Although this happened way back in 2004 (October-end to be precise; I was a senior in High School), I'd still like to share the most Important gaming victory of my life (so far):
Date: October 30th, 2004
Event: A TechFest named EXUN (Experts Unlimited) organized by one of the most reputed schools in New Delhi
Well, being the President of the Computer Club of my school, I was the Student Leader of the team that went to participate in the Fest. There were numerous events like: Programming, quizzing and of course the biggest draw: Gaming! I was participating in the Debugging Event and as is evident in the Gaming Zone Event. The games had been kept confidential, so being a good all-round gamer, I was representing me school. It was to be held in 2 stages:
Prelims: 6 Pools with 6 players each. Winner from each group to proceed. Game:???
Finals: A 6 player FFA. Game: ???
Our school had been completely wiped out till the time the Gaming Prelims arrived. We hadn't managed to qualify in the Quiz and Programming events and our Group Discussion team had some unexpectedly stiff competition and couldn't manage a position either. I had been placed 4th (from among 25 particiapants) in the Debugging event. It was good, but not good enough to get our team any points. Getting points in an event as big as EXUN is especially hard stuff cause you're up against the top students from the entire state. So, as the leader of my team and as the one of the two members with an event remaining in hand, it was up to me to get a few points for our school and atleast take it to the top 10.
And then the game for the prelims was announced: Unreal Tournament!
I was overjoyed and ecstatic! If we were vying for the top 10 spot, this was the best chance we had cause I am really good at FPS's and especially Unreal Tourney!! I was in Pool 1 and was up against some decent competition. One among the 5 guys I was playing against was really very well versed with the game.
Well, the game (6 player FFA) took place in Orions Barricade, and the objective was to get to 30 frags. I got there in about 7 minutes and won. My nearest competitor had 23. It felt really great to make it to the Finals and when I went to discuss the outcome with my team I found out that we had qualified in the Software Display Event. Things were beggining to look good!
Date: October 31th, 2004
Event: EXUN: Finals
Well, we crashed out of Software Display really badly (we came sixth, or in other words last). So it was down to the Last event of the day: Gaming Zone Finals.
The Game turned out ot be Age of Empires II: The Conquerors expansion. By far one of my favourite games and from a genre of my strength: RTS. The competition this time was daunting! I was up against the winners of the previous round and although the genre was different, none of them was gonna be a pushover.
The game mode was Regicide (Kill your enemy's King). I picked the Japanese (it was the Islands Map) and started out well and eliminated one of the better players when he wasn't paying much attention to the Western side of his base. The game carried on and I eliminated two other players. It was now a three player event. The other two guys had sensed my water-superiority and began booming their scores to get a score victory if the time went beyond regulation. But I pressed on and eliminated one of them while the other one didn't give up. The game ended after Time was called and I was declared the victor (by Score). I recieved 21 points for my team and we finished 8th in the final tally (out of about 40 schools that had participated).
Here's a link to Prove the Story! :D (My name is: Lov Loothra (which has been mis-splelt in the web page as Lov Luthra), School's Name: Apeejay School, Saket):http://www.exunclan.com/results.htm
(Scroll down to the Gaming Section and the Gaming Prelims Scetion to see my name!!)