The Sri Lanka Cyber Games e-Sports and Gaming tournament is back again this year celebrating its fourth consecutive instalment. This year, just as last year, SLCG ’11 will be Sri Lanka’s largest gaming tournament yet with an expected number of 1,500 participants taking part in a wide range of gaming disciplines and a forecasted 50,000 spectators attending.
The SLCG Grand Finals will be held in collaboration with the Infotel 2011 IT and education exhibition held at the BMICH from the 2nd to the 4th of December. The grand finals will be preceded by regional qualifiers in Kandy and Galle. The event will come to a climactic end on the 4th of December with the South Asian Cyber Games, where the champions of the Sri Lanka Cyber Games will face off against the Maldivian national team in what is sure to be action packed and electrifying competition.
Kandy Qualifiers Dates: October 29th and 30th 2011 Venue: Kandy City Center Register: http://slcg.lk
Galle Qualifiers Dates: November 19th and 20th 2011 Venue: Galle Register: http://slcg.lk
Colombo Qualifiers and Grand Finals Dates: December 2nd to 4th 2011 Venue: BMICH Register: http://slcg.lk
SLCG is the proving ground for self Sri Lankan cyber-athletes and is the chosen battlefield for rivals to prove once and for all who is can lay claim to the champions title – the place where titles are won, lost and reclaimed. Every gaming enthusiast waits in anticipation till the end of the year to show off their gaming talents at Sri Lanka’s premier e-Sports event.
SLCG caters to gamers from a wide variety of backgrounds from the generic PC gamer who plays Counter-Strike 1.6 (CS), Defence of the Ancients (DOTA), Call of Duty 4 (COD4), FIFA 11 and Trackmania, all the way to recent additions of the console genre from titles such as HALO 3 and Mortal Kombat 9 making it a true “gamers event”.
The requirement for an e-sports tournament such as SLCG came from the need to have a more significant recognition of the gaming sub culture which was starting to take root. Young gamers with the need to showcase their talents got together and the first Cyber Games tournament in Sri Lanka was born. Although there were mini tournaments of this nature at gaming cafes, the exposure was always limited to the people who frequented those venues and was mostly highlighting one particular game. At the time of the first SLCG in 2008, nothing of its magnitude had been attempted before, but our gamers showed us that once they put their heads together nothing is impossible.
Starting from its small roots 4 years ago, to today’s SLCG ’11, the tournament has evolved in leaps and bounds gaining major sponsors and along with it a wider exposure to the general public. However, compared to the international professional gaming scene, Sri Lankan e-Sports are still in its infancy after comparing talent of participating gamers as well as the prize money involved. From its conception in 2008 SLCG has grown both in size and ambition and this year we hope to continue the snow balling effect that we’ve maintained throughout. Sri Lanka Cyber Games is organised by the e-Sports and Gaming community, Gamer.LK (http://gamer.lk).
