UC Irvine launches esports arena

UC Irvine students worked with their school's administration to launch an arena that’s now home to campus gamers and a varsity League of Legends team.
Visit ulol.leagueoflegends.com to get involved with a community at your school.

[@arhella]

0:58 WTF!?!? HappyStick!?? WUUUT!?

[@waifusarereal805]

right right

[@Beatrice-vq6cj]

windowed DansGame

[@TheUnexpected6]

HOKLY SHIT aJKIFnewu4ifnyu8wfn2ewf

[@TheUnexpected6]

WHAT IS HE DOING THERE????

[@TheUnexpected6]

HE SERIOUSLY STUDIES THERE?

[@kellerman206]

It's good to see E-sports are getting bigger and bigger in a good way,people talk terrible things about our community but I'm proud to be a part of our community.

[@malvolio01]

That’s because it’s not a sport.

[@SourFoo]

The opening was a really fun experience. #ProudAnteater

[@astodone9022]

Dream school

[@Pentronix]

Right?! VGHS irl

[@ulmaosanai1161]

Honestly, I wish CSU Maritime could have a program like this. I would playing League of Legends and hope to get a club similar to theirs at my school.

[@koreanfriedchoi3560]

Taking out pool tables for game consoles ;( They better relocate em somewhere else

[@MathewNadzam]

I usually don't care to watch a lot of purely informational videos, however this video is really well done and I enjoyed watching it. Hope these kinds of areas become common place in colleges across the nation.

[@JoshinAround]

Poor striped shirt guy at 4:09 left hanging...

[@jeanlavigne6900]

lmfao!

[@iGriffie]

Wow first. Last time I was this early, Doublelift was a world class ADC.

[@FrankTheTank1007]

I love how the courtyard was full of CRT's playing Melee

[@3raser6]

1:00 a happystick in his natural habitat

[@boostedkingdom7947]

PewDiePieNumber1Fan

[@FeaRTurbo]

So amazing. Thumbs up. You set the curve for sure.

[@michigo_]

I'm so happy there's a good home for my gaming PC down there, I built it with my dad and it means so much to me I don't wanna leave it up here

[@WillyOsu]

HappyStick :^)

[@jitters4029]

Clarity

[@yurikleyman6521]

lol is he playing a 2 star?

[@DazradOfficial]

Im most impressed about the gear they got set up with

[@pearsonproductions3280]

I live 40 minutes from UCI and I want to go to college there. IM SO HAPPYYYY

[@nou8413]

1:00 Happystick :OO

[@jacksonleach8905]

Definitely gonna apply here now

[@bwilliam4023]

Congrats from brother school UCSD. I know lots of international students are really rich at UCI. Everytime I visit UCI I see lots of Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren. It's like a BMW M4 just a starter car there. lol

[@johnboling]

Dam I went to the wrong Uni...

[@alexanderthegreat7258]

Hoping this will be in a lot more colleges by the time I get there :D

[@escgravity]

I want to go here now.

[@jebiwones]

Looks great if I go to college there :)

[@snpOSRS]

wow wish this was where i want to college, so lucky

[@horaceDH]

i’m hoping to go to Uci :,)

[@nojo639]

Don't let HappyStick play with those keyboards, one freedom fall playthrough and two of those 101 keys are toast

[@FiNiTe_weeb]

HAPPYSTICK :DD

[@maddbuddha1356]

their vc has the dopest black man voice of all time on par with morgan freeman

[@storyls]

Ayy, that HappyStick.

[@tettzen5724]

The guy almost sounds like Denzel Washington haha

[@baelorswift]

So if you guys are getting rid of the pool tables can I have one? I'll come pick it up :D

[@slipinslider]

Gary Mai same

[@lonusu]

Happystick senpai

[@SayaaNara]

0:58 yea totally league of legends... happystick plz

[@michigo_]

I'm so excited to go here oh my goodness oh my goodness

[@CraterxBlacksmith]

How is it? I want to know how the school is because I'm probably going to end up going there

[@ATP980]

HAPPYSTICK ? THE BOY??

[@WanaBeKenobi]

I am the GM for an esports club with 50+ members, and an LOL team at a So Cal high school. I'm trying to build an Overwatch team, but have no idea how to do it. I have a lot of kids interested, but I'm not sure I know how to choose. My first thought was to have a ladder competition, but I don't think I understand what criteria I need to look for in potential players. Do you have any suggestions and/or resources for people building an esports team?

[@nojo631]

HappyStick is there... must apply

[@BealDocumentary]

About how many scholarships do you give a year?

