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Girls and gaming, two of the most exciting prospects a guy seems to get addicted to. Today a girl in NIFT kicked the crap out of her competitors in her qualifying round (NFS most wanted), and it was surprising the way guys cheered for her. Maybe its the same reason why Sania gets all the support.

By the way is NFS a more girl-friendly game? This is the third college festival where girls tried out NFS (they shun down CS/FIFA). Which do you guys think is the most popular game that girls play in India. (Dont mention games like Solitaire plz...) 

Gaming in India could definitely get a boost if Karina/Aishwarya become the brand ambassdors.

Wiki says:

Hardcore gamer is a widely used term applied to describe a type of video game player. There is currently no unanimously agreed upon definition for the term. Some describe hardcore gamers as those whose leisure time is largely devoted to playing or reading about video games. This type of gamer prefers to take significant time and practice on games, in contrast to a casual gamer. Many hardcore gamers pride themselves on mastering the rules or use of a game, although this is not a strict requirement. Conflicting opinion argues that it is not so much the time spent on games however, as casual gamers can spend hundreds of hours on games without ever mastering them.

I have made new friends, one who might have the energy to withstand the recession in economy, another who is working towards Indian Gaming in his earnest. Lots of people have shown interest in Gaming of late, and some have bigger plans than I could have imagined realistic in India in near future.

If things go well we shall have a BYOC in bangalore, the scale of which could excite media to acknowledge the might of the gaming community. I always blamed the India media - with their orthodox mentality they never let any "unsafe" medium of entertainment (think non-cricket) to enter the mainstream.

Recession is coming, and in the next 6 months as jobs are lost and people explore alternate careers I hope sports (virtual and real, outdoor and indoor) gain the respect they deserve. 

2 new cafes in 2 months, both running with more than 75% occupancy.

21 gaming events in the next 2 months, more than 3000 unique gamers participating in these events.

Hyderabad seems to have transformed in the last few months. This might be case in all the major cities in India. For Hyderabad, having more than 10 cafes, and at least 2 of them have small events catering to their regular crowds every weekend - seems a healthy sign.