Taking on ESports

North Lake has entered four teams in a League of Legends competition featuring schools from as far away as Tom Price in the north and New Zealand far far away to the south-east.

The High School eLeague (HSE) is hosted by the Adelaide Crows AFL club…you can learn more at the headquarters of the LoL HSeLeague

https://www.hseleague.gg

While the teams do some of their training and strategic work in class on Mondays in P3 during portfolio the games are played off-site and out of campus hours. The games are on Thursdays starting at 5pm and the competition goes for 11 weeks. North Lake’s teams are

Oppa, Domino, DCB and G-Force.

There are two factors that make eSports different to the standard gaming that most young (and many older) people enjoy at home and with friends – eSports feature multiple players and they are competitive. The competitive aspect  brings in spectators – competitions in the USA draw crowds in the 10s of thousands while the huge Melbourne Tennis Centre will be the venue for the Melbourne eSports Open in September.

https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/melbourne-to-be-australias-home-of-esport/

And if you’re keen for more information try these links…

How eSports could shake up the classroom (Life Matters, Radio National, 13 June 2018)

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2018/06/lms_20180612_0927.mp3

You can watch Twitch TV live streaming of games here….

https://www.twitch.tv/hseleague/videos/all

Learning through play – Cultivating online citizens with the values of sportsmanship

https://oce.leaguehighschool.com

Prizes for 2018

http://www.hseleague.gg/index.php/2018/05/09/hsel-prizes/

Rules

https://www.hseleague.gg/index.php/2018/05/08/hsel-2018-rules/