU core temperatures. The metal brackets that run across the ceiling are crammed with cords that connect dozens of monitors. And there’s a massive screen on the back wall lets coaches watch games in real-time or play back recordings for the team to analyze. It’s the school’s eSport’s Arena, the centerpiece of their eSports program.
“It’s really different when you have teammates together at the same time,” he says, “being on the same schedule and hanging out in the dorms together. I play here more than I play at home, since I have this practice room. Here, I stay focused on the game.”
“I’m not going to say I’m the best girl who’s ever played League of Legends, but I will do whatever it takes to be the best for this team,” she says she wrote in her essay. “If I have to stay up all night to do it, I’ll do it.”
