Home office e-sports kings wanted - and found!
"Welcome to the howling gorge!" was the motto of the UNISPORT E-SPORTS TURNIER@HOME - LEAGUE OF LEGENDS on May 7 and 8, 2020. In the wake of the temporary closure of Unisport due to coronavirus and the fact that the Unisport competitions in the summer semester had to be canceled until further notice, the competition team came up with something very special: the first Unisport e-sports tournament that could be taken part in from home. The keyboards clicked and the wires glowed as a total of 20 home office teams battled it out in 2 vs. 2 mode for the virtual crown of Unisport e-sports king.
The aim of the game is to destroy the opponent's main building, the so-called "Nexus". However, this is protected by several towers that need to be destroyed first. Each player controls a main character, the "hero", with four different abilities. The rules in our tournament were slightly modified in order to increase the action and not exceed the time frame: In each encounter, the team that could either first take out an opposing hero or 100 minions, i.e. smaller computer-controlled units, twice or bring down the opposing tower won. Important here: communication and team play! The special home office situation also meant that the participants shared responsibility for organizing the tournament. The players had to independently enter the correct results in the tournament tree and communicate them. Everything went smoothly in this respect and reflected the fair play concept of Unisport very well!
The group phase took place on the first day of the tournament, with four groups, each with a first and second leg, getting down to business. The tournament was streamed on the Twitch gaming platform, including live commentary - up to 100 viewers joined in the excitement at the same time and kept the Twitch chat buzzing. The matches were particularly exciting and spectacular in the group phase, as every little mistake could be decisive. On the second day, the quarter-finals kicked off the play-offs, which were no less action-packed. In the final, the "Plebication" team with the more dominant hero selection of Caitlyn and Morgana clearly prevailed against the "Team Full Force". Third place was also contested, with "Lorenz gibt ne Runde" coming out on top. The first three places received Amazon vouchers of various values as well as an increase in the in-game currency of their accounts. Our competition team was kindly supported by MLP and Riot Student Ambassador. Congratulations to all three teams and thank you dear Lorenz for the round!
The competition team can look back on a successful first edition of the tournament in this form, in which everyone had fun despite the great organizational effort and even numerous spectators were there virtually live. There are definitely plans for at least one more LOL e-sports tournament at Unisport in 2020. This should take place during the Christmas tournament week at the latest. Until then, stay healthy and have fun in the Summoner's Rift!
