Taiwan eSports Competitor Wins Silver at Asian Games|亞運電競"星海爭霸" 台灣Nice黃昱翔奪銀

For the first time, in this year's Asian Games, eSports became a demonstration sport. Chinese Taipei eSports competitor Nice won the silver medal in the Starcraft II tournament after losing to a competitor from South Korea.


The 2018 Asian Games features eSports as a demonstration event. In the Starcraft II tournament on Aug. 30, Chinese Taipei eSports competitor Huang Yu-xiang, better known by his handle "Nice," won the silver medal after suffering a 0 to 4 loss to his South Korean counterpart Maru, the top-ranked player in the world, in the gold medal match.

Although I achieved the objective I set for myself and the objective everyone expected of me, I am still unsatisfied. I think all competitors want to become champions.

Nevertheless, this silver medal will be important for high school senior Nice's future. His result at the Asian Games, where he finished in the top six, gives him a better shot at getting into his preferred university.

I can be like an elite student athlete, and use this Asian Games achievement to apply. For example, if the school I want to apply to is a good public university that is recruiting eSports competitors, then I can go there. They take the results of international competitions such as the Asian Games or Asian Indoor Games into consideration, so for me, the result will help a lot.

Nice's childhood dream was to become an eSports competitor. He realized this dream at the age of 16. He is now 18. Nice was the only Chinese Taipei athlete to take part in an individual eSports competition at the Asian Games. He says he knows the careers of eSports competitors are short, with most retiring by the age of 25. He will therefore study while competing to better prepare himself for his future.