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[6:11 PM] Huragok: Hey, as both the teamRPI admins, I think it would be good if we were included more in communications about this stuff, directly? like can we be added to emails/calls/anything else? We are running a lot of teams, and it would be nice to know what's up
[6:12 PM] Huragok: like when you say approved, do you just mean like all esports in general? or just us? and what are we requesting exactly?
[6:12 PM] Huragok: I understand the notion of an "esports program" but what exactly are we looking for to start?
[6:18 PM] AurumisGG: ECAC doesnt even know yet, i would watch the NCAA press release from today
[6:18 PM] AurumisGG: for some details, other then that im giving info as i know
[6:18 PM] AurumisGG: we dont know what games they plan to include
[6:18 PM] AurumisGG: or what scheudles look like
[6:19 PM] AurumisGG: the tab on their website doesnt even work
[6:19 PM] AurumisGG: so its just a play by ear as of now
[6:20 PM] Huragok: my only thing is I want to alsobe able to "play it by ear"
[6:20 PM] Huragok: I want my ear there too, ya know?
[6:20 PM] Huragok: hearing things through jack, through you, through them is hyper sub-optimal
[6:26 PM] AurumisGG: yeah, just gave jack the update today, because i just heard it today
[6:27 PM] AurumisGG: so we will all get info same day, i can start putting it all in the group chat too
[6:30 PM] AurumisGG: anything of importance that our teams or clubs should know i will make in announcements when all talks are finalized with people
[6:30 PM] AurumisGG: for now ive just been telling jack how talks are going i just dont want to get everyones hopes up and if RPI doesnt want stuff there will be more angry people
[6:30 PM] Huragok: okay, who are you contacting? you said  ben chang, dan coonan, and who is amanda?
[6:31 PM] AurumisGG: amanda kirk, gsas worker shes been helping coordinate hudson valley gamer con for RPI
[6:31 PM] Huragok: okay cool
[6:33 PM] Huragok: So you were talking with those three (who are like on our side?) asking money from who exactly? is ben chang asking from the admin? are you directly? is dan?
[6:35 PM] AurumisGG: amanda has been trying to get us funding by asking ben
[6:35 PM] AurumisGG: ben is asking other people
[6:35 PM] AurumisGG: whom i dont know
[6:36 PM] Huragok: ok cool, just trying to understand the organizational structure here
[6:36 PM] AurumisGG: i will be going to buisness dept tomorrow because they have been looking into making esports a major
[6:36 PM] AurumisGG: and may give us money to help start that initiate
[6:36 PM] Huragok: alright
[6:36 PM] AurumisGG: initiative*
[6:36 PM] AurumisGG: dan is CEO of ECAC
[6:36 PM] AurumisGG: he wants our money
[6:36 PM] AurumisGG: and if he doesnt get our money
[6:37 PM] AurumisGG: well he dont care about us much
[6:37 PM] AurumisGG: from what it seems right now
[6:37 PM] AurumisGG: ECAC may only be overwatch for the spirng
[6:37 PM] AurumisGG: so it may have no impact on most people as the money would essentially soley go to overwatch
[6:38 PM] AurumisGG: but those details are for a later date when they figure out their stuff
[6:38 PM] Huragok: alright cool
[6:38 PM] AurumisGG: the word best used to describe hudson valley gamer con, and ECAC by everyone so far has been "disorganized" if that gives  you any sentiment as to whats going on
[6:39 PM] AurumisGG: we were supposed to have schedules in early janurary with teams playing, and they are a month late, they just canceled all panels at the con because they feel like they will take away from the event
[6:39 PM] AurumisGG: and they have dozens of unsold spots they are trying to sell at about $1500 a piece, and this is all to get the ECAC thing moving
[6:40 PM] AurumisGG: but none of it is working out because they are all clueless to the point where fortnite is being spelled fortnight
[6:40 PM] AurumisGG: in all posteres, ads and emails until i corrected it
[6:40 PM] Huragok: oof
[6:40 PM] AurumisGG: they basically hired your economics proffessor to run esports
[6:41 PM] AurumisGG: and it aint working for them so much so its a shit fiesta im trying to solve right now
[6:41 PM] Huragok: okay cool
[6:41 PM] Huragok: when did this convo start? early january?
[6:41 PM] AurumisGG: so dont get peoples hopes up, try to keep news speading to a minimum until everything is finalized
[6:41 PM] AurumisGG: and it started in october
[6:41 PM] Huragok: not trying to get anyone's hopes up
[6:41 PM] AurumisGG: early october
[6:41 PM] Huragok: okay
[6:41 PM] Huragok: with ben and asking for money started in october?
