“Gamers today work very differently, they love to interact with each other because they find peace in the fact that they can talk to someone relatable, someone who behaves like them…plays like them,” says Sagar Nair, CEO Qlan. Especially since social networks like Facebook do not fit in the current landscape anymore, Nair knows exactly why the world needs a dedicated social network for eSports fans and gamers.

Alongside Navin Talreja, CBO and Prashant Pandey, Co-founder & Community lead, Nair started working on Qlan late last year. “Gamers want to be recognised and that is a basic as them being able to call themselves gamers,” he said, adding that gamers now want to be validated for who they are, and sadly traditional platforms do not acknowledge it.

“We thought a feed could break through the clutter of an Instagram where you can find anything and everything. A platform like ours will justify what gamers are really looking for in a social network,” Nair explains.

Qlan is developing a complete social network for gamers to make a career in the gaming industry.

“Gamers can be designers; they also dabble with casting, do video editing, and some are good at writing and want to be eSports journalists,” said Nair. “Indian competitive gamers are hungry. Given the right opportunities and the right platform, I am confident they will start ruling the global scene.”

Qlan will work on a chat feature and an AI-based matchmaking feature after the profile builder that uses artificial intelligence through which gamers discover organisation profiles and squads. Also, the users will be able to filter the role they are looking for and get connected with profiles with similar roles in the discover section on the app which is yet to be added.