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In the world of gaming, playing in esports tournaments can feel a million miles away from the casual, everyday gamer. Without the impressive stats or competition experience, it’s easy to feel out of your league. Intimidated.
But for every problem, there is a solution, and this is the gap that Z League is filling: providing a platform for a wide variety of players whose connection to gaming ranges from pastime to passion.
Founded in 2020, Z League has gained traction in a major way over the last two years. The platform already boasts more than 3m users across over 21 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, the United States and many more.
The company says the accessibility of tournament gaming with Z League has “undeniable reach and appeal, but this concept is far from the only groundbreaking thing about the platform”.
“Z League is smart. Ivy League smart, in fact,” Z League says. “Rather than relying on luck or blind randomization and hoping for the best, divisions are determined by a complex, intelligent, and entirely custom algorithm developed by a Harvard-trained engineer.
“Players’ game stats are analyzed in order to place them on teams and with opponents with skill levels similar to their own. Not only does this ensure fairness, but it also makes competition attainable to the casual gamer.”
There are three games for competitors to choose from: Warzone, Apex Legends and Halo Infinite. With this selection of crowd-pleasers, there are over 2,000 tournaments hosted every month, and the platform expects that number to ‘skyrocket’ as more games are added.
As much as the gaming community loves watching streamers, the reality is that not everyone gets paid to play Warzone every day for hours on end to hone their skills – and if you, like most people, don’t pay your bills with video games, you won’t be playing against people who do. Pros play pros, and hobbyists play hobbyists. That means the tournaments have the potential to stay exciting, engaging and challenging for players across all skill levels.
“It’s healthy, genuine competition at its finest, not the kind of frustrating experience that makes you want to throw your controller across the room when the same handful of professionals win yet again,” Z League adds. “Seamless and accessible. That’s the name of the game.”
There are three games for competitors to choose from: Warzone, Apex Legends and Halo Infinite. With this selection of crowd-pleasers, there are over 2,000 tournaments hosted every month, and the platform expects that number to ‘skyrocket’ as more games are added.
Z League is a place where gamers can compete for prizes and bragging rights. But it is also a community, and more importantly, “a community that welcomes everyone, from novice to pro, to compete in a way that feels fair, inclusive, and engaging”, Z League states.
It’s no coincidence that the platform emerged at a time where a lot of us were locked in our homes, isolated from one another. Z League aims to remove the intimidation factor that can accompany competitive gaming and brings casual players together.
