after nearly a year lucknow witnessed the second gaming tournament organised at paryatan bhawan in gomti nagar the twoday event titled battleex organised by devendra pratap singh a gaming addict and owner of a gaming cafe in lucknow saw participation by around 100 gaming enthusiasts from all over the state this is my initiative to connect with gamers across the state so that we at least have a community for such budding and enthusiastic players in the state and can then make several teams which can participate in national and international gaming competitions shares devendrawhile this is the first large scale gaming competition being organised by devendra he claims to have been organising several small level tournaments in his cafe last month i had organised a game battle of taken 7 but it was on a small scale this time i thought of taking the competition to a higher level there isnt any registration fee for this competition because i know most parents dont support such a hobby so it will be difficult for the participants who are mostly students to arrange money for the entry fee the participants are not just from lucknow but have come all the way from different parts of up slowly the community is getting bigger and bigger and everyone keeps each other informed about several topics related to the gaming field through social networking websites our ultimate aim is to create up as a hub of gamers adds devendra at the event we spoke to several gaming addicts who seemed quite happy to participate in a competition organised in the state 13yearold daksh yadav studying at delhi public school in lucknow was the youngest player present at the competition he revealed he plays for five hours daily just like in the metros there is no community for gamers in up however in the past two years the community is slowly building up all thanks to such competitions happening in lucknow since i am still young my parents dont allow me to go and participate in various national level competitions happening in the metros but in the past one or two years i have met several gaming addicts in lucknow we even have competitions happening in the city which was a rare thing to even imagine at one point in time he shares unable to find a proper gaming cafe in lucknow akshay pratap singh who just passed class xii and has cleared jee purchased a personal computer which costs around 1 lakh rupees up as a state is still far behind than other big cities and the metros when it comes to having a community for gamers also since there was not a single cafe in the city i had purchased my own customised gaming pc worth a lakh rupees shares akshay who has been a game addict ever since he was in standard ii i want to participate in international gaming competitions which gives us a chance to win a handsome amount if