Gaming Contest ends in Eco Park

In two days, on Sunday 27th and Monday 28th July about 170 eager gamers participated in the inaugural gaming contest at Eco Park. There were group contests (6 on each side) and individual contests (one playing against the other). The ambience was just correct and tensions rose as in all real games. A 90-minute FIFA fotball match was an 8 minute event on the screen but the clocks showed 90 minutes on the screen. As I witnessed the final yesterday, at least twenty others formed a ring around the finalists cheering up one side or the other. We gave away certificates. The prizes were 10 hours of free gaming over a 2 month period with few conditionalities. From today, anyone can play with a small fee. I am thankful to SPChatterjee, Sutanu Kar, Madhusudan Chatterjee, Suman, Harish, Amit, Subhomoy, Sanjit, Subhashis, N Sil, Nirmal and Rishiraj for getting the gaming zone up and running.   Here are two photographs:

Gaming Zone in Bamboo Graden, Eco Park

Finalists of individual FIFA 2014 playing it out

Here is a clipping from Telegraph Metro that appeared on Saturday 26th July 2014:

The Board of Directors of Hidco met yesterday. Among other things, it decided to invite offers for running events for marriage/ birthday / other parties for 6 months starting October 2014  in two designated places of Eco Park. It was also decided to invite few commercial displays for advertising on the LCD board in front of Hidco Bhavan. The revenue earned n both counts will be used for maintenance and upkeep of Eco Park.
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ToI dt 28.7.2014