🔴 DawgHack is BACK! ⚫️
In collaboration with Ghost Gaming and Skillshot, the southeast’s finest collegiate teams will compete in Rocket League, Valorant, Rainbow 6, and Super Smash Bros on April 27th. ANYONE is welcome to attend, even if you're not a UGA student. See you then!
Congrats to Mugen for winning the biggest Name Pending of ALL TIME! He took Melee, Ultimate, and Squad Strike's crown all for his own this time around. On top of the usual tournament we are so thankful to
@YouTubeGaming
for teaming with us for the many giveaways we did today!
Congrats to Jax for winning the REAL Name Pending 46!! Today was super tough with new talent coming in such as Mugen , Spickles , and Rem who got top 8 at their first pending. And to everyone who showed up thank you so much!
12 Teams
4 Games
Tate Grand Hall
March 26th
Free Food, Merch, and Open Setups
You're not dreaming, it's Esports at UGA's first major LAN since 2019, DawgHack!
Colleges from across the southeast come together to compete right here in the heart of Athens!
We'll see you there!
YOUR DAWGS HAVE WON THE
@CEA_Hub
RAINBOW 6 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, ggs to
@DU_Esport
as it was a very close 3-2 finish!
AND OUR UGA RED VALORANT TEAM HAS WON THE
@nacestarleague
OPEN PLUS GRAND FINAL, ggs to
@USF_Esports
!
HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS
Esports at UGA’s very own
@ACWOAE
KILLED the
@TEDxUGA
stage tonight!! He was BREAKING down the stigmas behind gaming! OUR OFFICERS MAKE US SO PROUD!!! 😭
Congrats to Omega for winning NP in a bracket reset after Mugen won Winners Final in a spectacular reverse 3-0 fashion! On top of this RVDT Repping as best Athens player this tournament getting 2 PR wins and going G5 with GA's very best!
Today marks a new era for UGA Esports, led by President TJ and our new officer team! This fall, UGA Esports will be using a new logo to represent the organization moving forward! GO DAWGS!
Special thank you to everyone who was able to make it yesterday! The event was a huge success with a notable turnout in every category, whether it was our competitions, costume contests, or giveaways. Tourney results and more photos are dropping in the next few days
GO DAWGS!
Audio Warning!
Hey, Dawgs! We're starting Dawg Bites! A biweekly montage of some of yall's best/funniest gaming moments. If you're interested in submitting clips, fill out the google form in our linktree. The only requirement to be featured is that you are a current UGA student.
🔴 DawgHack is BACK! ⚫️
In collaboration with Ghost Gaming and Skillshot, the southeast’s finest collegiate teams will compete in Rocket League, Valorant, Rainbow 6, and Super Smash Bros on April 27th. ANYONE is welcome to attend, even if you're not a UGA student. See you then!
The engagement fair was a HUGE success, thank you to everyone who came by and a special thank you to
@UconnectEsports
for providing us with the Chipotle banners!
We had a lot of great talent come out today. Spickles and Dusk locked in for 10 games while dealing with the crowds… insightful commentary. Big Tony won the second ever redemption bracket. Thanks everyone one for coming out, and see you all next week!
Name Pending 56 was an absolute blast! This week we had so many invaders join us to try their hand at getting 1st and in the end Spickles was able to show up on top. Sakana defended UGA with other students were in the top 8 as well. Thanks for showing up and see yall next week!
We may have narrowly lost to
@drexel_esports
in a logo v logo contest, but this Sunday we settle the score head-to-head!
Tune in to our twitch at to see a Rocket League show match starting at 7 pm and an Overwatch 2 show match following at 8 pm!
Our first "Name Pending" of the semester was a success! 68 Attendees across all events, Janktrees's first UGA tournament win, Jarvis's first time going 2-2, and lots of fun. Stay posted for more news about upcoming events!
Easter Pending was a hoppin' success! Sakana once again came out on top, but several players, like Vinea and Portal Master, had very respectable runs. Additionally, the LaJohnkey Kong claims its first redemption bracket win! Thanks for coming, and see y'all next week!
We kicked off the spring semester with Name Pending 55! Sakana won his first Name Pending as a UGA student, Jade and PitchingAce33 came out swinging, and we had some really close sets. Thank you everyone for playing!!!
