{"id":28403,"date":"2021-05-20T09:30:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.blog.logitech.com\/?p=28403"},"modified":"2024-05-23T03:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T10:14:38","slug":"logitech-g-and-partners-host-first-adaptive-esports-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/20\/logitech-g-and-partners-host-first-adaptive-esports-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"Logitech G and Partners Host First Adaptive Esports Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Fall, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ablegamers.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The AbleGamers Charity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/adacs.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adaptive Action Sports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teambeyond.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond Entertainment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/challonge.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challonge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountsinai.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mount Sinai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logitechg.com\/en-us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Logitech G<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, came together for the Logitech G Adaptive Esports Invitational, a private, invite-only esports tournament specifically designed for gamers with disabilities.\u00a0 The virtual 2v2 Rocket League tournament featured six invited teams squaring off in a single elimination bracket for gear prizing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we&#8217;re unveiling the first in a series of videos that tell the story of the inaugural tournament. We&#8217;ll launch a series of videos over the coming weeks, highlighting how the event was created, featuring incredible game play, and outlining its significance for the community and participants. Prior to this event, esports competitions for people with accessibility needs haven&#8217;t existed, even though gaming is popular within the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the event was so successful and well received by our community of invitees, we&#8217;re excited to open this first-of-its-kind esports competition to the public in select regions this Fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We encourage interested parties to sign up <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/g.logi.link\/cvs2y\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information and additional announcements, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">follow us on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/logitechgesport\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/logitechg?lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and subscribe to our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCNyeUr-yOwdoVzmb_CDITg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page to follow all the action.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Fall, The AbleGamers Charity, Adaptive Action Sports, Beyond Entertainment, Challonge, Mount Sinai, and Logitech G, came together for the Logitech G Adaptive Esports Invitational, a private, invite-only esports tournament specifically designed for gamers with disabilities.\u00a0 The virtual 2v2 Rocket League tournament featured six invited teams squaring off in a single elimination bracket for gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":28404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3243],"tags":[2985,2986,2983,2987,2984,1551,3251,1274,2988],"class_list":["post-28403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming-streaming","tag-ablegamers","tag-adaptive-action-sports","tag-adaptive-esports","tag-beyond-entertainment","tag-challonge","tag-esports","tag-featured-news","tag-logitech-g","tag-mount-sinai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31341,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28403\/revisions\/31341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}