HBCU Expo Survival Guide

WHEN DOES THE SEASON START?

Below, you will find the key dates for the HBCU Career Expo. Dates are subject to change based on the impact of coronavirus across the country.

• Registration: 4/19/2021 - 5/11/2021
• Event Start/End Date: 5/11/2021 - 5/12/2021

WHO CAN PLAY AND HOW DO I GET STARTED?

College-age students attending the HBCU Career Expo.

1. Sign Up

• To compete in the HBCU Expo tournament, competitors must make an account as an individual on Generation Esports. Further steps below. 

2. Join HBCU Summit Game-a-Thon Community

• In order to register for the tournament, you must first join the HBCU Summit Game-a-Thon Community as an individual.
• To do this, select “Communities” on the left-hand navigation and scroll through to HBCU Summit Game-a-Thon. 
• Click “Learn More” to be taken to the main community page and select “Join” in the upper right-hand corner. 
• From the “select an option” dropdown, select “Individual” and press continue to be taken to the community terms; accept them and press continue.
• Congratulations! You’re now a member of the HBCU Summit Game-a-Thon Community!

3. Connect Games

• Players will need to connect their screen name/gamertag to their profile in order to compete in their game of choice. 
• Select “Connect Games” on the left-hand navigation and choose “Add Game Connection”
• From the game connection popup window, select the game you wish to add from the dropdown menu and enter the screen name/gamertag you use for that game (please include the numbers included in your Battlenet ID, if applicable).

4. Register for the tournament. 

• From your left-hand navigation menu, select "Communities", then under “My Communities”, select “Learn More” on HBCU Summit Game-a-Thon to be taken to the community’s main page.
• From here you can click “Tournaments” and click on your desired game to open its tournament page.
• Once you’re on the tournament page, click the “Register Now” button, choose to register as an individual, and select “Register Now”. Congratulations! You are now registered to compete!

*IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING REGISTRATION PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO david@generationesports.com*

WHEN DO WE PLAY OUR MATCHES?

Two days of open queue leaderboard play. 

Windows: 

Round 1- Wednesday, 5/11 6PM CDT

Round 2- Wednesday, 5/11 7PM CDT

Round 3- Wednesday, 5/11 8PM CDT

Round 4- Thursday, 5/12 6PM CDT

Round 5- Thursday, 5/12 7PM CDT

Round 6- Thursday, 5/12 8PM CDT

Detailed Schedule & Window Times

Windows are 15m long. 

Windows open every hour starting at 6PM CDT

Windows

6PM / 7PM / 8PM CDT

HOW DO WE SEE OUR MATCHUPS?

Players will see matches on their Dashboard and My Matches page.

QUEUING SYSTEM / MATCH PAGE INFO

1. Queuing For Your Match

• Queues for match times will open in the “Today’s Play Times” section of the dashboard at the set queue time listed.
• Once the queue time arrives, you can then press “Join Queue” to be thrown into the 15 minute skill based matchmaking window.

2. Solo Queuing

• Solo players need to press the “Join Queue” button on their dashboard under “Today’s Play Times” once the queue opens up at the set queue time. 
• There will be a 15 minute window of time from the start of the queue time that joining the queue will be available. Once the timer reaches 0, queued players will be matched against each other.

3. Match Page Information

• Once the queue is over, you will be matched with your opponent. 
• Both teams or individuals will be taken to the match page where they can view their opponents screen names (gamertags), report their scores, and utilize the match chat if need be. 
• Each team will be designated as either “home” or “away” and it is up to the “home” team to create a custom/private match. 
• After the match is complete, the winner of the match will report the score in the “reporting scores” section. (each win counts as 1 pt)

4. Contacting Your Opponent

• All players need to utilize the Match Chat feature on the GenE platform to communicate with their opponent. 
• Once your queue window opens for your weekly match and you are matched with your opponent, you will be able to contact them directly through the match page match chat.

5. Reporting Scores / Forfeits

• To report scores or forfeits, click on the match from your dashboard and scroll to the section called, “Report Match Score”. 
• You can insert the scores in this section by counting every win/game as 1 point. If the match was forfeited, click the “win by forfeit” box under the winning team’s name. 
• Once you submit, you will be able to see who reported the score. 

Note: Match scores and forfeits must be reported as soon as your match has finished.

6. Reporting Rule Breaks Or Toxic Behavior

• Please report any rule violations or toxic behavior to HSEL support staff as soon as it happens by submitting a ticket here.

7. Match Settings / Rules

• You will find match settings and rules for each game here.