UST’s Office for Student Affairs (OSA) on Wednesday recognized the University’s first college-based gaming organization, Thomasian Gaming Society (TGS).
Charles Nobleza, the College of Information and Computing Sciences (CICS) senior who founded the UST Minecraft server, announced on Twitter that he will lead TGS.
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âWe established the Thomasian Gaming Society to be a safe haven of gamer enthusiasts,â Nobleza told the Varsitarian.
âWe want to further develop the talents of skilled and talented individuals when it comes to the aspect of streaming, eSports, shoutcasting, game development, and content creation,â he added.
Nobleza said that the UST Teletigers will be the eSports wing of the newly recognized gaming organization.
âThe gaming organization will develop student leadership when it comes to games and be the home for gaming enthusiasts regardless of skill and genre,â he said.
As a college-based organization, TGS can only accommodate students from CICS as its members.
Nobleza, however, assured that other Thomasians can join TGS’ planned events for the upcoming academic year if they register as participants.
The CICS senior shared that TGS aims to host local tourneys “to increase (the team’s) potential and scout for talents,” creativity workshops with invited “notable streamers or content creators to give some tips.”
Nobleza added that, for other events, they will be inviting representatives from game industries “to showcase the growing and thriving industry of gaming that we have today.”
The UST Minecraft server used for the university’s batch 2021 virtual send off was recognized as the âProject of the Yearâ during the inaugural AcadArena Awards on Feb. 14. James Paul R. Gomez
