Year 2012 marks the 5th year of Taiwan eSports League and a proud year for Gama Bears! They won the highest honor, Professional Super Cup of TeSL for S&K: SF and KR. With the aid from the new joined force, Sen, they also won the champion for SCII and earned the highest honor, Mars Cup of TeSL.   The Mars Cup (for SCII) was a precious win!  SF joined force with KR and took the Professional Super Cup of TeSL in the 5th year.    Before winning these two champions in the 5th year, Gama Bears has had

For this special issue, we have invited the director of HR, Linus, to share his secrets to success. The following sections introduce Linus’ precious advice for all gamanians. Pay attention, and keep improving G!VOICE: As the result of Gamanian leaders’ votes on the must-have skills, “Professional Intel”, “Problem Solving” and “Social Innovation” stand out among the rest. How should we tackle these three areas, then? Linus: From the angle of professional intel, I believe that the desire to learn is a very important attitude one most embody. For example, being the director of the HR department, I need to

    Albert: The Elements of Courage - Breaking the Norm and Making Ideas a Reality   Albert: “I believe that courage requires several basic elements. The first is that you must be willing to set a goal for yourself that takes you out of your comfort zone. To put it simply, you must dare to dream. This goal must exceed what you believe your current capabilities are. The second element is realizing this goal. You must be able to actually stand up, take the first step forward and begin the journey to achieving your goal. You must dare

For this issue of G!VOICE, we are fortunate to invite our  long-time human resources correspondent, Fay Chen, to offer us valuable advice. Fay is the most prestigious consultant and chief technical adviser for the ── DDI, Asian branch. ▲G!Voice visits our longtime human resources correspondent, Fay, at the DDI South-east Asian Headquarters in Taipei 101. Management is all about social skills and interactive communication G!VOICE: From your past experience with the Logistics, Creativity, R&D and Operations team, what strengths do you think they each have? What suggestions would you give to each of the four main units? I think

We saw eSports contestants’ game faces on TV, we saw them discuss and try to win the game, but do you know what they’re really like off the screen? G!VOICE gained access to the Gama Bears’ private life. We will show you how these three teams were made up. Are you curious? Let’s read on!  24hr Exclusive Spot Checks on eSports Players 9am-10am: Getting up and Going to the Office Players of Gama Bears currently live in the dormitory situated at a clean and quiet community not far from the company. G!VOICE conducted a random spot check on the

      Embracing Dreams - Yizhong      “Any expense will affect the balance sheet...“ The professor on the platform drones on with his accounting calculations, but fails to capture the attention of Yizhong. “Add two seconds to the fade-in time for the second picture and the image should be smoother…” Yizhong’s thoughts were far removed from whatever was written on the blackboard. This boy doesn’t concentrate in class!  This is Yizhong, a top student in the National Chengchi University Department of Accounting. In the beginning, he enjoyed studying commerce and hoped to become a CEO in the

E-sports is a fairly new sports with limited support and popularity and therefore as young eSports contestants in Taiwan (average age from 16-22), they need to put in a lot of efforts to hack a path amidst adverse environment. They are the pioneers for opening the path for others who might follow suit in the future, and right now, members of Gama Bearss are at that stage.  The cruel winning and losing reality of eSPorts, frictions among peers, the opposition from the families, these young contestants faced frustration and failures earlier than most. To give them courage and encouragement

In order to unite and gather fair opinions from different departments, our company presents you with our very own social platform: GamaVille. Surely everyone is familiar with Facebook, yet it is more personal-oriented. On the other hand, GamaVille offers the same model with the framework of our work environment. GamaVille is not a rigid, bureaucratic site, though. This platform not only can elevate work efficiency. It also embodies the spirit of Playwork, and aims for employees to have fun at work. ▲GamaVille has stream feeds similar to those on Facebook. It will update you on your friends’ latest events,

    1/4/2008 The Gamania Cheer Up Foundation is created   Armed with the spirit of the motto “Dare to dream and dare to be yourself,” the Gamania Cheer Up Foundation was officially founded on January 4th, 2008. The foundation hoped to raise spirits and pursue dreams. It also hoped to channel positive value into society. The foundation formally announced its dream planting sponsorship plan at a press conference. The plan was to encourage taking the initiative and becoming advocates for their dreams.          2/1-7/2008 Dream Planting Sponsorship Plan   The foundation collected many various types

Courage, Breaking through Physiological and Psychological BarriersChallenge on Suhua Highway   On the fourth day of the cycling trip around the island, this year’s exhausted cyclists faced the most rigorous section of their journey. This section was also a controversial part of the original route path. The young people were not familiar with cycling or trained. Suhua Highway is dangerous and, without a doubt, the most problematic aspect of the event.    After a 5 o’clock morning alarm, the team leader gave words of encouragement to the group before the planned 6 o’clock departure. The leader was faced with

There are different classes in a game, each with their own properties and traits. Let’s start a fun test to see what kind of a warrior you might be, shall we? Ready, set, all gamanians? GO! Q1 You are sitting in a cafe enjoying a cup of coffee. You see a man at the table next to you concentrating on his smart phone. You would assume:  A. He is checking in on Facebook.  B. He is chatting via Line with friends.  C. He is playing Angry Birds.  D. He is googling for reviews on this cafe.    Q2 You

Chan-Yuan, Hsu is a well-known baseball anchorman in Taiwan. He is one of the very few that could withstand time and remain popular to this day. If you have watched professional or international baseball broadcast, you should’ve seen him or heard him on TV. Since the 3rd year of TeSL, Videoland Television Network has been broadcasting seasonal games and grand championships live. This special anchorman was given another identity—professional eSports anchorman.  We feel very honored to have this opportunity to interview Hsu for this series of feature report in G!VOICE. His passion for eSports broadcasting, prospect for relevant industry