All Rev-ved up for Korea

The 19th of June 2012 marked a monumental moment in the history of competitive StarCraft 2 gaming in Singapore. Arriving in Korea, Marcus “Revenant” Tan has established himself as the first ever Singaporean SC2 player to link up officially with a professional StarCraft 2 team and their training house. Speaking to Rapture Gaming Network from House Fnatic, Team Fnatic’s training facility in Seoul, Marcus describes his thoughts, impressions and expectations of his wild and exciting journey into the birthplace of some of the best StarCraft 2 players in the world.

“I don't think there's a lot of external pressure that has affected me when going for this trip. I do know the expectations are very high, but I feel that I gave myself more pressure more than anything because of the anxiety and fear of what would happen there,” explains the zealous Zerg player when asked if there were any concerns he held prior to the trip. “I thought out hundreds of scenarios in my head, and now that I'm here, it seems that all the pressure were all but pointless worries.”

The Fnatic team house, which was opened back in March 19 2012, boasts a formidable lineup with four Protoss, two Terran as well as four Zerg players—that include the likes of Jang Jae Ho (Moon) and IPL 2012 winner Han Lee Seok (aLive). “Well there are a lot of personal targets I've set for myself, but I'd say I'd want to be consistently one of the best in SEA, and also be as good as FnaticRC.Moon,” targets Revenant, “though as hard as the latter might sound, that's what goals are for! Well, I'd just like to say that I'll try to meet the expectations of everyone and come back a better player, person and try to make Singapore proud!”

The tie up, which was discussed as early as mid 2011, was first described by Marcus as being “too good to be true”, but even so, the prodigious RTS (real-time strategy) player had little hesitation at jumping onboard the proposed arrangement. “Like any other Singaporean competitive gamer, I think the reaction will be the same. You'll be elated as hell as this is something that we dream of doing, to go to the Mecca of eSports, and to live and breathe e-Sports,” he recalls.

Although this will be his third time in Korea, the captain of Flash’s SC2 team revealed that he never really had the opportunity to enjoy Korea. “I've visited Korea twice prior to this, both times for IESF in 2009 and 2010 for Warcraft3, but both times were rather short stays”, tells Revenant, “I'd love to interact with as many people here as possible, understand their culture, learn a bit of Korean, visit the places of interest and most importantly get lots of autographs!”

Posting on his blog at Flash Esports, as well as updating his fans over on social networking sites such as Facebook, Marcus will document his stay and overall training progress as regularly as he can. Be sure to check out the link at the end of the article for Revenant’s latest posts and updates on his groundbreaking journey in Seoul, the heart of Korea.

Revz says "Hi!" to Singapore on GomTV.net

Hardly being able to contain his delight at the experience, Revenant closed the interview with a glut of thanks for his team, sponsors and his gracious hosts. “Shoutouts to Flash E-Sports, Cooler Master - CM Storm, MAGE, Colosseum, Zepy Games and most importantly Fnatic for making this possible for me!”

For more information on Marcus “Revenant” Tan’s exploits over in Korea, be sure to keep tabs of his official Facebook Fanpage. Also for the full read on Rev’s first week at House Fnatic, head on down to the Flash blog. 

Photo credits: Marcus “Revenant” Tan Facebook Fanpage