Gryphons join competitive gaming trend across North American universities with confidence
This past weekend, the University of Guelph League of Legends collegiate team played their first few matches of the season against the Roger Williams University eSports Club, who represented the Rhode Island Liberal Arts school. The outcome was to be expected. The Gryphons won the games with ease with a team consisting of master and diamond players, all of whom are high ranking in League of Legends. The RWU eSports Club on the other hand is comprised of silver and gold players, which are mid-to-novice rankings.
Currently, the Gryphons hold two individual records:
- The highest amount of assists in the entire eastern conference, held by Simranprit “Mega Articuno” Singh
- The third highest amount of kills in the conference, held by Connor “hi i’m Guardian” Laidlaw. The Gryphons completed the matches with a 2-0 finish, with both games having a 21,000 gold lead at 25 minutes into the game.Laidlaw conveyed his confidence going into the game: “I wasn’t particularly worried, our practices and scrims were going well, and the other team had very low ranks.” In agreement, Simran responded, “I was pretty confident going into it as well, pretty straightforward [victory].”
The team has been practicing with diamond-level players, so they weren’t worried. However, even though the games went well, they mentioned that they could have improved on some aspects of the game. Both players agreed that the team should have had better picks during the drafting phase. “We made small mistakes, things we could have easily fixed, but it’s still a work in progress,” Singh said.As it stands right now, the Gryphons are one game closer to the upcoming playoffs.
Stream Guelph’s League of Legends games Saturdays at 3 p.m at twitch.tv/uogego.
Screenshot obtained by Mars Chester Chow via League of Legends