STUDENTS AGES 10 AND UNDER COMPETED IN SAME SETTING AS TOP PLAYERS.
10-06-2022
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS —From September 30 to October 2, hundreds of top esports enthusiasts from across the region and beyond converged on Tech Port Center + Arena — San Antonio's newest state-of-the-art facility that combines innovation and entertainment under one roof — to compete in an array of online video games.
The tournament, dubbed Lost Tech City and organized by promoters Tourney Locator, focused primarily on bouts of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Along with the tournament, the event also featured a special bracket that allowed up to 64 area students under the age of 10 to also take part in the fun.
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Preliminary rounds were played at Tech Port Center + Arena's LAN gaming center, which is equipped with an array of top-of-the-line units developed by EK Fluid Gaming.
Finalists, including those in the 10-and-under bracket, subsequently played on the main stage in the center's arena, with a capacity of over 3,000 in-person viewers and thousands more who tuned in on Tourney Locator's Twitch channel.
Tournament winners included:
- The Ultimate 1v1 for the 10 & Under bracket winner: Goku
- The Ultimate 1v1 winner: Marss aka Tyler Martins
- The Melee 1v1 winner: Mang0 aka Joseph Marquez
- The Ultimate Squad Strike 3v3 winner: Marss aka Tyler Martins
- The Melee 2v2 winner: Hungrybox and Plup
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The young students were invited from schools throughout the community. Tourney Locator waived all entrance fees for this group and, additionally, offered each participating student three free admission tickets to invite parents, friends and family to cheer them on.
Tech Port Center + Arena, completed by Port San Antonio last spring and operated by leading venue management firm ASM Global, has quickly emerged as the nation's top esports gaming venue. The combination of a top-tier LAN gaming center and a large capacity state-of-the-art arena under the same roof has attracted some of the most proficient players from around the world. It is the largest facility in the nation purpose-built from the ground up to host an array of esports activities, including the recent Overwatch Battle for Texas and, more recently, FORCECON, which was the first tournament in the nation where esports teams representing all six U.S. military service branches went head-to-head.
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The recently-launched Tech Port Center + Arena, which includes a 3,200-seat arena that can host an array of tech-driven events such as esports tournaments.
