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Excited to announce I will be the head coach of the Overwatch team
@ukyesports
@universityofky
this semester!
Full intent to build a dynasty with many opportunities for many people, excited to have the chance to bring a national championship to my hometown of Lexington!
#BBN
UKY Esports Overwatch LAN 2022 was a huge success, thank you to all of our casters and production team for putting on an amazing event. Thanks to all these teams that came out and competed and Congrats to
@ConverseEsports
on the win!
To round out our weekend recap, we wanna thank everyone who competed in our Overwatch LAN!
Shoutout to Maryville for taking the win, shoutout to our sponsors
@GenG
and
@HyperX
for the prizing, and shoutout to all the viewers at home who made this our most viewed tournament ever!
Thank you all so much for 500 followers! We nearly doubled our size in one month. We owe it all to you all, we can't wait for what the rest of the year will bring. Keep your eyes peeled for more tournaments and activities in the coming months.
This past weekend
@UKRocketLeague
traveled to Albany, NY for HVCC GamerCon put on by
@ECAC_Esports
. They went 5-6 and took games off of not one but two CRL teams. Congrats!
After a long weekend of gaming and traveling, we're thrilled to announce our halo team came in 6th at the Veteran League LAN, the highest placing team without a pro player! Huge thanks to
@VeteranLeague
for putting this event on, and also to
@GenG
for facilitating our travel!
The secret is out! We are pitted against
@UofLEsports
in a weekend-long exhibition match dubbed the Esports Governor’s Cup! Overwatch, Valorant, Smash, a whole lot of side card events, and more…
Stay tuned for more info over the next week!
Over the weekend, we sent our Rocket League Blue team to the
@EsportsSEL
LAN. In a role reversal from our BBB LAN last weekend, the team rose through lower bracket and defeated UTK in the bracket reset 4-2!
What do you think of our new logo? We are preparing for an awesome fall semester and can't wait to see you at one of our events! More information on our events is coming soon so stay tuned!
Getting all prepped for our Rocket League LAN tomorrow! Come out to Cornerstone or catch the action online on Twitch
Huge shoutout to our friends at
@GenG
for the $1200 prize pool 💰
It’s game day! Fifteen teams going all out for the $2000+ prize pool (courtesy of
@GenG
,
@HyperX
,
@UKFCU
, and
@SamitoFPS
), but only one will walk away with the trophy
See where to cheer on your teams below 👇
Getting all ready for Chill Out tomorrow! With over 120+ participants, we’ve got Smash Bros content going on all day! See you at Cornerstone ❄️🧊
@ChillOutUKY
With a LEGENDARY lower bracket run,
@utkesports
are your Spring 23 Bluegrass Boost Battle champions, taking home the trophy and the $900 first place prize from
@GenG
!
UK Esports is very excited to announce our new
@_EternalReturn_
team, sponsored by
@GenG
! Our players StealthT, SocialExit, & Asparagine are ready to prove themselves on the battlefields of Lumia! To learn more about the game or team, join our discord:
Remembering the good old days (2 weeks ago) of our Overwatch 2 invitational 🥹Huge shoutout to
@GenG
@CocaCola
and
@UKFCU
for helping make this event the best it's ever been. We look forward to hosting the next one in the spring! 😼
Finally on campus and ready to get more involved with gaming? Prepared to dominate the competition, or just want more info? Then come on out to the very official, super special UKY esports tryouts! Tryouts are held at Cornerstone, and will be from 3-7 unless otherwise specified
Want to get your fix of Overwatch 2, but the servers keep crashing on you? Or just want to cheer on your UKY team? Then drop by our Overwatch 2 Invitational tournament tomorrow! The action kicks off bright and early at 9 am LIVE at Cornerstone, and also @
That’s a wrap on our fourth Bluegrass Boost Battle! Congrats again to UTK for 1st place, and thank you to all the teams who participated this weekend! See you in the fall 🏟⚽️
Calling all Kentucky Fighting Games Aficionados!! We are putting on an awesome event to celebrate the release of MK1!! There will be FIVE fighting game tournaments EACH starting with a $50 prize pool! Show up and show out!
We have no excuse for this. We will be addressing this issue with those involved, and will be extending apologies for all affect parties. Please bear with us ❤️
We are so excited to finally announce that we will be working with
@GenG
to support our
#esports
initiative! Our gamers on campus deserve nothing but the best!
*looks at calendar*
...
ITS FRIDAY THE 13TH!
*cue epic piano music*
Special thanks to our friends at
@fearthegun
for keeping us on our toes at night!
If you're looking for some great horror games to play tonight, what better than Friday the 13th and Layers of Fear 2?
Congratulations to our
@PlayApex
Team for placing in the Top 10 of the
@CollegeApexACES
Tournament. They had the highest-scoring game in the tourney as well as getting 116 kills! Great Job Wildcats!
Our Rainbow 6 LAN this past weekend was an asbolutely BLAST, and we couldn't have done it without all the amazing players who showed up to give it their all! Congrats to
@DU_Esport
on their first place finish, and be sure to stay tuned for more R6 tournaments in the future!
