After a couple of years, Thai players have been playing Point Blank and a community was built up. Making e-sports well-known in Thailand. They worked towards pushing some of their top players all the way to the top, among other international Point Blank players. They joined the biggest competition, PB International Championship 2011in South Korea. I was intrigued when I discovered a 14 year old boy in the team’sline-up so I went to find out more about him.

 

 

RGN: Please introduce yourself first.

Glacius: Hello, my name is Winai Janrak (call me Job) and my position in MiTH.GlamoRousCrazyII is an attacker and a supporter

 

RGN: How many years have you spent on Point Blank and when did you join GlamoRousCrazy?

Glacius: Since its beginning, when Point Blank was released in Thailand, my friend and I paid attention to the game and formed a clan. During those times my brother and I had the same thought of inviting our friends who played together, to join us. We met someone in cyberspace, we had a great conversation and we have similar interests so we invited him too. Actually, I'm in GlamoRousCrazyII and we were a double champion of "PB The Destroyer"

 

 

RGN: How did you get a chance to go to South-Korea with GlamoRousCrazy (Team 1)?

Glacius: Team 1 members had a problem with exams in their university so I had an opportunity to play with MiTH.GC.

 

RGN: Was it the first time you went to an international event?

Glacius: Honestly, it's the first time I went to both a foreign country, and a big event. I never dreamed of being in such a big competition and I was very excited. I told myself I will do the best I can and not let my team down. I kept saying to myself, "I'm gonna make MiTH.GC well known everywhere".

 

 

RGN: And you were thinking that you were going to beat other teams, weren’t you?

Glacius: Yeah, I thought that way. But I wasn’t overconfident because there were six teams from six different countries joining. They were Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, Turkey, and South-Korean. We were in A ladder and had to beat Russia and Indonesia. Korean mocked us as if though we couldn't win any of the teams. But that only made us stronger. We played and practiced harder than anyone else. And at last we won them all.

 

RGN: When you were overseas, how did you and your team practice and train?

Glacius: Oh well, I must say Korea does not play Point Blank so much anymore so it's hard to find cybercafes to practice. We had to download the client by ourselves. But luckily during the competition, they had a room for e-sports players to warm-up. We were given headsets, mousepads and mouses. All of which were Steelseries products in Point Blank limited edition.

 

RGN: What did you feel when you won the battle?

Glacius: Haha. We were all very very happy and proud because we finally defeated our enemy who were constantly mocking us. We were a dark-horse who won a trophy at last. I saw someone waving the Thai flag during that moment :)

 

 

RGN: How did the media respond to your achievement?

Glacius: When I came back my mom, Point Blank Thailand staffs and the others congratulated me at the airport. Point Blank Thailand Organizer gave us one hundred grand baht. Steelseries Thailand gave us gaming gear and fifty grand baht.

 

RGN: Did you learn something from the experience?

Glacius: I learned lots from it. It's my new experience, my honor, my pride. I am also inspired to continue doing this especially since I have earned money out of it XD

RGN: Is there a difference between people who play for fun and serious e-sports players?

Glacius: Lots of difference between guys who play for killing time, wannabe gamers, and guys who play for fame and rewards.

 

RGN: And what do you think E-sports has given back to you ?

Glacius: It gave me back a lot. Such as a friends, rewards, experience about teamwork and something more. I want the community in Thailand to know how good gaming can be. It's acceptable.

 

 

RGN: But our social stigma is that of people thinking that gamesare a reason which makes kids stray.

Glacius: Nah, you have to teach your kids what is important in life. Kids have to be able to finish their tasks before gaming-time. Parents have to take responsibility to monitor their child and don't blame games as a reason. It is common of parents to let their children go to cybercafés when they themselves do not have time to take care of them.

 

RGN: Do you think gaming gear affect plays a part in your performance?

Glacius: Yea sure. It can improve your skills but you have to choose the right and appropriate gear.

 

RGN: Lastly, do you have anything more to say?

Glacius: All I need is social or government help to develop, support and make e-sports better in Thailand. That's all I want.