[@Nyokota]

HAPPY STICK 0:59

[@slysal5]

wow

[@edgararzate3370]

If this continues it will get to the point where VGHS (Video Game Highschool by RocketJump) is a thing.

[@monyselachhay3913]

Can you please tell me the address of this Centre? i will apply for that university!! :D

[@Chocofries]

HAPPY STICK BOYS

[@david6341]

Outstanding! They should give away UC Scholarships as consolation prizes to winners of competitive tournaments!!

[@iCr4z13]

ay my friend goes there PogChamp, hes boosted to gold FeelsBadMan

[@hank8910]

Damn I'm here early. only 500 views and its on the front page of league client

[@user-ns8hr8ex2z]

im going to UCI

[@Pmchlb03]

I would go to this school strictly for this entertainment center! very cool. too bad I suck at science and math :P

[@joshuaeleko1]

the "let's get this money" look lol 5:42

[@kotsios37]

Can anyone please create a list of there equipment and especially from where did they bought the chair I really want that chair

[@SadisticBeauty666]

From what I can see Chair: Vertagear (They have their own site) Headphones: Logitech G430 Screen: Asus (idk exactly what model) Hardware: Geforce GTX (bought from iBUYPOWER) Hope it helped even just a little! xP

[@kotsios37]

thnx for the info Helped :)

[@jagan2905]

I know by looking at the logo on the chair headrest the chair is from Vertagear. They make a variety of gaming chairs similar to the likes of Dxracer and Maxnomic. Judging by the desgin, I would say they got custom made chairs for the school and you will most likely have to contact their support to see if you can buy one.

[@SadisticBeauty666]

Np~ ^_^

[@henrypham904]

Vertagear chairs. The PCs are decked out with GTX 1080s and i5 6600k/i7 6700ks, can't remember which one

[@GBJJEmilio]

Add more games Smite, CS:GO, hell DoTa. Just having one game is like having ten million dollars and only getting to use one million. Your school would expand beyond belief. LoL is just popular because of Korea. We can popularize any game we wanted!!

[@raniielee3847]

Makes me wonder what kind of system spec they're using? As LoL doesn't require much of a high end system to run it. However, the look of each of the system looks rather overkill.

[@powerjetfork5547]

They didn't do it for league gamers, it's for all of gamers, you can have a lot of games there.

[@namelessdisasters]

At 4:56, why is everyone's hair color black?

[@aiakneneus4419]

You should upgrade to the Benq rl2455 monitor razer black widow chroma keyboard 2013 edition Astro a40s a Logitech G502 mouse and a roccat mouse pad

[@MagicalMidgetPete]

When there is someone cosplaying as a dota character in a league video xD

[@forgotten1one]

hay what do yea know, a reason for me to go to collage

[@ThadJarvis]

tfw when you went to ucr and ur rivalschool has an esports arena

[@damndamnd]

wouldn't call UCR a rival to UCI in any way :)

[@codaassasin]

UCR? Our rivals? lel

[@DELUXSONGAMING]

damndamnd lmao you're on the UCI roster right? Did y'all smack UCR?

[@agustinrichardson]

Don't get rid of the pool tables!!!!!

[@souldateleporter]

HAPPYSTICK

[@RadicalBeastGamer]

whats that game at 1 min

[@sukamiii5441]

I want call of duty and csgo tournaments in school -_-

[@redzerg4k]

If I want to become Pro player of league what I have to do as First STEP >?

[@jeanlavigne6900]

Get known > Reddit > KZbin > Twitch etc... be top tier player as well

[@Duckiduckk]

Ye i think u could also be discovered in the uLoL league but that might be a little harder, either way best of luck summoner. :)

[@Sirenhunter5]

dude same

[@redzerg4k]

anyway if I will ever get one chance I will use it I just want to put my life in this fu.cking game cause I love League more then anything else in the world

[@Sirenhunter5]

^

[@jipg4419]

I'd go there for overwatch, or csgo

[@pablolopez758]

i see you at uci man i see you at uci -baby cakes

[@Dannya]

Lmao looks like happystick playing a 2 star song when they slowed it down

[@slyfoxfanbrah]

Gamer Chicks Ohhhh :O

[@RazurChan]

They exist. :O

[@RazurChan]

The space RMU needs.

[@alimerdanpovalsi2904]

Hll valla bizim yapamadimizı yapmışsınız ;(

[@LangyLang]

So at Irvine they have BYOC instead of BYOB... lol

[@Boomstruck123]

good luck getting about 70 ibuypower pcs like i got mine for 14 hundred and thats just for 1 of them. now for 70ish........

