Esports
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Mastodon esports—competitive and fun.
March 2020. The genesis of esports at Purdue Fort Wayne. From modest beginnings, just three teams and a handful of players, grew a program that now competes with six full teams and plays all the Big Ten schools—and some games draw more than 1,500 Twitch spectators.
Winning Strats
Mastodon gamers with skills.
Our esports program features competitive teams for six primary games: Overwatch, Valorant, League of Legends, Call of Duty, Rocket League, and Super Smash Bros. These have separate seasons with national tournaments for the fall and spring semesters.
Join the team.
Join the team.
Do you have what it takes to be part of the esports team? Fill out an application and we’ll see what you’ve got. All our players need to earn their roster spot each season.
Lab Policies
GLHF.
We require that all lab users respect one another. Inappropriate personal conduct such as bullying, harassment, cheating, stalking, or other forms of intimidation will not be tolerated. Please refer to the Student Handbook Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct for complete information. In addition to “Good luck. Have fun,” the lab also has the following rules in place:
- Student accounts are provided 20 hours of play per week.
- Food and open drink containers are not permitted.
- Mistreatment or abuse of hardware will result in a loss of lab privilege.
- User accounts and passwords can’t be shared or loaned to others.
- Users may bring their own headsets, controllers, and mice if they don’t require additional software.
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Alienware computers
Maxnomic
Gaming chairs
Lab Hours
When we’re open.
Take a look at when you can use the esports lab, located in Walb Union, Room 221. We’re open during the following hours during the academic year:
Monday–Thursday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Summer Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Keep in mind that these hours may change—the lab is closed during team events and group reservations.
21
Alienware computers
Maxnomic
Gaming chairs
Meet the coach
Our esports leader.
Originally from Lubbock, Texas, head coach Jordan Cunningham moved to Fort Wayne in 2010 on an athletics scholarship with Indiana Tech. While in school, Cunningham participated in amateur League of Legends tournaments while also helping staff various LAN events.
Upon graduation, in 2015, Cunningham transitioned to Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, first as a competitive individual player, then as head coach under Zenith Esports. In 2019, he became the esports head coach at Indiana Tech, providing the university with the inaugural WHAC Esports Conference championship.
The Lab
Gaming space and gear.
The esports lab, located in Walb Union, Room 221, is a space created for competitive gaming. Its high-end gaming hardware is available to students, staff, and faculty, as well as esports teams, gaming clubs, and special events.
The lab has 21 gaming-ready workstations to take advantage of. Each station has 20-plus modern titles installed to play. Take a look at the full specifications of the computers and find out what games are installed below.
Processor: Intel i9-9900
Graphics Card: Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti
Storage: 2 TB Solid-state drive
RAM: 16 GB DDR4
Each station also has Dell G-Sync monitors that can be wirelessly streamed to two 75-inch 4K TVs in the lab, Corsair gaming peripherals, and custom Maxnomic gaming chairs. You can bring and use your own peripherals providing they don't require any software to be installed on the lab computers.
- Among Us
- Apex
- Borderlands 3
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Call of Duty Vanguard
- CS: GO
- Dota 2
- FIFA 20
- Fortnite
- Hearthstone
- Heroes of the Storm
- League of Legends
- Legends
- Minecraft
- NBA 2K20
- Overwatch
- Player Unknown Battlegrounds (PUBG)
- Rainbow 6 Siege
- Rocket League
- Smite
- Splitgate
- Starcraft 2
- Team Fortress 2
- Tekken 7
Connect with Esports
See what all the talk is about.
Whether you’re interested in watching Mastodon esports in action or want to look into applying for the team, check out all the ways you can connect with us.