The Inter-School eSports Championship - Powered by Dialog Gaming, returned for its third consecutive year on the September 22, 23 at Trace-Expert City, Maradana. The tournament open to all school students s organised by Gamer.LK, the leader in Esports and Digital Entertainment experiences in Sri Lanka.
This year’s event saw over 100 schools from a across the country registering for the championship, making it one of the largest School sporting events. The defending champions Gateway College Colombo retained the Championship in convincing fashion winning many Esports titles. Royal Institute came in as runners-up with Gateway College Kandy coming in at third place.
The Championship kicked off in style with matches being broadcast on the giant screen at the venue with a livestream also being broadcast on Facebook and Twitch for viewers who were not at the venue.
Students battled it out across 13 competitive gaming titles over the two days, which included the popular team titles – Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare, Counter Strike, Global Offensive, Dota 2, League of Legends, Overwatch and Special Force 2 as well as individual titles – FIFA 18, Project CARS, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, Clash Royale and Subway Surfers. For the first time in Sri Lanka, Fortnite was included as an individual title which drew a record number of registrations.
In addition, tryouts for Sri Lanka’s Fastest eRacer took place at the event. Completed with Red Bull racing seats, racing wheels, pedals, large-screen TVs and the tracks on Project CARS, this is a brand-new concept devised by Gamer.LK and aimed at promoting simulation racing in the country. The tryouts drew a lot of attention as young gamers tested their skill behind the wheel.
This year, a special Under 12 segment was also introduced with the mobile gaming titles Subway Surfer being added into the midst.
The Inter-School Esports Championship was organised by Gamer.LK, who are also the organisers for successful annual events such as Play Expo (featuring Sri Lanka Cyber Games and Colombo Comic Expo). From 2016, Gamer.LK took the initiative to branch out Esports and digital entertainment into the three tiers of School, University and Mercantile.
The Inter-School Esports Championship was powered by Dialog Gaming, who over the years have provided vital support towards the development of Esports in the country. Dialog Gaming also promoted the competitive title Special Force 2 at the event. In addition, they will be kicking off the Dialog Gaming League later this year, for which the Special Force 2 champions at Inter-School Esports have already qualified.
The overall winners of the League will get the chance to represent Sri Lanka at International tournaments.
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