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“Call of Duty” standout Ryan “Slim” Johnson is a nationally ranked esports player and UTC finance major. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cTop church!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom house!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBehind tree!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRight, right, right!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGood kill.\u201d<\/p>\n

The words are barked out\u00a0as the team of four soldiers maneuver through the small village. Enemy soldiers are everywhere,\u00a0and they\u2019re all trying to kill the team. In some cases, they succeed.<\/p>\n

The World War II skirmish is taking place in the virtual world of \u201cCall of Duty.\u201d Deaths are temporary, but the four-man team led by Ryan \u201cSlim\u201d Johnson takes the game seriously. Each is a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, so the esports honor of the school is at stake.<\/p>\n

Johnson, a rising senior majoring in finance, was named one of the country\u2019s Top 10 Returning College \u201cCall of Duty\u201d players by eFuse, a website that follows collegiate esports teams. Before the 17-game season began in January, the UTC team was ranked 22nd in the Top 25 picked by the National Association of Collegiate Esports, the largest collegiate esports league in North America.<\/p>\n

In both cases, Johnson was credited.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason I find his presence so impactful is because he single-handedly carried this team to multiple wins. I\u2019ve watched this team compete and they have great potential,\u201d wrote eFuse columnist Houssam \u201cSam\u201d A. I Pali, assistant esports coach at St. Edward\u2019s University in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Johnson, who said he\u2019s been playing video games since about 2007\u2014\u201cOh, wow,\u201d he murmurs after figuring out the timeline\u2014shrugs at the honor, saying it\u2019s a team effort.<\/p>\n

He put the UTC team together in 2021. Except for Johnson, all four players on the 2022 team were new.<\/p>\n

Selecting team members is not just a case of someone approaching Johnson and saying, \u201cHey, I want to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, gun skill is very, very important. If they can shoot, well, that\u2019s a big thing,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Personality also is critical.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want someone that\u2019s like super cocky and arrogant. It\u2019s still a team game at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team all wear headsets with wraparound microphones. The ability to communicate\u2014very quickly\u2014is critical, Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u2018Call of Duty,\u2019 everything\u2019s happening rapidly, so you\u2019re running and dying, and you\u2019re constantly telling your teammates where people are, what\u2019s happening on the map and everything. Communication\u2019s a really big thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2022 team\u2014Johnson, Chase \u201cRed Chase\u201d Daffron, Zach \u201cCliq\u201d Moses, Alex \u201cSuperior\u201d Davis\u2014all are \u201cCall of Duty\u201d experts. During play, their coordinated movements are nearly impossible to follow as they dash up stairs, climb ladders, jump out windows and fire weapons almost nonstop.<\/p>\n

In a game, conversation is a barked series of phrases that may be difficult to decipher for anyone not well-versed in \u201cCall of Duty\u201d lingo. Among them:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s weak.\u201d An enemy has only a little bit of life left. Easy kill.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne shot.\u201d Enemy needs only one bullet to be killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI died so quick.\u201d Self-explanatory.<\/p>\n

\"The

The esports team plays “Call of Duty” in West Campus Housing.<\/p><\/div>\n

Campus competition: Esports take off<\/h3>\n

Esports\u2014competitive electronic gaming\u2014has exploded across college campuses nationwide in the last 10 years, including at UTC.<\/p>\n

According to the National Association of Collegiate Esports, the largest collegiate esports league in the country, 175 colleges or universities now have teams.<\/p>\n

There are seasons, championship tournaments, bragging rights.<\/p>\n

There are Top 25 rankings for both teams and players.<\/p>\n

Cindy Strine, director of recreation at UTC, said COVID-19 sent esports interest rocketing on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gaming culture exploded and moved to the forefront during COVID,\u201d she said. \u201cAs we looked for ways to keep students engaged, the esports program expanded.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast spring our students started playing in the college \u2018Call of Duty\u2019 league and quickly recruited talented players online to come to UTC,\u201d she continued. \u201cOur gaming community continues to build.\u00a0The gaming and esports culture has been driven by student interest and student engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

For students at some universities, esports even offers a way to help pay tuition in the form of scholarships. Ohio State University, Kent State University, the University of Texas Arlington and the University of California Irvine all have esports scholarships. At this time, UTC doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Daffron, a rising UTC senior in computer science and a member of the University\u2019s \u201cCall of Duty\u201d team, had a $6,000 per year esports scholarship to Concord University in West Virginia. Born and raised in West Tennessee, he transferred to UTC in 2021, explaining that $6,000 doesn\u2019t go far when out-of-state tuition plus housing and meal plans add up to more than $27,000 each year.<\/p>\n

Moses, a rising sophomore on the UTC team, received a $3,000 a year esports scholarship at Tennessee Wesleyan University before transferring to UTC. The Wesleyan team was brand-new and just wasn\u2019t very good, he said.<\/p>\n

Esports are a recruiting tool, too, Strine said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have toured students through our gaming areas,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cFor serious gamers and casual gamers, it is a platform in which they can connect to others easily on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n

Esports teams at UTC during the 2021-2022 academic year<\/h3>\n

\u201cCall of Duty\u201d (varsity and academy teams)<\/p>\n

\u201cLeague of Legends\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOverwatch\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cValorant\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRocket League\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRainbow 6\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cApex\u201d<\/p>\n

This is an updated version of a story that first appeared in the spring 2022 issue of <\/em>The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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