Fifa Online 2!

Let’s face it. While on the world stage, ‘Asia’ is considered a nest of skilled gamers, the term ‘Asia’ tends to refer more to Korea, China and Taiwan. After all, these countries have steadily churned out big-name cyberathletes, from Fifa Online player Lee Ji-Hun to Li “Sky” Xiaofeng of Warcraft III fame.

As a matter of fact, spectators from a recent international gaming competition in Korea, in which Singapore and Malaysia participated, had one common sentiment: by comparison, our gamers have a long way to go.

Well, by comparison, Korea’s gamers are professionals. Their lives revolve around gaming, relying on their skills as a career. Singaporean gamers don’t quite have that amount of time, as they juggle their lives, their (more typical) careers, and their passion for gaming.

With the Fifa Online 2 tournament, Director/CEO of IAH games, Roland Ong, aims to give Singaporean gamers a chance to make a name for themselves.

From various polytechnics to online applications, the best of the best compete for a chance to finally get on the gaming world stage.

How the tournament works

The best 6 players from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore each, will meet in the finals, with a purse of US$12,000 up for grabs.

For Singapore, the qualifiers offers almost $10,000 in purse, and will be made up of a selection held during the Game Convention Asia, 17 – 20 September at the Suntec City Convention Hall.

Prior to that, there will be qualification rounds held in various polytechnics in Singapore.

The One Asia Cup series is as follows:

• 1 v 1 Group League
• 2 v 2 Group League
• Country v Country Mixed 2v2

For more details, visit the official website.