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India’s first online game company Games2win has launched ‘Temple of 7’ – a pioneering talent platform for gamers in the country.

‘Temple of 7′ or T7, is basically a team of professional gamers, exclusively signed up by Games2win in order to compete in all key gaming tournaments compete against some of the best teams nationally and internationally.

Speaking about the initiative, Alok Kejriwal, CEO and Founder, Games2win.com, said, “There are talent platforms for all kinds of professionals in India, and given the momentum that gaming is picking up, we believe that the time is right to create a gaming talent platform. Our mission is to make gaming a great profession that gamers, their parents, and society will recognize.”

Kejriwal continued, “Indian youngsters who are passionate about gaming need to have their expertise and energy channelized into the right direction, and T7 will do just that. We will provide training, equipment, travel, and boarding for tournaments, and also make sure that our gamers are well represented to corporates for the purpose of sponsorship and endorsement.”

T7 has zeroed on two most of the most well-known games played in India namely, ‘Counter Strike’ and ‘Need for Speed’ and the members of T7 team are known as experts at these games.

The T7 gaming clan comprises of Mikhail Mehra - Winner of World Game Masters Tournament 2006 India, Ben Verghase - Winner of World Cyber Games 2006 India, Amar Ratnam - Winner of Electronic Sports World Cup, Ritesh Shah - Winner of Kode 5 2006 India, and Hasnain Sayed - Winner of Reliance Game Box 2007 for ‘Counter Strike’; and Dhruv Mody - World Cyber Games 2005 International final 16 and Arun Singh Ravi - World Cyber Games 2006 India, Electronic Sports World Cup 2006 for ‘Need For Speed’. Furthermore, the company says it is constantly enlisting new members in the team.

T7 Need for Speed champion, Dhruv Mody, said, “Unlike other companies who force gamers to play games they don’t want, T7 lets us play the games we want to, this venture is an ideal platform for top gamers across the country, and I am sure T7 will be very popular with gamers across the country.”

T7 members sport special gaming gear and T-shirts with logos around Gothic Rock that have an underground look and feel - that have a great youth connect.

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