WHY DO STUDENTS ENROL IN E-SPORT CLASS?

Phassapong Boonrittayakol, 19 Freshman, School of Business Administration in Game and E-sports Business at University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC)

Some people thought I play games all days at UTCC, but I don’t. I study e-sports because I like games and business. However, I’m not a gamer. I prefer to watch other people play games. I want to work in the game industry and would like to work in marketing or public relations and learn how to approach customers. I’m not worried if I graduate and won’t have a job.

Suppakan Krailapee, 23 Fourth-year student, School of Digital Media at Sripatum University

My parents let me study what I want. I play games as a hobby. I found coding and designing games to be difficult. But after I had an internship for six months last year at Garena and Powerful High End, I found I enjoyed being in a crew who worked behind the scenes of live programming. I worked in video capture, as a sound controller and a gamecaster. If I graduate, I will apply for a job that involves live streaming and e-sports.

Sarut Sarutipakorn, 22 Fourth-year student, School of Digital Media at Sripatum University

I applied to this school because I wanted to be a level designer for games. My parents didn’t understand what I’m studying, but I’m interested in games. After I began my studies, I changed my goal. I would like to be a streamer, which is a behind-the-scenes crew member for live and recorded e-sport programmes. Last year, I was an intern at Garena and Powerful High End and I was a streamer. It was fun. I enjoyed it a lot.