This academic year, Republic of Gamers is a proud sponsor Tespa--the collegiate esports organization bringing both competitive and community gaming events to over 220 college chapters in North America. Tespa and ROG share the same belief that students should be able to pursue and celebrate gaming with the best quality hardware for the best gaming experience, whether it’s on a small local scale or a with large audience. To support this expansion into collegiate gaming and esports, ROG provides Tespa with gaming hardware such as the GL503 laptop, Gladius II mouse, Whetstone mousepad, and more.

In 2017, the Republic of Gamers participated in UC Berkeley’s annual Caltopia college lifestyle event, where we displayed some of the top pieces of hardware for gaming and esports to over 30,000 Cal students. These products included the G20 desktop, Zephyrus laptop, GL702 laptop, Claymore Core keyboard, and Gladius II mouse. During the event, the Republic of Gamers educated both incoming and current students of UC Berkeley regarding computer hardware and PC building, and encouraged them to get more involved in gaming and esports in their local community and in the classroom.