Firstly, I would like you to know that Macdchip is of inferior intellect. By his own admission, he is an idiot. Now back to the question, yes there are gaming events here and there, the last one I know of was held at Maestro. It was a FIFA championship though. Being part of the small developer community, I can say probably you are the only game developer I have heard of. I encourage you to look for enthusiastic people you can train. On that note, what languages and technologies are you using?