Tespa
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| Collegiate eSports Organization | |
| Industry |
Video Games eSports |
| Founded | September 2, 2013 Austin, Texas, United States |
| Founder | Adam Rosen Tyler Rosen Chris Kelly |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California, United States |
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Area served
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North America |
| Products | Events: Heroes of the Dorm |
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Number of employees
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~10 (2015) |
| Website | www |
Tespa (formerly Texas eSports Association) is a North American collegiate eSports organization headquartered in the offices of Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, California. Founded in 2012 as a collegiate gaming club at the University of Texas, Austin, Tespa expanded nationally in 2013 as an event support network for college gaming organizations. In 2014, the company announced an official partnership with Blizzard Entertainment, hosting online leagues for Hearthstone, League of Legends, StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch.
Tespa was founded in 2012 by classmates Adam Rosen, Tyler Rosen, and Chris Kelly as the Texas eSports Association, an on-campus gaming organization at the University of Texas, Austin. After gaining national attention with its Lone Star Clash tournament series for Starcraft and League of Legends in 2012, Tespa expanded first to other Texas gaming clubs, then nationally to colleges like University of Nevada, Reno and University of California, San Diego in 2013.
In 2013, Tespa announced an official partnership with Blizzard Entertainment to provide licensed Starcraft, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm in-game rewards to college gaming clubs. In early 2014, Tespa and Blizzard Entertainment hosted the $5,000 North American Collegiate Hearthstone Open series, culminating in a live grand finals event at the Twitch.tv stage at PAX East and PAX Prime.
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