BALANCED Receives Award from Extra Life
BALANCED Media | Technology recently received Extra Life’s Collaboration award for the part BALANCED played in organizing and putting on the Play it Forward Esports Tournament benefiting Children’s Health, a Miracle Network hospital. BALANCED coder and resident game streamer Cameron Ferguson was called out specifically for his role in making this event a success.
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Balanced Media Technology + Complexity Gaming benefiting Children’s Health in Dallas, TXThis all began with a dream that Balanced Media Technology had to host an Extra Life event to help kids in North Texas. The Play it Forward Esports Tournament became a reality on May 18th, 2019. The event was streamed live from the Seacrest Studios at Children’s Health in Dallas. Two-time Madden Champion, Drini Gjoka (who plays for Complexity) and NFL Hall of Famer, Michael Irvin, played Madden NFL ‘19 with several Children’s Health patients. Throughout the event, viewers were also able to play a game developed by Balanced Media called “The Omega Cluster.” This game allows a player to interact with data clustering problem related to drug-resistant cancer research being conducted at Southern Methodist University.