Midwestern State University students opened the new Esports & Gaming Lounge at Legacy Hall Monday afternoon, bringing a facility that caters to both the varsity-level competitive Esports gamer as well as recreational video game players.
The lounge features 13 high-end computer gaming stations where serious players can represent MSU Texas in competitive Esports tournaments against other college teams in the Rocket League.
«The Stangs Gaming Club is our social, recreational, casual gaming club. Those are for people not interested in competition. They’re people that connect with people casually through games and they like making friends. People can make life-long connections through gaming and we want to support that,» said Zach Zoet, Esports and gaming coordinator for MSU Texas.
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The opening included a live exhibition match from the lounge of the MSU Texas Esports Varsity Rocket League team against Rider High School’s varsity team.
The group is also partnering with Esports teams from area school districts.
«We’ve been in conversations with people from Vernon, from Burk, from City View, there’s a lot of interest in the Esports space,» Zoet added.
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Riviere Adams, president of Esports at MSU Texas, said, «I’m just very excited and proud for Esports to go and for us to rise up in the Esports world as a university.»
