ESOS organises intra-college MLBB tournament

ISABELLA GURUNG

GANGTOK,: The Intra-College MLBB tournament was successfully organized by Esports Organisation of Sikkim (ESOS), in collaboration with Moonton and Nodwin Gaming from November 20 to December 1.

Eight colleges from Sikkim, viz. Sikkim Government College-Burtuk, NBBGC- Tadong, ICFAI University, SMIT-Majhitar, SRM University, Namchi Government College, Sikkim Manipal University and Medhavi Skills University participated in the tournament. Colleges from Assam also participated.

Each college winner was presented cash prizes of Rs. 15000 each. Over 40,00 MLBB diamonds and official MLBB merchandise were also distributed, informs the organisers at a press meet here on Tuesday.

“ESOS was founded three years ago to nurture the gaming community. During our first press conference held three years ago we had made several promises for the benefit of the esports community in Sikkim. It is easy to make promises, as there will come various hardships and challenges. We have fulfilled the promises we had made to the local players. Our biggest highlight was collaborating with Moonton, the creators of MLBB and Nodwin Gaming, the largest esportsorganization in India. Our players have participated in different national level tournaments. Although this intra-college MLBB was a test survey, Moonton and Nodwin have given positive response and next year they have promised 3-4 lakhs pool-prize,” expressed ESOS president James Palden Moktan.

ESOS co-founder Rohan Pradhan stated that ESOS’s role is to coordinate and facilitate the event in Sikkim, with the aim of boosting esports in Sikkim and Sikkim a potential esports hub in the Northeast. The Intra-College MLBB tournament was successfully conducted in Sikkim, he added.

ESOS informed that the organization has conducted three seasons of BGMI in Sikkim. In the first two seasons, the State government had supported ESOS, along with local enterprises.

This year, as the BGMI was conducted close to the elections, the State government had assured support after the elections. Now that the elections and the BGMI season 3 is over, the concerned person from the concerned department has been avoiding calls from ESOS, which had led the vendors to threaten ESOS with FIR against them, said the ESOS. They have appealed to the concerned department to support them.

“The gaming companies and organisations are seeing potential in Sikkim. This is just the beginning. We are not losing hope on our policy makers of the State, but we are trying our best to overcome the challenges. In BGMI season 3 our gaming partner Krafton has promised to provide two slots for Sikkim in the T1 nationals. Two teams from Sikkim also represented the State in the Esports event at the Hornbill Festival this year. In BGMI season three, from among the 12 teams, four were from Sikkim and Sikkim was the winning team,” said ESOS.