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Chawy hasn't gotten to play in the World Championships.
And I think that's because of his curse.
Winning and losing is part of the game,
but I think Chawy's story is definitely the saddest.
Actually I'm pretty worried that if
ahq picks Westdoor as the mid laner,
then I won't have a chance to play again.
So who are they going to pick here?
Westdoor said he wants to play Azir.
And the other players say stop fooling around.
You can see AN facepalm and say stop fooling around.
He's really picking it! He picked Azir!
I wish to keep my strengths
and improve my Champion pool.
After the Spring Finals, we realized that two players
in one lane isn't actually that great.
So when next season starts,
we will pick the more suitable player for each lane.
I have to compete for the Mid Lane position.
So to me it's very disappointing.
Chawy's reaction should be...
same as mine. Practice harder.
Hope to compete and earn the position.
Whats up?
Why are you trembling?
Stop trembling.
-I wasn't trembling. -Loosen up.
Why are you all tensed up?
Don't drag the rest of us down.
Oh...
The elevator just hit something.
What... what was that-
Oh...
Are we going?
Well I'm gonna live no matter what.
If you want to live, as soon as it crashes,
you just jump.
I know that.
Are you sure?
If you jump, you'll live.
Does that work?
You just have to jump.
We are pro gamers, easy.
Left, left.
Oh, it's the ROX Tigers.
There are the Tigers.
Hello, Hello...
All: Hello.
At the Spring Finals,
I think we tried really hard, the entire team.
But despite all of that effort,
at the very end,
since we experienced that very disappointing loss,
that part is the most...
difficult.
Today is our first match of Summer Split.
The opponents are Samsung.
It's my first match in a while,
so I'm feeling a bit nervous.
And, honestly, I just want to get it over with quickly.
I think it's going to be fun.
I come from Singapore.
My dad is Singaporean,
and my mom was born in Malaysia.
Come here and get something to eat.
Is it very far?
Do we need to buy tickets to get in?
No need.
I don't think so.
Pretend you're there to play in the competition!
So our family is actually quite loving.
Here, eat more.
And I feel like I am closest with my brother.
Gameboys and such, we didn't have those.
Because we were considered like country people,
So we played some pretty basic stuff,
perhaps like cards.
And actually we were pretty happy
and we felt very fortunate.
We always played outside.
We didn't really play indoor things like computer games.
So our childhood was pretty different from other people's.
So in my school there were quite a few people,
who would pick on weaker or smaller kids.
So at that time I was pretty much small and skinny
and I got picked on a lot.
So I started working out.
Starting when I was 13, I worked out every day.
Every time when I'm back in Singapore,
we will come here.
Sometimes I'll be, like,
"Aww... I'm tired from all the training."
He'll be, like, "Oh, come on man...
let's go down and workout."
It's always good to have someone,
who wants to do the same thing as you.
Our family is considered not very rich,
so we did not have computer growing up.
So we had to sneak out and play at Internet cafes.
So we would tell my mom we went...
to exercise, to run, to ride bicycles.
But we always went out to play at Internet cafes.
When XingLei (Chawy) started playing,
he would say he's going out with brother.
But we knew in our hearts,
he definitely was running to that-
to inside that shopping mall.
To play games.
And then us parents would definitely
walk around and see if he's there.
If he was, we would secretly check up on him.
After a while we said,
as long as you guys don't learn bad things,
or hang out with bad people,
then you can play.
When they came back they looked very satisfied.
They were really happy.
Shoot?
Oh, you don't have it.
I'm dead.
So I think that if we didn't
go to Internet cafes in the past,
I probably wouldn't be playing professionally right now.
Actually, when I first told my parents
I wanted to compete,
I wanted to be a pro gamer,
they were very much against it.
Playing games in Singapore isn't easy.
The majority of parents don't approve of it.
Guess how many there are?
I don't know.
Don't you know?
Huh? Yeah you do!
6 years ago... 7 years ago, this was for Dota.
This one's also 2nd place.
Wow, I keep getting 2nd place.
The first time I wanted to be a pro player,
a pro player with a salary was
when the Singapore Sentinels were founded in Singapore.
Because at that time I just joined...
just started in the Army.
And in Singapore you have to do two years in the Army.
So at the time they were looking for 10 players.
I was considered the best player on our server.
But they didn't put me on the 10-player tryout list.
Because they thought since I just joined the army
I would probably become bad.
Usually, players who serve in the Army become really bad.
National Service lasts for two years
and practice time is very, very little.
So because it was a bit-
I was very sad and a bit angry.
So I made myself really strong.
So I told myself in competition I have to destroy them.
That is, I must join this team.
And then, at that time I found four players,
and then in a tournament
we beat Singapore Sentinels.
And then they finally were willing to seek me out.
We realized that Chawy had a great potential
even though he was still in National Service.
Hi, everyone, my name is XingLei.
People know me for Chawy.
Yeah and I play the AD Carry for Singapore Sentinels.
I woke up every day at about 6:00am,
took the bus to the Army grounds.
After work I would rush over to the Singapore Sentinels.
And regardless of if it was team practice
or preparations for a match,
we would practice until 10:00pm.
So when I got home it would be about 11:00pm,
but once I got home I felt like I hadn't practiced enough.
So I would practice until 2:00, 3:00am.
And then go to bed for three hours or so
and then wake up again.
And I did that pretty much for two years.
I would tell myself over and over
however much I can sacrifice, I'll sacrifice