Support local gamers

Olympics is finally over..pretty much nothing else to watch..
Just wondering if we can cheer on foreign sport talents and spending good taxpayers $ on them. Why can't we garner enough support and funding for our local gamers?

As Cybergames gather much attention from all over the world, Singapore isn't ready to mature the sport to a higher level. Maybe Cybergames is yet to be considered a sport. I find Cybergames akin to Chess, mind-boggling and intense. Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide in clubs, online, by correspondence, in tournaments and informally which to me, sounds like what gaming has evolved into.

An online fund-raising campaign has been started to enable Singapore's top cyber-athletes compete in the upcoming GrandFinals of the World Cyber Games (WCG) '08 in Cologne, Germany. This fund-raising campaign is crucial after gamers were stranded without sponsorship even though they qualified at the National Finals to represent Singapore. Three of these Singaporean champions are even medal hopefuls in Cologne.
So why can't our government extend support to these guys even as we fund foreign sport talents to constantly fly our flags for overseas events? Maybe because playing games are still not considered a sport? Or there isn't enough commercial viability?Show your support by clicking on the link on the right side of my blog.