Hello! I'm Toh Ghim, 'squall', 22 this year. I played Half-Life and Starcraft before counterstrike came out, then I got addicted to CS. And I'm a distinction student!

About being distinction student, what's your secret achieve excellence in both gaming and your studies?

Organize your time well, know when to game and when to study hard.


Then for you do you have to study intensively when coming to exams or you are naturally smart?

Hmm, I don't know? I can't memories things well but I can work well with things that make sense and I understand, thats why I love programming. I usually study bout a few days before the module exams.


So during then do you ever visualize yourself to be where you are today?

No, its like a dream come true. having playing competitive for the past 7 yrs, i had never expect myself to become a true professional gamer because of the way things are in Singapore, so.. THANK YOU CGS!.

Then what was your dream job before?

When I was young, being lawyer seems interesting. now, I don't know, that seems very far-fetched. I guess as long as I'm doing something I'm happy about, its good enough.

Transitioning into a pro-gamer, is your love one and family supportive?

In the beginning, like any others in Singapore, they have never thought of gaming as a career, to them games is games. its just a excuse for us to continue slacking and having fun. But as time goes by, they realize the efforts and experiences im going though, and they gets more supportive. My girlfriend is supportive because she's a gamer as well.

Cool, you are another lucky guy. So how have life been changed since becoming a pro-gamer?

I'm finally able to afford my own stuffs with the money I received but with that comes a hell lots of trainings to prepare ourselves better for the upcoming event.

So what you all have done so far for training? How well prepared is Sword(CSS) for the Pan-Asia which was announced this morning?

We have been practicing and going thru strategy that we had learnt in USA. Currently we are still training hard and I'm sure by the time Pan-Asia starts, we are more than prepared to take on the teams!

So all ready to defend the Pan-Asia crown?

Yeah definitely!

I know you guys are training hard now, so for you what do you do to de-stress?

Spending time with my girlfriend, going out with my friends to slack and KTV and occasionally going to LAN party at a friend's place. I think I'm quite a bad singer lol. I sings quite a bit but is totally not comparable with my friends

Which type of songs you like to sing?

No rap and funky songs. slow/fast Chinese songs is fine. It depends on the group of friends I'm out with.

How about listening for pleasure which language of song and genre of song you prefer most?

Chinese pop songs.

So other than this and slacking, do you practice healthy lifestyle as modern people are most concern about it?

I'm very lazy, so no exercises, but recently I starts to sleep and wake up early and also eat quite a bit of fruits.

We have come to the end of today's interview, anythings for your fans and our supporters?

Thank you all for the support and we will definitely train hard to defend our pan asia title! watch out for Singapore Sword in the upcoming Pan Asia event !

Lastly, name one strong contending team in CGS for the Pan-Asia Final.

Sydney Underground, as they have the best overall games lineup.

Thank you for the interview, looking forward to see you guys doing your stuffs in the Pan Asia Final.