Richardson takes over NIACC eSports program
Richardson said that is competitive background in eSports will help him as the NIACC eSports coach.
I was a competitive collegiate esports player for 4 years," Richardson said, "so I know the ins and outs of competing at some of the most popular titles. I know what a successful team looks like and feel confident that I will be able to show that here at NIACC."
Richardson said he has a background in Valorant (at Iowa State) and League of Legends (at Southern Oregon University).
"In both titles, we were able to qualify for regional playoffs multiple times and beat lots of programs with much more resources than we had over at our schools," he said.
Richarson is currently seeking out NIACC students that might be interested in joining the eSports team.
"I want to meet some of the students here at NIACC who are interested in playing games here and build teams for whatever games that have enough interest to make a full team for," Richardson said. "As more students hear or learn about the eSports program here, I hope that we can make as many teams as possible."
Richardson said he does not have an exact date for when the Trojans will start competing.
"I can say for certain that we will be playing in the Division 3 NJAACE league come next semester," Richardson said. "However, if I can get a practice schedule and teams made up here soon, there may be opportunities to play in some other smaller tourneys for practice in the time before we can register for NJAACE."
