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The Esports Report

The Esports Report

by Ashley Hodge

Video Games Technology

Season 3

We Won 2025 State ESport State Madden Champions!

This is a quick episode. Our student Adam Smith, won the state championship title for eSports Madden. 13WMAZ came and conducted an interview with Adam and myself. This is that short interview story. link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SmcnoaC2Hk

Season 2

National Unified Esports for Scholastic Leagues Fall '24 Information

Link: https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/9613403-national-unified-esports-for-scholastic-leagues-fall-24 Interested in learning more about adding special Olympics esports to your school? Ashley Hodge brings you the information from playvs.

Coach Clinic Reminders, 2024 Spring Esports Winners, & New Game Added to Esports

I review the coaches clinic, specifically focusing on issues from the previous season, review the schools who dominated in their esports, and briefly discuss the new game added to esports.

S2E2: The Start of High School Esports 2024 & The Collapse of the Gaming Industry

Ashley Hodge returns to discuss how to get started for the 2024 high school esports season as well as discussing the gaming industry dumpster fire and how that may impact high school esports programs. TimeStamps: Part1-High School Esports Discussion- 0:00 to 19:41 Part 2-The Collaspe of the Gaming Industry 19:42 to 56:21 A special thanks to Keith from Fiver, who created my intro and outro. You can find his work here link: https://www.fiverr.com/yourimagingguy/make-your-podcast-sound-like-a-million-dollars?source=order_page_summary_gig_link_title&funnel=86dbbd619ffc4a6faed8f5eb5d9ab907

S2E1: Discussion of Major Changes to the High School Esports Ecosystm

In this episode, Ashley Hodge, discuss 5 major changes to the 2023-2024 high school esports ecosystem and how these changes will impact the space moving forward. Important Links GHSA Esports Clinic--https://learn.ghsa.net/ghsa-line-rules-clinic-schedule-2023-2024 Letter from new ceo--https://www.playvs.com/news/next-chapter PlayVS CEO steps down--https://www.blackenterprise.com/delane-parnell-playvs-gaming-company-ceo-esports/

Season 1

2022 GaETC Esports Presentation in Atlanta, GA

In this episode, I and two of my dissertation committee members present a introduction esports presentation at the 2022 GaETC Conference in Atlanta, GA. We discuss what esports is, how to start an esports program, how to increase student engagement with esports in the classroom, and much more.

GHSA Esports Rule Book Review

in this episode, I review the very long GHSA PlayVS High School Esports Rulebook. If you are participating in any PlayVS/GHSA event, you need to know these rules. https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/5464981-high-school-competition-rulebook https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/6437166-playvs-tiebreakers-faq https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/6085215-high-school-fall-22-schedule https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/6105881-high-school-nba-2k23-fall-22-schedule

A Summary of the 2022 Rule Changes for the 2022 Esports Season

In this episode, I review the rule changes to the GHSA PlayVS high school esports rulebook. This is very important if you plan on participating in the 2022 season. These are major rule changes. Resources https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/5464981-high-school-competition-rulebook https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/6437166-playvs-tiebreakers-faq https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/6085215-high-school-fall-22-schedule https://help.playvs.com/en/articles/6105881-high-school-nba-2k23-fall-22-schedule

S1E19: Esports Student Athletic Contract

In this episode, I go over a esport student athletic contract that I made for my esports program.

S1E18: Reviewing the GHSA PlayVS Splatoon Rulebook

In this episode, I review PlayVS Splatoon Rulebook for the upcoming fall 2022 GHSA Esports season. Got questions or want to come on the pod? Email us at theesportsreporths@gmail.com

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