During school days in the Campus Center, there is a variety of activities going on such as club meetings, studying and various video games being played throughout the center.
Most days, you’ll see the same faces, at the same spots, spending time there. One of those spots is occupied by a group of gamers that all enjoy the same thing, playing each other at the Nintendo Switches’ Super Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. is a series of crossover fighting games from various Nintendo franchises. The primary objective of the game is to knock other players off of the game stage until there is only one player left standing.
During school days in the Campus Center, there is a variety of activities going on such as club meetings, studying and various video games being played throughout the center.
“We play every Monday through Thursday, usually either between classes or after class,” says Citrus student Shawn Sparks. “Ever since I’ve been going here, people have been bringing gaming setups, since then we’ve just been playing.”
A mixture of individuals , some new to these friendly tournaments and some well veterened, undergo a test of combat via controller to see who will end up on top. “Sometimes we’ll play other games when I get the other guys to change games, but other than that, its just been Smash Bros.,” student Ethen Uy says.
These gamers not only go in a one versus one style tournament, but modes of many types. Some days they’ll soley play on versus one, and other days they will mix it up, sometimes 2 versus 2 or all out 5 character brawls.
“Sometimes we can go nuts with all items on, but most of the time we play tournament style,” says Citrus student Jack Jenson.
What these items do in the game is give the player any number of advantages, from extra health to more damage when hitting an opponent.
Some of these students use this campus gaming center group tournaments as practice for actual tournaments. Citrus student Sawn Sparks has been to a few tournaments during his time playing at Citrus. “I’ve only gone to smaller tournaments, but in the ones I’ve been to, I’ll place top three in them,” Sparks says. “I play some pretty good people here, and it’s good experience.” Other campus center gamers like Jack Jenson says it’s also good to play Sawn, because of how good he is, it makes them better in return.
A lot of these guys that now game here, had gaming groups in high-school and have now found the campus center a place to play some competitive gaming while they wait for their classes to start. The campus center has allowed these types of groups to flourish, and allows people to do what they enjoy at school of all places.
