Illinois Esports

Player Spotlight: Snoop

Player Spotlight: Snoop

What year and major are you in? I am a senior majoring in Clinical Psychology. I also am minoring in Philosophy as well as Spanish. How involved in Esports were…

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Player Spotlight: Eric “IraqCanada” Canaday

Player Spotlight: Eric “IraqCanada” Canaday

The main season of Overwatch came to a close a few weeks ago and one of our players, from the Overwatch Blue team (one of the two Overwatch teams here…

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Evil Geniuses joins the Illini Esports Invitational

Evil Geniuses joins the Illini Esports Invitational

Evil Geniuses has joined as a supporter of our prizes! Outside of their competitive edge, EG also supports the collegiate esports community! Join Discord their discord for community tourneys, viewing…

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Hamul Leads Community Event at Illini Esports Invitational

Hamul Leads Community Event at Illini Esports Invitational

We are excited to announce Hamul as a partner for our Illini Esports Invitational! Hamul brings in a face to face experience into many supported games via their overlay! We…

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Player Spotlight: Rocket League’s tnek

Player Spotlight: Rocket League’s tnek

For this week’s spotlight, I have had the pleasure to interview tnek, or Kent Lullo, from the Illini Esports Rocket League team! See what tnek has to say when it…

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HyperX partnering with Illini Esports for the Illini Esports Invitational!

HyperX partnering with Illini Esports for the Illini Esports Invitational!

We are proud to announce that HyperX will be returning as a partner of a major semester event! This Spring we are doing our first intercollegiate tournament, the Illini Esports…

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WGN interviews Illini Esports President

WGN interviews Illini Esports President

The president of Illini Esports AJ Taylor was recently interviewed by WGN Radio 720 about the rise of Esports as a spectator sport. Listen to the full interview below, AJ…

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Player Spotlight: Sparsh “JustChilln” Singh

Player Spotlight: Sparsh “JustChilln” Singh

While Illini Esports continues to dominate in collegiate League of Legends, not a lot of spotlight is thrown on the junior varsity players who are the next generation of players…

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Get to know Twig!

Join me, Hanny, as I sat down with IGN’s Benas Alcauskas, also known as Twig! Read more to find out more about Twig and their involvement with esports. 1.) Tell…

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RECAP: Illini Esports and Gaming on Campus

RECAP: Illini Esports and Gaming on Campus

Last week Illini Esports and faculty affiliates went live for a panel presentation and discussion on the state of Illini Esports and Gaming on campus at the University of Illinois,…

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