The Brookdale Esports Arena has a variety of machines with a variety of games for all interests. Brookdale Community College has built an esports arena where students and the community can practice video gaming. It's the latest step in joining a rapidly growing industry. As part of it, the college also has introduced its first varsity esports team featuring 19 players for three different games.
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FORZE Esports elevated rifler Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko to the starting lineup of their C2 team on Tuesday and benched fellow Russian Aleksei “El1an” Gusev.

Krad, 24, joined FORZE Esports in December 2022. He had been active with the team until July.

Dmitry “sstiNiX” Khlebnikov, 18, has been demoted from the starting roster in order to make room for Krad. The former will now compete in the youth roster.

FORZE’s roster consists of Russians Aleksandr “shalfey” Marenov, Evgeny “r3salt” Frolov and Krad as well as Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich of Belarus. Artem “Fierce” Ivanov is the team’s coach.

–Field Level Media