ILG Season 2: April Round-up, the cities covered and prizes won

With better quality infrastructure available, it is interesting to note how much potential the eSports market has. Although eSports is at a very nascent stage, Indian Lan Gaming (ILG) is doing it's very best to light up the Local Area Network (LAN) gaming culture in India.

Thanks to them, the eSports scene in India is finally taking a turn for the better after a standstill, and the ILG Season 2 seems just the right prospect to invest time in. The 2002-2012 time period witnessed a boom in the gaming industry but since then there has been a slump. ILG is trying to revive the atmosphere and infuse the enthusiasm back into gaming enthusiasts so that they ditch the bean bags and come out and play in these extremely interesting tournaments.

The second season of the Indian LAN Gaming - ILG Cup promises to be bigger and better. The events are already underway. We look at some of the facts:

The primary three games to be contested are DOTA 2, CS:GO, and FIFA 18, followed by three showcase games, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Rocket League. Finally, the two community games that will be played are (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) PUBG and Rainbow Six: Siege.

A total of 231 teams were registered in the maiden month of April, consisting of a total of 1133 players. A massive amount of Rs 8,02,500 has already been won. Fifteen cafes in thirteen cities were covered in the first month of ILG Season 2.

April round-up

73 games of DOTA 2, 123 of CS:GO and 31 of FIFA 18 were contested amassing to 227 games in total. LXG eSports have been the highest earning in the competition so far and have winnings of Rs. 1,50,000 in Dota 2 to their name. JMD Gaming comes in at a close second, with winnings of Rs. 80,000 in CS:GO.

Mumbaikars came out all guns blazing, figuratively not literally, as Mumbai became the city with the maximum number of registrations at 44.

LXG Café had the maximum registrations at 22. In the Delhi leg, Dota 2 was played at Xoing café from 14th-15th April. A total of Rs. 75,000 was kept as prize money for this event and Team Buriza emerged victorious with the Sad Bois finishing as runners-up.

Pune, Bangalore, and Kolkata were the other three cities where such big prize money was there to play for. Stay tuned for further updates on all the action.

Click on this link: ILG – Season 2 if you want to be a part of all the action yourself.