DSU Esports

Dickinson State University is getting a new mini athletics department — for esports. Players of esports at the varsity level are divided into teams based on the online game they play competitively. The school will have at least four teams — Fortnite, Apex Legends, Rainbow Six Siege and Rocket League. The size of the teams are determined by the game and typically range from one to six players.

This fall, the student center on the Dickinson State campus will become the headquarters for students to come and compete in esports at a varsity, club and casual level. One room in the lower level is outfitted with seven computers set up for student athletes to come in and participate in a range of games: Apex Legends, Fortnite, League of Legends and more. Read more and watch the video at: https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/DSU-introducing-esports-as-newest-varsity-sport-509290981.html

Tucked away in the back corner of the Dickinson State University Student Center basement, adjacent the cafeteria, is a room like many others on campus. Seven desks, each with large computers and monitors, complete with webcams, line the room’s interior walls. Next to each desk sits large, comfortable-looking upholstered leather chairs. However, in the fall, the small room painted in DSU blue, white and gray colors will be the core of what the university hopes becomes its next extracurricular activity, and potentially even its next varsity sport.