Starting from culture; Catalyzed by innovation; Perfected through technology The 21st century motto is to balance life between technology and humanity. There is no doubt about this. We have come to the point where the cultural aspect has become the vital key to what defines “people”; together they create a most unique structure of social outlooks we live by. Words, language and entertainment... from which corners culture has sprung from. Innovation spices up the excitement by reinventing conventions and providing new interpretations that suggest more possibilities. Culture, innovation and technology are like three sides of the equilateral

  “Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost!” --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe     What is courage? This is a question that anyone can answer quickly, but there will never be a standard answer. Not only that, but because everyone’s answer will be different, the whole concept of courage remains very mysterious. The aim of the Gamania Cheer Up Foundation is to encourage young people to work hard to realize their dreams and be themselves! This time, G! Voice interviewed veteran dreamers from Dream Island. The interviewees include Social Secretary - Ms. Li Li-chen,

A great discovery or invention often comes from the most trivial things in life. Sometimes you feel gloom and doom but when you take a look at that cute figurine on your office desk, it somehow help you clear out the bad mood!  Many things in life can inspire you or trigger emotions. There are tons of wonderfully trivial things in Gamania because Gamanians love sharing fresh and interesting things. Sometimes when we take a serious look at some of the things we are used to in Gamania, we discover new meanings or have new realization. Let’s see if

Each gamanian belongs to one of these teams. The properties for each team is fairly different, and before you start leveling up, you need to learn the focal points and required skills of each team. This issue of G!VOICE brings us each a mastermind of logistics, R&D, operations and creativity teams. They will evaluate each skill and pressure points as to come up with the best strategy plan for their members. What are their skills? How high are the combat rates? Let’s have a look now!     The office worker’s 12 must-have properties As the result of Gamanian leaders’

G!VOICE conducted a special interview with Vivian He (right), GTW-CS and Emily Huang, GTW-CS as they shared the unspoken hard work in customer service.    Currently Gamania divides customer service sector into four divisions: staff who are responsible for answering customers’ calls, staff who deal with players’ online queries, staff who set up internal trainings for quality control of the customer service, and staff who assist in testing product quality and are part of QA team. Out of these four divisions, telephone customer service occupy the most people. Being front line customer service personnel is hard work. They need

    Ah Bin: “Courage is the process of escaping your comfort zone.”    Ah Bin: “Courage is the process of escaping your comfort zone.” The foundation’s activities encourage everyone to push their comfort zones and make them larger. They encourage people to have firm beliefs in their goals and strive for them. This process then enables them to take on even more challenges. Having courage means going to do things that you find extremely frightening, uncomfortable or just don’t like and also coming to terms with the possibility that you might fail. Sometimes the weight of a challenge,

Speaking of Gamania, both the soft/ hardware and the design of office are in accordance with humanity so that Gamanians can have good working emotions. The consistent improvement allows Gamanians think straight, feel comfortable, and have more creative innovations. Most people picture offices as dull concrete cubes. However Gamanians, in game industry, not only have humanitarian working environment but also the liberal atmosphere in the office. Vigorous Gamanians spend almost 1/3 day circling around in the office so all Gamanians are aware of where the goodies are and which corner has changed secretly. Let’s see what they’ve been seen!

  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