The game industry is dominated by men, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have female figures in the game esports Indonesia. Until now, there have been many Kartini figures esports who excel in the worldgaming-an. One of the pioneer figures is none other than Nixia.
Nixia is known as one of the gamer girl who has a lot of experience. He has repeatedly participated in many tournaments esports and of course while creating achievements.
Unlike most other women who choose to have a career in the financial or creative sector, Nixia does an unusual job for women, especially before the support from the government, namely being a woman. gamers.
This initial momentum has made him successful in winning hundreds of millions of dollars in income. A big number for someone who works in accordance with the hobbies that have been occupied.
Loved to Play Games Since Childhood
Beautiful woman named Monica Carolina this is indeed not foreign to hear among the gamers. Many people are amazed by his totality in playing the game.
Nixia admits that she already likes togaming since he was little. Until when he was in vocational school, he had his own XBOX game console. With the game console he owns, he is interested in the Guitar Hero game. This game is what makes Nixia successful in participating in various tournaments in the future.
Talking about name selection Nixia, Monica does not have any special reason because she was previously nicknamed Nic (from Monica). Therefore, to make it cooler, he also modified it to be Nixia.
In SMK, he slowly became interested in PC games after seeing many people playing in internet cafes. One of the games he played at that time was Call of Duty.
His interest in playing games comes from story or the storyline of the game being played. He felt he could watch a film where he was the actor.
Various achievements have been achieved before it is as popular as it is now. Precisely in 2009, many achievements made him proud to be a gamers.
Starting from being a champion at iBox JCC, Guitar Hero Tournament at Hotgame FKI, then becoming runner up in WCG 2009 to IGT 2009. Nixia became one of the lady gamer legendary to this day.
Play Games Without Troubling Parents
Unlike gamer who only uses parental facilities, Nixia’s independent character makes her determined not to trouble her parents for her hobby.
Playing games is actually a hobby that is quite expensive, considering the need for money to buy a device games.
Monica does not come from a rich family with full benefits. For example, when he was in junior high school, he had a desire which in the end was not achieved, namely to attend a high school (SMA). However, due to the high tuition fees, he had to bury his desire and attend SMK.
After graduating from vocational school, Nixia did not immediately go to college. He prefers to work in a company publisher game. His hobbies make him sure to pursue this profession.
Moreover, the parents also provide support for Nixia. Monica has always proven that from playing games we can make money.
In his work at publisher the game, he gets job to do review game. Been struggling with the world for a long time gaming made Nixia understand the intricacies of a game.
Departing from this job, Monica can get various game needs. It can upgrade PC specs, buy gaming gearto buy controller New Guitar Hero.
Forming the NXA Ladies Team
After reaping success as pro players, Monica then builds a team esports named NXA Ladies. As the name implies, all members of this team are women.
At first he only invited office friends. When playing at the internet cafe, he also invites gamer girl to join his team. Starting from 5 members until he once had 15 members on the NXA Ladies team.
The team was founded in 2011 and focuses on games FPS (first person shooter). Various games are played from Call of Duty, Overwatch, Battlefield, to Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
NXA Ladies also had divisions for MOBA genres such as League of Legends, Dota 2, Arena of Valor and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Through his official Instagram account, currently the only divisions that still exist are PUBG Mobile and Mobile Legends.
Even though all the members are women, in terms of training and stamina, they can keep up with the men. All members of the NXA Ladies are quite disciplined in practicing for 8 hours per day, especially when they are about to take part in tournaments.
If there is no tournament, they only have 3 to 5 hours of practice. This kind of work ethic has been done by Nixia long ago. Playing games so far has become a normal thing for someone gamer professional.
The popularity of Nixia as a gamer girl make various brand interested in working with him. In 2022, he began to be glimpsed brand which is still related to the game industry.
MSI which is brand international computer is sponsor first. This company is still relevant to Nixia, because it has a variety of laptops gaming with top quality.
In addition to having the ability to play games, he also has a strong analysis of computer devices. He can make a review about computer equipment, because he has always been familiar with this.
MSI assigned Monica to be a reviewer of various products belonging to this company so that it could be understood by many people, especially in Indonesia.
In addition, there are also other companies that have sponsored it. Starting from NVIDIA, Cosair to ViewSonic. This company supports the needs gaming Nixia, such as NVIDIA which provides support for computer graphics cards; to ViewSonic which supports the needs of Nixia monitors.
Currently, there are two sponsor The main supporters of his career and the NXA Ladies are MSI and Corsair. It can be concluded that MSI is sponsor most loyal to the figure of Monica.
Over the past few years, Nixia was known as brand ambassador MSI in Indonesia. It’s no wonder that in every appearance, he often wears jersey with the MSI logo on the front.
Nixia gets paid from sponsors not only for playing games, but also being reviewer of the company’s products. Nixia also has website NixiaGamer.com which reviews various computer products and also news about games.
Monetization Esports NXA Ladies
Regarding his income, Nixia once gave details in an interview. Some sponsors enforce contracts on a quarterly basis. Monica said she could earn between 8000 and 10,000 US dollars per three months.
The money doesn’t fully go into Nixia’s pocket, but also to be allocated to NXA Ladies members who get a salary.
Become gamer who already has a popularity like Nixia is indeed fun. Various computer equipment can be obtained from sponsor for free. From sponsors alone, Nixia can get gaming laptop with a price of USD 2000-3000.
Then from Corsairthey also get gaming gear worth USD 500 and ViewSonic which provides monitor for 5-7 million rupiah.
Profession as gamer now could be the right choice. The development of the game industry is in a good trend. Starting from the game industry itself to esports which is a place for self-actualization gamers.
