It’s been a year, when our journey began. Reckoning was born out of our dream to be a part of the Indian E-Sports community and to be part of an Indian E-Sports team which represents the nation on the world’s stage. It was never about the domestic or local accolades, the fame or the money.

Hence, we decided that the players associated with us, would be the ones who share the same dream. We were lucky enough to found such players and people who support us. All along our journey our emphasis has been on developing the players that play for us. Today, a lot of those players are playing against us, in opposition, knowing how we operate but that doesn’t make them any less part of the Reckoning than we all are. At one point of time, they also believed in our vision and our idea, to create a process for the journey, the method to all the chaos that is around.

We see casters and the voices in Indian E-Sports community, mocking the newcomers, the underdogs, the less fortunate and the un-sponsored, and it adds fuel to the fire that we have inside. What we have realized is, people are loud about their opinions and are quick to come to judgement, perception or a conclusion. The Monopoly that has arisen in the Indian scene is going unnoticed where people are scratching each other’s back to move ahead. Apart from few honest people who are actually putting in effort to know about teams and players before commenting and passing judgement, there are a lot of people who think they have made it to such levels on the Indian E-Sports scene that they are under no obligation to show some professionalism in the way they operate.

We attended ESL India Winter Phase and we didn’t feel wanted and that’s a big reason why the scene won’t grow to a level that we all want it to be. The new teams, players and support staff, they don’t feel they are a part of the community. Appreciation and accolades are reserved for the big teams and renowned players. When we talk about other sports, lot of work is being done on the grassroots level, people are scouted, taught and promoted, like we do at Reckoning Infinity. But, in our country we have a tendency to spice up everything, we think mocking anyone would increase the number of viewers, would result in more engagement. But, I am sure, more people watch a well casted TI match or Champions League Final , than the spiced up IPL kind of live streams. It’s not IPL, its Ranji Trophy and people who have grown in stature need to pay their dues to the community. They are who they are today, because the community they created. If they won’t respect the people involved nobody else will. The community needs you, needs to learn from your struggle and not to be brushed aside by you. Be vocal when someone in middle of a live stream, talks about the engineering college they studied in and what they did their, the stream is not about that. We want to know about how you made it, how others couldn’t and what people need to do to improve.

Returning to about us, why Reckoning?

We believe everyone involved in the E-Sports scene is India, needs to be accounted for, and needs to be respected. Even if they are pro gamers or not, even if they play leading E-Sports titles such as DOTA / CS:GO or upcoming E-Sports titles such Rocket League / PUBG. And this feeling that we have inside, the thought we started from would enable us to do better in terms of who we are. Let’s not monetize this, let’s not make it WWE because it’s not. The E-Sports scene is currently in its nascent stage and it needs nurturing. Let the people be where they are, let them do what they want to, help them grow and do better. Don’t mock each other, show respect and have some gratitude. In Indian E-Sports community, everybody is in reckoning and that’s how the scene would improve.

By – SpiritFire

P.s. The views presented are my own and are not to be taken out of context. We at Reckoning respect the contribution of everyone involved till date which has improved the Esports community in the country.