EZONE Esports & Gaming

Parking is a premium on UWL's campus and the parking lots are regularly patrolled by University Police. Visitors must follow University parking policies and procedures. Visitor parking is available in lot C-7. Visitors may purchase short-term or hourly parking at Parking Services during business hours or by using the Passport Parking mobile app.  

EZONE Esports & Gaming Use Policies 
All users must sign the Use Agreement prior to participating. The agreement must be signed once per membership period or once per calendar year if a day pass is sold.     

Appropriate Use Policy 

UWL Rec Sports welcomes and respects gamers of all types, from all places and backgrounds. In keeping with our inclusion statement, we are committed to equal access to our facility and programs regardless of ability, age, citizenship, economic status, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, race, religion, or sexual orientation. Therefore, the following policies are in place to create a welcoming, safe, and fair gaming community. 

• Act with character and courtesy while respecting the rights, welfare, and dignity of all others in the facility 
• Harassment and behaviors that create an intolerable environment such as bullying, threats of violence, stalking, or other forms of intimidation (physically or online) will not be tolerated. These include but are not limited to: 

• • Spamming, raiding, hijacking, or inciting disruption of streams or social media 
  • Posting or threatening to post other people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”) 
  • Unwelcome sexual attention to include unwelcome sexualized comments, jokes, and sexual advances 
  • Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior 

• Refrain from excessive volume, swearing, vulgar language, acts of physical rage and offensive conduct 
• Personal gear, including peripherals, backpacks, etc. must not show discriminatory or profane decals 
• No cheating or illegal activity allowed 
• Balance gaming with other university responsibilities, including class. We want you to be a successful competitor, but not sacrifice your studies or other responsibilities 
• All UWL students are expected to comply with the UWL Student Code of Conduct 
• Users of the facility must comply with all departmental, University, UW-System, state, and federal technology use policies (i.e. no installation of programs on computers, etc.) 

To report an incident, please complete the online incident report form. 

Youth Policy 

• Users under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older.  One adult may supervise up to 5 youth.
• Participants under the age of 18 must have the EZONE Use Agreement signed by a parent or legal guardian unless the participants are full-time UWL Students. The agreement must be signed once per membership period or once per calendar year if a day pass is sold.          

Facility Policies 

• A government issued ID is required for all non-UWL patrons over the age of 16.  
• Computers are to be used for approved gaming purposes only, unless otherwise approved by a member of the Rec Sports professional staff 
• Audiovisual equipment may be controlled by trained Rec Sports staff members only.   
• All equipment, including hardware, peripherals, furniture, etc. is not to be removed from the facility 
• No food allowed; beverages allowed in a sealed, leak-proof container only and must be placed on the floor away from computers and peripherals 
• Contact a member of the Rec Sports staff should a spill or incident occur 
• Bags and personal belongings must be stored in the lockers or outside the facility 
• Users may bring their own peripherals and gaming controllers 
• Rec Sports is not responsible for lost or stolen items  
• Users may be held responsible for damage related to their conduct (violation of these policies) 

Gaming Policies 

• Unless otherwise reserved or approved by Rec Sports professional staff, gaming sessions will be capped at 90 minutes if there are others waiting to use the PCs/consoles and gaming is limited to 3 hours per user per day.  Please honor and respect the time of others.  
• No new users and no new games should be started with less than 30 minutes left in operating hours; must exit the game upon closing.  
• Log out of all game accounts before leaving your station 
• When concluding time on PCs and consoles, clean up your area and wipe down equipment with cleaning materials provided 
• Gambling of any kind is strictly prohibited on any EZONE activities

Available Equipment

Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktops (24)
Processor: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 11700F (8-Core, 16MB Cache, 2.5GHz to 4.9GHz w/Intel® Turbo Boost Max) 
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6 
Memory: 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 3200MHz, XMP 
Hard Drive: 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 
Chassis: Dark Side of the Moon chassis with Low-Profile Smart Cooling CPU Heatsink and 1000W Power Supply 
Wireless: Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth
Monitor: Alienware 27 Monitor
PC Peripherals: Alienware Low Profile RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard and Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse 
Headsets: Alienware 7.1 Gaming Headset 

Xbox Series X (2)

PlayStation 5 (2)

Nintendo Switch (2)

Oculus Quest 2 - Virtual Reality (2)

Available Spaces

Shoutcasting Room

• Alienware PC, monitor and peripherals
• Ring light
• Camera
• Microphone 

Available for drop in use or by reservation. 

Technical support is not provided by EZONE staff.  

If you have your own game or launcher accounts, you may use them.

Some PC games only allow for 6 players to be playing at once.  

Games are subject to change without notice.

PC

Xbox

PlayStation

Nintendo Switch

Oculus Virtual Reality

2v2 Rocket League Tournament  

Now is the time to recruit a friend for this 2v2 Rocket League Tournament. This event will be a double elimination, best of three tournament held in the EZONE that is open to any skill level. The winner of this event will win an EZONE Champ T-shirt! 

• Registration Deadline: Wednesday, October 9th 

• Tournament Date: Saturday, October 12 at 12:30pm 

• FREE 

Smash Bros Tournament 

Do you play Super Smash Bros and want to show off your skills in a tournament? In this event, you will compete in a double elimination bracket that takes place the EZONE. The winner of the tournament will win a coveted EZONE Champ T-shirt!  

• Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 6 

• Tournament Date: Saturday, November 9 at 12:30pm  

• FREE 

FC 24 Tournament 

Are you ready to pass and kick your way to victory and show your friends who is truly the best FIFA player. This tournament will have players compete in a double elimination tournament where the winner will take home an EZONE Champ T-shirt! 

• Registration Deadline: Wednesday, December 4 

• Tournament Date: Saturday, December 7 at 12:30pm 

• FREE 

Registration for all events is available on IMLeagues. 

All events are sponsored by Gillette-Pepsi. All entrants will receive complimentary Rockstar Energy beverages and top performers will receive Rockstar Energy swag!

The organizations listed below are recognized by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, however are not affiliated with the EZONE.

Esports & Gaming Club
MyOrgs: Esports and Gaming Club, UWL
Twitter: @UWLesports
Instagram: uwlesports
Discord: UW La Crosse Esports & Gaming Club

Super Smash Bros. Club
MyOrgs: Super Smash Bros. Club
Discord: UWL Smashcord