Playing
Video Games, more colloquially known as Gaming, is slowly becoming more competitive
in Jamaica. No longer is it the domain of isolated Boys with their imported
toys at home playing various titles on their Xbox One or PS4.
This
is because an initiative put on by Andrew Johnson, Wayne Benjamin and Gregory
Moore is set to launch the first competitive Gaming circuit in Jamaica called
the Clan Pro Circuit (CPC) Video Game Tournament as per the article “Competitive
gaming to be kicked up a notch”, published February 25, 2015, The Jamaica Star.
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If
his name sound familiar, that’s because he's also the conceptualized behind
Jamaica's only Gaming Channel on FLOW Cable TV, The Lab: Video Game TV, as reported in the article “The Lab ‘ Hits
Home with Jamaican Gamers”, published Monday October 10, 201, The Jamaica Gleaner.
The Lab: Video Game TV
is a thirty (30) minute Video Game roundup programme which discusses Video
Gaming news in Jamaica. It has been around since 2011 and has quite the
following on Wayne
Benjamin (The Lab) Facebook page.
Clan Pro Circuit (CPC)
Video Game Tournament – How competitive Video Gaming can work in Jamaica
The
CPC has already held their inaugural pow-wow on Saturday February 28th
2015 at the Cove Bar & Restaurant, Winchester Road, St Andrew. Quite an
eclectic mix of people, already forming themselves into clans to turn it up a
Notch as can be seen from the Video below.
If
you missed that initial meeting, the concept is rather simple.
Gamers
who want to a part of the CPC form clans to compete against other clans, clash
of Clans Style. And yes, for good measure, some CosPlay is involved to bring
out the theme that your specific clan represents.
The
organizers seem to be going for BYOD (Bring your Own Device) kinda feel. Competitors
may be able to carry their own rigs to the competition, be it PC or a Gaming
Console such as the XBox360, Xbox One or a PS2, PS3 or PS4, dependent on the
types of games being played.
In
short, very much like a Domino Tournament, but with Video Game Consoles or
Computers instead of Domino Tables!
Clan Pro Circuit (CPC)
Video Game Tournament – Still no Video Game Development Competitions
They
might also be able to play their video Games on Computers at Computers Game
shops so popular in Jamaica who may be a part of the Clan Pro Circuit in a
manner similar to a Round Robin for sound selectors!
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That
would accommodate those Clans that have skills but have no Gaming Rigs or consoles,
giving equal billing to prove themselves in one of the several Monthly team
tournaments in the following Games:
1.
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2.
FIFA 2015
3.
Mortal Kombat X
4.
Need for Speed
5.
Omega Street Fighter 4
6.
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Much
like a game of Dominoes would have judges keeping scores during the
competition, the same format would apply here, with winning clans winning
prices and accessories from the various companies and manufactures of games
sponsoring the CPC Tournament.
That
means team clothing, gift certificates, game consoles, headsets and weapons of mass
destruction i.e. fighting sticks. Already it's March 2015 and the bravado is starting
to spill out in the competitor’s voices.
So
will Jamaica see these monthly Clan Pro Circuit tournaments as the advent of e-sports
in Jamaica as predicted in my blog article entitled
“The
E-Sport Phenomenon and Amazon's Twitch Aquisition - How Amazon’s Twitch creates
Video Gaming Celebrities and jumpstarts Jamaican Game Development”.
Even
better question, when will Jamaican have a Video Game Design competition where
the games played are designed and made by Jamaicans as predicted in my blog article entitled
“Prof.
Joseph Saulter's Digital Game Design and Development Conference - US$112
Billion Video Gaming Industry may be Jamaicans Next BPO”.
Just
scope out their Clan Pro
Circuit Facebook page to get more details!
Here's
the link:
Email:
Clanprocircuit@gmail.com
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