Article / Guangzhou daily media reporter Yang Bo map / reporter Zhang Yujie
< > > / > on the morning of June 6th, 27 year old Shunde people Huang Xiang left a post in the "Fish Bar" of the fighting fish: "I heard that today's college entrance examination, I wish the candidates are all right." Some fans reminded him in his placard: "tomorrow, then congratulate tomorrow." The college entrance examination is a very vague concept for Huang Xiang. After graduating from junior high school, the prestigious World Champion of electronic competition, who has dropped out of school, is working hard to stay longer in this industry. For him, professional gamers do not have pure game pleasure, which has long been unsuspense, but it was unexpected when he refused to go to high school.
"fun" as a dream
ten years, the life of Huang Xiang upside down day and night. At 5:20 every afternoon, he got up and washed up to prepare for the live broadcast of the game at 6 p.m. Close to midnight, he said goodbye to Warcraft's fans, ate the only meal of the day, and then lived his own amateur life until the second day early morning at 8. For three years, he has lived in the two room and one hall of a 39 storey tall building in Pazhou, Guangzhou, almost only for takeout, drinking carbonated drinks and Pineapple Beer, and catching snacks such as chocolate bars. The height is 1.71 meters, and the weight is close to 75 kilograms.
the white and thin figure may only remain in Huang Xiang's own memory. After playing with the red and white machine and Shijia Saturn, the peers have been taking classes, exams, and school, but Huang Xiang, the five grade primary school, has been brewing another kind of "game life". From his older brother, who was 10 years old, he knew that he could be as happy as a sport in playing computer games. If he is a professional player, he can not only become stronger in the competitive competition, but also carry the happiness to the end, play well and even have the opportunity to earn millions of dollars.
"because of the spirit of enjoyment and entertainment, competition is like playing soccer, dancing, and even drawing." To this day, Huang still does not deny that at the beginning of the practice of playing Warcraft, he not only regarded "fun" as a career goal, but also regarded "fun" as a pursuit of an ideal similar to ideal. As for how long a dream can be played in a professional match, how much monthly salary can be obtained every month after leaving campus, Huang Xiang has no concept in his mind. He has a strong desire to become a professional player, but he still has two certificates for his family and himself: one is to go to high school to prove that he is not incapable of reading high school; the other is to be a famous professional player to prove that he has the ability to survive in a professional game.
throughout the third year, Huang Xiang was "too sleepy". In order to complete the two proofs, the big boy has entered the fast track of personal struggle ahead of schedule, and "forced to balance" classroom learning and competitive training. After four nights of self-study every week, from 11 hours late at night to 5 hours at 3 a.m. the next day, he is going to be in front of the computer at most of his online opponents and only barely sleep for 4 hours a day. And after three days of the week, he would go to bed after dinner. In the spring of 2007, Huang Xiang had already had a contest with top professional player ZCARD (net name), which turned out to be 3:3.