Gaming Oasis

About

Play more, Live more

From Huntsville roots to a full esports operating company.

Gaming Oasis started in the heart of competitive gaming with a simple goal: build communities that work online and in person. What began as Project: Gaming Oasis in July 2020 has grown into League Hub, Event Solutions, and the Southeastern and Northeastern Esports Leagues (SEL and NEL).

Our story

The next generation of gaming, built through real operations.

We curate thriving esports communities that transcend physical and virtual boundaries, then scale what works into software, conferences, and live events.

Born from community, scaled through competition

At the center of the esports landscape, Gaming Oasis emerged as a team deeply entrenched in competitive gaming: production, league operations, and the day-to-day work of helping programs compete at a higher level.

Our journey started with Project: Gaming Oasis in July 2020, an initiative that created a comprehensive remote gaming ecosystem when the industry needed connection most. That foundation grew into the Southeastern Esports League (SEL) in January 2022, a conference conceived and operated under the Gaming Oasis umbrella for high school, college, and amateur competition across the region.

Today we are not limited to our own leagues. As an esports production and management company, we help brands, schools, and partners build entire competitive ecosystems where structure, storytelling, and live events work together.

What Gaming Oasis means today

Skill, ambition, and unity still define our work, but the delivery model is clearer than ever.
  • League Hub runs registration, rosters, and match workflows for conferences and partners.
  • Event Solutions delivers broadcasts, overlays, LAN production, and venue operations.
  • SEL & NEL are flagship conference products that prove the model every season.

Timeline

How we got here

Key milestones from Project: Gaming Oasis to the platform and conferences we operate today.

  1. July 2020

    Project: Gaming Oasis

    Gaming Oasis began as Project: Gaming Oasis, a remote gaming ecosystem built when in-person events were on hold, laying the foundation for community, competition, and production workflows online.

  2. 2021

    Online competition takes shape

    The team ran one-off online tournaments and began shaping structured league play, connecting Southeastern collegiate programs through consistent formats and broadcasts.

  3. January 2022

    Southeastern Esports League (SEL)

    SEL launched as a Gaming Oasis-owned conference product, uniting high school, college, and amateur competition across the Southeast under one operating model.

  4. 2022 to 2024

    SEL scales in Huntsville and beyond

    Seasons grew with more programs, production quality, and in-person championship events, including LAN finals hosted in Huntsville, Alabama, with partners like UAH.

  5. Today

    League Hub, Event Solutions, and NEL

    League Hub became the software layer behind conference operations. Event Solutions formalized broadcast and live-event delivery. NEL extended the conference model to the Northeast.

Core staff

The people behind Gaming Oasis operations.

League operations, talent, events, and content leadership that shows up for every conference season and partner engagement.

Gaming Oasis staff on stage at an SEL broadcast with team members in league apparel

Fred Wiersig

Founder & CEO

Blake Phillips

Director of League Operations

Scott Hurley

Director of Talent

TJ Stephens

Director of Events

Sara Eladawy

Director of Content & Community

What we offer

Gaming is our passion. We offer the services you need.

Talent, production, design and development, tournament operations, consultation, and related event services, plus League Hub and our conferences.

Talent

Hosts, casters, observers, producers, and other esports broadcast roles.

Production

Remote, LAN, and all-in-one packages with vMix workflows and show control.

Design & Dev

Overlays, stream packages, social creative, and vMix-integrated development.

Tournament Ops

Scheduling, remote and LAN execution, and league-scale participant experience.

Consultation

Complimentary initial consults plus event and league scoping advisory.

Related services

Sponsor activations, venue coordination, hybrid events, and custom packages for schools, brands, and venues.

League Hub

Registration, rosters, permissions, match operations, and league administration, the platform born from running real conferences.
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Event Solutions

Talent, production, design and development, tournament operations, consultation, and related services for any event.
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Conferences

Owned conference products, SEL and NEL, that put our platform and production stack into practice every season.
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Huntsville

Why Huntsville?

Our headquarters and championship heritage are rooted in Huntsville, Alabama, where STEM culture, collegiate programs, and live finals meet.

Building the Southeast's esports home base

Huntsville Gaming Oasis has long advocated for the Rocket City as a natural hub for collegiate and community esports in the region.

From remote-first league seasons to in-person finals at partners like the University of Alabama in Huntsville, we have brought Southeastern programs to the city to compete, connect, and experience what Huntsville offers. A STEM-forward community, strong collegiate scenes, and a culture that embraces modern growth make esports a natural fit, not a replacement for traditional sports, but a complement.

Frederick Wiersig, our Founder & CEO, outlined this vision in a featured piece on why Huntsville can become the esports hub of the Southeast.

Read the Huntsville article

From the article

“The Southeastern Esports Community has been looking for a home for a long time and we truly believe Huntsville is the perfect place. We ought to shoot for the stars. We are the Rocket City, after all.”

Frederick Wiersig, Gaming Oasis

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