{"id":29044,"date":"2020-09-21T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=29044"},"modified":"2020-09-21T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:42:43","slug":"this-week-at-apsu-ranked-up-esports-looking-to-add-team-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/09\/21\/this-week-at-apsu-ranked-up-esports-looking-to-add-team-members\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week at APSU: Ranked-Up Esports looking to add team members"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Last September, Ranked-Up Esports President Austin Stewart expected 13 or 14 Austin Peay State University (APSU) students to show up at the team\u2019s first-ever interest meeting. More than 80 people showed up.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were blown away,\u201d Stewart, a business senior, said. \u201cWe had 10 pizzas, and we quickly ran out of those.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a>

Austin Peay State University Ranked-Up Esports. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ranked-Up Esports quickly had more than 100 members attending team meetings and competing in local and area esports tournaments. Still in its infancy, the team is quickly ramping up in hopes of competing against established esports teams in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very new, very fresh out of there,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cMost teams have about three or four years before they actually really compete, and we are trying to catch up. We don\u2019t want Austin Peay to be behind the curve.<\/p>\n

You can join Ranked-Up Esports by trying out for its teams at one (or more) of these dates (the team had a Super Smash Bros. and Call of Duty meetings last week):<\/h4>\n