Staff Reporter
Gleneagle is having a Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournament on June 14 which is being organized by Danial Beley, Lucas Crandle, and Roberto Ramogida
“There was an Esports club prior to COVID and there are now many students in the school who play games which has created a higher demand for this sort of thing,” said Ramogida.
There will be 16 contestants and the tournament will be played on the Nintendo Switch console and they will be playing the newest edition called Super Smash Bros Ultimate. The winner of the tournament will be getting a bunch of Gleneagle swag including a custom-made smash bros t-shirt.
The event organizers had a signup and general information meeting at lunch on May 31 in room 201. Some students have been doing a lot of practicing in preparation for the tournament including Ethan Lee, grade 12 who will be using Cloud as his character of choice and has been playing for almost two years “I have a solid 10% confidence in winning because I mostly play rhythm games,” said Lee.
Teagan Yung, grade 12, is a newcomer to the game but is especially excited for the tournament because of the free pizza and fun “I’ve been taking in a lot of knowledge from YouTube and re-establishing that information by teaching other people,” said Yung.
Yung has chosen Captain Falcon as his main character and has roughly 40 hours of experience in game “I have fairly low confidence in winning the tournament because I have to watch out for Tae Kim but I’m just playing for fun”. All the players in the tournament are looking excited to show off their smash bros skills and hopefully win some new Gleneagle swag so wish all the contestant’s luck with their smash bros journey.