Kapil Chandak (Champion) : Profile & Match Listing

Mr. Kapil Chandak is the Champion of International Freelance Talents Championship 2013. Most consistent author in this Championship. His FTC Profile, Match Listing. Hist creative entries also included poetic touch apart from fiction stories & non-fiction realistic articles.

*) - Round 1 – Kapil Chandak (Jab Mai Chhota Bachcha tha – 52/100) defeated Saurab Mehra (Hatya – 45/100)

*) - Round 2 – Kapil Chandak (Papa Mere) defeated Ashok Kumar [Walkover]

*) - Qualifiers – Kapil Chandak (Ek Rahin Bhikhari, Ek Rahin Dipsya aur ek Rahin Hum – 57/100) defeated Nitish Chandan (The Hootch Spirit Odyssey – 53.5/100)

*) - Round 3 – Kapil Chandak (Saat Saal ki Duniya – 74/100) defeated Soumendra Majumder (The Train – 66/100)

*) - Quarter Finals: Kapil Chandak (Ye jo Desh Hai Mera – 74/100) defeated Karan Virk (The Anthology of Adventurous > Tragedies – 56/100)

*) - Semi Finals: Kapil Chandak (Superhero – 64/100) defeated Siddhant Shekhar (Strife After Death – 62/100)

*) - Freelance Talents Championship Match

Kapil Chandak defeated Mohit Sharma 

*Exhibition Finale Match before FTC Season 2

Notes

*) - International Freelance Talents Championship Winner

*) - Highest Score - 74/100 (Twice)

*) - Biggest Victory Margin - 18 Points

*) - Average Score - 63.6/100 

Rahul Ranjan (Rank # 4) : Profile & Match Listing

Mr. Rahul Ranjan finished 4th (Semi Finalist) in the inaugural Freelance Talents Championship 2013 out of 311 Authors.

Match Listing 

Round 1:  Rahul Ranjan (Ek Kahani Ye Bhi - 71/100) defeated Neha Pandey (Andhvishvaas – 53/100)

Round 2:  Rahul Ranjan (Khoj - 57/100) defeated Sanjay Singh (Asamvedansheel - 55/100)

Parallel League – Unchallenged (Qualifies for Round 3)

Round 3:  Rahul Ranjan (Talaash - 73/100) defeated Mehfooz Ali (Chaal - 67/100)

Quarter Finals: Rahul Ranjan (Retaliation - 65/100) defeated Ranjana Sharma (A Mini Adventure - 49/100)

Semi Finals: Mohit Sharma (A Chudail’s Love Story - 72/100) defeated Rahul Ranjan (Beginning of an End - 58/100)

Bronze Medal Match:

Siddhant Shekhar (Hired - 75/100) defeated Rahul Ranjan (Random Chapters - 60/100)

Notes:

Average Score - 384/6 = 64 Points

Biggest Victory Margin – 18 Points

Highest Score – 73/100

Most number of words written by an Author in Freelance Talents Championship 2013.

FTC Experience 

Freelance Talent Championship, naam sunkar hi darr lag raha tha jab pehli baar babaji ne iski ghoshna ki thi group mein. Bahut saare sawal dimaag me paida hone lage the. Ek mahatvapoorn sawal jo mere man me tha ki kya main dusre maharathiyon se lekhan ke maamle me chunauti de sakta hoon? Isi sawal ka jawab paane ke liye main iss competition me kudd para. Aaj karib 5 mahino baad jab main apna performance dekhta hoon to thori santushti milti hai.

Iss competition me mere liye chunautiyan seedhe round-1 se shuru hogayi thi. Competition ke pehle tk jab bhi maine kuch likha hai, bhale hi vo class X ke board exam me article/letter hi kyun na ho, kabhi bhi word limit ko control nahi kar paya tha. Aur Round-1 mein 2500 words hi tha matra. Theme to general bharatiya samaj thi. Bheja fry hogaya ye sochte sochte ki kya likkhu. Iss baare me jab babaji se baat ki to unhone kaha ki indian history se bhi related ho sakti thi. Mera bas itna sunana tha ki jhatpat google chrome khola aur 3-4 indian conspiracies pe search maar daali. Inn sab mese mujhe Netaji SUbhash Chandra Bose ke gayab hone ka rahasya par jyada scope nazar aaya. Kahani iss tarah se likhni thi ki facts saare sahi ho but work mera complete original ho. To fir kai ghanto ki research k baad finally story complete hui aur turant maine submit kar di. Aur bhagwan ki kripa se ache margin se opponent Nehaji par vijay prapt ki.

