{"id":3833,"date":"2018-09-27T17:45:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T17:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2018-09-28T04:56:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T04:56:26","slug":"max-pil-20-climbs-esports-top-500-leaderboards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2018\/09\/27\/max-pil-20-climbs-esports-top-500-leaderboards\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Pil \u201920 Climbs eSports Top 500 Leaderboards"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Miriam Brown \u201921<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>In the virtual world, Max Pil \u201920\u00a0<\/strong>is a world-class hamster. In Overwatch, a video game in which heroes must come together to control global conflict, Pil regularly plays as Hammond, a hamster nicknamed \u201cWrecking Ball\u201d for his ability to crush people with his mechanical ball.<\/p>\n

Pil plays Hammond so well that he ranks in the top 30 in the world for the position and in the top 500 players overall in North America.<\/p>\n

Pil is a member of Colorado College\u2019s eSports team, which was founded last year. The team has around 18 students who play video games, specifically League of Legends and Overwatch, competitively against other collegiate eSports teams.<\/p>\n

Despite being new to the team this year, Pil is already teaching the team\u2019s private coach how to play his position.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s doing things that people have never even thought of before,\u201d eSports manager and co-founder Lilly Chen \u201919 said. \u201cFor the team, there\u2019s a noticeable difference when he\u2019s in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Pil posted to a Reddit forum about his play, so many people had questions that he started streaming to explain while he played. Now, in addition to Pil\u2019s regular games and practices with CC\u2019s team, he plays in matches alongside Overwatch paid professionals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s really fun, having grown up playing video games, to finally reach a point where you\u2019re really good,\u201d Pil said. \u201cIt\u2019s really cool to get into matches and be at a very high level of competition for something that I always thought was kind of a stupid hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chen says that in CC\u2019s future matches, the team just needs to keep starting Pil. \u201cIt\u2019s like [in basketball], he\u2019s dunking on kids, and you just have to give him the ball,\u201d Chen said.<\/p>\n

TheCC eSports Overwatch team plays its first official games in the collegiate gaming organization Tespa Fall season this Sunday, Sept. 30. Game 1 vs. Purdue University Indianapolis, is at 6 p.m., Game 2 vs. University of South Carolina is at 7:30 p.m. Tune in at\u00a0https:\/\/twitch.tv\/coloradocollege<\/a>, or view the broadcast directly on the CC eSports homepage\u00a0https:\/\/www.coloradocollege.edu\/esports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Miriam Brown \u201921 \u00a0In the virtual world, Max Pil \u201920\u00a0is a world-class hamster. In Overwatch, a video game in which heroes must come together to control global conflict, Pil regularly plays as Hammond, a hamster nicknamed \u201cWrecking Ball\u201d for his ability to crush people with his mechanical ball. Pil plays Hammond so well that … <\/p>\n

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