Esports gaining a foothold in the Northland

Esports gaining a foothold in the Northland

SUPERIOR — As the clock inched closer to the 6 p.m. match start, last-minute strategic preparations were made and anticipation built. The five-member UWS Black team was not on a field or a court but inside the 1,500-square-foot Esports Lab space on the campus of Wisconsin-Superior. They entered the menu for the popular PC game, Valorant, a team-based first-person tactical shooter game set in the near future, as their Grand Finals match against R…