Rogers Stays Alive In NJCAAE Super Smash Bros. Playoffs
April 18, 2024 – The National Junior College Athletic Association Esports Playoffs continued on Wednesday evening with Robert "Yashi" Rogers (Lorain, Ohio/Clearview HS) competing in the third and fourth rounds of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tier 2 Tournament.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 1v1 – Best-of-Five
Rogers easily flew through his first match, picking up a 3-0 sweep of his opponent from Finger Lakes Community College.
The next match, round four of the winner's bracket, was against Kirtland Community College. His opponent, the No. 1 seeded "Springy", had not lost a single round in postseason play up to the showdown with Rogers.
The No. 4 seeded Rogers came out and picked up an unsuspecting win against Springy, who was playing as Sonic, in the first round where he was down one stock. After Springy picked up the next two rounds convincingly, both fighters found themselves on their last stocks in round four, trading hits and dodging knockout blows by their opponent.
Both players had entered into 100% damage and the next hit would have a good chance at either ending the match or extending it in Rogers' case. After a solid 20 seconds of low damage hits and maneuvering by both fighters, Springy landed the fatal blow to deal Rogers his first postseason loss.
Rogers moves to the elimination bracket quarterfinals where his next match will be held on April 23, 2024 at 8 p.m. His opponent has yet to be determined.
About CommodoreEsports:
LCCC's Esports team competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE) which is split into three tiers: Tier 1 - Premier Series, Tier 2 - Contender Series, and Tier 3 - Open Series. There is a fall season (September-December) and a spring season (February-April). LCCC has players that compete in Tier 2 and Tier 3. Tier 2 - Contender Series (CS) competition is the mid-level of NJCAAE competition for members with teams made up of eligible students while Tier 3 - Open Series (OS) competition is the open level of NJCAAE competition for members. In Tier 3, participants do not have to meet any Student Eligibility requirements.
Both tiers of competition run for seven weeks before the postseason begins.
Currently, LCCC competes in seven gaming titles/competitions:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a fighting game, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, a racing game, that feature characters from the Nintendo gaming universe on the Nintendo Switch. With Super Smash Bros. players can compete in individual competitions in a best-of-five match or in crew battle, an elimination style game in a 3v3 format.
Valorant, a PC first person shooting game where teams of five players compete in a best two-of-three match where the objective is for one team to place and detonate a spike while the other team tries to diffuse it. LCCC also competes in Overwatch 2, another first person shooting game.
Tekken and Street Fighter, both hand-to-hand combat fighting games.
For more information on LCCC Athletics, visit athletics.lorainccc.edu.