Team Umbra wins the first edition of the UB Alma Mater tournament at Saló del Gaming
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Team Umbra was proclaimed champion of the first edition of UB Alma Mater, the League of Legends intra-university tournament, which was held on Friday at the Saló del Gaming (SAGA). In an exciting and hard-fought final four, the team won against Kypria to consolidate its position as the first winner of this competition, organized by the University of Barcelona.
Umbra.
News
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Institutional
29/11/2024
Team Umbra was proclaimed champion of the first edition of UB Alma Mater, the League of Legends intra-university tournament, which was held on Friday at the Saló del Gaming (SAGA). In an exciting and hard-fought final four, the team won against Kypria to consolidate its position as the first winner of this competition, organized by the University of Barcelona.
The day started with very tight semi-finals, in which the teams Kypria, Umbra, Moonstryke and Sea Titans fought for a place in the final game. Umbra and Kypria played an intense best-of-three game final in front of 200 spectators, who enthusiastically celebrated the victory of the winning team. The third place went to Moonstrike, and Sea Titans finished fourth.
Prizes
The winning team, formed by students from the UB faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Food Sciences, received an exclusive cup with the UB Alma Mater logo. The players also received and diplomas, and a complete set of prizes which included Nfortec keyboards, mice and mouse pads; Sony headphones; €20 Riot cards, and access to the LAN del SAGA meeting, a unique experience at Saló del Gaming.
The runner-up team, Kypria, made up of students representing the faculties of Fine Arts and Information and Audiovisual Media, was given medals and diplomas, merchandising packages, Riot cards and access to the LAN meeting. The Moonstrike and Sea Titans teams, ranked third and fourth respectively, also received diplomas, merchandising packages and Riot cards for their efforts during the competition.
The communicator and video game expert Patrick Urbano presented the semi-finals and the finale, which were also attended by Iker Ruiz Garcia, a Barça e-sports player, who participated in the game broadcasting.
UB Alma Mater
UB Alma Mater, the first intra-university e-sports competition organized by a Catalan university, aims to promote healthy lifestyle habits, break down stereotypes associated with video games, promote parity in a traditionally male-dominated sector and reinforce the presence of the Catalan language. Eight teams made up of students from different UB faculties took part in the competition, which was successfully followed: every Thursday afternoon, the Penyafort-Montserrat theatre was filled with students cheering on their teams, and the UB’s new Twitch channel registered an average of 1,500 views per game.
The initiative was linked to a research project led by the UB’s Faculty of Psychology researcher Albert Sánchez Niubò. Throughout the competition, participants brought a device that monitored biometric data to study their performance and stress levels, both inside and outside the video game. The project aims to promote healthy habits among e-sport players and to highlight the importance of physical and mental well-being in this community.
UB Alma Mater is an initiative created by the University of Barcelona and the start-up company Omashu.
Prizes
The winning team, formed by students from the UB faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences and Pharmacy and Food Sciences, received an exclusive cup with the UB Alma Mater logo. The players also received and diplomas, and a complete set of prizes which included Nfortec keyboards, mice and mouse pads; Sony headphones; €20 Riot cards, and access to the LAN del SAGA meeting, a unique experience at Saló del Gaming.
The runner-up team, Kypria, made up of students representing the faculties of Fine Arts and Information and Audiovisual Media, was given medals and diplomas, merchandising packages, Riot cards and access to the LAN meeting. The Moonstrike and Sea Titans teams, ranked third and fourth respectively, also received diplomas, merchandising packages and Riot cards for their efforts during the competition.
The communicator and video game expert Patrick Urbano presented the semi-finals and the finale, which were also attended by Iker Ruiz Garcia, a Barça e-sports player, who participated in the game broadcasting.
UB Alma Mater
UB Alma Mater, the first intra-university e-sports competition organized by a Catalan university, aims to promote healthy lifestyle habits, break down stereotypes associated with video games, promote parity in a traditionally male-dominated sector and reinforce the presence of the Catalan language. Eight teams made up of students from different UB faculties took part in the competition, which was successfully followed: every Thursday afternoon, the Penyafort-Montserrat theatre was filled with students cheering on their teams, and the UB’s new Twitch channel registered an average of 1,500 views per game.
The initiative was linked to a research project led by the UB’s Faculty of Psychology researcher Albert Sánchez Niubò. Throughout the competition, participants brought a device that monitored biometric data to study their performance and stress levels, both inside and outside the video game. The project aims to promote healthy habits among e-sport players and to highlight the importance of physical and mental well-being in this community.
UB Alma Mater is an initiative created by the University of Barcelona and the start-up company Omashu.