Syed Saddiq: Malaysian e-sports team’s victory in SEA Games will end negative perception on gaming industry | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The victory of local e-sports teams participating at the SEA Games this month would end negative perceptions surrounding the gaming industry, and pave the way for its growth here, Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said. Speaking to the press at the...

Syed Saddiq: Malaysian e-sports team’s victory in SEA Games will end negative perception on gaming industryYouth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman flags off the SEA Games National Esports team after the launch of Level Up Kl Play 2019 in Kuala Lumpur November 9, 2019. — Picture by Firdaus Latif

Speaking to the press at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here, at the Level Up Play gaming convention, Syed Saddiq said the performance of those who would be competing in the SEA Games in the Philippines, is very impressive. “I think this is the way forward for them to break the negative perceptions faced by e-sports athletes in Malaysia, because when they carry the Malaysian flag, they become national athletes. The heroes and heroines of the nation who must be respected and helped as best possible,” the Muar MP added.

He said on November 21, his ministry would be tabling the first e-sports blueprint, and meetings would be held with industry players and enthusiasts, to discuss ways to spend the RM20 million allocation set aside for e-sports development, under the 2020 Budget.

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