Monster Plays - Winter 2024 - Week 8/FINALS Vote
The final week of Winter's Monster Plays have been submitted and it's time to get voting!
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The BUEC 2024 Winter season is over! All series have been played, all the points have been counted. 114 universities have joined the fight to be crowned Esports University of the Year, though we'll see who that is by the end of Spring 2025. In the meantime, let's see what happened this Winter...
Top 10 Summary
The University of Warwick tops the table with another consistent showing, the University of Southampton also put in a great performance coming in second place, followed by the University of Portsmouth, the University of Nottingham in fourth, and then Swansea University in fifth.
The University of Warwick sits comfortably at the top of the table after another strong season of performances across the board. However, their lead has significantly decreased in comparison to last Winter season where they were leading by 1,162 points, now only leading by 607 points.
The University of Southampton had an amazing Winter season and continues to be consistently in the top five, coming in second place and matching their great Winter 23 performance. However, in Spring 24 they failed to hold onto their podium position and finished in fourth overall, will they continue strong and finish on the podium as they did in 2021 and 2022?
Trailing by just only three BUEC points, the University of Portsmouth has put in a great effort into holding their third place spot, narrowly missing out on second place to their varsity rivals will be hard but holding onto a top-three finish is still impressive.
The University of Nottingham have done amazing this season as they finish in their highest spot yet of fourth place. Hopefully we can see them continue to improve and challenge the top three further.
Swansea University continues to be a staple at the top end of the leaderboard, even though they drop from second place, their consistent results across the board has seen them make the top five this year.
Looking back at last season, the University of Exeter and King's College London also feature in the top ten once again, sitting in eighth and ninth place respectively.
Compared to last year, three new universities are joining this exclusive top ten group; Cardiff University, the University of Manchester and the University of Staffordshire have all displayed impressive performances the past year to make it in.
The Top 10
You can see the points table overview here. See the full points breakdown here.
New Universities Competing
We've also seen the addition of thirteen new universities that have competed this year that didn't last year:
Best Regional Esports Universities
There has been fierce competition right across the UK with the regional rivalry hotting up. The standings for this season are:
Back-To-Back Champions
We have an impressive list of teams to shout out this year as we see four teams competing in BUEC win three back-to-back seasons in a row:
It's important to note some other amazing achievements, Half Natty Head Tappers 6 dropped no maps all season, winning every map they played.
A big thank you to our headline sponsor UNiDAYS LVL UP and to all of our partners for their consistent support and belief in our community; Scan Computers, Monster Energy, Pringles, SteelSeries, iiyama, Intel and BUCS.
A warm welcome to those who have newly joined the community this year and thank you to the players and teams who have come back to compete.
Keep your eyes and ears open for sign-up announcements for our Spring season in January!
Winning Teams and Players of Winter 2024
Apex Legends
First place: DMUrMum (De Montfort University)
Second place: Winchester Warriors (University of Winchester)
Third place: Durham Defender (Durham University)
Counter-Strike 2
First place: Half Natty Head Tappers 6 (Lancaster University)
Second place: Swansea Storm Red (Swansea University)
Third place: Bath E1337 (University of Bath)
Overwatch 2
First place: Warwick Angles (University of Warwick)
Second place: Southampton Supermarine (University of Southampton)
Third place: Winston Underreported His Income (Imperial College London)
Rainbow Six Siege
First place: Gatekeepers (University of the West of England)
Second place: Swansea Storm (Swansea University)
Third place: Exetuah (University of Exeter)
Rocket League
First place: Roehampton Esports (University of Roehampton)
Second place: Lincoln Park (University of Lincoln)
Third place: UoB Bottlers University of Birmingham
Smash
First place: Incineroar fan club (University of Warwick)
Second place: Edinburgh Eclipse (University of Edinburgh)
Third place: Durham Defenders Definitive Edition (Durham University)
Splatoon 3
First place: UoWawa (University of Warwick)
Second place: TENTACLE NUKE INKBOUND (University of Manchester)
Third place: Solent Cardinals (Southampton Solent University)
Teamfight Tactics
First place: jieruichen (University of Glasgow)
Second place: Marcus Chan (University College London)
Third place: Finlay Bell (Open University)
VALORANT
First place: UOB silly cats (University of Birmingham)
Second place: Hanoi City (City, University of London)
Third place: exe convicts (University of Exeter)
Women & Non-Binary League of Legends
First place: UAL WNB (University of the Arts London)
Second place: Kawaii Buff (University College London)
Women & Non-Binary Overwatch 2
First place: im the woker baby (University of Edinburgh)
Second place: HashtagEatKrakens (Keele University)
Women & Non-Binary VALORANT
First place: Nott Like Other Girls (University of Nottingham)
Second place: Fades Toebeans (University of Central Lancashire)
Guilty Gear Strive (UFG)
First place: NeoJester (Sheffield Hallam University)
Second place: Duality of Man (Imperial College London)
Third place: moldynugget (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Street Fighter 6 (UFG)
First place: CrossedMoon (Durham University)
Second place: Fararjeh (University of Portsmouth)
Third place: reddevil0507 (Nottingham Trent University)
Tekken (UFG)
First place: no109va (School of Oriental and African Studies)
Second place: BrokenCellz (University of Birmingham)
Third place: xd.dark (University of Leeds)
Will Warwick continue to dominate the championship next season, what universities could challenge them in the future? Keep your eyes and ears open for sign-up announcements for our Spring season in January.
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