{"id":144686,"date":"2021-07-06T11:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=144686"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T23:45:01","slug":"uh-esports-overwatch-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/06\/uh-esports-overwatch-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> esports hosts Overwatch workshop ahead of 2 international events"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> hosted two Overwatch League<\/a> (OWL<\/abbr>) tournaments in May and June drawing tens of thousands of viewers from all across the world, with two more slated for July and August. Each winning team takes home $100,000. Interest has grown among many on campus who were not initially drawn to esports, and specifically, Overwatch. To bring everyone up to speed on the game, UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s esports<\/a> teams hosted a virtual training session<\/a> for Overwatch on June 30.<\/p>\n

“After the first and second tournaments, we started to get questions about the best way to watch the game from people we were working with at the Information Technology Center (one of the host locations for the Overwatch teams),” said Nyle Sky Kauweloa<\/strong>, a communication and information sciences<\/a> PhD<\/abbr> student and head of the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Esports Task Force.<\/p>\n

“That probably has come to a surprise for many, because spectating Overwatch is not as straightforward as watching, for instance, a boxing match or a golf tournament. There are a myriad of factors that one has to keep aware of at the end of the game. The goal for the workshop was to provide some context around the game, the terms used by the OWL casters and to have our student interns engage with our community.”<\/p>\n