Round-2 ka topic Love. What the f***! Aaj tk iss chiriya ke baare me kabhi jaana hi nahi to likhu kaise isspar. Bilkul bhi samajh mein nahi aa raha tha ki kya kare. Mere opponent the Sanjay singh ji jo alag hi maharathi hain. Mujhe laga ki mera patta ab to kata. Par fir bhi haar nahi maane. Chunki Love theme par kuch likh nhi sakta tha to 2-sub stories banayi ek hi story mein...Ek story arc purely love n frndship pe based thi to dusri mystery theme thi. Main to bas yahi minti kar raha tha ki kisi tarah ye round paar kar jau. Bhagwan ne meri vinti sunn li and voila! I m in round 3.

Pre Quarter Finals, mere liye sabse best round rahi kyunki theme aur word limit dono mere swadanusar thi. Iss round me maza bahut aaya. Confidence pichle do rounds se high tha. Kahani likh ke submit to kar di but opponent me tagre contender Mehfooz bhai the. Dil mein thora darr tha but finally round-3 bhi paar hogaya.

Quarter finals saamne tha aur tarah-tarah ke naye rules saamne aaye. Aur yahan se mere lekhan me decline aane laga. Colleges shuru hogye the to iss round se ache se stories nahi likh paya tha. Yes, its not an excuse and i feel i didn't give 100%. Main pura sure tha ki iss round me bahar ho jayunga. Mujhe khud apni story pasand nahi aa rahi thi iss round ki. But fir ek chamatkar hua aur opponent Ranjana Sharma ji jo ab title ki daavedaar maani jaa rahin thi aur lagatar achchha likh rahin thi par mujhe victory mil gayi.

Round-5 me meri takkar hui mahabali Mohit Sharma aka Trendster aka Babaji se. Aise hi story likhne ka time tha nahi upar se mile bhi to champion ke champion. Finally iss round mein luck ne saath chorr diya. Story nahi complete kar paane ki surat mein mujhe pichla work dena para jo parts mein tha. Ye story babaji ke work ko takkar nahi de paayi aur iss round mein bahar hogaya. Ab Bronze Medal jeetkar ye sukhad safar end karne ki ichchha hai koshish pooro rahegi meri taraf se.

Overall ye season-1 ka safar bahut hi romanchkari raha hai. Season-2 ke liye bhi tayaar hoon. Bring it on!

Champion - Kapil Chandak

Congratulations to Mr. Kapil Chandak on winning the inaugural World Freelance Talents Championship. 

*Undefeated-Undisputed-Most Respected*

List of Prizes 

*) - Dedicated, customized Website www.kapilchandak.com for the Champion.

*) - Trophy & Certificate.

*) - 3 Comics Contract with Fenil Comics.

*) - Co-Authoring 2 Ebooks with Freelance Talents Team.

*) - Entries in Freelance Talents Anthologies (3-Book Series).

*) - Graphic Novel - "Kuhaas - The Mist" & multi-books, merchandise Gift Hamper.

FTC 2013 - Final Standings

Champion: Kapil Chandak (Captain Kapil)

Runner-up: Mohit Sharma (Trendster)

Bronze Medalist - Siddhant Shekhar

Semi Finalist - Rahul Ranjan 

5) - Daud Zaidi (Subt. Neel Eeshu) 

6) - Karan Virk

7) - Ranjana Sharma 

8) - Deven Pandey

9) - Shivam Pandya 

10) - Rishi Srivastava

11) - Priyashrav Bharadwaj (Subt. Ravi Shankar)

12) - Youdhveer Singh

13) - Mehfooz Ali

14) - Soumendra Majumder

15) - Prashant Vasava

16) - Srishti Yash Mudaliar

Parallel League Champion - Mr. James Linton

*Total Participants in International Freelance Talents Championship 2013 - 311

Ranjana Sharma (Rank # 7) : Profile & Match Listing

Miss Ranjana Sharma finished 7th in the inaugural Freelance Talents Championship 2013 out of 311 Authors.

Match Listing

*) - Round 1 - Ranjana Sharma (40 Minutes : 52/100) defeated Honey Kr. (Dog : 43/100)

*) - Round 2 - Ranjana Sharma (Kali : 65/100) defeated Akshay Rana (The Bench : 49/100)

*) - Parallel League - Unchallenged (Qualifies for Round 3-Pre Quarter Finals)

*) - Round 3 - Ranjana Sharma (Maheshwari toh Marega hi : 82/100) defeated Youdhveer Singh (The Hunt : 68/100)

*) - Quarterfinals - Rahul Ranjan (Retaliation : 65/100) defeated Ranjana Sharma (A Mini Adventure : 49/100)

*) - Playoff Match (Rank # 5 to 8)  

# 5 - Daud Zaidi (Coders - 77/100) - Winner

# 6 - Karan Virk (Seeds of Anarchy - 68/100)

# 7 - Ranjana Sharma (Magical Locha - 64/100) 

# 8 - Deven Pandey (Bulandi ka Bojh - 62/100)

Notes

Highest Score - 82/100

Average Score - 62.4/100

Biggest Victory - 16 Points

Best Female Author - FTC 2013

 Round 3 Top Scorer

Best Match of FTC 2013 (Playoff Rank # 5 - 8)

FTC Experience

"How do I start with it... one day my inbox read "ek writing compitition hai. I think you should participate" followed by a link... thanks to anand bhaskar who introduced me to the freelance talents tournament...

