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Digital Life, Game on, Playing hardball

Jun 21, 2006 by Princessa (aka Princess Sabrina) .

The Sab Papers

Quoted from Digital Life: Playing hardball

Top gamers are carving a name for themselves, drawing sponsorships even as they turn pro. But the business is not all fun, says LEUNG WAI-LENG

GAME GIRLS: Rachel "Pink" Ma, 25; Serene "GennyK" Yap, 26; Shivonne "Mystique" Yeo, 24; Carmen "Rinny" Lau, 21; and Angela "MadPrincess" Seow, 23 (bottom), are the RageFaction Girls.

Basically, 1 out of 5 of them (GennyK) doesn't ring a bell at all. The rest have been gaming for quite some time. But the real "old-timer" would be none other then, MadPrincess. Anyway, best she never sees this and we never cross paths, for the rest of my eternity. Why? She basically hates me, since the first time I went to a LAN Shop, Odyessy, at Park Lane. Reason? That's such a long story. The conclusion is, I'm not much of an "Ah lian", though I may be a 100% "spoilt brat".

Anyway, this whole gaming thing has been going on for like 7 years. In USA and Europe, professional gamers are paid to play. However, we Singaporeans have to pay to play. So, gaming in Singapore, will nevertheless be a sport that you need to spent alot of time and not forget money, to be good at it.

Yes, you may say you can get sponsorships. Go ahead and calculate the amount of time you have to spend playing these games and the amount of money you get from these sponsorships? The so-called "sponsorships" might not be even enough to cover the expenses of the competition and training. I have yet to even mention food, traveling or allowances. Yes, if you win the competition you get tons of cash, that's so true. But like they have written in the article, what are their chances of victory? Too slim, even slimmer then the ladies themselves.

So much for "Singapore's Professional Gaming". Gaming equals leisure, take it as a rice bowl and you have nothing to begin with.

Just a simple add-on note: Congrats to Dannyboy (Danny Wong).

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residencias lujosas en las vegas (not verified) says:
May 9, 2010 - 12:59am

I think, to be honest sporting bodies have spoiled players by providing them too much money without performance. Yes absolutely agree that they should provide them enough to cover up their expenses which have been incurred during training but shouldn't afford any luxuries until unless they're performing on the field.

Sports is always driven by passion, and not mainly for money so I think that's a best deal if we go for performance-based pay in sports.

Madprincess (not verified) says:
October 15, 2008 - 2:21pm

Oh .. And that is NOT Rachel Ma. lol i wonder where u getting your info. cheers!

Princessa says:

I think you'll need to ask the journalist who conducted the interview that question.

Madprincess (not verified) says:
October 15, 2008 - 2:16pm

Basically.. Please get ur facts right b4 u actually comment.. that girl whom you claim is Madprincess is not. She is Makiyo.

And why would i hate some1 i dun know. i dun waste energy doing silly stuffs. Maybe i dislike or dun see the need to be ur friend. But to use the word hate would be abit off.

Princessa says:

Duh. I didn't claim, it was written on the caption. Have you picked up a newspaper like... Ever?

What kinda facts should I get straight anyway? This isn't a "did you know" it's a "my opinion" piece.

If only you were the real thing, sadly you're far from it.