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General13 years agoTerrence "MrBlue" Wong

Oxygen gives his thoughts on SEA SC2



A while back we interviewed the gaming prodigy of Singapore, iceiceice, regarding his eSports career and Blizzcon SEA invitational. This time we talk to third place winner, Oxygen, regarding the invitational, as well as the recently concluded Western Digital Psi Storm tournament.

As usual, lets start the interview off with the mandatory introduction.
-"Hi, I am Lim Wei Yang from Singapore, AKA OxygeN. I am currently purusing a diploma in Accountancy, and my hobbies include playing games, cooking and chilling with friends. I used to play WC3 and DOTA competitively prior to SC2!"

So in the invitational you got third, losing to iceiceice in the semis. How does it feel to fall short of Blizzcon?
-"It feels rather disappointing, as I really felt in good form throughout the tournament, and thought I could go all the way. Some games were particularly disappointing for me personally in terms of performance too."

Which particular games that are really disappointing for you? And why?
-Personally the first game against Nirvana, I felt my kiting with the vikings was not good enough causing me to lose the final engage vs countless colossi, and also the third game vs RedArchon, I lost a banshee because I was greedy for a marine, and another because I didn't know he had a turret there when I rallied, causing me to be unable to stop his marine tank push, and be eliminated."

I really loved being the aggressor and having an extensive amount of units to choose from.
Your a Terran player yourself. Why did you pick Terran as your main race?
-"Because in WC3, I really loved being the aggressor and having an extensive amount of units to choose from. That being said, my usage of Terran is really aggressive, and rarely do I turtle and also because it possesses my favorite unit! the banshee! epic"

Lets talk about WD's Psi Storm Tournament shall we? You placed second this time around. How does that feel then? Compared to the third at Blizzcon invitational?
-"It feels great, on par with third but Its better cause I'm placed one higher!"

Which game did you find the toughest on your way to the finals?
-"I found Nirvana the hardest, as we practiced together and he's really a top tiered player, his strats were very good, and I was a close 1-1 match!"

how did you find your final opponent? Glade from Australia.
-"He was very good, except that I didn't prepare much because of work, but full credit to him, it was a great series! And he's certainly one of the best in SEA!"

How did the final match go? Was it a close one?
-"It was close for scrap station, the rest was a give away by me. I lost my game plan halfway due to lack of practice, but yeah I felt it was close nonetheless."

iceiceice said ur his biggest rival in SG and SEA. Do you echo the same sentiment? Or is there someone else that's more of a rival to you?
-"Hmm, I haven't played much with other SEA players, but in SG and SEA, if Nirvana is really quitting, I would also agree that ice would definitely be my biggest rival, reason being that I think we both share a WC3 background and both had unorthodox methods of playing an RTS."

WC3 gave me a foundation of micro management and timing
Do you attribute part of ur success at SC2 to ur prior WC3 background?
-"Yes definitely. WC3 gave me a foundation of micro management, timing of aggression, unit mixes, and which units counter which units, and it was a pretty easy transition into SC2."

So what are your views of the current eSports scene in Singapore or SEA?
-"I feel that the current esports scene in SEA is fine, with weekly tournaments etc being carried out. but in singapore, sad to say, it's very disappointing. locally I don't see anything happening at all. No coverage, no events, no tournaments and no sponsorships. If not for Nirvana's efforts to hype up the scene it'll be more disappointed than it already is. Simple put its in a very very sad state."

Can you elaborate on what Nirvana has done to hype up the scene?
-"Nirvana has created the site, sc2sea.com, and is also currently running the SEA nation war, which is actually uniting the Singapore players, without either, I don't know whether there is even a scene anymore."

I'm going to come out with new an innovative playstyles.
So what is in store for Oxygen in the future for SC2?
-"I am going to come out with new and innovative playstyles and fully utilize every aspect of the Terran race. As for achievements wise, it if comes, it will come."

That's a wrap. Final shoutouts?
-"I would like to thank all my friends who were there for me, Nicholas, Joshua, Xian fu, miasim! also my training partners, sheeeeepish sheep, nirvana! also a special mention for my best friend Valencia, please bhb okay! best wishes xiaobitch! and also mr.blue for taking time out for doing this interview!"

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