Marcus Vale
Head Coach — Valorant
Ex-Tier 2 IGL. Twelve years on the servers, three national finals, and a knack for turning a shaky comms setup into a calm one.
Leeds Esports Arena — Est. 2018
Where competitive players are forged into champions.
Rogue Dungeon Empire runs pro coaching bootcamps, LAN tournaments, and a broadcast-grade studio from our Merrion Street arena in central Leeds. Twelve PC bays, 240Hz monitors, and coaches who have placed at national finals.
- 2,400+
- Players coached
- 38
- LAN events hosted
- 12
- Competition-grade bays
What we do
Programmes built for the climb from Gold to Grand Final.
Every programme runs out of our Merrion Street arena and is capped in size so coaches actually know your name and your VOD history.
Ranked Ascension Bootcamp
from £320 / month8-week block · max 6 players · Tue & Thu, 18:00–21:00
A structured eight-week climb across League of Legends, Valorant, and CS2. You get VOD review sessions, a personal rank-up plan, scrim blocks against sparring teams, and a mid-block one-to-one with a head coach. Free 45-minute assessment before you commit.
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Merrion Street Clash — LAN Hosting
from £45 / seatUp to 64 seats · full-day event · casters + admin included
We run your community LAN or corporate tournament end to end: seeding, brackets, shoutcasting, and a live production feed to the arena wall. Includes technical admin on the floor and a highlight reel delivered within 48 hours. Weekend slots book fast in term time.
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Broadcast Studio & Content Days
from £180 / half-dayGreen screen · 4K capture · editor on request
A dedicated streaming room with a green screen, dual 4K capture, treated acoustics, and a producer at the desk. Ideal for creators shooting sponsor content, teams filming a season intro, or brands recording an esports segment in the city centre.
ContactThe roster
Coaches and staff who have lived the competitive grind.
Our floor is run by former pro players and tournament admins who between them hold five national medals.
Priya Nandakumar
Lead Coach — League of Legends
Challenger jungler and macro obsessive. Builds the rank-up plans that get our academy players to Diamond in a single block.
Dan Okafor
Tournament Director
Ran 38 LANs without a single bracket meltdown. If it plugs in, seeds, or shoutcasts, Dan already has a contingency for it.
Sofia Restrepo
Studio Producer
Broadcast producer from live TV who now makes creators sound and look like the finals feed. Owns the streaming room end to end.
Player stories
Watch the road from the bootcamp floor to the podium.
A three-minute look inside a Ranked Ascension block, filmed across one term at the Merrion Street arena.
Play the arena reel3:12
I walked in stuck in Silver and left the eight-week block sitting comfortably in Platinum. The VOD reviews spotted habits I could not see myself.
We hosted our uni society LAN here for 48 players. The casting and the wall feed made it feel like a real event, and the highlight reel landed two days later.
Booked the studio for a sponsor shoot and the producer made my content look properly broadcast. Best half-day I have spent in the city centre.
Good to know
Questions we hear at the front desk.
Not at all. Our Ranked Ascension blocks are grouped by current rank, so Gold and Silver players train together and Diamond climbers get their own room. The free 45-minute assessment lets us place you correctly before you pay for anything.
Our core titles are League of Legends, Valorant, and Counter-Strike 2. We also host LANs for Rocket League and fighting-game communities. If your title is not listed, call us — if we can seat it and cast it, we will usually run it.
We are at 62 Merrion Street, Leeds LS2 8LW, a two-minute walk from Leeds Trinity and the Merrion Centre car park. The nearest rail is Leeds Station, about a ten-minute walk south through the city centre.
The arena is open Monday to Friday 12:00–22:00 and weekends 10:00–23:00. Bootcamp sessions run in the evenings, while studio bookings and LANs are usually scheduled for daytime and weekend slots.
Yes. Beyond ticketed LANs we take private bookings for birthdays, stag and hen gaming nights, and corporate team days. Twelve competition bays plus the studio can be booked as a whole-venue package — get in touch for a quote.
The dispatch
Get scrim schedules, LAN dates, and rank-up tips in your inbox.
One email a week during term, none in the off-season. Coaching drills, event announcements, and the occasional free seat at a Merrion Street Clash.
Get in touch
Book an assessment or ask us anything.
Fill in the form and a coach will reply within one working day, or reach us directly using the details below.
- Phone+44 113 245 9674
- Arena62 Merrion Street, Leeds LS2 8LW
- Email[email protected]
- HoursMon–Fri 12:00–22:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–23:00