Main Campus, 18th & 19th May 2024 - ‘Persatuan Kebudayaan India’ (PKI) and E-Sports Club, USM held Kalam E-Aena for two day,s 18th & 19th May 2024 a virtual fundraising event for an upcoming event Kalam 4.0. Kalam E-Arena is an online game competition with the main purpose of providing opportunities for USM citizens and the general public to understand and engage in the world of e-sports.

 

The main motive of this competition is to improve the understanding of USM citizens and outsiders towards e-sports and give participants the opportunity to be directly involved in the world of e-sports, creating a platform for sharing knowledge and experience. 

 

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Other than that, this online game competition will be encouraging the development of creative and critical minds among USM citizens and outsiders through participation in e-sports activities as well as and also Encouraging strategic and analytical thinking in e-sports matches, contributing to the improvement of athletes' performance to be more competitive by complying with game ethics.

 

Project director Harrish Arumugam, said the primary objectves of Kalam E-Arena are to create a competitive and exciting platform for Mobile Legends enthusiasts, to discover and nurture emerging esports talent and to promote the growth of the esports community. The platform gives players the chance to compete against elite players, show off their talents, and experience the thrill of esports competition by setting up leagues, tournaments, and events.

 

“Our marketing strategies include leveraging social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to reach the getting community” said by Harrish. 

 

He also expressed his gratitude towards the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I felt so satisfied and grateful after this event. We aimed to provide an engaging environment where players can connect and celebrate their passion for Mobile Legends, and we did it” said Harrish.

 

The main challenges that we faced is securing sufficient funding to cover prizes. Another challenge is ensuring robust technical infrastructure to support smooth gameplay and broadcasting, as well as maintaining high engagement levels in a competitive and rapidly evolving esports market explained by Harrish.

 

“I didn’t expect the crew members can done the work very well. I appreaciate the crew members input’s and the efforts. This makes the event successful” said Harish

 

“For me, the feedback from the participants is quite satisfactory and there may be many shortcomings in this kind of event because perhaps the participants want the best from the organizers and most of the participants are satisfied with this Kalam E-Arena’ said Vice Project Director, Syukri Asnawin.

 

According to Syukri, the most challenging thing for this event is the lack of crew members when the competition is going on and most of the ajk are not available on that day. The second is the preparation of the match schedule and also there is a weakness in the registration because there are teams that cannot participate in this competition because they did not register the team's information.

 

He mentioned that the way to overcome this problem is to choose a suitable date by choosing a date that is available for both parties between the organizers and the participants. Next, there is always communication with each other that is from both sides so that this event can run smoothly and well..

 

“In my opinion, the program went smoothly and received an incredible response from a reliable and well-known team. In addition, this competition successfully attracted the interest of other universities to participate in this program and I hope that programs like this can continue in the future,” said Syukri