[nirvAnA]

I just have to say although Razer is a local company they are still a business that makes business decisions in their best interests. They do not support local clans / teams anymore than foreign teams and they only do so if they make business sense. Was quite disappointed about it when I learnt that, I thought as a Singaporean founded company they would favour local teams more or at least help grow the local scene. As sometimes it does require some capital to grow things, you can't always expect to be making profitable decisions from the get go.

Anyway my view is that all athletes in Singapore suffer because of how education and getting a degree is so rooted in our systems that there isn't any place for passionate hobbies or failures (aka not getting a degree). I wish it was like in Australia where you could still live a very decent life without a high level of education.

[YourFather]

Originally Posted by nirvAnA

I just have to say although Razer is a local company they are still a business that makes business decisions in their best interests. They do not support local clans / teams anymore than foreign teams and they only do so if they make business sense. Was quite disappointed about it when I learnt that, I thought as a Singaporean founded company they would favour local teams more or at least help grow the local scene. As sometimes it does require some capital to grow things, you can't always expect to be making profitable decisions from the get go.

Anyway my view is that all athletes in Singapore suffer because of how education and getting a degree is so rooted in our systems that there isn't any place for passionate hobbies or failures (aka not getting a degree). I wish it was like in Australia where you could still live a very decent life without a high level of education.

Razer is really taking this direction? Oh man, a part of me just died if that is true. I have the same thoughts as you cause we all know the CEO is Singaporean... Now I look at my Razer gears and am feeling a little weird inside...

Such a pity, cause from all our interviews with foreign pro gamers, they do feel Singapore has the infrastructure - being a modern city with high internet speed access and generally in Asia (Good access to Korea and other servers). But I guess that leads to your second paragraph...

Agree with you on the second paragraph... I really do hope eSports SG can change that by not forcing culture and society to fit gaming, but the other way round. We are constantly analysing our demographics and statistics so we can create a sustainable and structured eSports Community that businesses will be attracted to.

GLHF to us, haha