Words canโt even begin to describe my feelings leading up to, during, and after the Queen City Championship. Self-sustained, grassroots competition over 3 years led to this and I couldnโt be happier with how it turned out.
What started as an impulsive decision seeing Apex announce that private lobbies were open to the public to now hosting a LAN event with 30(!!!) teams, all from different universities across North America will never not be insanity. Iโm extremely proud of what
@OctaneCollege has become, and the (re)introduction of collegiate apex to the scene compounded with the welcoming and overwhelming support. The concept of a league format, scholarships, actual recruitment with players affording college through the game, and even EA pitching in and supporting where theyโre able was UNFATHOMABLE in 2022, but here we are ๐ฅน
I want to thank
@TngoMngoDwn and
@EnseptionR6 for taking on a slightly delusional and optimistic kid and helping turn this passion project into reality,
@g_dimona for facilitating all our graphics and helping secure and host our debut lan at UCincy,
@hallowdprincess @happiiaka @ZephyrCasts for their continued support and coverage of collegiate as a whole. Thank you to
@esports_foundry and
@ScufGaming for the event support and finally to Joseph and Bolbi for the amazing support on the EA side, helping ensure collegiate has a spot in the
@PlayApexEsports space โค๏ธ
Thank you to all the players, teams, staff, and supporters that came out (special s/o to the
@UHEsport boys). We had a continuous 100 people in the venue, and overall ~215 peeps in unique foot traffic over the weekend. Your support for collegiate apex and Octane Collegiate means the world and hereโs to (hopefully) more in the future ๐