[6:42 PM] AurumisGG: uhhh idk when that started \
[6:42 PM] AurumisGG: prbly janurary
[6:42 PM] AurumisGG: they have been doing most of that outside of my scope
[6:42 PM] Huragok: okay
[9:08 PM] Huragok: Raegan Light, lightr3@rpi.edu, (405) 830-6407, Raegan#1347
Jonathan Stansfield, stansj@rpi.edu, (860) 951-5195, MisuteRareta#1626
Varun Nair, nairv2@rpi.edu, (610) 457-2037, DaddyDerek#1935
Aidan Oakley, oaklea@rpi.edu, (704) 840-9016, BeefCake#11492
Nathaniel Page, pagen@rpi.edu, (860) 597-6010, Huragok#11395
Jack Schneider, schnej9@rpi.edu, (763) 568-2176, ibJack#1313
[12:17 PM] AurumisGG: update: we are in the league. 6 esports, hearthstone, LoL, fifa, OW, fortnite, Smash ultimate
[12:18 PM] AurumisGG: get a team for each. send me rosters. more details when thats done.
[1:06 PM] AurumisGG: how many OW teams do we want to play @Huragok
[1:06 PM] AurumisGG: i can sign up as many teams as wanted for each game, just need to know amount i believe its 3
[1:09 PM] AurumisGG: im just putting down 3 OW, 2 Hearthstone, 1 fifa, 2 fortnite (duos), 1 LoL, 2 SSU ( teams of 3?)
[1:10 PM] AurumisGG: the deadline is like now, so we are just gonna run with that
[1:11 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: for ow, we have 4 OW teams but not everyone on every team wants to participate, so 3 wouldn’t be a bad estimate
[1:11 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: if it would help I can ask the team managers for a more precise headcount
[1:12 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: nathaniel is in class rn unfortunately
[1:13 PM] AurumisGG: I did 3 i had to submit it now
[1:13 PM] AurumisGG: I submitted the amount of teams listed above for each game
[1:13 PM] AurumisGG: Ill be emailing a form tonight to get everyones info to be put on the ECAC website
[1:13 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: okay
[1:15 PM] AurumisGG: Season is set up like a normal sports season. They set match times all online and ECAC will email teams the schedules when they are made
[1:15 PM] AurumisGG: Theres gonna be between 30-32 schoolw
[1:16 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: dope
[1:16 PM] AurumisGG: No prize pools
[1:16 PM] AurumisGG: Its going to be like a normal college sport
[2:12 PM] Huragok: So we have to put up these teams for the lan and the season?
[2:13 PM] Huragok: It just one or the other?
[2:13 PM] AurumisGG: the season
[2:13 PM] AurumisGG: lan is just the one OW team, one LoL team and the one fortnite player
[2:13 PM] AurumisGG: the season is all the rest
[2:14 PM] Huragok: For fortnite you want 2 4-man teams? And the lan just one player?
[2:14 PM] AurumisGG: ill msg them to clarify, i believe its solos only?
[2:14 PM] AurumisGG: but they havent specified
[2:14 PM] AurumisGG: so it would be 2 solos
[2:16 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: okay, that would be great if you could double check
[2:16 PM] xXSWAGzzMASTERXx: thanks again
[2:16 PM] Huragok: Yeah, thanks
[3:41 PM] AurumisGG: In regards to your players, this is the information I need as soon as possible  –

·         full team roster for each game title
·         academic year of each player
·         academic major for each player
·         head shot photograph
·         Twitter & Instagram usernames for each player
[3:41 PM] AurumisGG: i need this for everyone
[3:43 PM] AurumisGG: fortnite is duos
[3:43 PM] AurumisGG: so 2 duos 4 players total
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[3:48 PM] Huragok: ok how much info do you have about the season? like we need to be able to tell players when they will play each week, etc
[4:45 PM] AurumisGG: Not yet. Once everyone is signed up and has rosters they will be sending out a discord link where im hoping all those questions will be amswered
[4:45 PM] Huragok: also what is the deadline?
[5:21 PM] AurumisGG: For team info? They didnt give me one
[5:22 PM] AurumisGG: I copy pasted what she sent me
[5:22 PM] AurumisGG: So just ASAP i would say
[5:22 PM] AurumisGG: The sooner we find people the sooner i csn hand everything in and go onto the next step
[5:26 PM] Huragok: so every player needs a twitter and instagram btw??
[5:26 PM] Huragok: what if they don't have one
[5:29 PM] AurumisGG: Make one
[5:29 PM] AurumisGG: I dont think they need followings
[5:30 PM] AurumisGG: Its just for their webiste and to monitor players i believe
[5:30 PM] AurumisGG: Cause they have a ton of rules on toxicity
[5:30 PM] AurumisGG: Like if your account is muted or not in good standing you cant play
[5:30 PM] AurumisGG: No alternate accounts allowed to so no smurfs sadly
[5:35 PM] Huragok: so they haven't given you an official rules doc?
[5:36 PM] AurumisGG: Nope
[5:37 PM] AurumisGG: I asked some questions on the phone but then i had class so i only got so far
[5:38 PM] AurumisGG: I am off for the weekend but ill be around sunday night to answer more questions and hopefully submit rosters
[5:38 PM] Huragok: how tf do I get players to sign up for something if I don't know what it is or what the rules are
[5:39 PM] AurumisGG: Well thats easy. We have theOWteams
[5:39 PM] AurumisGG: We have LoL
[5:39 PM] AurumisGG: Ask if any heartstoneplayers want to play competitively for the school team
[5:39 PM] AurumisGG: Along with any fortnite duos
[5:39 PM] AurumisGG: And smash trios
[5:39 PM] AurumisGG: And fifa solos
[5:40 PM] Huragok: so are you interfacing with the LoL people?
