How to start competing in India

You do not need a professional team to begin. Choose one game, form a steady team, and build experience in low-pressure events.

Your first steps

1. Choose one game, and learn its current competitive rules.
2. Find regular teammates, and agree on roles and practice times.
3. Join your college club or a well-run community group.
4. Enter free or low-pressure events to learn how check-ins, lobbies and rules work.
5. Keep your results and screenshots so that you have a record.
6. Move toward official qualifiers once you meet their requirements.

Check an event before you join

• Is a real organizer named, with a way to contact them?
• Are the rules, schedule and prize details published in advance?
• Is the prize funded by a sponsor or organizer you can identify?
• Be cautious if an event asks for a deposit, wallet top-up or stake with promises of cash winnings.
• Never share passwords, one-time codes or more identity documents than an event genuinely needs.

Official routes differ

• BGMI Showdown 2026 was invite-only, with teams selected through KRAFTON's existing pathway.
• VCT 2027 Open Qualifiers list requirements including Ascendant rank or higher and Vanguard compliance.
• VALORANT Campus Cup 2026 asks for a valid college ID and a minimum age of 16.