ASUS Joins Forces with High School Esports League for Charity Tournament…
ASUS Joins Forces with High School Esports League for Charity Tournament to Support Communities Affected by COVID-19.
ASUS announced a partnership with High School Esports League (HSEL), the largest competitive gaming organization serving high school students and teachers, on an upcoming charity gaming tournament, the “Social Distancing Cup,” to support communities nationwide affected by COVID-19. The free online charity competition will be hosted by HSEL’s Generation Esports – a newly launched community-focused esports organization and tournament platform for competitors of all ages – from April 10 to May 10, 2020 with a $30,000 USD prize pool for winning participants, including college scholarships, cash as well as gaming gear and vouchers from ASUS.
Generation Esports expands the original charter of High School Esports League to positively impact multiple communities — from individual players, students in middle school to college, active duty military and veterans, corporate, adult and/or youth organizations, and more. To kick off its launch, Generation Esports — in partnership with non-profit partner Varsity Esports Foundation (VEF) — will host the Social Distancing Cup to engage with esports competitors who are isolating themselves or quarantined because of the COVID-19 pandemic and fundraise for low-income families during this time of need.
The Social Distancing Cup kicks off on April 10th
Beginning April 10, 2020, the Social Distancing Cup is a four-week-long tournament series open to the continental U.S. featuring competitive matches in League of Legends, Rocket League, and Teamfight Tactics. The Social Distancing Cup has a $30,000 USD prize pool, featuring additional winnable goods from ASUS Republic of Gamers and TUF Gaming laptops, hardware, and merchandise. More information and free registration to the Social Distancing Cup is available at https://www.generationesports.com/social-distancing-cup.
ASUS, Generation Esports and VEF encourage participants, as well as esports fans and organizations, to donate as little as $5-$25 USD to the “Social Distancing Cup COVID-19 Response Fund” to support low-income families suffering during this unprecedented global crisis. All donations are tax-deductible and can be made here.
ASUS is more than just hardware. Since 2006, ROG has played an active role in the global gaming community through partnerships at events and with gaming personalities and organizations, with the goal of fostering greater gaming experiences for all. In addition to ROG, ASUS recently launched its TUF Gaming brand, offering products created for gamers who demand superior durability, dependable stability and exceptional value in PC gaming.
“Supporting our communities is a huge part of our ASUS DNA,” said Yen Hoang, senior manager of brand marketing at ASUS North America. “We’re humbled to be able to contribute to HSEL and Generation Esports’ cause and benefit the communities that need it most by bringing together gamers, fans and their families through gaming and friendly competition.”
ASUS is proud to support the next generation of student gamers who seek to demonstrate their competitive spirit and build toward their future through gaming. As an official sponsor of the Social Distancing Cup, ASUS is providing TUF Gaming products and ROG swag, such as the recently announced TUF Gaming A15 laptop, a TUF Gaming peripheral bundle and ROG Elite Rewards vouchers to redeem ROG products online. Additionally, every team and participant that wins at least 15 matches will be automatically entered into the ASUS ROG TUF Quest drawing for a chance to win a Monitor, Motherboard and Video Card combo package.
About ASUS
ASUS is a multinational company known for the world’s best motherboards, PCs, monitors, graphics cards and routers, and driven to become the most-admired innovative leading technology enterprise. With a global workforce that includes more than 5,000 R&D professionals, ASUS leads the industry through cutting-edge design and innovations made to create the most ubiquitous, intelligent, heartfelt and joyful smart life for everyone. Inspired by the In Search of Incredible brand spirit, ASUS won more than 11 prestigious awards every day in 2018 and ranked as one of Forbes’ Global 2000 Top Regarded Companies, Thomson Reuters’ Top 100 Global Tech Leaders and Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies.
About Generation Esports
Created by the founders of High School Esports League (HSEL) — the largest and longest-running competitive gaming organization for high school students in the United States — Generation Esports (GenE) serves communities across the world that wish to better engage today’s youth. GenE believes that esports is more than just video games; it’s competition, community, engagement, and relationship building. With over 3,000 partnered schools and 80,000 participating students within its HSEL alone, GenE makes it easy for communities of all backgrounds and ages to offer competitive esport experiences to their members.
About The Varsity Esports Foundation
The Varsity Esports Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization established to offer financial assistance to schools and to provide a pipeline for students to reach their potential through Esports. The organization strives to increase literacy around the Esports industry’s positive impact on healthy lifestyles, mental health, community and STEM.
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