Sunday, March 11, 2007
WCG 2007
Yes, I had just done my first big event as the president of a club (which explains why the huge time difference betweeen this post and the previous post, yes I was busy). Hmm, as usual, many things happen, i don't even know how to start (there is nothing organized about what goes through in my mind).
Surprisingly, my team which were formed last minute qualified for the finals by the slightest of all margin. The team is only 1 week old, and based on the rules of the game, fastest qualifier enter the final straight. The defending champion timing was 49:35 (already quite fast by Dota standard). In fact they were so confident of their time that the team were even prepared to reach school in time for the playoff, which starts at 4:00pm. My team didn't do too well on friday either (with me being the weakest link, after which we went back, and I got screwed badly and I had to train until 3am with them before they are satisfied with me and allow me to sleep.) My match which ended at 49:18, much to the defending champion shock, one of the team member is a friend, as I was chatting with her on our way back, she told me, they didn't expect to be even playing my teams in the final based on our performance on friday. Arrogance, I will say. As expected, they were late. At 4:45pm on saturday, the same guy told me that everyone is here to have fun, why go to such hard extend by abiding to the rules? See the change in tone? I did ask myself what I stand to gain, my answer is... nothing. This guy is not the appreciative sort of person. He is just stuck up, and in my opinion, I think he is rotten to the core (the only thing which separates him from typical bad guy out there is he lacks GUTS). On a more serious note, I felt sorry for my team, my team deserves abit more. These bunch of people may not have the skills, but they have very strong mentality. Honestly, their determination and their fighting spirits hits me. I have long given up on playing competitive already, but i see something in this bunch of people which convinced to say, hey, i have a series of dota competition this year in smu, why not we stick together as a team for this whole year?
On the other hand, this whole event has been a tiring experience, to juggle between organising and participating. Though I did feel that I have done too much. Yeah, my task delegation ability is kinda bad. I ain't a hero which can work 24 hours a day. But somehow, its a weird feeling when your entire effective committee are all your own friends. Its get into a dilemma, on one hand, i feel bad passing them work, on the other hand, i don't have the time to do everything myself. I also want to expose my own friends to the dealings i have gone through (which i hadn't done so at all for this event). But i realise, it is important for them to get the big picture, so they do not conflict and they can have a better understanding of the problem i faced (which many do not know). Like sponsorship pull out, negotiating with student association for money and of course... the infamous "空城计". Yes, I did it again. hahahaha.
Which brings me to my next point, even though this is an internal event, I am surprise at the number of external people which came down during the event itself. Vr Zone, Frujch and even Punggol CC. I have yet to lay out the work plan for my year as president, but it looks like a big piece of mess. I have to get a Fifa competition ongoing, a Singtel Gaming Cup, MDA is interested to work with us too. Sometime it just gets totally weird as to how the cca is run. It just make cca in secondary and jc look so easy. No matter what happen back then, the teachers are our last line of defense. For now, why do i think that i am the last line of defense for my club?
posted @ 11:24 AM ||
