Charleston, West Virginia · One day only

Games are better with an audience

UC EagleCon is a one day gaming convention in the GSU Ballroom at the University of Charleston. Brackets running all afternoon, a live Clone Hero concert, tabletop tables, and hardware the department built. Saturday, April 3, 2027, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

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No ticket. No sign up. Bracket entry is the only thing that needs registration.

For spectators, families, and anyone curious Come watch Most people here are watching, and that is the point. Sit in the spectator rows for the Clone Hero concert, follow a bracket to its final, or learn a board game at a table with someone teaching it. Nothing to know in advance, nothing to bring. What there is to see For players Compete Formats, start times, what to bring, and bracket links. Entry needs registration. Tournaments For dealers, artists, exhibitors Sell at a table Table sizes, terms, setup times, and the application deadline. Vendor info

11 to 5 Doors to close

Apr 3 Saturday, 2027

Free General admission Bracket entry registers separately

GSU Ballroom, Charleston WV

Main Stage · 2:00 PM

Battle of the Bands

Clone Hero is a music game played on a guitar shaped controller. At EagleCon it is performed as a concert. Bands take the stage, the song plays on the big screen, and the room watches. Judges score it, and so does the crowd.

Three awards: People's Choice, Judges' Choice, and Most Percent Completed. You do not need to know the game to enjoy it, and you do not need to play to attend.

How the stage works Sign up to perform

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Band on stage, crowd in frame, warm light

Spectator rows open at 2:30 PM for sound check. Seating is first come.

Brackets

Tournaments in Charleston WV

Nine brackets across Tournament Alley and the Main Stage. Run by Game Grove with Ramsey Harki as tournament organizer, with a printed ruleset at every table.

All tournament detail

Video game · 12:30 PM · Tournament Alley

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Double elimination, $5 entry. Run by Game Grove.

Registration open

Tabletop · 1:00 PM · Tournament Alley

Magic: The Gathering Draft

Booster draft, $15 entry, product included. Run by Game Grove.

Registration open

Seven more

Nine brackets, two rooms

Melee, Street Fighter 6, Guilty Gear Strive, Mario Kart Worlds, Pokemon TCG, Battle of the Bands, and Wii Bowling fill out the day. Entry is $5 or $15 depending on the bracket, and every title played is a legitimately obtained copy.

Ask the organizer

Built in the department

Play on hardware we made

The FUSER station runs on a DJ controller built here on a Raspberry Pi Pico 2. It reports itself to the computer as a standard USB game controller, so the game sees a normal input device and you see knobs and pads that a student soldered.

Walk up, play a set, and ask the person standing next to it how it works. Nobody minds the question.

See the stations

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Pico 2 DJ controller, top down

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Hands on the pads, station in use

The room in prior years

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Ballroom wide

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Bracket table

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Tabletop hall

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Stage set

Four WebP images, 800 x 600, explicit width and height, warm and taken in the room.

Hosted and run by

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COSC, DASC, and MATH Department

University of Charleston

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UC Gaming Club

Student host and floor crew

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Game Grove

Tournament organizer, Ramsey Harki

Saturday, April 3, 2027

11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, GSU Ballroom, Geary Student Union, 2300 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston, West Virginia. General admission free.

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