Tag: online gaming

Gaming as a career option in India

Gaming is not seen just as a hobby or a timepass but can be considered as a great career option and is becoming a part of skill development, social interactions via joining specific gaming communities etc.

India has witnessed a strong growth in the gaming sector in the past few years. Even before the lockdown time of 2019, several gamers from India have come up and have been recognized even worldwide. Also, the pandemic gave people a boost as many people started playing during the pandemic just for timepass and streaming on online streaming platforms like YouTube , Twitch etc.

The gaming fanbase in India got a boost after the launch of most popular mobile game PUBG(PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) which is a mobile version of the paid game available on Steam(a platform to buy, play, create and discuss about PC Games). The game being released in 2017, had received a huge amount of fanbase and there were millions of players playing the game even in the initial stages of the game launch.

PUBG Mobile Gameplay (Source- Google Images)

During the pandemic time, several gamers started streaming the game on YouTube and got popular while grinding the game and showcasing their skills. This was seen as a sudden evolution of the mobile gaming industry in India. With internet and mobile devices being easily accessible, several people started playing the game. All these mobile and PC gaming come under the category of “E-Sports”. Several Internationally recognized E-Sports companies analyzed the potential of the Indian players and started investing upon them, making their teams and even spending lakhs and crores upon them by providing them the best things such as their own offices, high end devices and accessories for better competitive gaming.

Today, we have several Indian players who’re participating into multiple E-sports events and representing our country while doing so. Online PC multiplayer games like Valorant, Counter Strike, Fortnite, PUBG, Apex Legends etc. are the most popular competitive games around the web.

Valorant

Also, colleges and schools also conduct these events in their fest where students from different colleges(or schools) come to participate and the winner receives a good amount of cash prize.

The entire scenario regarding Gaming has been changed over the past few years. Parents are also supportive as they themselves are seeing the rapid growth of the gaming industry and are realizing that it can be considered as a great career option. Also, International tournaments offer great prizes including cash, Goodies, accessories etc. With the rise in technology, several upgrades are being made in the devices used for gaming(Laptops, PC’s, Mobiles). Companies manufacturing these devices are adding major upgrades each year for the user to perform smooth gaming. Also, if you go online or to the offline market for buying a device dedicated especially for gaming, there are a variety of options to explore. Tech giants like HP, Dell, Asus, Acer etc. are developing gaming laptops day by day and one can even get a good gaming beast at a reasonable price.

Furthermore, gaming has risen to become one of the most lucrative industries in the world, not only generating a great billion dollar revenue but also giving career and job opportunities to people all around the world. If we dive deep into the gaming field, then there is a vast variety of options to explore in this field as a career. Some of them are:

  1. Player
  2. Game Designer
  3. Game Developer
  4. Sound Designer and Audio Engineer
  5. Commentor and Anchor

Therefore, the final conclusion is if you’re someone who is passionate about gaming and if you are considering it as a career option then you can absolutely go with it. There are certain gaming communities all over the world on Discord App( An app that has certain communities, covering all the domains). Beginners can use it to connect with other gamers and build a gaming squad for playing. Also, one can apply for different E-sports club and with suitable research, they can get a great funding from investors. All you need to start with is a gaming device and a good internet connection for stable FPS(Frames Per Second) and ping rendering for seamless gaming experience.

Impacts of Virtual gaming

In the late 90’s many adults and teenagers would have had a great craze for video games and they found it fun filled, entertaining and a way of relaxation from their mundane routine. The games would be innocuous without involving more harm or trauma , which were just meant to be for enjoyment, time pass and an activity to unwind without imposing more negative impacts on the user. But today as the technology is been growing by leaps and bounds , the games and gaming have changed a lot over the years. Modern games have brought amazing graphics that 90s developers could not have even imagined. Mobile is becoming a critical segment of the game industry. According to a research 70% of the families have at least one child who plays video games. The youngsters perceive the games available online to be more fascinating involving realistic characters, 3d effects and many such improvements in the field, but it also comes with lot more drama to an extent that it has caused many online games to be banned in the country.

More than of a relaxation and entertainment online games are becoming more dreadful. Under the garb of more developed features many lives are ruined, some of the games demand for investing money to afford the requisite tools for the games and the users are misled and deluded at times by many anonymous people in the game field. Without the right guidance, children can be exposed to many risks such as game bullying, abuses, hidden fees, privacy problems, webcam hacks, online grooming etc. Many children who are not aware of all the mishandlings in online gaming tend to get trapped very easily. The users are vulnerable to many of the risks and some even indulge in problems with investing money and get fooled at the end. We see many cases flooding the news with death , crimes and abuses involved in online gaming. There are many devastations that online gaming creates and the ultimate snag is losing lives.

A 26 year-old man hanged himself from a ceiling fan at his home in Visakhapatnam upset over losing money online while gaming. In Puducherry 38 year old man set himself ablaze after losing more than 30 lakhs rupees in an online rummy game. Women in gaming routinely suffer sexual harassments, aggressive abuse and sometimes even graphic threats of rape and murder. The study, carried out by Young Gamers & Gamblers Education Trust discovered some 35 % of women said they have been sent inappropriate content or messages from other gamers. The addiction to online games is more like an addiction to alcohols, when you cross the boundaries the effects are dreadful, alcohol ruins the physical health and more screen time to the online games ruins the mental health.

Especially in this pandemic situation everyone being locked up, it paved the way for the youngsters to indulge more in online gaming and gave rise to frightful impacts. The online game addicts reported more anxiety, depression, affects the psychological well being, builds negative emotions when they lose in the game, lowers self esteem, loneliness, poor academic performances. Constrained in a room, many are not even aware of what is happening around them or in the family and many parents worry their child’s rising aimlessness. Many are connected to online games via mobile, and the prolonged screen time increases eye sight, migraine and other related problems. It would be better if the children come to out this situation very soon otherwise it augments the idleness, dwelling in our home is not going to persist for long we have to return back to our work mode and this could be a great hindrance for their career. Parents should have complete monitor over their children’s activities over phone before they fall at the wrong hands. Adults can engage themselves in many other quality exercises which can bear fruit. Gaming can be taken up as an activity of relaxation and entertainment but it should not end eating up your lives.