梅原大吾(Daigo Umehara)將Capcom Cup Final 2015準優勝獎金60,000美金(約730萬日幣)全數捐贈給NYU Game Center(紐約大學遊戲設計科) 幫助其今後格鬥遊戲業界的發展。
Daigo "The Legend" Umehara
以下為梅原大吾(Daigo Umehara)發給Evo scholarship電子郵件的完整內容：
I would like to donate all my prize winnings from the Capcom Pro-Tour Finals to the community. It’s simply because I would not have existed without community and I owe you. My “professional” gamer life has given me such invaluable experiences. I get to give all myself to fight against top players around the world and meet and engage with fans across the globe. I can express myself through my gameplay to the audience, the community. Just as you need an opponent in fighting game, the community is equally important to me.
My pro-gaming life started with SFIV. The CPT Finals were to conclude one chapter of my life. I worked hard everyday. I grew a lot. I had so much fun in the process over the year. I felt fulfilled. Being content, I came to the finals. I was thinking that if I had had won any prizes, I would want to give it back to the community, which has supported me all these times. Not only was I able to win the prize, I was able to play my game and express myself. I had great matches, and I had a great fun.
I sincerely hope the money I donate will help the community thrive further. The stronger the community grows, the further my career expands, doesn’t it? That is not so bad. At least, it would be a much wiser and prudent investment than an Ume-Shoryu?!
I cannot express my gratitude to the community. But I would like to say that I’m looking forward to seeing you next year again. Hope you all have happy holidays.
Daigo Umehara
以下為NYU Game Center所發出的感謝內容：The NYU Game Center is honored to continue support the fighting game community by offering opportunities to study game design at New York University.
This generous donation demonstrates Daigo’s spirit. It indicates that the qualities that make him such a great competitor extend far beyond the game. His donation also demonstrates the capacity that competitive games have to bring out the best in people. Even though these are games of intense competition and stylized conflict, they create a context to demonstrate the very best qualities of character. This is an irony that might not be obvious to those outside of fighting games looking in; having a heart big enough to donate all of his winnings is actually an indication of what it takes to win in the first place.
This complicated richness of fighting games is one reason why the NYU Game Center is so proud to be a part of the community, and also why we feel the scholarship is so important. On an individual level, the goal of the scholarship is to help members of the FGC channel their passion and mastery into avenues beyond just becoming a professional player. For some, competitive games will be a lifelong pastime, for a few, playing professional games can be a career, for others, perhaps with the help of the Evo Scholarship, they are a path to a profession that builds off the skills and qualities developed to master the game.
In addition to the life-changing possibility on an individual level, we believe the Evo Scholarship will foster the long-term health of competitive games as a whole. By enabling individuals from within the community to be leading the charge, competitive games will continue to evolve and become an even richer field of games.
Recognizing that Daigo’s donation now makes school a possibility for many more people, applications to join the fall 2016 class have been extended to January 15th. For more information about the program visit: http://gamecenter.nyu.edu/evo/ We’re also happy to answer any questions at: gamecenter@nyu.edu The Evo Scholarship is entirely funded by the generosity of the fighting game community. If you would like to make a contribution of any size to the Evo Scholarship, you can make tax-deductible donation online here: https://www.nyu.edu/giving/give-now/?id=1000229 NYU Game Center
Evo團隊在第一時間發出的感謝文：The Evo team is thankful to have Daigo as part of this community, and without him we wouldn’t be where we are today in the FGC. We look forward to watching his success in the years to come!
Evo
black79322 (YukiNa)#12016-01-11 05:45:48
