Spend some time relaxing in the lounge. (Hub)

Being an ECL fighter is hard work, and you’re likely to burn out and exhaust yourself if you spend all your time training and competing. Luckily, that’s not all you can do in this building. The comfy, well-equipped Fighters’ Lounge gives participants a place to unwind.

The centerpiece of the room is a set of soft couches arranged around a low coffee table, opposite an enormous flatscreen TV mounted on the opposite wall. A couple of well-stocked vending machines sit off to one side, next to a door leading off into a side hallway; a sign posted near it tells you where it leads, but you can’t make it out from here. Pool, foosball, and air hockey tables (the latter two well-used, the first nearly untouched) are set up on the other side of the room for those looking to amuse themselves with a friend. Finally, pushed up against one wall is a tall shelf stocked with video games, board games, and books. The overhead fixtures cast a soft, welcoming yellow light over everything, and the low ceiling seems cozy rather than claustrophobic.

The lounge is pretty quiet right now, all things considered, but there are a few people here, reading quietly, working on their laptops or cuddling with their significant others. If they’re allowed in here, they’re presumably fighters—maybe you could talk to one of them. Or you could get some alone time.