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Gaming in Singapore… WCG afterthoughts

Priss — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:05:57 +0000

I had an awesome time at World Cyber Games WCG Singapore 2009 this year. This is my first ever WCG I’ve participated, and I’m thankful that my team, Team Anomaly, won 2nd for Team Fortress 2. I’ve taken some pictures from Spotgamers website,,, I will upload my pictures soon!

Priss standing up and celebrating win over o9k. LOL

To be honest, I do felt that WCG 2009 did not have the best arrangements, although, I have to give credits to the organisers and game marshalls that have worked their butts off for this event. I’m sure it wasn’t an easy task for them too, and I had the privilege of watching them set up the computers 2 days before the event.

These are my suggestions to future gaming event organizers, especially one that is this big in scale… The post on Team Titans’ blog had some really good points that I have to agree on as well…

1. It is very tiring for teams to wait for many hours for their matches. Titans had to wait 7hours in between their matches and my team waited about 4hours for ours. For Team Fortress 2, I understand that that were problems with setting up the computers and having computers getting the Blue Screen of Death BSOD, but a 4 hours delay of match really tire out all the TF2 teams that were involved. I guess for TF2 case, we can only blame Windows?

2. The gaming arena was too cramped and to place the main stage beside the tournament wasn’t a great idea. During one of our matches, I could hear the Cosplay people on stage singing songs and performing. It was really distracting at some point. I think there was a band playing behind us, when we were having our matches, too. I screamed my lungs out during WCG so that my team mates could hear me. Ratsyc (TF2′s game marshal) commented that I was one of the loudest/aggressive TF2 girls there -_- Ok, it wasn’t very feminine of me to shout like the guys, but hey, this is what makes the game exciting! And, that is why we game

3. Titans and SCOGA made a good point that the onus is on WCG and WCG’s sponsors to send our national champions overseas to play for WCG finals in Chengdu. I wasn’t aware previously that if you win WCG, it only means you have the right to represent Singapore, but you have to fork out your own wallets to attend the WCG finals. It’s quite sad really. If you check WCG Singapore’s website, only Asphalt 4 and Wise Star 2 winners get sponsored hotel stay in Chengdu. The Counterstrike winners gets S$3000 for the team, which isn’t enough to cover airtickets and accomodation for the entire team. Or perhaps, they should request from MCYS for monetary support! Gaming is afterall, a national past time and sport (arguably).

Team Fortress 2 Malaysian Tournament 2009 [Pictures]

Priss — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:03:15 +0000

Let me repeat for those of you whom haven’t been following my blog…. My Team Fortress 2 team won the tournament held in Kuala Lumpur just last weekend! The whole team consists of pro Malaysian boys, except for me, nub Singapore girl -_-~! They’ll be sponsored by e-Club Malaysia to come Singapore in July 2009 to pit against our local players for TF2 Open category WCG National Finals.

It was really an eye opener for me, since I haven’t played in any gaming tournament since I quit Counterstrike years ago. I got to meet the other Malaysian players, and they’re really nice and friendly people

team anomaly: msc, xel, shin, pure, priss, cazza, boom

team iP:r: myuu, kyuu, cicak, bobo, allen

anomaly group hugggg!!!**!!

We had to be on stand-by to play from 11am, and our final match was played until 7pm+

Boom <3 Priss ?

Haha… nah… Boom’s our team’s youngest player, he’s only 14 years old! I’m not a paedophile… really… >,<

The Otaku Diet

Priss — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:00:08 +0000

Weight has always been an issue to all women, it has been particularly difficult for someone like me – I was never a thin person. I don’t have a huge self-esteem issue when it comes to looking good, because I do think I’m attractive enough. However, girls being girls, nothing’s ever good enough, I want a flatter tummy!!! It can be a slippery slope, and I always monitor my thoughts, to make sure I don’t have any unhealthy thoughts such as thinking about going anorexic. I just want to be the size I was 3 years ago, before I went Australia and put on a good 8kgs.

I have been on a diet recently and it has been working out so far – I have lost 4Kgs in the past 2 months! The diet is called The Otaku Diet. Initially it started because I fell really ill and I couldn’t leave the house. I had to stay at home for almost 2 weeks, and do nothing but watch TV and play computer games. Slowly, my weight started dropping. Initially I thought it was going to be a temporary thing, and I will put the weight back on once I recover. However, since I have been playing Team Fortress 2 competitively for the past week, I have been doing nothing at home but play Team Fortress 2, watch TV / anime, and doing my assignments. As a result, I don’t consume much energy and I don’t feel the need to eat as much as before. I try to still balance my diet with fruits and vegetables, and always make sure I eat enough

Now, I just have to lose 4kgs more to hitting my goal. At the rate I’m losing weight – 1kg a week, I’ll be there in no time It’s sad that even when I reach my goal, I wouldn’t be considered a thin person, but working crunches and going for walks, I hope I’ll have a better figure.

It’s rare I discuss my personal life in my blog, but I have been talking to my TF2 friends over voice chat, and it’s really fun discussing these topics with them. It’s refreshing to talk to a bunch of 18 year olds, listening to their secrets on girls, looks, shopping, life, school, gaming etc. etc. They were even giving me tips on losing weight. Ha! As one of my friends say, I’m a Shotacon.

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