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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Finance junior Edward Liu “A Good Sir” and computer science freshman Andrew Fu “A Bad Sir” play as support and ADC on the League of Legends team. Photo by Pavan Tauh | Mercury Staff.

Esports teams wrap up first year

April 29, 2019

The UTD esports program is wrapping up its inaugural year and ramping up fall recruitment with a new “Super Smash Bros.” team and overall good records for “League of Legends” and “Overwatch.” The esports...

The UTD Esports department added “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” to its game lineup in February and has since finalized the team’s roster. Photo by Megan Zerez | Mercury Staff.

New esports team wins at regional competition

March 10, 2019

UTD Esports announced their spring roster for the new “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” team at the end of February via Twitter. The new team finished in first place in its first tournament on March 9...

The “League of Legends” A and B teams advanced to quarterfinals at a Midwest esports tournament where they took seventh and eighth place, respectively. Photo courtesy of UTD Esports.

Esports teams lose out at Midwest tournament

February 11, 2019

For the first “League of Legends” tournament this year, UTD’s “League of Legends” A and B teams advanced to quarterfinals in the Wichita Esports Convention during the first weekend of February...

Marketing sophomore Lindsay Caudill, analyst for the “Overwatch” teams, was one of seven women who tried out for UTD esports. Photo by Anna Phengsakmueang | Mercury Staff.

Female video gamers join male-dominated industry

October 1, 2018

Lindsay Caudill, a marketing sophomore, has been an avid gamer since the age of six. Now, she serves as an analyst for both the A and B “Overwatch” esports teams. “I've always been doing games,...

The Comets lost at the quarterfinals stage during OP Live Dallas on Sept. 22. The “Overwatch” A team defeated Colorado State University and Mississippi State University in separate matches, placing fifth overall. Photo by Michael Stout | Mercury Staff.

Esports team reaches quarterfinals

October 1, 2018

The UTD “Overwatch” team kicked off its season by advancing to the quarterfinals of a local tournament. The new convention, OP Live Dallas, was sponsored by the professional esports team Dallas...

25 students make up UTD's four esports teams, with two groups of players for each game. Players on each team train by playing with each other and other schools in scrimmages ahead of tournament season. Photo by Amber Doan | Mercury Staff.

Esports teams prepare for season

September 17, 2018

With the team rosters filled, the esports program has begun practice and preparations for the rest of the season. A total of 25 students were accepted into the program during tryouts which started...

Incoming esports coach Greg Adler plays “League of Legends” in the newly-constructed training room in the Student Union, which were formerly known as the Pegasus and Phoenix rooms. Adler said he hopes to build two five-player teams for “League of Legends” and two six-player teams for“Overwatch.” Tryouts begin Aug. 27 and end Sept. 6. Photo by Noah Whitehead | Photo Editor.

Esports team introduces dedicated coach

August 20, 2018

The UTD esports program hired its first-ever esports coach and is currently recruiting students to join the esports team in the next few weeks. Greg Adler, a music education graduate from Kutztown University...

Graphic by Carolina Alvarez | Outreach Editor.

Dallas becomes hub for esports

July 30, 2018

Michael Sherman was already playing Riot Games’ “League of Legends” before he went to UTD in 2009. Though he said he didn’t consider himself a professional, he and a group of students played the...

The varsity Esports team is the first sport added to the athletics department since 2004. It will also be the first sponsored coed sport. Photo by Sarah Besserer | Mercury Staff.

Varsity esports coming to UTD

June 11, 2018

UTD Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Bill Petitt announced the addition of esports as the university’s 14th varsity sport. The newest addition to the Comets is the first since the inclusion of volleyball...

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