ICYMI - This Saturday the 29th is our next entry in the Bluegrass Boost Battle league, our premier Rocket League LAN! We’ve got teams from across the region competing for bragging rights (and the $1200 prize pool). Be sure to catch the action in person at Cornerstone or on Twitch
Learn more about esports at UK this Tuesday as we host a panel discussion with
@GenG
and
@erinasimon
. You don’t want to miss it!
#UKxGenG
📅 Tuesday, Jan. 21
⏰ 5-7 p.m.
📍
@UKStudentCenter
Worsham Theater
Attention all gamers: in order to better showcase our awesome and talented team members, we plan to start weekly highlight clip posting across a variety of games! Our kickoff clip is from player
@KaputKing
with a quick and stylish victory in SSBU!
Ready for day 2! Be sure to see the top 4 fight for the prize pool of $1200 (huge shoutout to
@GenG
for the prize pool)! Join us in person at Cornerstone or online at . Round 1 starts at noon est 🕛
Big announcement time! Our Halo team will be competing in the
@VeteranLeague
LAN on May 28th! Come give them your support on the stream, & stay tuned during the week for updates about our awesome players. Special thanks to
@GenG
, who allows our team to travel for events like this
We just wanted to give one last shoutout to
@GenG
for sponsoring Combat Cats on Monday. We had a blast watching participants duke it out on stream, and we look forward to future fighting games events! 😼
We are at the end of another wonderful school year full of esports, and we couldn't have done it without the help of our sponsor
@GenG
!! They provided a lot of the support that made our events and teams successful, and we couldn't be more grateful to have been a Gen G partner 🫶
If you somehow hadn't already heard, we had our Bluegrass Bowl Overwatch 2 Invitational this past Saturday! We at UKY Esports had an amazing time meeting and competing against everyone who showed up, and want to give massive thanks to everyone who helped make this event possible!
As promised, the secret is out! Our ultimate Operation P.I.E. goal is a pie in the face of our Overwatch coach
@SamitoFPS
! We're already well on our way with over 100 points collected, so keep pushing for a chance to see THE rank 1 combined player get pied!
The action starts TOMORROW with the Esports Governors Cup exhibition vs
@UofLEsports
! Two universities go toe to toe in a gauntlet of games, but only one can take home the trophy
Catch the action live at Cornerstone or online on stream this weekend to see who will be the victor!
Better watch your heads because our players always hit their shots🎯Our clip of the week goes to
@gosubutters
with a triple headshot elimination in Overwatch 2!
@UofLEsports
Sometimes it’s not just about the school, but the community. Let’s make it together!
Now about staying behind you guys on the leaderboards... we will see about that 😉
#levelnextchampions
With the end of the 2023 school year, we must say goodbye to the senior officers who put in the WORK this year to make the club and its events so spectacular. Thank you, and best of luck Phong, Lauren, Alex, and Chas.
“If you love your gamers, let them game.” - Abraham Lincoln
As someone once said, it's not over until it's over! This clip of the week goes to
@worryyeah
with an insane comeback in SSBU! Also be sure to cheer on worry as they play at
@ChillOutUKY
THIS SATURDAY streamed on the University of Kentucky Twitch channel!
It doesn't take a Sage to know our upcoming Valorant LAN is going to be awesome, so don't be a Killjoy and be sure to Jett on down to Cornerstone this weekend to watch the action! It'll be a good Omen to have so many fans cheering for us. Many thanks to
@GenG
for the prize pool!
Just so you all know, our friends over at
@GenG
have an awesome program called GGA PLAY to help you improve your LoL and VAL gameplay. They have handpicked coaching staff, and you can queue up with other competitive players in the community! Check it out!
we here at UKY esports hope you had a very merry christmas yesterday!! let us know your favorite thing santa brought you (and please don't say santa isn't real, we haven't broke the news yet to chas) 🎅🎄
Sit down and turn on your camera
@UofLEsports
, class is in session.
We take League of Legends 3-1, be sure to catch Rocket League tomorrow for another lesson.
One of the biggest smash tournaments of the year, the Gimvitational, is coming up, and the top KY player
@JinTorna
is in the running! He’s a regular of our
@DGT_UKY
Smash Bros weeklies, so let’s
#GetJinIn
and rep the region! If you wanna help, check out
All it takes is one great ultimate play to secure a victory for UKY Esports😼Our clip of the week goes to BROWON with a quad elimination with Whole Hog to secure a victory in Overwatch 2!
Congrats to our very own Jason Reid (
@JasonRe72934772
) who just got invited to the first ever Uno World Championships in Las Vegas tomorrow! He plans to vlog the event so be sure to check it out!
Our Valorant team is now LIVE at the EMU Summer Showdown! Watch live at , and make sure to check back here for updates as our boys battle through the bracket. Plus, have a behind the scenes pre-game selfie as our players prepare for a long day of winning!
A Massive Thank You to
@GenG
for Sponsoring our Blue Grass Boost Battle event this weekend! Thanks to their amazing support we’re going to put on on Gas ⛽️ event! 😼