1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: B U's again. This arena is sold out this weekend, 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: but it's not for hockey or a concert. It's for 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: an esports tournament. Teams from all over the world are 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,119 Speaker 1: competing in the Rocket League Boston Major. The game is 5 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: a hybrid of soccer and racing where teams of three 6 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: cars compete to score goals with a giant ball. Leo 7 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,119 Speaker 1: Mattlock is the chief business officer of Blast who is 8 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: putting on the event. 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 2: If anyone's thinking, hey, there's going to be a bunch 10 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: of game that's quietly sitting in the room in this 11 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: arena of all weekend, You've got it very wrong. 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: Joey and his wife, Yanna, drove seventeen hours from Wisconsin 13 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: to be here for the Major. The game has quite 14 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: literally changed their lives. 15 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: We actually first met because she joined one of my 16 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 3: live streams and I was playing Rocket League, and then 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: we went to the Winter Major, we went to Worlds. 18 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 3: I actually proposed at Worlds in twenty twenty four, so 19 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: Rocket League has been a huge part of our relationship. 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: His wife, now eight months pregnant, is here with a 21 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: sign that reads player three in coming from Austin. Kyle 22 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: BBC Boston's news radio