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GetRECt/OKLCS receives Twitch Affiliate status

August 8, 2017 By Ariel Leave a Comment

Hey guys, Ariel here! As you may have heard, OKLCS/GetRECt, Oklahoma League of Legends’ competitive scene, has achieved Twitch Affiliate status at our Twitch channel, https://www.twitch.tv/getrectok. By being granted this status, our channel gets a few cool perks:

Global emotes that can be used anywhere on Twitch
A subscriber button, which directly benefits the GetRECt organization
Able to receive bit cheers
Sell games on the channel for additional monetization

Affiliate status is a step toward Partnership, which grants us full streaming and protection rights provided by Twitch. Each subscriber is worth a point: after a certain amount of subscribers, we get access to more custom global emotes that our subscribers can use across Twitch!

We are using this awesome opportunity as a tool to build the local League of Legends community and provide entertaining content. Our goal is to get the community engaged in our competitive scene, honor some outstanding players and just enjoy the game together! [Read more…]

OKLCS Season 4 to start July 31 new and improved

July 20, 2017 By Ariel Leave a Comment

After a short hiatus following the Season 3 finale, Oklahoma’s League of Legends competitive scene is making a comeback even bigger and better than before.

GetRECt, the organization created by Jack “JackLovesLamp” Counts and Alex “AgentA2” Tu, has expanded its team to help support the growing OKLCS. OKLCS Season 3 boasted a record 25 teams across three capped divisions – that’s 125 people PLUS SUBS that competed last split alone. Joining Jack, Alex and Shaedon “Shastor15” Castor are:

Ariel “Aripanda” West, Community Manager

Zach “Smooths” Lewis, Discord Management/Website Management

Brandon “Leeroy” Williams, Opinion Writer/Event Coverage

Thomas “Shacdaddy” Arata, Analyst

Charles “Sutanrii” Stanley, Shoutcaster/Highlight Video Production

Nick “Tasty Nubbinz” Yacovazzi, Shoutcaster

Connor “Naked Beekeeper” Chappell, Special Projects [Read more…]

League of Legends at Tokyo in Tulsa: Celebrating five years of competitive gameplay

June 29, 2017 By Ariel

The League of Legends tournament will take place throughout the three-day convention.

Believe it or not, League of Legends wasn’t always the number one game in the world, and it definitely didn’t always share a spot at the competitive table at Tokyo in Tulsa.

Cody Willmon hosted online tournaments for the young game out of his home, cultivating up to 64 teams from across the country to compete for RP. Staff at HXC Gaming Events took notice of the huge turnout, eventually inviting Willmon to partner with them to help grow the competitive scene. After some successful online events, Willmon wanted something more “real” for the fast-growing game.

“I originally didn’t realize the potential, but once we saw the success, I wanted to bring the League tournaments to a LAN format,” Willmon said. “I joined an Oklahoma Facebook group for League that had maybe 200 people in it and hosted a lot of online stuff. Eventually, I split from that group with Landon Carroll to create the current Oklahoma League of Legends Facebook group. The biggest struggle was getting a League tournament set up at Tokyo in Tulsa due to the limitations of the venue. Finally, a vote passed to have League at Tokyo in Tulsa in 2013, and after experiencing some expected bumps and twists, the event was a success.” [Read more…]

Season 3 of OKLCS Diamond-capped playoffs set for April 30

April 24, 2017 By Ariel Leave a Comment

After weeks of decisive victories and broken hearts, the Oklahoma League of Legends community’s Oklahoma League of Legends Championship Series will host the season three Diamond-capped playoffs on April 30 at DZ Comics and Gaming in Moore.

Eight diamond-capped teams participated in this OKLCS split, but only four made the coveted playoffs. 50 Shades of Mosher claimed the one seed with a decisive 6-1 record. Weenie and the Weens took the two seed with a record of 5-2, barely stealing the spot from three seed Team Accursed (5-2). Land Snek managed to secure the four seed with a record of 3-4 after besting a three-way tie between Handsome Boy Modeling and Gecko Slammer Armageddon.

“The Diamond-capped division of the OKLCS has looked strong this entire split,” said Jack Counts, commissioner and owner of the OKLCS. “Each division is better than the last split. It makes me think that Oklahoma is on the verge of becoming a bastion of high-level competitive play in League of Legends. Watching the players climb into new divisions is always exciting to me because I feel we play a big part in motivating players to improve by subjecting them to organized play. [Read more…]

Summoner Spotlight Series: Landon “Deadi” Carroll – The man, the myth, the MF one-trick

March 6, 2017 By Ariel Leave a Comment

Landon “Deadi” Carroll

Dead-ee? Daddy? How do you pronounce that in-game name?

