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RESPAWN, NACE, and eFuse team up for ‘12 Days of RESPAWN’
| | Monday, November 02nd, 2020 |

RESPAWN, NACE, and eFuse team up for ‘12 Days of RESPAWN’

Giving away 250 FREE RESPAWN chairs to 18 selected Collegiate and High School programs 

November 2, 2020 – RESPAWN announced that they will be partnering with NACE and utilizing the eFuse platform to giveaway 250 gaming chairs to 18 different collegiate/high school programs. Programs will submit a video showing why they require the gaming chairs so they can ‘transform their program.’ The entries will be judged by a representative of each company alongside three ‘celebrity’ judges.

RESPAWN, has become a leader within the gaming industry, creating only the highest quality of ergonomic gaming furniture at affordable prices. RESPAWN prides itself on providing quick delivery and amazing customer service while offering discounts for military, first responders, teachers, students, and more. RESPAWN’s product assortment includes gaming chairs, desks, rockers, recliners, monitor arms, floor pads, greenscreens, and more.

This giveaway offers an incredible opportunity for programs to level up their facility and allow their students to compete in comfort.  The winners will be announced starting December 1st, 2020.  All submissions must be complete before November 25th, 2020.

Giveaway Breakdown

  • 12 Collegiate Program Winners – 12 Chairs per winner
  • 6 High School Program Winners – 12 Chairs per winner
  • 34 Units to Nonprofit –

“2020 has been a tough year, collegiate/high school programs often reach out to see if we can offer any sort of sponsorship to help them upgrade their setups. We felt this was a great opportunity to close out this year on a high note and give back to those programs that need it the most,” states Alex Gonzalez, Marketing Manager at RESPAWN Products.

NACE is a nonprofit membership association organized by and on behalf of its member organizations. Together, NACE’s members develop the structures and tools needed to advance collegiate esports in the varsity space.

“Our member institutions and students have been an inspiration in navigating a truly challenging year.  NACE and our partners recognize this and want to help celebrate these programs in ways that will help their esports teams for years to come,” states Michael Brooks, Executive Director of NACE.

The eFuse platform enables gamers and business professionals to build out an online digital portfolio and then to use that portfolio to connect to opportunities and xother people within the community. Since eFuse’s launch, the company has made an impact on one of its core values with the release of the #ForTheGamers Fund.  This fund has provided scholarships, giveaways, prize pools for the gaming community.

“We are firm believers that rising tides raise all ships, so anytime we can work with other ELITE organizations to provide opportunities for the gaming community we are all in. Partnering with our friends at NACE and RESPAWN is a real treat for us, and we are so excited to be offering this opportunity to a few lucky programs,” states Matthew Benson, Co-Founder & CEO of eFuse.

More About RESPAWN:

Founded in 2017, RESPAWN has become a leader within the gaming industry, brought to you by office furniture experts with over 25 years of experience creating only the highest quality of products. RESPAWN’s product assortment includes gaming chairs, desks, rockers, recliners. RESPAWN is a brand under the OFM, Inc. umbrella a subsidiary of HNI Corporation. HNI Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange ($HNI).

More About NACE:

The National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) is a nonprofit membership association organized by and on behalf of our member institutions. Together, our members are developing the structure and tools needed to advance collegiate esports in the varsity space. We are collaborating to lay the groundwork in areas such as Eligibility, Path to Graduation, and Competition & Scholarships. NACE is the only association of varsity esports programs at colleges and universities across the U.S.

NACE officially formed on July 28, 2016, at the first-ever Collegiate Esports Summit held in Kansas City, MO. At that time only seven colleges and universities had varsity esports programs. Since then a rapidly growing number of institutions have launched varsity programming, with a current count of 170+ institutions. As of June 2019, over 94% of all varsity esports programs in the U.S. are members of NACE with an ever-increasing number of schools exploring esports.

More About eFuse:

As the ‘LinkedIn for gamers,’ eFuse is solving esports’ talent discovery challenge by helping players get discovered. Gamers enroll with their in-game credentials, upload highlight reels, and complete a resume.  With a comprehensive portfolio prepared, users apply to over 12,000 listings including scholarships, internships, jobs, and competitive tournaments. Be it an aspiring gamer looking to go pro, a student hoping to be scouted by a college program, or a skilled animator exploring a career in game modeling, eFuse is esports’ home for qualified talent.  As a two-sided marketplace, however, eFuse also provides organizers, scouts, and industry executives access to the platform’s brightest stars with leaderboards, community recruitment events, and regular, combine-like showcases. 20+ employees operate out of their Columbus, Ohio headquarters.

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