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Dimapur, May 9 (EMN): At a time where everyone is at home not having much to do besides the usual, you may hear shouts and slangs out of the blue that may make people think there's a fight taking place right at the neighbours’ place.
However, don't be alarmed—chances are that the reactions are being caused by a mobile game, Ludo. The game is slowly becoming part of life for citizens especially during the lockdown. The game has been trending far and wide in Nagaland.
Eastern Mirror spoke to some people about the game, now available as a mobile game, and their experience in playing it.
'It's the game of the season,' explains Atoholi while also saying that she now plays the game for three to four hours daily.
At home in Mumbai for the past few months along with a friend, she said Ludo has become somewhat of a mandatory thing for them to play, and they end up playing the game for hours.
Another Naga youth, J Manlem, also said that she gets a kick whenever she knocks down her game opponents.
'However, if you lose, the anger and the irritation is of a different level,' Manlem joked as she explained why she cannot end the game on a losing streak.
Similarly for Nikito Yeptho, Ludo has been bearing on his brains since he started playing the game.
'The thing is, I have never won a Ludo game in my whole life, not even once. And that's why I'll keep on playing the game to the point where I win even one match,' swears Yeptho. He described how much he disliked losing but couldn’t let go off the game either.
Currently staying with his three sisters in Dimapur, he said Ludo has become intense for him and his sisters that they now ‘beat up’ or pull each other's hair every time a token (a piece a player owns) gets killed.
Yeptho expressed happiness that the game gives them an opportunity to engage with one another and spend the lockdown days together without actually having to worry or bother much about other issues.
According to another Naga youth, Vilina Kits, Ludo is by far the easiest game that anyone irrespective of age or education can play as the rules of the game can be easily understood.
Nonetheless, it does not stop there. She joked that the game helps her maintain emotional poise as she was ‘tired of making tea and doing other chores for her family members as a punishment’ whenever she loses a game.
'Our family plays the game together once or twice a day, and whosoever loses will be made to work according to what the three other player wishes,' said Kits as she continued laughing while explaining about the work she must do as punishment whenever she loses a game.