1. Esports
9/21/2018

2. What is esports?
Esports officially stands for electronic sports, not to be confused with video games. It’s much more than that. What sets it apart is the level of organized competitive gameplay between teams and its own strict set of rules and guidelines. Esports is about teamwork, communication, strategic thinking and leadership — in all the same ways that traditional sports are and then some.

3. What is esports?
Today, esports is growing exponentially with 400 million fans worldwide who repeatedly pack out arenas. A recent survey shows that 72% of American teens play video games regularly. Currently, there are 200 colleges and universities offering almost 10 million dollars in scholarships. Establishing esports in high school enables students to do what they love and provides them with additional opportunities to earn scholastic recognition.

4. How do I get my school involved?
The PlayVS onboarding portal will help your school get fully prepared for the season, which starts in the fall. You can create an account and go through the steps to build your school profile in under half an hour.

5. Why PlayVs
NFHS partners with PlayVS to form high school-level esports programs

6. Who can be an coach?
Any full-time faculty member at school can be a coach for the esports program.

7. Who can participate on a team?
Students who are incoming freshmen or currently enrolled in high school are eligible to participate on a high school team and compete for their state championship.

8. What equipment do students need to play?
PlayVS will work directly with each school to ensure they have up to date computers to run each game. Students are welcome to bring their own computers to play on campus as well. Some schools may choose to cover the cost of additional equipment for player comfort. Usually though, players already have a controller, mouse, or headset they prefer using at home. This will be similar to traditional sports with cleats, baseball bats, etc.

9. Where will matches be held?
During the regular season, players will login to the PlayVS platform on campus to play against other schools, who are also logged on at their own campus. This is a competitive interscholastic activity with no travel required. The season will end in an in-person State Championship.

10. How can non-players and parents watch matches?
All matches will be streamed online so that non- players and parents can watch students compete.

11. What games will be offered on the PlayVS platform?
League of Legends

12. What will the students wear?

13. Questions and Answers

14. Digital Festival of West Virginia

15. Digital Festival of West Virginia
The event will include West Virginia students gathering with live Gaming/Artist Panels and a live competition in eSports.
All these events will be streaming Live for every West Virginian to have assess no matter where they might be!

16. Information Date: January 25th 2019 Location: Marshall University
Time:
9:00am to 2:30pm

17. Keynote Speaker Sebastian Park
VP of Esports for the Houston Rockets & Clutch Gaming

18. Break Out sections: Three Student track: One Educator Track
Coding, App, Game Design and Computer Science
Video games as an art form
Esports
One Educator Track

19. Our Vision

20. Questions and Answers