Recently, the AoE Vietnam community, which already has few players pursuing a professional path, has had to say goodbye to its audience for a reason: “not enough income and courage to pursue their passion.”
Starting with a once-promising prodigy awaited by the Vietnamese audience, a player born in 2000 has been highly regarded by experts as having all the qualities to become a new R prodigy of AoE Vietnam. We are referring to Dương Đại Vĩnh. This R talent had a memorable tournament at the Vietnam Open 2019 when he and Kamachi reached the finals of 22 Assyrians, only to lose to the very strong duo from China, Sơ Luyến and Tiễn Như Vũ. Despite his talent, recently, the management company of this player, Ego, announced that Dương Đại Vĩnh has officially bid farewell to his AoE career just as it was beginning. Following Dương Đại Vĩnh, the AoE Nghệ An Clan also said a regretful goodbye to Không Được Khóc, a rare young player of high skill from Quảng Ninh.
When asked about his thoughts on these consecutive farewells, the captain from BiBi Club shared: “Young gamers nowadays have very few opportunities to pursue a professional gaming career. This is due to the fact that famous players must play hot matches with enough views to continue their contracts with Facebook Gaming. The matches for emerging young players are very few, even nonexistent, and when they do exist, I must say that AoE fans are very demanding and harsh. AoE is a game that requires players to have many skills to play at a high level: hand coordination, competitive mindset, and battlefield experience. Sometimes playing in high-stakes matches brings a lot of pressure from the audience. Sometimes AoE fans are strict and demand a lot from the players. For instance, just yesterday in the 44 Random match, after Xuân Thứ’s efforts to try his skills in a high-level match, defeat came, and the worst part is the players felt sad, but many fans were shouting insults on the livestream and even sent messages on Facebook to express their anger towards the player. If you keep doing that, then where will the motivation be for new players to continue picking up the mouse to play the next matches?”
When asked about his evaluation of what the AoE Vietnam community will be like in 5 years, BiBi candidly admitted: “This is something I have thought about a lot. As I mentioned earlier, a portion of the audience has a rather harsh and somewhat negative attitude towards AoE. I do not generalize all the audience, however, it is a reality that young gamers are receiving enough criticism (laughs) and it is happening. Just like yesterday’s match, if you continue to bash the players, I think in 5 years there will be no one left to play AoE for you to bash anymore. In fact, AoE Vietnam does not have many new names following the professional path, which is why I hope that AoE fans will watch with a supportive attitude and sometimes truly more forgiving. Only then will young players dare to pursue a path that inherently does not bring in as much income as other professions.”
Through BiBi’s story with our reporter team, it can be seen that pursuing a passion for AoE and the path of a professional gamer is indeed very difficult and requires great courage. I think we, as AoE fans, should welcome the players with a truly sympathetic and forgiving attitude. The AoE Vietnam community has recently witnessed continuous farewells, and we hope that new talents will emerge so that in 5 years, the empire will still be the most special gaming community in Vietnam.
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