I take a stab at reporting some of the standings, statistics and interesting matches coming up in Week 4 of the Collegiate Rainbow Six: Siege league. Follow along with the action at https://collegiater6.com/ and https://cesn.gg/! I also interviewed members of Texas A&M's R6 two squads before jumping into some casual gameplay with them! If you want to see how the gameplay went, check out my VOD on Twitch, Youtube & Mixer!

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/385601672

YT: https://youtu.be/LYoBXApGTFU

Mixer: https://mixer.com/WarlockRakaul?vod=87250995

Follow Texas A&M on Twitter and their website:

Twitter: @TAMUEsports

http://tamuesports.com/

Subscribe to the Collegiate Esports Network's newsletter to keep up to date with all things collegiate esports related!

Each group even has a Discord so squad up and join the communities:

CESN: https://discord.gg/GNFkwP

CR6: https://discord.gg/83Y8xV

This week, I was hosted on the University of Oklahoma's Twitch channel (twitch.tv/ouesports) and we streamed the interview! We had a large representation from the students as well as their lead adviser! Check out in depth interview and find out about how OU is measuring their success outside of just winning competition. 

The identity already established in this club and the purpose they're working towards is hugely inspiring and should serve as a shining example of what good esports can do for communities, digital and physical. 

Follow up with OU Esports on social media and their website:

This week's guest are three leaders of Northeastern University's Esports program:  

Will DeCramer -Hearthstone Game Director

We go in depth with their execution of an esports program in connection with their schools athletics program - how they got there, what they're doing and what sets them apart. 

Join the conversation with them at:

Musician and editor of the podcast, Jantzen once again lends his music to the episode with his song, "For the Night". Check out his album, Neon Blue, on Spotify at: 

 https://spoti.fi/2TSZHI8 

Find him on social: @jantzen on twitter, @jantzenTZ on instagram and soundcloud.com/jantzenteezee

Welcome! This is the first episode in the "Check Your 6" segment that I want to kick off to coincide with the Collegiate Rainbow6: Siege scene! Look forward to future weekly episodes of debriefing from the previous week's action and preparing for the next week. 

This week, we have an interview with the R6 squad from University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill! You can reach out to UNC - CH these ways:

https://twitter.com/UNCesports

http://discord.me/uncchesports 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/UNCesports/

If you like the podcast be sure to check out the VOD on my streaming channels:  https://bit.ly/2rat3Fc , twitch.tv/warlockrakaul, mixer.com/warlockrakaul

Musician and editor of the podcast, Jantzen once again lends his music to the segment with his song, "For the Night". Check out his album, Neon Blue, on Spotify at: 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5IZOv5uHn5n1YHmBDxgePe

Man! This podcast is getting to some amazing characters and resources! Chris' interest and his due diligence to explore esports is a credit to the impact that the faculty can have to a club. 

Not only that but his depth of knowledge and care about how esports is beneficial to colleges and college life is a fount of positivity. 

Huge thanks to Chris for taking the time to be interviewed. You can find him at @haskell (twitter) and the university at @esportsBSU (twitter)

Music: "Flash Drive" by  @JantzenTz (twitter) from the album "Neon Blue" available on Spotify. Thank you for letting me play your tracks!

You can find me all over social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, Mixer, YouTube, Uplay, Steam and Origin as WarlockRakaul or Warlock Rakaul. 

This week, the President and one of the founders of RIT Esports, Evan Hirsh, details the origins, recent announcements and long term goals for the club. 

It is great to hear a leader in collegiate esports share a lot of the same interests in esports as I do; as more of a fan than a participant. It allows us to think of the club as an organization, how to scale and build it for longevity. It also forces us to think about many questions like:

Musical guest was Jantzen (Twitter/IG: @JantzenTZ , soundcloud.com/jantzenteezee) with his second song, "Definition of Party".

Follow RIT on Twitter: @RITesports

In this part 1 of 2 for interviews with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Marco and I have a long chat about all of his efforts to break into esports both at RIT and in the Collegiate Call of Duty League. He shares a wonderfully powerful anecdote about having genuine energy that is just the perfect way to capture anyone who is aspiring to get involved with esports. 

All ya'll planning to get into esports - LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST. Marco has a plan and an attitude that should be your first goal. He is indubitably one of the most motivated, hardest working and genuine lovers of esports I've met so far in my journey of discovering collegiate esports. I think I may have found a home away from home in RIT. Now to get me a jersey...

Just wait for part 2 with RIT Esports President, Evan Hirsh.

Once again, shoutout to the musical guest this week, Jantzen! You can find his new album, "Neon Blue" on Spotify. You can find even more of his music on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/jantzenteezee.

As always, you can reach me at any number of places:

https://twitter.com/WarlockRakaul

https://www.facebook.com/WarlockRakaul/

https://www.instagram.com/warlockrakaul/

https://twitch.tv/warlockrakaul

https://mixer.com/WarlockRakaul

TAKE 2!

After a technical goof, I get a second chance to record with VP of Communications, Ben Hosford from Louisiana State University Esports. 

We discuss a lot of his experiences volunteering for esports organizations, executing on social media and knowing your worth. 

Musical guest is @Gravity.Sound on Instagram, with their song "Pulling Strings"

This week's guest is Ben "Del" Grieser and captain of SAU's Overwatch team. We go over the start of a varsity squad as SAU, how the start has gone, and some of the perspective as a smaller university trying to swim in the growing ocean of esports. 

Our guest musician is Gravity Sound (@Gravity.Sound on Instagram) with his track, "No Patience". 

Be sure to check me out on social media:

https://twitter.com/WarlockRakaul

https://www.facebook.com/WarlockRakaul/

https://www.instagram.com/warlockrakaul/

https://twitch.tv/warlockrakaul

https://mixer.com/WarlockRakaul

Join Allie (@best_huggles on twitter and twitch) Murdock as she walks us through life tied to managing communities in and out of the competitive space and into new untamed environments of VR. 

Shoutout to Runestrike (@IamRuneStrike on twitter and soundcloud.com/runestrike) for giving us some "Peace N Quiet" this week.