[YourFather]

Originally Posted by DM.MCZ.ProAnnn

We need to import foreign talent to Singapore. Then government will probably support. They love foreign talent more than local talent.

What are your views on import foreign coaches to train local talent?

[ProAnnn]

Originally Posted by YourFather

What are your views on import foreign coaches to train local talent?

It will be totally redundant. I remember from a interview FlashBlitz said something that i really agree with.
Something like "Singapore's best players has no motivation to get alot better as the skill level in Singapore is very low and it does not motivate you to get alot better."

Another thing is that we need more regular local lan tournaments to encourage the players from keeping their skill relevant. I dont mind small prize pools but i would want regular lan events to keep the players motivated.

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YourFather:

icic, interesting :)

[Fishology]

Thanks for re-posting, was just ranting on FB.

I was going through some of the IEM voice recordings of interviews when I stumbled on Jared talking about putting studies on hold for pursuing his passion. Personally it made excellent sense to me because as long as you have a strong interest, you can make it work instead of entering and leaving the "factory" system of university, degree, office work.

Spoke to my much older colleague on this and the points he raised (as I had ranted on) are mainly the same as in this thread.

If we look at professional sports like golf, you can roughly see that the reason why eSports and Pro Gaming isnt that well supported is simply due to it being in its infancy stage, especially here in Singapore. Imagine if no one is watching golf games, and boycotting NBA matches, there would be no commercial interests supporting the whole industry, which would come crashing down.

So it makes perfect sense for us, to generate better tournaments, to promote and encourage greater viewrship. Once the sponsors realize the exposure they have and more is done to support the scene, Pro-Gamers and the industry as a whole gain so much bigger growth.

Imagine a day where it will be cool for your children not to attend golf or piano lessons, but spend quality time with pro-gamers taking SC3 traning sessions. Where instead of dragging you to the next Twilight type movies, your other half cant wait till bring him or her to the next IEM/WCS/WCG event.

Anyway with current small viewership here in Singapore, it does not make financial sense for companies to invest much in local gaming scene, lets do our part and build it up. Really cheers to IEM for hosting it in Singapore this time round.

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