[5:40 PM] Huragok: or do you want me to
[5:40 PM] AurumisGG: I have their roster now
[5:40 PM] AurumisGG: So they are set
[5:40 PM] AurumisGG: Just need the other 4
[5:41 PM] AurumisGG: You can do it by elo, or have them play against one another i dont care either way if theres any interest. If there is no interest for a team ill take a team off how many we have
[5:41 PM] AurumisGG: I signed up extra in case because we can always take away, but its hard to add more
[5:41 PM] Huragok: so you can un-sign us up if we don't find people?
[5:41 PM] Huragok: ok good
[5:42 PM] Huragok: I was worried about trying to fill everything when we have like zero groundwork in some games
[5:42 PM] AurumisGG: That or i will sign myself amd a friend up fpr everything people dont want
[5:42 PM] AurumisGG: Then we just FF
[5:42 PM] Huragok: gonna reach out to smash people though
[5:42 PM] AurumisGG: If they dont take us off
[5:42 PM] AurumisGG: But either way we will make it work.
[5:42 PM] Huragok: ok
[5:42 PM] AurumisGG: Its 1200 a semester too. So we have to find a way for future semester funding
[5:43 PM] Huragok: alright
[5:43 PM] AurumisGG: We technically didnt get any funding
[5:43 PM] Huragok: I mean being a funded club through union could do it if the direct admin money doesn't come through
[5:43 PM] Huragok: oh?
[5:43 PM] AurumisGG: Dont worry about it. Im handling it. But yeah we have 0 moneys
[5:43 PM] Huragok: okey dokey
[5:45 PM] AurumisGG: I basically just signed us up on my own and had them bill the school and we will just see how that one plays out. All that matters right now is we are in, and i got the payment deadline changed to mid march halfway through the season so they cant boot us out by that point
[5:45 PM] AurumisGG: And we are gonna make it a later me problem if RPI doesnt just pay it and not notice
[5:45 PM] AurumisGG: But either way we have esports now so goal 1 is accomplished
[5:46 PM] AurumisGG: Rob hamilton is listed as our administrator ( he doesnt know)
[5:46 PM] AurumisGG: And amanda is listed as our coach (she is aware of that)
[5:46 PM] AurumisGG: And thats all i got
[5:47 PM] Huragok: okay... I'm not gonna touch that lol but nice?
[5:47 PM] Huragok: true we do have esports
[5:47 PM] Huragok: big
[6:16 PM] Huragok: We need to know the team size for ssu, @AurumisGG
[6:16 PM] Huragok: I am talking to them now
[6:59 PM] AurumisGG: 3 i pinned the msg to the channel
[6:59 PM] AurumisGG: They think
[6:59 PM] AurumisGG: They havent even made a rule set yet
[7:00 PM] AurumisGG: Teams of 3
[7:01 PM] Huragok: okay
[7:04 PM] Huragok: they say that's super unconventional and not sure if they have players that want that format, but they are asking around
[7:06 PM] Huragok: https://i.imgur.com/Qm0NdiD.png

[7:13 PM] AurumisGG: They dont know. When the ruleset is released with what format they want i can tell you, but as of right now all the details they gave me is 3 man teams, best of 3
[7:13 PM] AurumisGG: 1s ill copy paste the response
[7:14 PM] Huragok: ok
[7:14 PM] Huragok: all good
[7:14 PM] AurumisGG: Just to let everyone know we are working on the official ruleset for Smash Ultimate.
However , I can tell you that it will be teams of 3 , with subs that can be added
It will be first to 3
[7:14 PM] AurumisGG: Thats all they sent me
[7:15 PM] AurumisGG: Just have them give their best 3, and we have 2 team slots for smash so best 6
[7:15 PM] AurumisGG: And get all the info, this way i can at least make sure we are fully registered, and if they dont wanna do it we FF and drop out that team in smash
[7:16 PM] AurumisGG: Because ECAC is so new they dont really have any set rules or format and are working on making it all. So all we can do is register and hope for the best, and if its shit we drop out and try again when it isnt shit
[7:16 PM] AurumisGG: I talked to a few tespa presidents at other schools who are sharing similar frustrations
[7:25 PM] Huragok: ok yeah
[7:25 PM] Huragok: that's what I told him
[3:42 PM] AurumisGG: im going to need that above info i asked for on all of our players by friday morning so that I can send it out and get it all approved in case theres any problems i want to have a little wiggle room before the deadline
[3:42 PM] Huragok: ok
[3:44 PM] AurumisGG: thanks
[6:40 PM] AurumisGG: here ya go they just sent this out an hour ago
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[6:43 PM] AurumisGG: after i submit our rosters on friday i will get everyone into the discord when our tags are made so we can all get roles, then id like to get in a group call with you @Huragok to discuss the future of teamRPI & Tespa
[7:50 PM] Huragok: Sounds good