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One Malaysian gamer created history by earning second place at the prestigious The International 8 Dota 2 tournament in Vancouver, Canada!
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Aside from bringing home the silver medal, he’s also bringing home a whopping RM16.8 million in prize money!
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Professional Dota 2 player Yap “xNova” Jian Wei and his team PSG.LGD, which is based in China, lost in the grand finals to a European team named OG, who took home RM45.8 million.
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If you’re wondering, PSG does stand for Paris Saint-Germain, which is the first major European football club to sign a partnership with Dota 2organisation LGD gaming, hence PSG.LGD!
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E-sports is making its debut as a major global athletic event at the Asian Games this year as a demonstration sport, meaning medals won in this sport will not be counted included in the official overall medal tally. It’s going through a trial run before being included as an exhibition event in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.
Million-dollar winnings are becoming a norm in e-sports, overshadowing the prize money of even the more popular traditional games! This year’s The International prize pool is a larger haul than either the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup or the Masters 2017 golf tournament offered. In comparison, the Badminton Super Series Masters Finals offers a total prize pool of RM2 million, while the total pot prize money handed out at Le Tour de France this year amounted to RM10.1 million.
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So those who ever said that gaming is a waste of time clearly has no idea what kind of money that ‘wasted time’ could bring!
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