Lakeside LEOs eSports Team

Coach:

Mr. Wilson

What is the LEOS eSports Club all about?

This club will compete against other Forsyth County middle schools in the following 3 esports titles - Rocket League, Brawlhalla, and Divine Knockout. This year, the club is offered to a limited number of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. A total of 8 competitive positions has been alloted for this year (as well as 8 backups) and there will be tryouts for the 16 total positions available. 3 players will be selected for Rocket League, 3 players will be selected for DKO, and 2 players will be selected for Brawlhalla. Students cannot try out for ALL games (there just won't be time), so make sure to select the one or two that you want to try out for ahead of time. This only refers to the comp players. There will be a limited number of reserve players (one backup team per game) that will be permitted to practice with the comp team and compete for the top spots throughout the seasons.

Those spots will be selected purely based on your skill level at your chosen game at the tryout event in early September (September 10th, 8:00 AM). For the previous 3 years, the Lakeside LEOS were the Spring season 3v3 Rocket League champions - with the trophies to show for it. Esports is officially recognized within the county now as an athletic CLUB at the middle school level. There will be practices and meeting times with the expectation that team members will show up on time ready to compete. Students with many other commitments and time constraints that would keep them from practices and matches will not be a good fit for this team - in particular, there are usually several conflicting events with advanced Band, for example.

We will not be doing a fundraiser this year, and there will instead be a flat fee to join that will only be paid by members who make the final team. The exact club fee amount and maximum number of players allowed will be decided at the next coaches meeting on August 21st and are currently TBD.

An informational meeting for parents and students is currently planned for Thursday, August 29th, after school at 5:15 PM. The games and applications that will be used will be discussed, and parent permission gathered for students to tryout for the games.

Pre-season starts 9/16 and Regular Season starts 10/14. 

Fall will consist of competitive individual play

Spring will consist of competitive team play

When does this club meet?

Once selected, the members of the team will meet before and afterschool as well as during FLEXtime as needed. Primarily our practices take place during FLEX. Exact meeting dates are still being determined, but at the beginning-of-year coaches meeting it was decided to move our tournament days to Wednesdays. If this changes anyone's availability, please make a note of it.

Other club information:

There will be a fee associated with this club. This will cover food, etc. during spring season matches where we get pizza and sodas/water for tournament nights each week.