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04-01-2016, 08:26 AM
California university builds eSports arena, recruits 'League of Legends' team
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Good news, gamers: League of Legends might **w be an acceptable extracurricular activity to list on those college applications
The University of California, Irvine an**unced this week (https://news.uci.edu/press-releases/uci-to-launch-first-of-its-kind-official-e-sports-initiative-in-the-fall/) it will be the first public institution to offer video gaming scholarships, and it is set to launch its new eSports initiative with the opening of a 3,500 square-foot gaming arena this fall
The arena, which is expected to open in late September, will be built at the university's Student Center and equipped with gaming PCs, a League of Legends competition stage and studio for live webcasting tournaments
The university also plans to offer as many as 10 half-tuition scholarships, worth about $5,500, to students on its collegiate League of Legends team, UCI student programming assistant director Mark Deppe told Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/uc-irvine-esports-arena/)
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Good news, gamers: League of Legends might **w be an acceptable extracurricular activity to list on those college applications
The University of California, Irvine an**unced this week (https://news.uci.edu/press-releases/uci-to-launch-first-of-its-kind-official-e-sports-initiative-in-the-fall/) it will be the first public institution to offer video gaming scholarships, and it is set to launch its new eSports initiative with the opening of a 3,500 square-foot gaming arena this fall
The arena, which is expected to open in late September, will be built at the university's Student Center and equipped with gaming PCs, a League of Legends competition stage and studio for live webcasting tournaments
The university also plans to offer as many as 10 half-tuition scholarships, worth about $5,500, to students on its collegiate League of Legends team, UCI student programming assistant director Mark Deppe told Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/uc-irvine-esports-arena/)
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