2018 / 12/12

Brimming with Confidence!
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Youngest Player dabbyjung Has Her Eyes On the Gold

​Reported by Newtalk Journalist Yu-Hsuan Hung
"ZOWIE DIVINA PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) International Women's Invitational Tournament sees advanced 48 athletes from Europe, America, and Asia-Pacific competing on the same grounds after the preliminaries. These players will participate in an offline finals at Shanghai, China from December 13th to 16th, showcasing the most professional women's eSport competition to the world."
 
Women's eSports have taken off in Southeast Asia in recent years, and much attention has been generated by the development of the eSport industry and associated competitions. This year, BenQ's ZOWIE DIVINA PUBG International Women's Invitational has invited players from Thailand, and it's worth noting that the four Thai participants are exceptional players who came out on top during the regionals. In particular, all eyes are on player "dabbyjung," who has scored the most points in the preliminaries.

Having just turned 16, dabbyjung is the youngest player at the ZOWIE DIVINA PUBG International Women's Invitational. Nevertheless, this youngster has already built up years of experience participating in FPS shooting game competitions. Before starting on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, she used to be a professional Thai female player for Point Blank; having tired of Point Blank, she has now turned to PUBG, currently a major hit in Thailand.

Beneath her youthful appearance, dabbyjung is very certain of her life goals and says "I really wish to be a professional eSport athlete." As she has gradually worked her way toward that objective, we wondered whether either of her parents are against eSports? dabbyjung laughs. "Yes, in the beginning my parents were very much against it, and even thought that I was too addicted to gaming. But I believe this was because I was so focused on gaming that I had fallen behind academically. Now that I'm more mature, however, I can focus on both academics and gaming and so my parents have become more supportive." So have her parents accepted the decision to become a full-time eSport athlete? dabbyjung says "unfortunately they haven't fully accepted this, but they've promised that we would talk more about it after I complete my schooling. Currently, they still want me to focus on academics and not see eSports as my only career option." Though dabbyjung's parents still wish for her to concentrate on academics, they are nonetheless thrilled about their daughter's upcoming competition in Shanghai and wish to come to support her in person.

Asked how she was able to score first place at the preliminaries and win a ticket to the finals, dabbyjung is sure of herself: "I began to prepare my passport documents after signing up for the preliminaries." It's obvious that dabbyjung had already foreseen her exceptional win. Now, she is also fully prepared for the ZOWIE DIVINA PUBG International Women's Invitational, saying, "I think Taiwanese player MSB_Sunny is really strong, but having seen her video I still believe that I can win the championship this time." Clearly, dabbyjung has no fear when it comes to this competition.

dabbyjung can hardly contain her excitement at being able to participate in this Invitational, since Thailand hasn't had any female-only eSport competitions of this size. She wishes to become more famous through the ZOWIE DIVINA PUBG International Women's Invitational. dabbyjung also remarks that the Thai eSport environment values women's looks much more than their skills. Therefore, she wishes to demonstrate her gaming aptitude to the world. After much more practice, dabbyjung believes she can one day become a household name in eSports.