E-Sports

E-Sports is a competitive gaming environment that allows a team of players to square off against teams from other schools in an effort to be the best of the best. Xavier fields multiple teams playing three different games: League of Legends, Smite, and Rocket League.

 

League of Legends would be considered an online multiplayer battle arena where a squad of five heroes (or summoners) battle against an opposing squad of five heroes to destroy the opposing base (or Nexus).

 

In Smite, players control a god, goddess, or other mythological figure, and take part in team-based combat, using their abilities and tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player-controlled minions.

 

Rocket League is a vehicular soccer game where teams of three pilot vehicles in an attempt to get a ball into the opposing team’s goal.

 

League of Legends matches are held on Tuesdays while Smite and Rocket League matches are played on Thursdays.

 

The 2020-21 school year is the third official E-Sports season in Connecticut. Xavier’s Rocket League team has won the state championship each of the first two years. Its Smite team also won a state title in the 2019-20 school year.

 

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