Some days ago, we had reported about Chaos 2007, the gaming carnival of Cognizance, the annual technical festival at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee. This is what happened at the event:
This mega gaming event sponsored by Intex, Asus, Nvidia, V-Street, Exigent, RZ2 Games, GameGuru.in, Animation Express and Skoar was a huge success with participation of more than 1500 gamers. More than 50 clans participated for Counter Strike event which is a hell lot more than those in many WCG regional competitions. AOC attracted more than 35 clans which is a great story in itself.
90 High-End Gaming PCs with TFT screens sponsored by Intex with graphics cards being sponsored by Nvidia.
The media partners helped create a lot of buzz for the event. Moreover, the publicity campaign by the organizers in the form of emails, posts on forums, and scraps on Orkut become a huge success with participation from all over the country with teams participating from Mumbai, Bhopal, Kolkata etc.
A large no. people interested in game development were seen constantly in touch with the people from Exigent and RZ2 Games. RZ2 even turned up opening up a few intern positions for budding programmers from the host college – IIT Roorkee and other participating colleges.
The prizes included more than 50 k in cash and gifts from sponsors worth more than Rs. 2 lac. The major attractions were high-end gaming peripherals provided by V-Street.
Very smoothly managed. Initial problems faced by organizers in terms of graphics cards and sufficient memory not being available on first day leading to a minor delay in the start of the event. But things turned out to be flowing very easily once everything was in place.
Huge success in terms of sponsor reviews. Most of them confirmed their participation next year at a much larger scale.
The presence of Mr. Paul Steed, who confounded Exigent, was a great attraction. Everyone was amazed to see a man of such high credentials coming to the arena in such simplicity and that too in a Capri!!!!
The guest lecture of Mr. Steed saw a huge crowd turning up to meet the man who had helped create many of their favorite games. Mr. Steed gave a presentation on the future of gaming industry, the chances that youngsters in engineering colleges and other technocrats have in this multi-million dollar and ever-increasing profession.
This was followed by an interactive session where the students asked questions ranging from Mr. Steed’s life to the social obligations of a game designer.
The crowd really enjoyed all the Counter Strike matches being screened this time on a high-resolution projector system. Although with a unexpectedly large of no. of people turning up for crucial matches, the organizers had to relax the security norms a bit and allow the spectators into the arena. The cheering and mood that was set up was simply amazing.
Casual gaming was also a nice attraction for the gamers to pass away their time till slots got free for their matches. Even school kids turned up to get a feel of the event.
High seeded players including FIFA India Rank 2 and 3, AOC Rank 3, CS Rank 1, 2 and 4, NFS Rank 3 and UT Rank 1 and 3 participated in the event.
Prize Winners
Counter Strike:
Age of Conquerors:
NFS:
FIFA:
UT:
Coordinators Mr. Ankit Bhageria and Mr. Bineet Bhasin said, “It was really an experience of a lifetime to organize and be part of an event of this magnitude. The participation was overwhelming. Although there were a minor glitches but our highly experienced team handled all the problems really nicely. The way Chaos is going, it’s all set to become an international event in the years to come.”
The founder of Chaos and coordinator of Chaos 05, Mr. Supriy Shah said, “Gaming is becoming a religion in IIT-Roorkee. And its great to see that in two years, this annual gaming festival of IITR has grown exponentially in magnitude. Chaos has come to be known all throughout the gaming community in India. And it feels really great to be a part of the founding team of Chaos.”
Word from sponsors: Mr. Deepak Sharma from ASUS Tech. India, Co-sponsor, Chaos said, “We are really excited to be here and part of this event. We would definitely like to be associated with Chaos in a much bigger way and take it to even bigger heights.”
–Compiled by Mr. Vivek Sharma and Mr. Arun Singh Gaur, IIT-Roorkee