「To play a part in this game, I hope to become a Pro one day.」The game schedule of Tt eSports 2010 Amateur League coming to the forth week, CrazyRacing gamer from the south area Kaohsiung, XiaoLong said. When XiaoLong’s mom pushing him on a wheelchair at the noon past five, earlier to reach game site, it caused slightly disturbance on-the-scene, astonished, scorned shown everywhere from the audience face, unlike the past, young and lively gamer in Tt eSports 2010 Amateur League. Staff claimed that they never saw this situation before.
XiaoLong suffering from a disease called Progeria, it caused by the variation of DNA, so the new born child will turn up to an aging appearance. Because of illness, even though Xiaolong is 19-year-old, but he looks lean, his voice becomes acute, his appearance look alike a seventy years old man, thus atrophied limbs and mobility. Although he was smiling, but the way he clinging to the keyboard, we can obviously feel that, he looks tension and anxiety.
「This is a way out too」XiaoLong’s Mum relieved, actually this is the third time he participated in the field competition, he have a bad lifetime in his school time, his peers will joke on him as an “Alien”, XiaoLong became pessimistic, his mum was sad for him too. But when he get involved in CrazyRacing, he started to smile again, and asked to join this game initiatively. There is no limitation within this game, Xiaolong and the others gamer is fairly deal with each other by own skills, Mummy pleased to accepted this truth- his son can face this world positively.
To show the reality in the reporting prospect, reporter interviewed XiaoLong and his Mum for photo sake, his Mum try to protect him as well, but Xiaolong take a deep breath, ventured with eyes of fear and said: “I really hope to win the prize, so if I wins, please take a photo for me in the awarding ceremony.”
Game started, everyone was focused on him, and with an army of others gamer surrounded, XiaoLong can’t hold on his shivering caused by panic, keep failure and he was eliminated through the competition, then he bent down to picked up the keyboard and hold it tight, he was depressed and said: “since the last time I joined this game was half year before, now I suddenly stayed in the crowd, it caused me nervous and scare.” Within this year, XiaoLong keep tracking to the “Professional eSport Super League” held by TeSL, he said that his famous gamer was SuoYue, XiaoLong’s mum remains to push him out of the game site, but when he passed by the reporters, XiaoLong points to the word from his heart: “When I decided to joined Tt eSports 2010 Amateur League, I hope to become a Pro once day.”
Both of them left the internet cafe, theirs shadows leads us a touching story. The gamer from Group A league was not totally in our impressions: “Bad students”. In the scene, there is passion, polite comes from elementary, secondary, high schools and even university students overall, they came here after school with theirs school bags, but some of them accompany by their parents too.
“CS Online” held in Taipei, the official competition so far the youngest player was only 13 years old, his name was Milky, he came here under the accompany by his mother, full length 5 hours game time, his mum stay beside, sometimes she takes photo for his son, But unfortunately, Milkly was defeated in the game, he packed his headset and can’t stand to tear, but his mum comfort him gently.
CrazyRacing game in Kaohsiung event, there is a special team grouped by father and sons, with a name “Yo’s father and sons”, they cheers for each others, it is really warm and fragrant.
E-Sports was not such famous in Chinese Taipei on the past, sometimes we think that “playing game” and “bad students” are equally the same, Since the opening of the 「Tt eSports 2010 Amateur League」, there were a lot of parents bring their children to participate in this game, and they encourage them by heart and this is unexpectedly warm. There is something we will miss in this league, many commons show their steady and serious way, and XiaoLong is one of the significant examples.
Looking to those participants who hold hope and move fowards positively, you will realized that, 「Tt eSports 2010 Amateur League」is not only the largest scale in Chinese Taipei, but also the highest award prize in amateur gaming league, a place that the gamer able to built on their dreams.
