After the ROG LAN Fest Mumbai, fans witnessed the Intel Gamer Days: Lenovo LAN Fest Pune in great numbers. The Lenovo FAN Fest featured show matches, a Valorant Tournament with a Rs 1,50,000 prize pool, a cosplay competition, and many community tournaments. The Esports Club, one of India's leading tournament organisers, partnered with Intel and Lenovo to host the second Intel Gamer Days event at Mauli Garden in Pune.
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Intel Gamer Days x Lenovo LAN Fest Pune: Recap
The second Intel Gamer Days was held at Mauli Garden in Pune in partnership with Lenovo. Intel Gamer Days: Lenovo LAN Fest Pune featured a streamer showdown between Team Binks and Team Zishu. Members of Team Binks were Binks, Devilrace Gaming, Vanshaj, IM Charlie, and Adit, while Team Zishu consisted of Zishu, Abhinav, Khatarnak Insaan, Nobita Gaming and Jaijeet Singh. Team Zishu won the show match on the map of Bind with a 13-9 scoreline.
Lenovo LAN Fest hosted a Valorant Cup with a Rs. 1,50,000 prize pool. The top four teams, Reckoning Esports, Aster Army, Medal Esports and Goblin Defenders, from the online qualifiers participated in the LAN event. These teams fought against each other in the best-of-one semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Medal Esports were against Goblin Defenders on the map of Haven. Medal Esports won the match with a 13-8 scoreline in a dominating style. In the second semi-final, Aster Army took down the ROG LAN Fest Mumbai winners, Reckoning Esports, with a 14-12 scoreline.
Aster Army and Medal Esports were the finalists of Intel Gamers Day: Lenovo LAN Fest Pune Valorant Community Cup. In the best-of-three matchup, Medal Esports won the first map of Haven with a 13-6 scoreline. In the second map of Bind, Aster Army made a comeback and won the map with a 13-10 scoreline. Despite pushing Aster Army to overtime, Medal Esports couldn't stop them from winning the final map of Lotus with a 15-13 scoreline, and Aster Army clinched the trophy of Intel Gamers Day: Lenovo LAN Fest Valorant Cup.
Aster Army received Rs. 70,000 for winning the LAN, while Medal Esports got Rs. 40,000 in their pockets. Reckoning Esports and Goblin Defenders won Rs. 20,000 for qualifying for the LAN.
At the Lenovo LAN Fest Pune, fans got their hands on various booths featuring the latest gaming laptops and peripherals and met their favourite creators at the event. Fans also got to win big in the community tournaments featuring FIFA 23 (1v1), Mortal Kombat 11 (1v1), and CS: GO (2v2) matchups. The winners of each game received Rs. 25,000 prize money. The winners of the community tournaments are as follows:
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Dhruv Maheshwari (Winner)
- Aditya Jadhav (Runner Up)
- CS:GO
- Wasted Potential and Padmakar Sutar (Winner)
- Rohit and Mahesh (Runner Up)
- FIFA 23
- Saransh Jain (Winner)
- Saksham Rattan (Runner Up)
Additionally, fans had a chance to win Rs. 25,000 in a cosplay competition at the event. After Lenovo LAN Fest Pune, two more Intel Gamer Days will be held in Delhi and Mumbai. For more details on the upcoming Intel Gamers Day, click here.