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Namaste! Just over a week ago, the grand finals of the ESWC Finals were held in a sleepy resort in Goa, India and what an experience!
Pro gamers from all over the country turned up and battled for 3 days and 3 nights non-stop to be crowned the grand champions and we(the Razer team) were there to witness it all. It was a warm and humid affair as temperatures surged to 40 degrees in the daytime and trust us, when there’s more than 40 folks crammed into a gaming arena, it gets really, really hot.
Pro Gamers representing their cities came from all around, many of whom were from Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Abraedabad, Hyderabad, Goa and more. Some gamers had traveled more than 40 hours by train and it was a pretty amazing site to see all of them hanging it out at the Palmarinha Resort.
Games that were played were CS 1.6, DotA, Streetfighter IV, COD, Trackmania Nations and Fifa 2010.
Organizer - Yogesh giving a short speech at the opening ceremony.
A gamer being interviewed by one of the press members.
Our awesome mcee for the event. He brought the house down. 3 times.
Opening Ceremony - Everyone was chilling out by the pool.
From the other side...
Dancers suddenly appeared on stage.
There was a story involved in the dance. Something about gamers loving LAN parties or something similiar.
Pro gamers from various teams were also representing their cities and states and had various flags to represent their locale.
We had teams like AGP,
The Mumbai Marathas!
The Kolkatta Knights
The Bangalore Sultans
The Abraedabad Royals
The Goa Warriors!
The Pune Peshwas!
The Delhi Kings!
The Hyderabad Nawabs!
And there was another celebratory dance..
And a Portuguese themed dance was done. Quick Fact - Goa was once ruled by the Portuguese for over 450 years.
Then a few gamers decided to show off some of their moves...
and more people joined in...
A mini rave started to form..
Soon, everyone was ballin'!
The officials stepped in to break the dance up, but they joined in instead.
The event officially opened with some pretty awesome crackers and fireworks. (yes real fireworks - unfortunately not shown)
Things got serious when someone came out of the crowd and started swinging fireballs at everyone. It was later that we realized that was a professional fire juggler, and not a Super Mario impersonator.
Gamers soon started getting to business, but a very warm room meant headphones were off!
Gamers being interviewed on-site.
Yogesh giving his team official instructions to set the gravity to ultra low for the CS players. We think he has a quite a sense of humor.
The Razer Deathadder - The pro gamers' choice of many at the event.
Aproova - a young and shy lady, the only female progamer who was kicking ass at the COD ladder - who also happened to be using the Razer Megalodon Gaming headset.
Aproova's POV.
As day turned to dusk.
As minutes turned into hours...
Battles stretched from 3am to 10am. These guys are hardcore.
High heat + humidity = frequent ventilation during matches.
More photos and some of India’s best gamers features coming right up – Stay tuned for part 2!
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