Boise State esports team playing through pandemic

Live sports are hard to come by during a pandemic, but esports at Boise State continue to grow.

HARD TO COME BYDURING APANDEMIC....BUT ONESPORT THAT'S HADNO PROBLEMCONTINUING...ISESPORTS...IDAHO NEWS 6REPORTER LYNSEYAMUNDSON SPOKEWITH THE BOISESTATE TEAM ABOUTTHEIR RECENTNATIONAL AWARDSAND WHAT IT'S LIKEBEING ONE OF THEFEW SPORTS ABLETO PLAY RIGHT NOW."I KNOW THERE'S LIKEA STIGMA WITHESPORTS, THATTHEY'RE NOT A REALSPORT, SO WHENTHIS WHOLEPANDEMIC STARTED,NOT TO MAKE LIGHTOF THE BAD THINGSHAPPENING, BUT IT'SALWAYS KIND OF FUNTO TALK WITH MYBUDDIES WHO AREFOLLOWINGESPORTS LIKE HAHATHERE'S ACTUALLYONE SPORT BEINGPLAYED AND THAT'SESPORTS.

ESPORTSIS A REAL SPORTWE'RE THE ONLYONES THAT CAN PLAYAND YOU OTHERSPORTS CAN'T DO IT.""IT DEFINITELY GIVESUS THE SPOTLIGHTAND FOR A LOT OF USIT'S KIND OF GIVENUS THIS VINDICATIONLIKE REALLY GO ALLIN."THAT MIXED WITHTHE GROWINGCOMMUNITYSUPPORT ESPORTSPOPULARITY ISSKYROCKETING..."SO IT REALLY IS THISCOMMUNITY THAT ISSTARTING TO BUY INAND SAY HEY THESEGUYS ARE REALLYREALLY GOOD ANDSTARTING TO GIVETHEM RECOGNITIONAND THE PLAYERSREALIZE."THEIR PROGRAM ISBUZZING ALL OVERSOCIAL MEDIA AS THEBEST UP AND COMINGPROGRAM...AND THEPROGRAM PLAYERSWANT TO BE APART...THEIR TALENTSHOWED AT THENATIONALASSOCIATION OFCOLLEGIATEESPORTSCONVENTION WHEREFOUR PLAYERS WERENAMED TO THE ALL-STAR TEAM... FORLEAGUE OF LEGENDSPLAYER ROBERTFAIRCY HISSELECTION IS EXTRASPECIAL THIS YEAR."AFTER NOT MAKINGIT INTO THEPLAYOFFS, TOP 64LAST YEAR SEASON,PUT IT A LOT OFOUTSIDE WORK JUSTLIKE IMPROVING."ALTHOUGH THEPLAYERS COMPETEAT HOME...THEBROADCAST TEAMSET UP A NEW SAFEPRODUCTION ROOM.THEY WERE NAMEDBROADCAST TEAM OFTHE YEAR....WITHOVER ONETHOUSAND HOURSBROADCASTED TONEARLY 1.3 MILLIONHOUSEHOLDS.

EVENTHROUGH THEPANDEMIC, THEYUPPED THEIRPRODUCTION...ANDADDED NEWGRAPHICS."WE'VE STEPPED ITUP TO A WHOLE NEWLEVEL BECAUSE THEPANDEMIC HAS SORTOF GIVEN US MORERESOURCES TO SAYHEY HOW DO WEFOCUS ON MAKING ITLOOK REALLY REALLYREALLY GOOD