This article explains how to sign up for a Middle School Esports League account in order to register for MSEL competitions. Please visit our TECH HELP section for assistance with whitelisting, PC minimum/recommended specs, and more.
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Team Game Registration
This process is for Team Admins/Captains to register a roster for any team-based tournament.
- Click "Register Now" on the tournament page.
- Select an existing team or create a new team.
- Choose an existing roster or create a new roster.
- An empty roster can be created and selected during this process. Players can be added at a later time in order to complete tournament registration.
- You will receive either a "Registration Success" or "Registration Pending" status.
- "Success" = you have completed all prerequisites and are considered a participant in the tournament.
- "Pending" = not all prerequisites have been fulfilled. You will receive an email and platform notification detailing the steps needing to be taken in order to complete registration.
- If your network is blocking email communication, see "Whitelist & Ports/Services to Open".
Solo Game Registration
This process is for Team Admins/Captains to register a group (roster) of solo or 1v1 players.
- Click "Register Now" on the tournament page.
- Select "Team".
- Select an existing team or create a new team.
- Choose an existing roster or create a new roster.
- An empty roster can be created and selected during this process. Players can be added at a later time in order to complete tournament registration.
- You will receive either a "Registration Success" or "Registration Pending" status.
- "Success" = you have completed all prerequisites and are considered a participant in the tournament.
- "Pending" = not all prerequisites have been fulfilled. You will receive an email and platform notification detailing the steps needing to be taken in order to complete registration.
- If your network is blocking email communication, see "Whitelist & Ports/Services to Open".
Team Management 101
How to Add Members to Your Team
MSEL student accounts are created anonymously. To create anonymous student accounts:
- Contact your success agent with the number of anonymous accounts you will need.
- Your success agent will email you a spreadsheet with the login information for these anonymous accounts.
- These accounts are ready to use and students can log in with them immediately. MSEL players should not create their own accounts.
- If you are unaware of who your success agent is, please contact success@highschoolesportsleague.com.
To add a co-sponsor to your team:
- Expand "Teams" in the left-hand sidebar. Select your team.
- Click “Members” on your team page.
- Click “+ Add Member” and generate a link for team invitations.
- Members will be automatically added once they sign up through the link.
- From the members tab, click the three dots next to this person's name and click "promote to captain."
How to Add Game Connections (Post Sign-up)
"Game Connection" is a catch-all term for "screen name", "gamertag", "in-game name", etc. Users must provide a game connection for each game they wish to play.
- Click “Game Connection” on the left-hand navigation.
- Click “Add Game Connection”, select the game, enter your screen name for that game, and save.
- If applicable, include the numbers in the game connection as well (e.g. Battlenet, Riot, or Nintendo Switch Friend Code).
How to Create & Add Members to a Roster
Rosters are the specific groups of team members that will play games. Users on a Team must be placed on a roster to compete in a team-based game.
- Click “Rosters” on your team page.
- Click “Create New”, name your roster, and select what game it is for.
- Click “Add Members” and select what team members you want on the roster.
- If you are unable to add members, please ensure each member has set their game connection.
Managing gaming accounts for students under 13
Students under 13 are typically not allowed to create their own game accounts for titles such as Rocket League, Minecraft, etc. In this situation, we highly recommend that parents create the game account(s) for their student(s). That way they can control the password, monitor what the students access, etc. We recommend that students use these parent-created accounts to log into games for competition, even if they are competing from school.
The following options can be taken, although they are less ideal than the above:
- Epic Games allows parents to create Cabined Accounts for students under 13. The parents still control the account but the student can access it on their own.
- In this case, we still recommend students being able to access this personal account from school. For more information, please view this article: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/cabinedaccounts
- Schools can create game accounts for their students using a provided school email with the understanding that this account is unique to that specific student and must always be this student’s account from that point forward.
- It is against MSEL rules and game publishers’ Terms of Service for accounts to be shared.
- To be clear: housing one account on a device and letting several students use that account on that device violates these policies.
Video Guides & Tutorials
Click here to see our YouTube playlist of various video guides & tutorials!
If you need further registration assistance, please contact MSEL staff here.