I was pretty sure me pehle round me hi bahr hun... fortunately aisa nhi hua ... I had great competitors and got to know many people through this platform... this was somethings unique in its own way... by the end though it got a bit hectic n I was about to quit at times when even the organisers inspired me... and finally I reached top 8... I won't say the journey ended because I know it was just a beginning... reading fellow writer's work and comments from judges and of course the friends added the cherry to our cake... thankyou freelance talent tournament... no matter where I go this shall be an important part of me..."

Deven Pandey (Rank #08) - Profile & Match Listing (FTC 2013/14)

Match Listing

*) - Round 1 - Deven Pandey (भारतीय संस्कृति एवं समाज) defeated Pawan Khorawal [Walkover]

*) - Round 2 - Deven Pandey (प्यार : 62/100) defeated Ravendra Singh ( क्या यही प्यार है: 54/100)

*) - PL Qualifiers - Deven Pandey (बोगी नंबर 1407 : 75/100) defeated Saurab Mehra (Surang: 38/100)

*Combined Rating [Judge's Rating 64-62, Members Poll 13-2] 

*) - Round 3 - Deven Pandey (दरिंदा कौन : 73/100) defeated Shivam Pandya (The Dissociation : 71/100)

*) - Quarterfinals - Mohit Sharma (Erectile Dysfunction Bitches : 53/100) defeated Deven Pandey (Jakhmi Wajood : 43/100)

*) - Playoff Match (Rank # 5 to 8)  

# 5 - Daud Zaidi (Coders - 77/100) - Winner

# 6 - Karan Virk (Seeds of Anarchy - 68/100)

# 7 - Ranjana Sharma (Magical Locha - 64/100) 

# 8 - Deven Pandey (Bulandi ka Bojh - 62/100)

Notes

Highest Score - 75/100

Average Score - 63/100

Biggest Victory Margin - 37 Points (Parallel League Qualifiers)

*Best Match of FTC Season 2013/14 (Playoff 5-8 Match after Quarterfinals)

*All entries in Devnagri

देवेन पांडे - "फ्रीलैंस टैलेंट्स चैंपियनशिप 2013 एक सुखद, मनोरंजक और शिक्षाप्रद अनुभव रहा। निर्णायक मंडल, लेखकों और आयोजको का आभार!"

Bronze Medal Match Buildup-Stats-Odds

Rahul Ranjan

Round 1:  71 – 53 (Neha Pandey), Victory Margin:  18 Points

Round 2:  57 – 55 (Sanjay Singh), Victory Margin: 2 Points

Round 3:  78 – 67 (Mehfooz Ali), Victory Margin: 11 Points

Qualifiers - Unchallenged

Quarter Finals: 65 – 49 (Ranjana Sharma), Victory Margin: 16 Points

Semi Finals: 58 – 72 (Mohit Sharma), Loss Margin:  14 Points

Average Score - 329/5 = 65.8 Points

Average Victory Margin – 9.4 (Before Elimination), 6.6 (After Elimination)

Siddhant Shekhar

Round 1: 68 – 50 (Paul Praneet), Victory Margin: 18 Points

Round 2: 78 – 73 (Daud Zaidi), Victory Margin: 5 Points

Qualifiers - Unchallenged

Round 3: 65 – 45 (Srishti Yash Mudaliar), Victory Margin: 20 Points

Quarter Finals: 35 – 22 (Daud Zaidi), Victory Margin: 13 Points

Semi Finals: 62 – 64 (Kapil Chandak), Loss Margin:  2 Points

Average Score – 308/5 = 61.6 Points

Average Victory Margin – 11.1 (Before Elimination), 10.8 (After Elimination)

1. Rahul Ranjan (65.8) is ahead in terms of Average Score against Siddhant Shekhar (61.6), which is one of the most important stats, but then in terms of average victory margin Siddhant is in double digits & comfortably beats Rahul.

*) - Average Score - Rahul Ranjan (+4.2 Points)

*) - Composite Victory Margin - Siddhant Shekhar (+2.95 Points)

2. In terms of variety & quantity Siddhant eliminated 3 authors and Rahul eliminated 4 authors. In few matches against good authors Rahul was not 'the favorite' but he consistently proved others and himself wrong (as he accepted defeat couple of times even before matches results were public). Rahul somehow managed to clear the round and defy odds in big match situations. 

3. Feedback on Siddhant's stories by Judges is slightly better than their feedback on Rahul's stories.

Oops! Again after writing this much the score stands 1.5-1.5 

Guess...who will win the Bronze Medal & finish on podium of inaugural Freelance Talents Championship...