Interview: Interview With Editor Of Gameaxis, Kuan Lim

CEL Games 08 kick off today with its 1st prelim at the new Tbun, Wangsa Maju. The prelim involve 2 games which is FIFA 08 and Command And Conquer 3. Need For Speed prelim had to be canceled due to lack of participants.


During the prelim, we manage to interview the editor of Gameaxis, Mr. Kuan Lim:



Spotgamers: Congratz on the 4th year of CEL Games 08. It is an achievement itself to held it for 4 consecutive year. What keep you guys going?


Kuan Lim: Well we would like to actually nurture the talent in the gaming community through CEL Games. We hope that by actually having our own local tournament, we can help support the competitive gaming scene in Malaysia. And at the same time, we want CEL Games to establish itself and to be known as the No.1 local tournament. We have international tournament such as WCG and ESWC but sadly there are no local tournament establish itself yet. We want CEL Games to be the pioneer for local tournament and to be recognized by everyone as well.


Spotgamers: In the previous years, Lowyat has been CEL Games venue of choice. But this year Midvalley has been chosen as the venue for the grand final. Any reason for that?


Kuan Lim: Year after year, the attention is getting bigger so obviously Midvalley is the better choice. Plus we also have Gameaxis Live! during the grand final of CEL Games 08. So we need a bigger venue since we are expecting a lot of crowd to this event. Midvalley strategic location also will give positive attention as well.


Spotgamers: In the previous years, Battlefield 2142 was chosen for FPS genre. But this year, there are none FPS genre although many expected Crysis to be one of the official game as well. Any reason for that?


Kuan Lim: Well we actually wanted to do FPS genre such as Crysis but the specs for the game was too high. Although the game is pretty popular but its not yet that good in Malaysia. Even during EA Play there are only a few gamers who play for Crysis. So in terms of competitive gaming Crysis havent manage to pick up the pace yet here in Malaysia.


Spotgamers: This year CEL Games is open to all which means overseas players can join up as well. Why this year is different?


Kuan Lim: We want to allow everyone, young or old and even overseas players to join us as well. This in return will give maximum exposure for CEL Games thus meeting up the objective to establish ourself as the No.1 local tournament in Malaysia. At the same time we want to enhance friendship between our local gamers and overseas gamers as well.


Spotgamers: Thanks for the interview Kuan Lim. We hope that CEL Games will truly be the No.1 local tournament in Malaysia. Anything you wanna shout out to the gamers and everyone out there?


Kuan Lim: I hope that everyone can see the beauty in gaming. Gaming is not just for young people only. Young and old regardless of age can play games and enjoy the moment together. That is the true beauty of gaming. Gaming is not just for me or you. Gaming is for everyone.