Community

Programs

Cal Women in Gaming

The Women in Gaming initiative is a Cal Esports-supported community effort to make gaming more inclusive for women at Cal and increase female presence for Cal Esports programs. The goal is to encourage women to pursue their dreams of having careers covering all disciplines in the gaming industry.

Intramurals

The Intramural Sports program is a recreational gaming tournament for Cal students to compete and play together at the Cal Esports Community Center. Our inaugural season kicked off with League of Legends as our pilot game and it's been a huge success for the casual community!

Scholarships

Scholarships are provided to our Division 1 League of Legends team as part of our partnership with Riot Games. We are looking for more opportunities to provide scholarships to students in other game titles who have proven success with academics and competition.

Teams

Coordinator
Team Captain
Player
Coach
 Overwatch
Roster
Benjamin "Baguette" Liu
Jackie "Tribal" Li
Amy "Foxryte" Vuong
Nam "kaitoalter" Nguyen
Asad "GooLag" Kassamali
Joseph "HaruKaze" Kim
Brandon "bananabread" Lu
Jonathan "Jay" Lu
Notable Achievements
2018 Tespa Collegiate Series
2017 Tespa Spring Training Grounds
2017 Tespa Collegiate Series
2017 Corsair Collegiate Tournament
 League of Legends
Roster
Robert "Roflcopter" Lemons
Brian "Breezzy" Bi
Ethan "captainHammie" Levy
Aaron "isthatthem" Olguin
Lawrence "eXyu" Xu
Nathan "Longan Milk Tea" Yu
Yuanchen "Nobodys Cutie" Dai
Patrick "LegendAchiever9" Visan
 Dota 2
Roster
Perry "Endure" Feng
Shuang "Lacrimosa" Cao
Willis "Cirno" Wang
Yang "Fry" Zhao
Ashley "much to learn" Chan
Albert "OMEGALUL" Hu
Derek "Karapp0" Chen
Notable Achievements
2015 Collegiate Star League
 Starcraft 2
Roster
Ryan "IntuitioN" Quick
Nick "Silky" McNeese
Kevin "Paperboat" Cosgrove
Jason "RexRequired" Nguyen
Notable Achievements
2018 Tespa Collegiate Series
2018 Collegiate Star League
2016 Collegiate Star League
2015 Collegiate Star League
2013 Collegiate Star League
2013 Azubu Collegiate
2009 Collegiate Star League
 Heroes of the Storm
Roster
Zhenghao "watcher" Yuan
Patrick "Xerxes" Guo
Vinh "VonReinhardt" Luu
Juan "MrFahrenheit" Cervantes
Andrew "Jadis" Ding
Katelyn "asdfkatelyn" Yu
Kyle "Tebin" Cho
Notable Achievements
2015 Tespa Heroes of the Dorm
 Hearthstone
Roster
Andrew "buzzonetwo" Wan
Jonathan "PieVanguard" Wong
Jimmy "clamos" Kim
Justin "JustIntime" Tan
Pal "Pal" Arunachalam
Notable Achievements
2014 Tespa Collegiate Hearthstone Open
 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Roster
Vincent "Va10urr" Cajayon
Nathaniel "Pineapple Philips" Jensen
Michael "Kayros" Ping
Adam "ac1" Chang
Joseph "Joseph" Contreras
Huy "feste" Bui
Richard "Iconic" Liu
Antony "tonytej" Tejakusuma
 Rainbow Six Seige
Roster
Kevin "friendly_nokill" Li
Kevin "crazychicken41" Liu
Nathaniel "Pineboy_Supreme" Jensen
Samuel "SmilingPotato" Varghese
Joseph "Joseph" Contreras
Michael "ICanOnlyLane" Chen
Jon "jay0x4e" Lu
Vincent "VincentLi1999" Li
 Rocket League
Roster
Devin "tinylizard" Lizardi
Jesse "Bunners" Yang
Davis "Beefskewer" Horeff
Mohammed "MkaaayMo" Mohammed
 Fortnite
Roster
Calvin "Haxfalcon" Li
Brandon "burritoburgah" Lu
Andy "Andy H." Hu
Matthew "suprememattyy" Zhao
Michael "MicoChen" Chen
Adi "Falconsriseup" Gummadi
Abdullahi "Cooper ツ" Aden
Aron "Aronx111" Delevic
 PLAYERUNKNOWN's Battleground
Roster
Mitchel "MitchieBoy" Stokes
Daniel "king_of_mongoose" Paulo-Wach
Kenneth "Magknum" Cabrera
Luis "LuisG55" Garfias
Shao "Mislandire" Qianhao

Clubs

Gaming at Berkeley

Gaming at Berkeley is a community of gamers, competitors, and esports fans who come together to play games at this awesome campus! We work together with Cal Esports and our partner organization Berkeley Legends to create an all-inclusive gaming program in Berkeley.

Berkeley Legends

Berkeley Legends is the official Riot supported League of Legends club at UC Berkeley! Through hosting a variety of open admission events, Berkeley Legends takes the culture of gaming and ensures that students with any interest have a place to create relationships.

Smash at Berkeley

Smash at Berkeley brings together a solidified Smash community on campus by expanding its presence through crew battles, tournaments, and a welcoming environment for people to learn and play a game rich with history.

Board Games at Berkeley

Board Games at Berkeley promotes modern board gaming as it exists separate from classic board games. While Monopoly and Risk have their place, the board games of today have taken the lessons made by these classics and transformed them into something new.

Game Design & Dev at Berkeley

Game Design and Development at Berkeley is UC Berkeley’s game development and game industry club. It helps people get in groups to make games themselves, plans networking events with major companies such as Twitch or Riot Games.

Decals

About

The DeCal Program is an aggregate of student-run courses at the University of California, Berkeley – where students create and facilitate their own classes on a variety of subjects, many of which are not addressed in the traditional curriculum. As a part of our Lifelong Learning pillar, we firmly believe in the value of these decals. For more information on the listed decals, visit the Decal Website

 Game Design Methods
This course offers an introduction to game design and game studies. After weekly writing and design exercises, our coursework will culminate in the design and evaluation of an original code-based game with a tangible interface. For more information, visit - Game Design Methods
 Video Games & You: The Player's Perspective
This course examines the ways in which we play games, offers an analysis on our interactions with them, and focuses on player and game designer perspectives.
 Game Design & Development
This course examines the ways in which we play games, offers an analysis on our interactions with them, and focuses on player and game designer perspectives.
 Video Game Music: Structure and Analysis
This is a project based course that teaches students how to work as a team across disciplines to create a video game. This course is designed for both programmers and artists; other disciplines relevant to game development are welcome.
 Analytical Thinking in League of Legends
The course will explore and analyze League of Legends, a popular video game and cultural phenomenon, through a variety of lenses, some of which include gameplay, esports, psychology, and game design.
 Smash Bros: The Anatomy of a Video Game Success
Through the discussion of the technical aspects of the game, the community reaction, the history, the original intention of the developers and overall marketing aspects, this class investigates the enduring success of the game series.
 Cal Pokémon Academy
This course covers the history and breadth of Pokémon media (e.g. the manga, anime, and games), examines fan culture and competition, discusses the social implications of the Pokéverse, and delves into the theoretical science behind Pokémon.
 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Video Games
This course is designed as an introductory exploration of video games and video game culture through the lenses of gender, race, and sexuality to investigate the interplay of these factors in the gaming world and see how this fits into a larger cultural environment.