Name pending 54 wraps up our name pendings for the rest of the year with finals coming right around the corner. Congrats to Spickles for taking the win, and thank you everyone who came out to this last one!
We don’t know what this is, but we do know is the UGA osu! LAN is almost here! Make sure to show up on February 18th to make Lucky happy and win some cool MSI merch!
Join MSI’s student discord at:
Anime Weekend Atlanta hosted a few esports competitions over the last couple of days and we were able to see some UGA representation! Student and Name Pending regular,
@Kisu_Morrow
finished 4th/35 after a long run in the upper bracket. GGs!
🚨New Local In Athens Approaching🚨
In a new location in UGA after partnering with CACHE Labs! This was a trial run bracket and not an official weekly but hopefully more to come in the future. We decided to have some fun with it and made it a Non-PR bracket. Thanks for Coming!
Your favorite megalan event is back. Athens Online 2019 will be hosted 4/20 - 4/21 at the UGA Tate Center!🎮
Compete in your favorite titles and win epic prizes!
#AO19
🤩
Discord:
Register:
Things are getting 👻 S P O O K Y🎃
at
#SpookEsports
Here all day in Memorial Hall Ballroom
with Smash Ultimate underway and Mario Kart FFA starting soon
Another look at Name Pending 47… 71 entrants and the biggest tournament UGA smash has ever seen. We gave away game boys, DS systems, teddy bears, tumbler cups, and keychains See you next Sunday!
Just Dawgs making Dough 💰
UGA and Name Pending’s
@NotSakana
places 4th of the 92 players competing in WreckCon’s Smash tournament at Georgia Tech! It was a fantastic convention and we thank WreckCon and their sponsors for helping us start our Spring Break on a high note 🔥
Yesterday, we were able to host the first installment of Athens Dash™ in collaboration with
@GAMarioKart
! The event brought in the best local talent and students alike to turn out as one of the biggest Mario Kart locals in the state this year! Thanks to everyone who came out!
Once again, Happy New Year everyone! With
@KennesawEsports
inactive until the next semester, I made this banner in their honor to celebrate the new year!
As we approach the end of October, it's about time we announce our biggest event of the year, SPOOKESPORTS!! Esports at UGA presents a night full of games, contests, raffles, free food, sponsored prizes, and more! Mark your calendars for 11/5 as you do not want to miss this!
Yesterday President
@DJTJRL
and Smash leaders Jackson and Will took some of our smash community to Clarke Central High School to talk about Esports and play some games of course, what a great group of kids!
@CCHS_Gladiators
Finally the TOs got to go home a bit early with midterm season bringing you Name Pending 50 with only 30 entrants! We invited our sister club for the girls that game bracket and they brought it!
Name Pending 46 is this weekend in MLC 348!
New players play free!
Ultimate Doubles 1pm
Melee singles 1:30 pm
Ultimate singles 2pm
GG Strive 2pm
SF6 2pm
Looking back at our Esports Experience this past Thursday, what a blast!
Through esports and gaming we got to bring together hundreds of students to relax and have fun during their stressful school days and we couldn’t have done it without
@esports_stride
and our volunteers!
So heartbreaking to see this casting duo leave the booth, but at least they went out in style. Thank you to the USGI Union for sponsoring our event! To see others rocking this merch, check out their hashtag and site below!
#GenshinUnionMasquerade
Dawghack was a big success! 45 contestants gathered for a shot at the final Name Pending victory of the year, and Omega came out victorious. Thank you everyone for an incredible year, and congratulations to all our UGA graduates! We’ll miss you all 🫡
See you all in the Fall!
Very chaotic Name Pending today, with tons of miracle runs and upsets! DeDeDeadly clobbered his foes to make his first top 8 appearance! Omega took home the main bracket, while PEARCUBS locked down the redemption bracket. Thanks to everyone who came, and see y'all next week!
Name pending 57 is wrapped up! Dusk came back this week to secure the win after getting 2nd last week. Kazvto had a very impressive run to get top 8 this week as well. Daiyan came out of retirement for a respectable 3rd place. GGs to everyone and see you guys next week!
