New, digital times are dawning at Ahrweiler BC. The traditional club from the district town is opening itself up to e-sports, focusing on "FIFA," the globally very popular soccer simulation from EA Sports. There will definitely not be an offer for violent games.
A project team consisting of Max Blohm, Fabian Lorca, and Nikolas Schweigert – all former and active football players – is currently working on this topic to create corresponding structures and establish an e-sports department at ABC. "We don't want to ignore this growing and increasingly professional market, and we hope to achieve an 'early bird effect' at least on a local level, as well as increase our media reach beyond the district and Bad Neuenahr Ahrweiler, primarily to attract a new and young target group," says board member Michael Lorca, who spearheaded the project beforehand. "Especially during Corona times, we can thus also offer our many junior players an opportunity to remain active at ABC," Lorca continued.
Tournaments at both internal and external levels will soon be offered, and an ABC league will be founded where only club members will be allowed at the controllers. But that's not all: a team is to be formed that will regularly participate in competitions and events. Furthermore, pure esports memberships, live streams of events, and training sessions with big names from the gaming scene are planned.
"This is going to be incredibly exciting," said Max Blohm, a member of the project team, midfielder for the U23 team, and currently one of the strongest gamers at Ahrweiler BC.