No work-life balance in esports, says Singaporean Valorant pro player Benedict Tan

Benedict Tan and Wang Jingjie are the Singaporean players on the Valorant esports team of Paper Rex.Love your work and you'll never work a day in your life — but what if your work leaves you with barely enough time to live your life?

He added: "You'll get to a point where you just feel like you don't have a work-life balance, which I guess is just one of the cons of having this as a career."The team recently took home the grand prize of US$50,000 at the Valorant India Invitational in Hyderabad, India where they went up against players from Indonesia, the Philippines, Europe and of course India.

And age may truly be a factor in this as Jingjie, 19, shared that he doesn't feel like he's "missed out on anything" by becoming a pro player. "If I'm not wrong, we've made history in a way — at least for Singapore. No other Singaporean FPS player has ever made it to the grand finals of an international FPS title before."

"We don't really think about who's watching at home or the eyes on us. All of us are very competitive at heart, that's why we love doing this job.Jingjie also chimed in: "When we play, we tell each other not to think about [other things]. Putting pressure on yourself is just going to make you perform worse… we play our own game like how we've practiced and we're basically there to have fun.

"I would rather be playing, but it's nice to know that I have separate avenues if I really need them," Benedict said.And while the option may present a lucrative opportunity, Jingjie and Benedict are both hesitant to fully commit to the livestreaming cyberspace.

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