[@Petre45435]

How to get more views Lesson One : High rank osu player

[@NeekyNooky]

change name to Ivern and make that the mascot. Jk lol that champ sucks

[@melissaannrivera4102]

paid campus parking...yet theres never any parking....ever....

[@jamabojuice]

I was declined from that school. So i go to another UC who just lost to this school

[@aysuhn]

ey b0ss its happystick

[@baby0241]

oh goshhh....... please accept me UCI....

[@kevinstyle1107]

Good Luck! I'm a junior now and it is such a great University!

[@Infernoh]

Can you just give me one of those maxed PC's? :D lol

[@Nue55]

Must I apply to this school? Lel

[@Chocofries]

take out the pool tables and add computers though? unfortunate

[@politicalconcept1182]

1:00 yo its fucking happystick #osu!

[@jaezynnotnl3473]

we found more isis @ 1:21

[@jaezynnotnl3473]

cleverly put asus

[@_PathOfExile]

HEY LISTEN TO ME !!!....i need new mode ARAM start off every player got 20k gold .... now DO IT and pay me royalty

[@catemmy]

horee sheet is happystick

[@snowfallinori2780]

what is a anteater gamer?

[@byrden9897]

The anteater is the mascot for UCI

[@BenjiCollege]

League nerdos!

[@sukamiii5441]

I'm not a league of legends player I don't play that thing😂😂

[@Luxray221]

time to transfer

[@yakfizzle]

watercooling for league >>.

[@AnthemsBand]

Man I would much rather have a bunch of pool tables than a bunch of computers. Its played on the internet you dont have to be sitting next to the people you are playing with...

[@wm511]

A university about playing games, where is the studies ?? Such future, much games.

[@iwanttodie8331]

They just transformed the Student Center, not the entire University lol

[@OpticBall]

See, this guy has some knowledge.

[@davidguido2576]

UCI PLEASE ACCEPT ME

[@PvPCrafterMC]

lol happystick xdd

[@RyanJayGee]

I go to this school, the new arena isn't really a big thing here. The general attitude is "oh that's cool".

[@Eminence_1337]

depends if you're a gamer or not.

[@domini1337]

Yep. Too expensive to go there and sit down for an extended period of time. Don't get me wrong, it's competitive and fair pricing considering the alternatives... but as a student, I can't justify it. Especially as a CS major. They force us to buy laptops ... so why not just make it a gaming laptop too?

[@Eminence_1337]

domini1337 how much is it? is it only for students?

[@Lily-op2fx]

It's open to the general public. It just opened and is a first of its kind so you can't expect it to be perfect. I's doing great for what it's doing now. CS majors may have to buy laptops for coding, but it's your choice if you want a gaming laptop, right? Some people don't have money for a decent gaming laptop or desktop. It's a nice community and they worked very hard to get eSports where it is now.

[@fpspaul]

i went to ucsb, all my roommates called me a loser for playing starcraft 2 everyday.

[@chuckmoment]

what the hell is he doing playing yorick jungle

[@blufilmsesa]

Calpoly where the fuck is our Esports arena?

[@thosebastards4279]

this is sad

[@TheUnexpected6]

Love how your name explains your comment, and your comment explains your name. :^)

[@thosebastards4279]

if you identify as a gamer and want to spread that cancer on campus where people actually go to learn then you need to rethink your priorities

[@alexanderthegreat7258]

You don't have to play/join in playing. It's your fault for missing out.

[@BoostedBonobo101]

It's a club... That campus is huge if you want to learn you can and will, if knowing people are having fun and joining as a community keeps you from learning then you're a waste of space and you should fucking leave the college. Not only that but considering you can make gaming your career starting in something as big as this is a great start to do so. You seem to be a very shallow minded fool who doesn't understand that and I pity you.

[@acoustic2871]

well actually i understand you .... the time my brother went to school he could pick one of three clubs ... first was chemistry .. second was chinese and the third was "stupid kids learn some shit from the circus and do this instead of something useful" .. guess where the most people went to (R.I.P. english) this is a school .. do this shit in your freetime.

[@911aaron]

UCI: University of Chinese Immigrants

[@djnico17]

Must be nice to live in a first world country.

[@Dimondlight08]

So.. much.. asians.. lol

[@pyrolee17]

Nerds

[@Beau_Guerrier]

why would you take 3k $ worth rigs to run leagues ........................ ffs XD 400$ is enough for max setting at 60 fps why you love to waste ?

[@maarin1863]

maybe another game, playing with a coms program without problems, also if the match goes over 50 min FPS become lower.

[@codaassasin]

iBuyPower is the one who sponsored the whole thing.