US University To Offer Scholarships For Top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Players

Dang, I would have been all over that! Oh well, already got through college.

Proud UCI Alumni. Zot Zot!

Might be time to try for a second degree and game on someone else’s dime

Thanks for starting this the summer after I graduated lol

I guess I better start practicing

Meanwhile I was crushed in my local tournament.

Nice, a scholarship I actually want!

Too bad I'm not any good... (cue sad laughter)

That’s nice. Would be even better if we actually had access to education and didn’t have to beg for scholarships though.

Wait, what career do I have access to with a degree in Smash?
Oh right, Smashburger.

@ALinkttPresent I'm with you. We can do so much more to provide better access to education here in America. Based on the number of atrocities happening in the country right now, it is desperately needed for the sake of future generations. I don't get why you're getting thumbs down.

@Franz People knee-jerking thinking that what has happened to primary public education in the U.S. would then happen to its colleges and universities. They're both messed up.

@Franz Education won't stop atrocities. They are a symptom of a larger problem. Our society is corrupt.

cool. Why not, if they offer them for sports?

@Trajan But it would lessen, I think, the rate of such atrocities. If people were more educated, they wouldn't so readily believe a fascist's racist ideologies. By having the knowledge, for instance, that this approach had been utilized in the past that led to disastrous consequences, people would be more equipped to recognize and fight against bigotry and discrimination.

But you are correct in pointing to the fact that corruption is a problem, if not the biggest. We need to get money out politics. Maybe then our representatives would actually represent us, the people, rather than those who line their pockets.

@KingBowser86 Don't know that that's knee-jerking. Seems like a reasonable fear. Of course, the problems with our public education system have more than one cause.

@Dr_Corndog Granted, that's the only reason it'd be knee-jerking, is because it is multi-faceted (some of which might even get fixed in the transition, maybe). Similar to how the U.S. couldn't possibly socialize medical care at this moment because the clinics that were made by foreign investors would immediately shut down and then we'd have far, far worse and more lethal waits than the nations that currently do so. And that's based on analyses from both within and outside of the U.S.

And this is exactly why I’m extremely thankful for free higher education. I’m not great at Smash or any sort of sport really and there’s no chance I could afford my fees even down in England so having my tuition fees free is the only reason I’m currently studying towards a degree.

I wouldn't mind trying out haha

Lol anything to stop US colleges being about academic merit.

The number of well-educated people that don’t know the difference between a fascist, a narcissistic reality TV star with no real ideology (other than protectionism - limit immigration and put tariffs on everything), and practically anyone to the right of Joe Biden doesn’t really give me much confidence in the value of giving everyone a taxpayer funded liberal arts degree.

@Dezzy So you’d rather working class people, the ones that miss out on college as they’re competing against millions just like them, just didn’t go to college? For many, this is the only way they can go, through sports and now eSports. Nothing about the US system is about academic merit, it’s entirely stacked towards people that can afford it.

@nessisonett

It's almost as if they should do scholarships for poor people who do well in academia, rather than people who do well at Smash Bros.

Urgh what utter stupidity.

@PBandSmelly Ah yes, the classic "I'm terrible at this so clearly everyone who's good does nothing else with their time". Deliciously bitter.

@Dezzy They do, except millions of people are up for only a few scholarships. This is another path and unless the colleges provide more places for non fee-paying students, which they won’t, it remains one of the few ways the working class can get a degree.

My old self is just floored that people these days can get scholarships for playing video games. It's something I joked about growing up in the 80s, never thought I'd see the day. I'm jealous of today's youth. It's great.

This is wonderful news! I hope this becomes more and more common!

This is a wonderful way to connect our hobbies to our futures. We give people scholarships for playing sports, so why not video games too? And not just video games, we should have scholarships for all sorts of hobbies! We should encourage people to develop their talents and hobbies. Art, games, sports, whatever!

Wow, a scholarship that actually means something

2.0 minimum GPA? That's... super sad

Can I get a scholarship for being incredibly good at Hungry Hungry Hippos?

My State is pretty insane, not gonna lie.

A 2.0 GPA? Not exactly aspiring toward excellence, are they?

That's the lowest minimum GPA I've ever seen.

This gives me hope that my 9 year old, who kicks my butt at smash, may just have a future in the gaming world. I wish this kind of stuff existed 20 years ago.

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