Do you crave the feeling of nailing a blind sun-strike on an unsuspecting enemy or just beating the keeper’s fingers for a last minute match-winning goal when all seems impossible? Or maybe staring down the barrel of your sniper rifle and executing the perfect headshot; gets your adrenaline pumping! Do the words: ‘Rampage’, ‘Hat Trick’ or ‘Kill Streak’ excite you beyond comprehension?
Festember in association with the League of Extraordinary Gamers (LXG) presents ‘Respawn’; an e-Sports event like no other. With a whopping prize pool, Respawn is set to be the playground for an all out war of the gamers. The e-Sports movement has taken over the world and Festember now gives you a chance to prove yourself and win awesome goodies and cash prizes at the same time.
Festember is the annual cultural festival of one of the prestigious engineering colleges of India; NIT Trichy. It draws in crowds from the far reaches of the country for four days of unlimited fun and excitement at the college campus during the end of September. Respawn is one of the many outreach events conducted by Festember this year.
On the other hand, LXG is India’s largest and most decorated gaming café with about 10,000 members. With over 5,000 square feet of air conditioned gaming area with spectator and shout-casting studio, this seems to be a true gamer’s paradise. With a target of creating maximum appeal and drawing huge crowds, they have locked on two of the most prominent and popular games to be played for the event namely; DOTA 2 and FIFA.
For the benefit of our non-gaming readers, here is a brief description of these two games that have managed to captive a vast majority of youngsters today and keep them gripped to their video sets.
DOTA 2 is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) where two sides wage endless wars against each other. Players participate in teams of five uniquely selected heroes and must do all they can to defend their ancient.
Whereas FIFA- Football, the legendary simulator series has been going strong for over two decades and gets better with each edition. Experience what it means to take control of your favourite players, to shoot for victory and eventually win the ultimate prize.
Respawn is thus an event to fulfill your deep, innate desire for gaming supremacy. It will be held on 6 and 7 August, 2016 at the League of Extraordinary Gamers, Bengaluru (LXG).