Matt

Grateful for the opportunity to take my passion for esports and create awesome experiences for the students. So many great people were involved in this program and I am thankful to have met and worked with them all. Sad to go but I am looking forward to the next chapter!

@cutiepebbs Imo lans are a bit too condensed in the spring. Would like to see some more preseason or mid season stuff outside of just league/conference finals at the end of the semester.

I'm curious if anyone in college esports are getting LAN fatigue with back-to-back LAN weekends Players, media staff, admins, coaches/managers, let me know what you think (or let me know if you love it!) 👇

@sgkcarol Unless we are really pressed for time/money I try to take the players to local places when I can

Somebody’s gotta do a study on why esports players consistently default to nationwide fast food chains whenever they travel to a new LAN city

Matthew really stepped up as a leader while balancing track and academics in his time with esports. I could not have asked for a better captain and I could not have ran two competing rosters without his help!

Tom went from being benched to a main support playing tank in his first semester, to becoming one of the top collegiate tanks in the country. Glad we had him on our squad at the end of the day and we had a hell of a run for a small school in the cornfields. 🌽🦜

The team has arrived in South Bend for the @GLEC_GG Finals for Overwatch, Rocket League, and Smash Ultimate! #WeAreSXU

We are immensely proud of all our student-athletes and their dedication to everything they do! #WeAreSXU

News: 10 Earn WHAC All-Academic for @SXU_Esports #GoCougs🐾 #WeAreSXU sxucougars.com/news/2026/4/15…

The Midwest, a main source of the heart of collegiate esports since day one and showing us they just do not stop!

@SMankuta Over in the midwest we had @CCEA_GG and @WHACAthletics last weekend and @GLEC_GG this weekend! Our friends at @ValpoEsports also hosted us for some LAN matches as well. 🔥🔥🔥

I can’t get over how many incredible regional LANs we had all over the nation this past weekend. From brand new programs like UNF hosting their first invitationals to long time faves like Volan going strong to PEC dominating in Vegas, GA Tech’s new space, California awesomeness.

As the dust settles from BFC 2026, it's time to thank those who made it all possible! From all of us in the Chicago Collegiate Esports Association, thank you for making this past weekend special!

VALORANT Shows up strong with a 2-1 victory in their first match against Aquinas College in the @WHACAthletics Esports Spring Playoffs LAN! Their next match will be against Lawrence Tech in the semifinals!

Smash Ultimate finishes the day 2-0! Overwatch snags their first win vs Albion (3-0) with their second match vs Valpo up next. #WeAreSXU

Our Overwatch team made a guest appearance on the Valpo SSBU stream today... #WeAreSXU

LAN DAY! The Cougars make their way to Indiana today to compete against @ValpoEsports and @AlbionEsports1 in GLEC for Smash Ultimate and Overwatch. #WeAreSXU

@HedgieMarkets When I upgraded my computer I set it up so I pay less than this monthly for 1 year then it's all paid off. No interest. Just get a good credit card and don't rent if you plan to use it for a long time. The HP thing is a short term option for people with disposable income.

🦔 HP launched a gaming laptop subscription where you pay monthly but never own the hardware. The high-end option is $130/month for an RTX 5080 Omen Max 16. That same laptop costs $2,110 to buy outright, meaning you'd pay the full price in about 16 months but still own nothing. If you cancel after the first month, you face hefty fees. Canceling the top-tier subscription in month two costs $1,430 plus you have to return the laptop. You can only cancel for free after 13 months, by which point you've paid $1,690 and still have no laptop. HP's justification: "The traditional upgrade cycle keeps most gamers perpetually one step behind. But with access to a new laptop every year, your subscription breaks that cycle completely." My Take This feels like the logical endpoint of the subscription economy. You pay forever, you own nothing, and the company frames it as doing you a favor. HP is betting that people are so conditioned to monthly payments that they won't do the math showing they'd pay full price in 16 months and keep paying after that. Memory chip prices are up 60% because data centers are consuming everything. Hardware costs are rising. And now HP is using the affordability crisis to push a model where you never build equity in anything you use. We've seen this with software, streaming, cars, and now gaming hardware. The pitch is always about flexibility and staying current. The reality is you're perpetually renting your life from companies that figured out recurring revenue beats selling you something once. At least when you finance a laptop you eventually own it. I don't know how we got to a place where "you will own nothing" stopped being a dystopian warning and became a business model. Hedgie🤗

"Yeah let's make Minecraft play itself and take all the creativity out. This will be a hit!" 😑 What's next, picking up AI players for your next esports roster? So out of touch.

@Greenpig117 I won't be surprised if there is a queue at least

OW servers need to not explode on Tuesday, this is extremely important for first impressions. People will just not try the new season if they literally can’t the first hour

Launch week Venator hit deadlock like the R8 revolver launch did in CS:GO Valve strikes again 💀

Really hoping they adjust these or just flat out remove them. While some of these categories like sharpshooter make sense, most of these categories have heroes that have nothing in common with their groupings.

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