IMT-Dubai, 9th -10th Oct, 2009- IMT saw the first of its kind, two days inter-college gaming competition. Hall No.6 in the Academic Block buzzed with activity, when teams from various colleges around IMT took active part in Counter-strike. Students flocked into IMT from Manipal, Mahatma Gandhi University, SP Jain and BITS; everyone eager to participate in the unique event!
The Counter-strike event was a joint venture of Sports Committee and ECAC, strongly supported by IT Committee, and of course, carefully covered by the Media Committee. The promotions for the event were on a fairly large scale, and they surely succeeded in generating the crowd and the reaction that such an event required. The work that must have gone through to make the event look so professional is remarkable!
The competitions ran in flow, with people taking relatively little time to setup their equipment before the matches. The games generated a lot of interest, specially the ones with results like 16-0, and there were many of those! Students came up with pretty creative names for their teams; namely K155, IMT Clan, which added to the amusement of the event.
Day One
Eight matches were held on the first day, with each team comprising of 5 members. The excitement levels reached the ceiling and players got involved in their respective games.
The game itself involves terrorists and counter terrorists whose mission is to get by each other without losing their lives. The graphics of the game are downright fascinating, and even the untrained eye finds them impressive. The game is all about strategy and teamwork, which most teams understood very well, and followed diligently. So, not only was it a fun experience, as an MBA school, this simple gaming activity taught the basic lessons of organization, teamwork, appropriate strategy, plan of action and implementing a strategic plan.
Time elapsed, and teams got eliminated but the energy levels of the gamers just kept escalating.
Score Board (the teams mentioned in the bracket won):
Round 1
Match 1: Hell Guardian v/s KW (KW)
Match 2: Lucid Night v/s Carpe Noctum (Carpe Noctum)
Match 3: IMT Clan v/s Mariners (IMT Clan)
Match 4: Come to Papa v/s [S3X] (S3X)
Match 5: Dynamos v/s K155 (K155)
Match 6: P.B* v/s Amigo (P.B.)
Match 7: KW v/s Rascalas (KW)
Match8: K155 v/s S3X (K155)
P.B.*=Paustic Bhojan
Day Two
Day 2 began with a lot of enthusiasm amongst the teams and the spectators. As most of the students went for an early brunch so as not to miss even the slightest of the match. The first semi-final began at 2pm between K155 & CN. , Which was a success for the CN team and was followed by a match between PB & IMT Clan where the IMT Clan made us proud. Despite being a new team IMT Clan performed really well & gave a tough time to all its competitors. The announcement of results for the semi-finals was no less than a nerve racking situation for all the four teams. The semi-finals were followed by the grand finale (the final Match) which began in full throttle at 4pm. The whole campus was so excited that everyone was rushing to cheer their hommies (IMT Clan) which showed up on the seating space in the room the whole place got packed with students cheering & screaming for their team & pushing them to perform better. The teams had decided that who so ever performs best in the three maps & scores well wins the title. K155 (BITS’ team) had been the best performing team so far and had beaten almost everyone by 16-0 and IMT Clan was the only team to stand against them and score 16-13 in their first match. This was a really tight game; all the spectators had crossed their fingers and were excited about the whole match. The fight was neck to neck, and it was very difficult to say which team will walk out of the arena as a winning, finally K155 won after taking a really tough fight from IMT Clan.
Score Board (Teams mentioned in the bracket won)
Semis
Match 1: K155 v/s CN (K155)
Match 2: PB v/s IMT Clan (IMT Clan)
Finals : IMT Clan v/s K155 (K155)
The ECAC, Sports and IT Committee Members were constantly present, to organize and help with the matches. Even at the end of the event, they remained focused and worked conjointly which lead to a spectacular show. So, a hearty applause goes to them for pulling off this grand event for IMT!
The Media Committee would also like to extend gratitude towards all the students from participating colleges who made the event stupendous!
Team METH...!!
