India Gaming Carnival might have received plenty of negative PR over their controversial event at the Ayatti Caparo International Center this April but they seem to be in different spirits altogether. Moscow 5′s CEO Dima Smeliy had come up with pretty aggressive comments like “I’ll destroy your whole career” via facebook accusing IGC for not living up to their promise of paying the prize to the winning team in the Counter Strike 1.6 division – Moscow 5. While the entire tournament has been marred with controversy, it doesn’t just stop at Moscow 5. IGC and WTF have also alleged that a number of ex-employees turned their vendors against them leaving them nothing to work with which led to a dismal day 1 with almost all the tournaments getting canceled.
IGC had previously stated that the disbursement of prize money to all the local teams would require 2 weeks while the international teams would have to wait for 4 weeks for the funds to get cleared. This is a pretty bold stance by IGC and WTF Eventz and it remains to be seen what would be Moscow 5′s course of action along with the fate of the vendors involved in the event. IGC have openly acknowledged the mistakes they made with the event and have stated how the vendors turned their backs on them at the last moment resulting in a lack luster show.
Here’s what their Facebook page reads:
Hi all,
There are few points which we would like to clear:
1. IGC was our first event.
2. There were many fiascos related to our event but still we pulled it off.
3. We tried our best but couldn’t get any sponsorship. Later we found out that whichever company we approached closed the deal because few other prominent figures of the Gaming Industry came behind us to spoil the curry. (Fact told by people from Sony & Nvidia). However, even without sponsors we continued with the event and pulled it off, though not in an expected fashion.
4. For all those people who wonder why we were underprepared, ask all the ex-employees, who turned all our vendors against us at the very last moment. Still we arranged for all the infrastructure at the last moment. Not to worry guys, all the vendors are getting sued too!
5. After the first day problems, even the biggest event company on this earth would have called it off. But we stood firm and decided to pull it off even if that meant having a bad face in public.
6. We distributed all on-spot prizes, Tablets (almost 20) and innumerable CDs and many goodie bags. This clarifies, that we never had any kind of escaping intentions.
7. Many of you and few of our ex-employees thought not to support us, even if that meant supporting the biggest e-sporting event of India. We did our share of mistakes, but then were you guys there to support us or to help us in putting a better show?
8. As far as the fake Bank Guarantee is concerned which is doing the rounds on Internet, i would like to assure you that its not from us at all. Whosoever involved, will be punished according to Indian Law. Even M5 is on its way to be sued for their lies and misconduct.
9. As far as the prize money distribution is concerned, we would like to re-assure all the winners that their payment will be made. Disbursement of Prize money takes time as their are various Governmental procedures involved. Just a curious question, did you ever know that even KBC took around 90-120 days to disburse their prize money?
10. For all the ex-employees and people who tried their best to sabotage our image, be prepared. We have the list and we are suing you all.
For all the genuine supporters, we thank you from the bottom of our heart for your support in our valiant effort of putting up a better show.
Regards,
Kushagra
With the recent assault on Mukesh Maurya right outside the venue premises, this whole situation seems to be going south at the moment and it could only get worse henceforth. This could start a whole new slur of back and forth accusations and is bound to get uglier by the minute.
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