Phantoms defeat Spectral Spears in Esports matchup

Thursday is ESports game day! On March 18 New Rockford-Sheyenne took on the 'Spectral Spears' out of Alabama. Alex Harrison, Stephen Merrick and Wyatt Dockter, of team 'Phantoms' crushed them! The first game was 14-0, second 8-0, and the third in the series 15-0. This moves the Phantoms ranking to eighth overall. Go Team! 'Controlled Chaos' did not fair as well, ending with a 0-3 finish. 'The Geeks' had a bye week. 'Sentinels' did not play.

Practice is the key to winning and it seems to be paying off. Coach Eichelberger's scheduled practices are mandatory, as with all school-sanctioned sports. I heard a recent "snicker" from an adult and a statement surrounding, "what could they possibly be practicing?"

Well I'm here to tell you, gaming isn't easy. Have you looked at a controller lately? It has two joy sticks, eight buttons, and four smaller buttons on the face. All these are operated with your thumbs. Then four triggers on the front for your index fingers. The kids that game on a computer may only use half the keyboard, but a gaming mouse is a computer mouse on steroids with all of its buttons, knobs and dials. Remember back-in-the-day when they taught us how to type on a typewriter with no letters on the keys? Muscle memory is how we learned. Gaming is no different. Series of combinations have to be thrown in a millisecond to achieve a goal, or a block, or a pass. Gamers practice these combinations as individuals for hours to perfect them, and then get together to practice some more. The thrill of finally mastering a move is like no other. Put three players on a team working together, with their mastered moves, and observe the magic of gaming.