The Pac-U is a group of schools working together to connect directly and plan longer-lead events and matches that are--from a schedule standpoint--modeled after how analog sports are showcased

"Analog sports" are what we'd call physical sporting events vs digital - football, basketball, baseball, etc. - they need to primarily be held in person

No - we're the esports leaders who represent the schools who make up the Pac 12 conference schools, but we're not directly affiliated with them

Arizona State University Oregon State University Stanford University University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of Colorado Boulder University of Oregon University of Southern California University of Utah University of Washington Washington State University

Primarily students/staff/faculty advisors for the schools' respective Esports organizations along with student leadership

Between the pandemic, students being isolated in quarantine, the loss of "analog sport" like college football, etc., we felt the need to step up and provide a way to build school spirit and entertainment that would also keep students and players safe.

We assessed our respective skill sets and divided up work across the network - some are good with social media, some with design, others with planning /organizing, otherts with streaming broadasts.

No - this fall (Fall 2020) we are doing a series of standalone invitational matches that sync with what would have been the Pac-12 Fall 2020 Football schedule.

Holding a "tournament" would violate the game-maker's publishing licensing agreements schools must abide by in order to publicly play and stream matches.

Not this fall - we started this up and began planning as summer was winding down as we realized 1) how most schools would still be having remote classes and 2) how the lack of analog sports would impact school spirit.

For most of us, Esports aren't directly funded by our schools, so we'd have to have sponsors to have prizes; once we had sponsors (aka revenue) involved, we knew that the legal agreements, etc, required to execute would delay us for a considerable amount of time. This year, our players just want to play.

The standalone matches will run from September 25th through right before Christmas.

Not a "champion" due to the same reason this isn't a "tournament".

Not this fall, but if someone is intersted to discuss how to support as we evolve into something more permanent over the next year, they can email us at pac-ugamingofficial@outlook.com

Primarily we're playing League of Legends, Overwatch and Rocket League. We also may have a shorter series of matches for games that we don't allhave teams to support that would run from Thanksgiving through mid-December.

We've been discussing with the publishers and they're supportive as long as we comply with their licensing guidelines.

If it goes well, we plan to make it a regular thing - having Esports matches scheduled with long lead times will allow us to plan more effectively with our mostly-volunteer/student resources

This fall, we're only streaming on Twitch - the official channel is @pac-ugaming, but schools' with their own twitch channels can co-stream with pac-u.

Yes, they're modeled after the rules here.

We wanted to catch as much of the Fall as possible and replicate what would have been the Pac-12 football schedule as possible so that students have something to rally around vs their only school engagement is via online classes with little student life/entertainment

Go to pac-ugaming.com; it's a site under construction but it'll have our most recent schedule, team info, etc. We also have social media accounts.

First, join our Discord! It's open to all students here: https://discord.gg/2E9tsqW

Yes, here: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pacific.uni.35 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pacugaming/ Twitter https://twitter.com/pacugaming Youtube https://youtube.com/channel/UCSTBuOJI9vVbDKldnDsCQkw Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/pacugaming TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@pacugaming?lang=en