Words can’t even begin to describe my feelings leading up to, during, and after the Queen City Championship. Self-sustained, grassroots competition over 3+ years led to this and I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. What started as an impulsive decision seeing Apex announce that private lobbies were open to the public to now hosting a LAN event with 30(!!!) teams, all from different universities across North America will never not be insanity. I’m extremely proud of what @OctaneCollege has become, and the (re)introduction of collegiate apex to the scene compounded with the welcoming and overwhelming support. The concept of a league format, scholarships, actual recruitment with players affording college through the game, and even EA pitching in and supporting where they’re able was UNFATHOMABLE in 2022, but here we are 🥹 I want to thank @TngoMngoDwn and @EnseptionR6 for taking on a slightly delusional and optimistic kid and helping turn this passion project into reality, @g_dimona for facilitating all our graphics and helping secure and host our debut lan at UCincy, @hallowdprincess @happiiaka @ZephyrCasts for their continued support and coverage of collegiate as a whole. Thank you to @esports_foundry and @ScufGaming for the event support and finally to Joseph and Bolbi for the amazing support on the EA side, helping ensure collegiate has a spot in the @PlayApexEsports space ❤️ Thank you to all the players, teams, staff, and supporters that came out (special s/o to the @UHEsport boys). We had a continuous 100+ people in the venue, and overall ~215 peeps in unique foot traffic over the weekend. Your support for collegiate apex and Octane Collegiate means the world and here’s to (hopefully) more in the future 🙂