{"id":31451,"date":"2022-05-03T16:55:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=31451"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:55:40","slug":"magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calling all gamers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College is assembling an esports (electronic sports) team to compete in video gaming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Approximately 12 gamers will be recruited in June. They are expected to start playing scrimmages and practice in October.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a way for people to play video games competitively just like how people play sports like basketball or football,\u201d said Nicholas Sarmiento, MDC\u2019s esports marketing coordinator.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five to six gamers will be active players and the remaining will be alternates. As the team expands to include more games, MAGIC will recruit more players. Members must be full-time MDC students with at least a 2.0 GPA. The team\u2019s coach or its first opponent has not been selected yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the games they will play is <\/span>Overwatch<\/span><\/i>, a team-based first-person shooter game. A few other games played at the college level are <\/span>Valorant<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>League of Legends<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Call of Duty<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like a regular sports season, the esports season starts in the spring and will last approximately three months. The players will compete in tournaments and playoffs in the hopes of winning championships. Games will be streamed on platforms such as <\/span>Twitch<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
ALEXANDER ONTIVEROS \/ THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The creation of the team has been in the works for about two years because MAGIC saw a rise in the popularity of esports in collegiate leagues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the National Association of Collegiate Esports, <\/span>more than 170 United States colleges have varsity esports teams<\/span><\/span><\/a>. Some <\/span>Florida colleges with notable esports teams<\/span><\/a><\/span> are Barry University, Florida Southern College and Full Sail University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[The esports team will] give me more practice in what we\u2019re doing here at MAGIC,\u201d said Anthony Galvez, who will be an assistant coach for the team, make promotional videos of the players and create a logo. \u201cI want to get faster and better at my craft.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The esports team will have access to an esports lounge at Wolfson Campus for competitions and practices. Players will meet with the coach two to three hours a day, five days a week, to discuss strategy, watch film to improve their game and work on skills such as reaction time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re really going for is to be entertaining,\u201d Galvez said. \u201cThat\u2019s what drives people to watch esports. It\u2019s the people and the players rather than the game itself.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gamers are not required to be MAGIC students to join the team. However, most students who play video games<\/span><\/a> competitively tend to gravitate toward STEM careers, especially areas like game animation and art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy hopes are that the program grows and Miami Dade College becomes a major name in collegiate esports,\u201d Sarmiento said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To join, click <\/span><\/i>here<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span> and fill out the form at the bottom of the page. For more information, contact <\/span><\/i>esports@mdc.edu<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/a> or (305) 237-3560.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calling all gamers. The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College is assembling an esports (electronic sports) team to compete in video gaming.\u00a0 Approximately 12 gamers will be recruited in June. They are expected to start playing scrimmages and practice in October.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a way for people to play video games competitively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13482584,"featured_media":31450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2753],"tags":[67,757,3277,3278],"class_list":{"0":"post-31451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-wolfson-campus","9":"tag-video-games","10":"tag-magic","11":"tag-esports","12":"tag-gamers"},"yoast_head":"\nMAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College will recruit 12 students in the summer for their esports team. Players will start practicing in October.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College will recruit 12 students in the summer for their esports team. Players will start practicing in October.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-03T20:55:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrea Charur\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrea Charur\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andrea Charur\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/285bd1947e52e5165a92852da7b8c45b\"},\"headline\":\"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-03T20:55:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":482,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Video Games\",\"MAGIC\",\"esports\",\"gamers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Wolfson Campus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/\",\"name\":\"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-03T20:55:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College will recruit 12 students in the summer for their esports team. Players will start practicing in October.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"ALEXANDER ONTIVEROS \\\/ THE REPORTER\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/285bd1947e52e5165a92852da7b8c45b\",\"name\":\"Andrea Charur\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/09\\\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png\",\"caption\":\"Andrea Charur\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/andrea-charur\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC","description":"The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College will recruit 12 students in the summer for their esports team. Players will start practicing in October.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC","og_description":"The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College will recruit 12 students in the summer for their esports team. Players will start practicing in October.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2022-05-03T20:55:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andrea Charur","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andrea Charur","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/"},"author":{"name":"Andrea Charur","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/285bd1947e52e5165a92852da7b8c45b"},"headline":"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC","datePublished":"2022-05-03T20:55:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/"},"wordCount":482,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg","keywords":["Video Games","MAGIC","esports","gamers"],"articleSection":["News","Wolfson Campus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/","name":"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-03T20:55:40+00:00","description":"The Magic Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College will recruit 12 students in the summer for their esports team. Players will start practicing in October.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/mdc_esports_feat.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"ALEXANDER ONTIVEROS \/ THE REPORTER"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/magic-to-start-esports-team-at-mdc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MAGIC To Start Esports Team At MDC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/285bd1947e52e5165a92852da7b8c45b","name":"Andrea Charur","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/R_reporter_logo-1-1-125x125.png","caption":"Andrea Charur"},"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/andrea-charur\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"ALEXANDER ONTIVEROS \/ THE REPORTER","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13482584"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31451"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31454,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31451\/revisions\/31454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}