Kochi gamer conquers new heights

KOCHI

: At a time when mobile gaming is an addiction for youngsters, and most parents advise their children against playing such games, a 20-year-old youth from Ernakulam has achieved international recognition for his passion for playing Battle Grounds Mobile India (BGMI), one of the most popular online multiplayer battle royale games globally.

Sajith PS

, a gaming content creator and gaming YouTuber, has been recognised by the International Book of Records for being the youngest player in the world to achieve maximum number of Conqueror Titles, the highest achievement in the game, in a single season. He secured the title six times, maximum times possible for any player in a season and became the first to achieve it.

Sajith, an engineering dropout, earns around Rs 50,000 from YouTube vlogging through his channel ‘Boombaam Bigil’ on his pursuits in BGMI and giving tips to other players to make advancements in the game. He believes that the achievement will increase his credibility and popularity as a gaming YouTuber and content creator.

BGMI is the Indian version of PUBG Mobile that was banned last year. BGMI was launched in September last year, and there are lakhs of players playing the game. Usually, a player struggles and plays for 10-12 hours a day for weeks in the game to achieve a single conqueror title.

The game is divided into two modes which are third-person perspective (

TPP

) and first-person perceptive (FPP), and further categorized into solo, duo, and squad-based on the number of players, altogether giving the opportunity for bagging six conqueror titles in a season, which spans two months. Sajith bagged all six, a feat considered ‘nearly impossible’ among gamers, in March during the fifth season of the game by spending 16 hours a day for six weeks continuously.

Sajith is the youngest son of

Sathyan P K

, a school bus driver, and

Sreedevi Sathyan

, a homemaker in Perumbavoor. He dropped out of engineering in the first semester to pursue his passion for gaming, but his parents were against it initially.

“I have gone through all the issues a normal kid in an Indian household had to go through when pursuing a non-traditional job sector like gaming or vlogging. It was due to the fear all parents have that we may ruin our lives, but once I started showing them what I could do, they became my greatest supporters,” Sajith said.

“I also work for uDOG India, an Esports company that is active in competitive gaming and content creations, and have earnings from that too. Gaming can be a prospective career if we do it dedicatedly, cleverly and systematically,” he said.


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