How to compete in the 2022 Kansas City Corporate Esports Cup
Here is how to get started and what to expect!
Overview
The Kansas City Corporate Esports Cup is a seasonal series of esports competitions to challenge your corporation with other KC metro corporations and companies throughout the metro.
We take the most popular esports titles and give your team a head to head weekly competition in games that your employees are already playing daily at home...but now, they are playing for you, your company, your brand in a battle for the corporate esports cup!
- Seven weeks of general league play (week off during 4th of July)
- Double elimination playoff - seeding based on league play
- Loser finals and grand finals streamed live
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Schedule
For weekly game play, we want each match to start at 7pm and 8pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, just to keep things simple. If you need to extend your time for some reason, contact an admin and work with the opposing team's captain to modify any start times.
April 29th
Registration Ends
Starting in Feb of 2022 - we will start signing up teams to get the league underway but be sure to get in before the end registration date!
May 17/18th
Preseason Play
This is a one time game prior to league play to ensure that all captains and players know how everything will work during league play and solve any small logistical issues that come up.
May 23rd/24th
League Play starts
Based on the number of teams in each league, each team will play each other to find the cities best team in each game.
July 19th/20th
Playoffs Begin
A double elimination tournament where each round will be completed by week, with the exception of the loser finals and grand finals on the same weekend.
Games
These are the following titles we will host in 2022:
Soccer meets driving in this free to play, multiplayer-focused physics-based arena inside rocket powered battle-cars.
Be part of a 3-person Rocket League squad with booster-rigged vehicles that can be crashed into balls for incredible goals or epic saves across multiple, highly detailed arenas.
Rocket League Ruleset
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fighting game in which characters from Nintendo games and other third-party franchises must try to knock each other out of an arena.
Play as a 5-person crew against another company, in a best of three set. The company with the highest player accumulated finishes wins the day!
Smash Bros. Ultimate 5v5 Ruleset
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a racing game for the Nintendo Switch, and the first Mario game overall for the console.
Play as a 6-person team head to head in a 12 player race against another company, in a best of three set. The company with the highest player accumulated points wins the day!
MarioKart 8 Deluxe Ruleset
Halo Infinite features a multiplayer component, with deathmatch, capture the flag, and other modes available in standard 4-versus-4 and Big Team Battle variants
Play as a 4-person team against another company through a series of maps and variants. The team that takes the best 3 of five rounds will win the match!
Halo Infinite Ruleset
Pricing
This league supports the Kansas City Esports Coalition and their quest to utilize the power of esports to drive awareness, engagement & economic value for our community by attracting, producing and promoting esports events locally and regionally.
Getting Started Plan
$500per team
- Enter a team into any one game title.
- Discord access.
- Assistance with building your company esports culture.
Corporate Pass
$1000for three teams
- Enter max of 3 teams in one title, up to three teams total.
- Discord access.
- Assistance with building your company esports culture.
- 01 Find a corporate coordinator and captains to run your teams.
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02Create and register your team
Once youre team is registered, the captain will receive an email with the next steps (paying your team, connecting to discord, etc). Register today!
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03Practice up and join our discord!
Pay attention to our discord and your email for the schedule each week via the corporate email you used during team registration. GAME ON!
Join our Discord
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us below.
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Why should my company compete in the KCCEC?
Many of your employees already play games 3-5 times a week and have no idea that the employees around them are playing the same game. This league will allow for your employees to find common ground, in gaming, to build and sustain new relationships that will help with collaboration inside the company and open the door for further development and opportunities for your employees as well.
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What are the basic requirements for a team?
All members of the team will need to work for the company you represent and live within the KC Metropolitan Area. A valid email for the company for each player is required. The exception is smaller companies with 250 local employees or less - we want you to be able to compete by combining with another company of less than 250 local employees.
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How do you define the "Kansas City Metro?" (and other eligibility requirements)
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area is defined as:
Missouri - Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte, Ray
Kansas - Atchison, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Shawnee, Wyandotte
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What happens if our team can't play one week?
Work with the admins and the other teams captain to reschedule the match as soon as you know of any scheduling issue. If you need to change the date within 24 hours of the match, your team will forfeit that weeks game. {Have plenty of subs}
- What are the rulesets for each game we play?
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How many teams are going to play? Are there any limits?
We hope to fill 9 teams per game. Depending on interest level, we may limit each game to 9 teams to fill an 8 week league...if we can fill 18 teams, we will do that - it is going to be determined based on the amount of interest we see in the coming weeks.
Sponsors
For more information on how your company can get into esports at the ground floor - please click here for more information!
Contact
KCGameOn is here to help! We know spinning up esports culture in your company will not be easy.
We will work with you to develop this culture and help build it out for years to come.
Meet our Team
KCGameOn is a not-for-profit, whose purpose is to organize esports programs, conferences and bi-monthly events, forming tight knit gaming communities across the Midwest, promoting leadership, collaboration, professional growth and fun.
Email:
nick@kcgameon.com
Call:
+1 (816) 804-4643