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Varsity Valorant and Junior Shane Phillips loads into Valorant. The toxicity ingame is just something you have to expect to deal with, he said.

With increase of negativity online due to anonymity, students, teacher, weigh limiting free speech online for toxicity

Isaac Hsu April 2, 2024

As the amount of websites and restrictions online continue to grow, people have found it harder to tolerate the freedom of speech online while considering toxic comments. Logan MacRae, Junior and Varsity...

Q&A with Carmel eSports coach Jeff Chou on winning recent state championship titles 

Q&A with Carmel eSports coach Jeff Chou on winning recent state championship titles 

Maryam Hafeez May 16, 2023

How did you prepare your team for the state championships?  You can see the size of the room, with 105 players and eight different games that we could be in, it was impossible to fit everyone in here....

Opposing viewpoints: are Varsity Letter requirements fair?

Opposing viewpoints: are Varsity Letter requirements fair?

Maggie Meyer and Ali Persinger January 5, 2023

The varsity letter requirements are unfair and inconsistent throughout CHS sports Varsity letters are given to athletes when they have a major accomplishment such as going to sectionals or breaking...

Sophomore Nolan Jones (left) and freshman Gerald Han (right) play "Tetris" during an eSports meeting. Carmel eSports members meet every Monday in Room G108.

Q&A with new eSports Head Coach Jeff Chou

Siri Surapaneni October 30, 2022

Why did you decide to become the new eSports coach? Competitive eSports has always been something I wished I had growing up and now that it's growing to a point where it's finally becoming recognized...

CHS eSports prepares to compete in upcoming tournament, Greyhound Battlegrounds on April 22

CHS eSports prepares to compete in upcoming tournament, Greyhound Battlegrounds on April 22

Eddie Sun April 15, 2022

 Clubs and extracurricular activities are crucial for any high school student, especially ones in CHS. As CHS provides many opportunities and clubs for all students, out of all of the clubs, Carmel eSports...

With increase in virtual reality usage, students, teachers define effects of living in a digital world on an individual, view on reality

With increase in virtual reality usage, students, teachers define effects of living in a digital world on an individual, view on reality

Darshini Shankar and Saumya Somasi January 20, 2022

We live in a world where almost everyone plays video games, creating connections virtually and immersing themselves in an alternate version of our reality.  According to a 2018 Pew Research study,...

CHS adds Unified eSports team, new members consider importance

CHS adds Unified eSports team, new members consider importance

Eva Glazier November 12, 2021

The new CHS Unified eSports team met for the first time on Oct. 27. According to Bella Gray, eSports member and senior, the new team is a great way to get involved with Unified sports in a new way. “I...

Despite recent controversies surrounding gaming, people should value benefits of gaming

Despite recent controversies surrounding gaming, people should value benefits of gaming

Raphael Li January 23, 2020

Throughout the past decade, video games have seen tremendous growth in terms of their player base, competitive scene and mainstream media attention with celebrities like Drake and Lil Yachty streaming...

Austin Prader, eSports Club president and junior, watches and helps his club members with a video game. Prader said he has gained leadership skills from playing video games and being a part of eSports Club.

It’s All Fun And Games: eSports Club members disagree with stigma surrounding violent video games

Wendy Zhu, Maddie Kosc, and Raphael Li March 22, 2019

As issues like gun violence take the United States by storm, people often search for something to account for this constant violence. Over the years, many people have attempted to link teen aggression...

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: As the world of eSports grows, so does CHS students' interest in competitive gaming

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE: As the world of eSports grows, so does CHS students’ interest in competitive gaming

Melissa Yap and Jessica Konrad September 16, 2016

To senior Anthony Ji, playing “League of Legends” (LoL) and “Super Smash Bros.” isn’t just his way of pursuing a gaming hobby. It means spending time with his friends, feeding his competitive...

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