Assignment 16- Opinion Local Issue

           This semester at Southern Arkansas University, the Esports and Competitive Gaming program enhanced their club ten times bigger and better by being provided with a new and improved gaming lab at the top of Reynolds. The gaming lab includes 18 computers and big flat screened tv sets providing access to PlayStations and X-boxes. The eSports team already has 100 compromising members apart of the club, where there is also a gaming lab inside of honors hall allowing members to get their “game on” with upscale games like Call of Duty, NBA 2K, and the list goes on. The bigger gaming lab that is now located at the top of Reynolds is available from 8:00am-12:00am to not only students who are a part of the competitive eSports club, but to other students who just like to simply play video games without a structure or title.

            
            

     There are about three issues I can come up with about the enhancement of gaming at Southern Arkansas University. Myself, my peers, and many other students have issues with completing our assignments in the library system, why? Because, clearly the Student Activities Administration at Southern Arkansas University didn’t really think this through. The reason to why myself and other students feel as if this new gaming lab wasn’t thought through rationally is because trying to make students use the same WiFi in the library or in any other learning/studying labs across campus as the gaming students isn’t necessarily working in some of our favors. Not to mention, Southern Arkansas University’s WiFi isn’t that great or up to par to begin with. There have been multiple complaints from students using the campus WiFi for other reasons like homework, blackboard, FaceTime, and the usage of apps. Which leaves me to the question, why can’t we get better and stronger WiFi, is there a separate network for the eSports club and those random gamers? 

            

    I’m all for enhancement of clubs and providing the necessary resources to do so, but in my opinion, this is an issue for other campus students who aren’t a part eSports or those who aren’t quote on quote expert gamers. I feel that we should be able to access websites and studying material without difficulties and frustration with low speed internet.