Gaming: undiscovered potential
Predator Games 2023 is Europe’s largest inter-school esports competition, the assumption of which is not only development of various skills among children and young people, fun and valuable prizesbut also perspective build a solid bridge between adolescents and their parents and school. The initiator and organizer of the tournament, addressed to primary and secondary schools across the country, is Acer Polska – a popular manufacturer of i.a. Predator game equipment.
– We believe that the passion for the game unites and the competition associated with it grows. That’s why we created a project in which young esports fans, with the support of schools and educators, will be able to test their skills and realize their dream of participating in a professional esports event. The Predator Games test season, which we held in January this year, is behind us. Out of 128 places that we have taken care of, no less than 858 schools have applied for the tournament. The result exceeded our expectations, becoming undoubtedly a great success for the whole team. This motivates us even more for hard work, the effect of which is, among other things, the inauguration of the first official edition of Predator Games – said Łukasz Łopuszyński, Country Manager at Acer Poland.
Not only the tournament, but also campaign educative
Implemented by Acer Poland The project also covers educational campaign with the participation of psychologists and experts in many different fields. Its purpose is, among other things, to bring the gaming world closer to the parents of the players and to increase social awareness of its good sides.
– Esport has a positive impact on the development of the youngest, contributing to the development of many skills, learning strategic thinking, cooperation or building relationships with peers. Few parents are also aware of the enormous potential of the entire industry and the developing market of employers and employees within it. Therefore, we will also address these aspects in our large-scale activities, changing, as I believe, the perspective of perceiving players and their passions – said Lopuszynsky.
Due to eg. educational component of the project The tournament partners are: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Ministry of Education and Science, Centrum GovTech Polska, Center for the Development of Creative Industries, Intel, Microsoft, Media Expert, MEiN Tech, VULCAN. The general sponsor is PKO Bank Polish.
– It has been several months since, together with the Minister of Education and Science, Professor Przemysław Czarnek, we announced the “Games in Education” program, which aims not only to use video games in the teaching process , but also to promote Polish artists. The game is no longer just entertainment, but a tool to support the creativity and imagination of the younger generation. The organization of other events and initiatives such as Predator Games 2023 proves that this approach works and is very popular. Tournaments are not only an opportunity to meet new friends, but also to demonstrate skills such as teamwork and problem solving. I wish good luck to all participants and win! – said Justyna Orłowska, Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for GovTech – Head of the GovTech Center, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of Education and Science for Digital Transformation.
– We have been involved in gaming and esports for several years. We want to be a partner for young players not only in everyday finances, but also to accompany them in the development of their passion. At the same time, we see great potential in engaging with their parents’ gaming world. We’ve been building similar bridges in the financial world for years. Supporting the biggest competitions for schools fits perfectly with our current activities aimed at young customers and we hope it will be a great opportunity to develop other initiatives in the gaming world and around Predator Games. – said Marek Kozłowski, director of the marketing department of PKO Bank Polski.
16,384 students, 1,024 schools, 4 games and prizes with a total value of over PLN 3.2 million
Students from schools that will be the first to register their teams will try their hand at 4 games: Fortnite (3 players and 1 substitute) and League of Legends (5 players and 1 reserve), rocket league (3 players and 1 reserve) And Chess.com (1 player and 1 substitute). Each school can register up to 16 players. The minimum age for players is 13 years old.
Matches will start on Friday March 31, 2023. The elimination stage will be carried out in the online formula, in turn the grand finale, scheduled for May 27, 2023 (Saturday), will be held at the Center for the Development of Creative Industries in Warsaw.
The best players and the top 3 teams with the highest rankings in a given game will receive a prize prizes financed by the partners of the Games. Their value in the whole action is more than 3,200,000 PLN.
More information, including a link to register, can be found at: https://predatorgames.pl.