We had a surge in attendance and yet Jax still dropped 0 games! We had our first redemption bracket (will be repeating) and Suture fought his way to semi-victory against the Samondorf. Thanks everyone for coming out!
This week's name pending was spectacular! Spickles was able to close out his first win. Mugen also showed off his skills, placing second with secondaries. Gene also went crazy this tournament beating 2 UGA PR players!
The St. Patrick's Pending was a success, with several new attendees joining the fight! Sakana came out on top, winning the grand finals reset against Gherf in Fountain's dorm room! Pearcubs scored by winning his first redemption bracket. Thanks for coming, and see you next week!
The season of collegiate LANs is upon us! If you are looking to take on the region’s talent on their turf or to practice for a specific LAN taking place in late March 🫣 then check out these events.
UGA dominates the 400+ entrant Mario Kart tournament at DreamHack with THREE appearances in the top 6!
3rd -
@SpoonToad
- $500
4th -
@DynamoMK_
- $400
5th -
@nsubordination
- $200
Excited to see how they perform at Catalyst in January!
A new look for a new chapter of UGA Esports...
Introducing the 2022 UGA Esports Logo Design Contest!
-Anyone can enter in and any design is welcome!
-Win a store item with your logo or a cash prize!
Submit your design here:
UGA Smash Ultimate Rankings Fall 2022. Thank you everyone for coming out to Name Pending every week and making the experience magical. Congratulations! Check out the highlight reel here:
We had some good times at the first general body meeting of the semester!
We got a chance to meet newcomers, greet old friends, and give out some cool
#ROG
stuff thanks to our friends at
@TeamTespa
!
We’ll come back with more amazin events!
#EsportsUGA
This name pending we had a small in house bracket and Gherf made it out the fray in 1st place. OneHundred back in incredible form getting a great 2nd place after his long break. Krishna went on the best run of his career (so far) too, thanks for those who came see yall next week!
Congrats to Stain for winning NP in a close bracket after Surge got the Grand Finals reset! On top of this Akamos got his best placement yet at 3rd. Cobalt also got upset in bracket pretty early by Copper, but he made the grueling losers bracket run all the way up to 5th place.
Name Pending 67 is the last (normal) NP of the semester! Kola stays perfect in his first-ever Pending, with Teaser and Sakana rounding out the podium. Loid, Akamos, Kisu, and Nia all managed top 8 in a stacked 40-entrant bracket as well. We’ll see you Saturday for Dawghack!
🎙️ Let's welcome our next presenter, TJ Stephens!
At TEDxUGA 2024: Snapshot, TJ will explore how the unique accessibility of Esports fosters both social opportunities & economic benefits on a global scale.
@DJTJRL
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@TerryCollege
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@EsportsUGA
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@GhostGaming
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@BandaiNamcoUS
Name Realized 2 is in the books! Akamos took it home with Gherf finishing 2nd. Loid’s return saw him pilot his signature Bayonetta to 3rd, and Nia’s solo Ivysaur rounded out the top 4! Copper claimed her first bracket prediction title as well. Thanks as always for showing up
10 teams in the SEC came together for the $100 Overwatch Pumpkin Bowl and they did not disappoint!
@GatechEsports
went undefeated in the double-elimination bracket to take home the prize!
@ttuesports
White was victorious in the single-elimination bracket finishing 3-0!
GGs!
Got some of our leaders and officers together for an end-of-semester dinner! Thank you to everyone (pictured or not) that has made EsportsUGA what it is today. It’s been a fantastic fall and we can’t wait to see what awaits us in January! ❤️🖤🤍
Following this, we are so excited to announce that we are one of the schools joining
@georgia_esports
! So excited to work with
@toddharris
and his teams and to show everyone how bad our players want it!
.
@SkillshotMedia
and
@GhostGaming
have launched the Georgia Esports League, in partnership with Georgia’s Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Film Academy.
It's part of an innovative state effort to develop Georgia's esports workforce:
Looking back at our osu! LAN with our friends at
@msiUSA
make sure to check out the Spring Back to School Campaign in the tweet below and to check out the Student Program here:
We're excited to continue supporting collegiate esports communities with our friends at
@msiUSA
!
Collegiate clubs and programs in NA can apply for the Spring Back to School campaign at !
Check out everything MSI has to offer: