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Spectrum Industries Becomes Official Partner of Bucks Gaming
Wisconsin-based Spectrum Industries and Bucks’ 2K League franchise to award esports equipment to Milwaukee-area nonprofit or high school and collaborate on esports furniture and design
Spectrum Industries, a leading education and computing furniture manufacturer based in Wisconsin, has become an official partner of Bucks Gaming. As part of the partnership, Bucks Gaming and Spectrum Industries will work together to form a community esports initiative and will collaborate on esports furniture and product design.
The community initiative element of the partnership will give one local nonprofit or high school in the Milwaukee area the chance to win gaming systems and furniture to jumpstart their own esports program. Bucks Gaming and Spectrum Industries will request submissions from nonprofits and high schools that are looking to begin an esports program, with the winning location receiving esports equipment to support the development or growth of the program. More information on this initiative will be announced at a later date.
Bucks Gaming will also work with Spectrum Industries to collaborate on esports furniture and products that best suit professional and at-home gamers’ needs, from comfort to usage. Bucks Gaming players and staff will work closely with Spectrum Industries to develop and enhance its current esports product lines by sharing ideas, helping with design and going through the testing and group sampling process. This entire collaboration and process will be documented through a season-long video series.
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Bucks Gaming’s Cream City Convergence Esports Tournament has been selected as a Capcom Pro Tour event, becoming one of just three tournaments in North America chosen to be a qualifier for the prestigious Capcom Cup.
The Capcom Cup is an annual Street Fighter 6 competition, hosted by video game developer and esports organizer Capcom, with a $1 million first place prize. Each year, Capcom selects a small number of tournaments worldwide to serve as Capcom Pro Tour events, with the winning players from each event qualifying for the Capcom Cup. As one of the tournaments selected by Capcom for the honor this year, Cream City Convergence will become the first esports event run by an NBA team to work with a major esports organizer.
Top-ranked Street Fighter 6 players will compete at Cream City Convergence when it returns for its second year on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Baird Center. In addition to Street Fighter 6, this year’s tournament will also have brackets for Tekken 8; Super Smash Bros Ultimate; Super Smash Bros Melee; and Guilty Gear: Strive.
2022 NBA 2K League
BUCKS GAMING, MILWAUKEE ESPORTS ALLIANCE, WISCONSIN SMASH AND MAGIK 4 FGC TO HOST INAUGURAL ESPORTS TOURNAMENT, CREAM CITY CONVERGENCE, ON SEPT. 30 AT BAIRD CENTER
2022 NBA 2K League Champions Bucks Gaming, Milwaukee Esports Alliance, and Wisconsin-based esports tournament organizers Wisconsin Smash and Magik4 FGC are teaming up to host the inaugural Cream City Convergence esports tournament on Sept. 30 at Baird Center.
The first large-scale, regional esports tournament run by an NBA franchise, Cream City Convergence will host brackets for four games: Super Smash Bros Melee, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear – Strive. The event will also feature some of the highest ranked esports players globally.
“Milwaukee has a thriving esports community and we’re proud to help bring a new yearly tournament to the city,” said Bucks esports manager Patrick Glogovsky. “Cream City Convergence will celebrate the local gaming community and continue to promote the growth of esports in the Midwest. Bucks Gaming is excited to expand its impact on esports through innovative events like this.”
Bucks Gaming, the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, won its first NBA 2K League Championship on Saturday by defeating Wizards District Gaming in the NBA 2K League Finals at the Pavilion at Pan Am in Indianapolis. Led by Finals MVP Dimez, Bucks Gaming won the best-of-five series, 3-1, to claim the title and bring home the $500,000 prize.
“Our organization is thrilled to win our first NBA 2K League Championship,” said Bucks and Fiserv Forum President Peter Feigin. “A tremendous team was assembled by our general manager Patrick Glogovsky and coached to perfection by Head Coach Lance Sessions. The players demonstrated that they are true champions and we are so proud of their success.”
“We’re so excited to bring this championship home to Milwaukee and our fans,” Dimez said. “Each player on our team played a critical role in this victory and we’re elated to make history for Bucks Gaming. We’re grateful to the Bucks organization and the staff which helped make this possible.”
In its second playoff appearance in team history, Bucks Gaming advanced to the championship by knocking off T-Wolves Gaming 2-1 on Friday night in the Western Conference Finals. Bucks Gaming also defeated Mavs Gaming (2-0) and Warriors Gaming Squad (2-1) on Wednesday and Thursday.
A celebration for Bucks Gaming will be held this week on the plaza at Deer District. More details will be available soon.
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