Pro-tip: It’s “dead-eye,” named after the member of the Dead 6, a special operations team in the early Command and Conquer game. Because stealing “Deadeye” outright would be lame, so let’s replace “eye” with “i.” Clever.

Hardly ever a console gamer, Landon “Deadi” Carroll (30) quickly joined the PC Master Race the moment he placed his hands on a keyboard and mouse. After a trip to Sam’s with his mother at a young age, Landon stumbled upon Command and Conquer: Renegade and purchased the game for $10. The screen loaded up, single player campaign beaten in a few hours, no problem. But another option on the main menu caught his attention: Multiplayer.

“I wasn’t sure what that meant at the time,” Landon said. “At first, I assumed it was a type of split-screen option to play with someone else at home, like a console game. I am an only child, so I didn’t have someone to play with, but I couldn’t help but check it out. Then BAM. Servers. Real-time contact with thousands of people across the globe. I was hooked.” [Read more…]

Summoner Spotlight Series: #LampsOut for Jack Counts

February 6, 2017 By Ariel Leave a Comment

Jack “JackLovesLamp” Counts

He’s an admin of the Oklahoma League of Legends Facebook group and the founder of the OKLCS, but even giants have humble beginnings.

Jack “JackLovesLamp” Counts, 21, is a general management student in the business school at the University of Oklahoma. Born and raised a gamer, Jack started with children’s puzzle games like Freddy Fish and was basically taught to read by the Pokemon handheld games. He didn’t discriminate based on console, playing games on most every system (Xbox, Playstation, GameCube, Dreamcast), but his first PC gaming experience with Steam in high school got him more into PC gaming. He got involved with League of Legends earlier than most, entering the game in its alpha stage. [Read more…]

Summoner Spotlight Series: Crickett’s early life struggles led to a new purpose

January 7, 2017 By Ariel Leave a Comment

Chad “Crickett” Crockett with sons Tucker (middle) and Parker (front)

“Cricket? Nobody understands cricket! You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!” – Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 1990

Much like the iconic quote from Raphael, Chad “Crickett” Crockett is an enigma to those outside of his inner circle. Born in Tulsa, Okla., and raised in Stillwater, Okla., measuring in at 5 feet 3 inches tall, Chad’s demeanor is quiet and contemplative, but not to be confused with meek. His personality is inviting and friendly, but stern enough to make him an effective admin of the Oklahoma League of Legends Facebook page, where he served from Fall 2013 – Summer 2016. As an early contributor to the growth and success of the OKLOL page, Chad fits the profile of those worthy to be featured as a Summoner Spotlight.

Chad, 26, started playing video games before he could even walk – who needs walking when you can have a controller in your hand? His older brother, Shane, cultivated his love of video games starting with the original Nintendo, and his console days continued until his pre-teen years. Chad and Shane saved up for their first computers early on, and since then, things have never been the same. [Read more…]

Oklahoma League of Legends: A history of the notorious community

December 19, 2016 By Ariel Leave a Comment

Every epic tale has its beginning; a story of overcoming adversity and conquering challenges, a young hero realizing their potential, and the tale of the Oklahoma League of Legends community is no different.

In the beginning, there was chaos. A free-for-all forum with no sense of direction. Negligent administrators. A deprived player base. This was what the 600-member “Oklahoma League of Legends Players” community had been given. In an effort to bring League to the local scene, OKgamers and Cody Willmon, LoL tournament coordinator for HxC Gaming Events at the time, announced a gaming event and the first League tournament in the state at a small college in Tulsa, Okla., called “Saturday Reboot.” It was this event that would spark a change, all with the help of Landon “Deadi” Carroll, who would later become the head administrator of the new dawn.

(Top) United as [ONE] Gaming, (Bottom left) Mystik Gaming, (Bottom right) Insync

Only a week before the event, planning was thrown in to chaos by the hosting venue backing out. With Landon fielding two teams from his personal community, United as [ONE] Gaming, he couldn’t let his community’s first live event fall flat. He contacted the organizer, Saif Khan, who, by a stroke of organizational genius, managed to arrange a new venue by raising funds through a Kickstarter-style fundraiser. With additional help from a sponsorship from Tokyo in Tulsa, the event went off without any major bumps in the road. [Read more…]

GetRECt/OKLCS receives Twitch Affiliate status

OKLCS Season 4 to start July 31 new and improved

League of Legends at Tokyo in Tulsa: Celebrating five years of competitive gameplay

Season 3 of OKLCS Diamond-capped playoffs set for April 30

Summoner Spotlight Series: Landon “Deadi” Carroll – The man, the myth, the MF one-trick

Summoner Spotlight Series: #LampsOut for Jack Counts

Summoner Spotlight Series: Crickett’s early life struggles led to a new purpose

Oklahoma League of Legends: A history of the notorious community

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