Despite his background as a Lake Stevens Viking, Velazquez carved through madden 22 mut coins the tournament playing alongside one of the Green Bay Packers. MVP player Aaron Rodgers and star wide receiver Davante Adam, along with the team's fast pace, made the style of play ideal, Velazquez said.

It wasn't it was the Super Bowl, but tens of thousands of viewers were able to watch the live performance of Velazquez, and a live recording of the contest has been logged more than 340,000 viewers on the streaming site Twitch. Officials of Washington's high-school esports association believe Velazquez is the state's first Esports champion. In the midst of the epidemic that kept the students from playing video games, Lake Stevens High School experienced an e-sports revival.

"People were already interacted with one another digitally, and it was an incredibly natural extension," explained Trevor Wood, an 11th-grade English teacher and advisor to the school's video gaming club. "The district and the school were very interested in seeing the growth of the video game club as it was the sole ways children could interact with each other socially."

A recent craze for the game "Among Us,"" an online multiplayer challenge that attracted Velazquez as well as many others to the group. Prior to COVID-19 Wood told me that the club for video games had less than 10 members. Now about 60 students have joined the group's discussion channel.

This year, the club also got into the competitive side of gaming by challenging high schoolers in Washington all across the nation with a wide range of Esports. The team has fought events like "Mario Kart" and "League of Legends," with limited results, but the victory of Velazquez could propel the team forward. Wood confirmed that the club's "Super Smash Bros." team is nearing the state finals contest and cheap Madden 22 coins remains undefeated.