Much of his time was spent training for competitions and playing Fifa Online 2 at home. A "NAIVE" DECISIONĭuring his first year as a marketing student at Nanyang Polytechnic, Yeo found himself disinterested in his studies. (I wanted to participate in that tournament) for the experience … I just wanted to try," he explained. "I didn't do well at that tournament but I was happy to represent Singapore. You know why my teacher called her? Because my friends told her," he recalled, bemused. "My mum didn't know at first but my teacher called her. As the event was held over three days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday - taking part also meant skipping a day of school. Yeo went on to compete in his first regional meet that year.īut there was a problem. Then I started to take part in more tournaments." "When I got interested, I went to do more research. "When I took part in this one tournament and got to know more people, then I realised that all along there are actually so many tournaments around but I didn't know (about them)," he said. Yeo ended up registering for the tournament and finished in second place. Instead, they arranged for an in-person meet-up at a tournament venue. He had wanted to buy players in the game but didn't have a way of transferring the money to the seller beforehand. "My cousins (would) always come over and I always played Fifa, (and) watch soccer (with them)," he told CNA.īy chance, Yeo would take part in his first competitive tournament when he was a secondary four student. It was popular at gatherings and one that Yeo enjoyed playing with his cousins. Still in kindergarten then, he loved it, and games such as Tetris and Puzzle Bopper intrigued his young mind.īut one game stood out. Yeo's love affair with the game started years earlier with a gift - the Playstation 1. I never one day expected e-sports would be part of it," he told CNA. "When I was young … we always watched SEA Games. It is after all just another practice match of Fifa Online 4 to the 28-year-old - one of the hundreds he will play as he prepares for the SEA Games.Ĭome next month, the online multi-player football game will make its Games debut in Hanoi, Vietnam, with Yeo one of four players to fly the Singapore flag in the event. Son celebrates, the crowd roars, but e-sports gamer Joseph Yeo barely blinks. He slides a pass through for Son Heung-Min, and the South Korean bends a shot past the goalkeeper. They have seen such antics before. They hound and harry, persevere with pressing high, chasing down every loose ball.Ī couple of attacks go nowhere, until Portuguese legend Eusebio emerges with the ball. As the clock ticks down, they have the upper hand and they know it.īut the other team in red are unfazed. SINGAPORE: The opposition go one goal up and start time-wasting.
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