MASA eGames举办电竞比赛遭质疑是在浪费学生时间和金钱？

电竞领域每一年都在迅速的成长着，它为人们带来了全新的生活与工作方式，然而却不是每个人的观念都相同。来自Malaysian Students’Council of Australia的MASA Games举办了Dota2比赛，以下是他们的宣传帖子：

而这件事引来了一位名为Shaiful Aizad的朋友的质疑，以下为内容大纲：

他表示他对这个学生团体非常失望，他觉得团体应该鼓励学生多花时间在读书或是做些对他们前途有意义的事，而不是浪费时间办这样的活动。他想象不到电子游戏或这类的活动如何能让政府资助的学生变得更好。他认为这些事是在浪费学生的宝贵时间，他们可以用来温习功课，或是提升学生的个人能力来应付困难的面试得到体面的工作等等。

他说他看到过学生因为沉迷电玩而学业成绩不好，错过学习，缺乏自信和对其他人感到自卑。

他觉得学生团体应该做的是专注在学生的缺点并举办活动协助他们改善。他提到学生是国家的珍贵宝藏，纳税人每年提供大量的资金来帮助这些学生，他觉得我们应该要停止毁坏我们的学生来建立更加美好的马来西亚。

以下为原文：

The reason why I write this post because I feel very DISAPPOINTED with student organisation, who ethically should encourage students to spend their time well by studying or doing something beneficial for their career or future, BUT instead organising something worthless like this. I cannot imagine how video games or something like this could make our government-sponsored students better in anyway, except wasting their precious time which should be used to prepare for tutorials/studying, or use to improve their soft skills to prepare for tough interviews to get decent jobs etc.

I’m saying this because I’m concern. I’ve seen over the years students failed their exams because of video game addiction, missed their classes, have poor soft skills, lack of confidence, low self esteem and many others.

As a student organisation (or an organisation representing students), one should focus on surveying what the students lack and organises events/programs to complement these weaknesses/needs.

These students are precious treasures to our country. The taxpayers have spent tremendous amount of money to sponsor these students over the years. If we want to build a better Malaysia, we MUST stop spoiling our students.

随后，MASA Games也上传了新的帖子提醒大家参加比赛，同时他们提出了4个重点讲解为什么学生们该参加这项活动。

他们举出了大马Fnatic的成功，并且说道马来西亚最近宣布开办了eSports学院，希望培育出充满热情的玩家成为世界级的人才。
MASA表示他们相信玩家的记忆会好过书虫朋友。
他们表示玩Dota能够提高认知思维能力。
Dota能够帮助你在选择事情方面做的更好。游戏有许多的道德抉择让你衡量好与坏，贴别是像Dota这类策略游戏。

以下为原文：

1. Following the success of our country’s very own Team Fnatic who came out at fourth place in last year’s Dota 2 World Championship, Malaysia has recently announced the establishment of an eSports Academy in hopes of training and nurturing passionate gamers into world-class talents.

p/s: Team Fnatic won USD$1.4 million (RM5.6 million) worth of prize money ???

2. “Playing games is bad for your brain….” MASA would like to give a fact-check on this as we believe that gamers tend to have better memory as compared to their bookworm friends. Studying head-on can be dry so why not play some games to make your syllabus relatable? ?

3. Did you know that playing Dota actually improves your cognitive thinking skills? Not everyone can understand the beauty of denying a creep before your enemy does. Can your friends solo a lane as well as you can? Can they time an ulti as well as you can? Strategic thinking and fast reflexes do come in handy in-game and real life.

4. It can definitely aid you in decision-making, something we do everyday. Games are filled with moral dilemmas that make you weigh the pros and cons, especially strategy games like Dota.