Esports Comes to Pacific

Last year I had the opportunity to visit a local school where they held a new competition called the FUSE Cup. The Federation of United Schools Esports - FUSE Cup is an international network of schools connecting young students with an opportunity to participate in a safe, supportive and structured national esports competition while developing positive gaming behaviours and digital wellbeing.

The advantages are:

• Safe, structured, supervised, supportive and social
• Inclusive and values focused
• Behaviour Management Policy in place that clearly outlines behavioural expectations of players
• Age-appropriate using the Nintendo Switch that is exclusively non-violent. No shooting games are part of The FUSE Cup. Games played include Just Dance, Rocket League, Mario Cart, and Super Smash Bros.

At Pacific, we have entered teams in the three categories – Years 5/6, 7/8, and 9/10. Students sign up and play in a round-robin format to represent Pacific. The best four scores then go on to represent the College. Mr Davis said the initial response in the Year 5/6 was tremendous.

Last week our Years 5/6 team competed online via TEAMS in the Just Dance competition, where they were placed 2nd in the Sunshine Coast Competition. The students and Mr Davis had a lot of laughs throughout the day.

Thank you to Mrs Janine Stone, Mr Damian Davis, and Matthew Stanton (Year 12 Head of Technology PAG) for their oversight in this fantastic competition.

Mr Wes Warner, Head of Innovation, Entrepreneurialism, and Business