And here you thought playing video games get you no where. Five Singaporean lads are in the running to win millions of dollars in The International 2015, this year's iteration of the annual gaming competition for massively popular video game Dota 2.
Professional Dota 2 team 5eva have officially been invited by the game's makers Valve to the Southeast Asian qualifiers of The International 2015, as the only Singapore-based team taking part in the competition.
5eva will be going up against other teams such as Philippines' Mineski and TNC Gaming, Australia's Can't Say Wips, Thailand's Signature.TrusT and more in the Southeast Asia Open. 27 other teams across the world will also be battling against each other, and the winners will butt horns in the finals in Seattle in August at the KeyArena coliseum.
Last year's tournament was won by Chinese team Newbee, who walked away with over US$5 million, and set a new Guinness World Records title for greatest prize money in a video game competition. Since the launch of the Compendium — that's the in-game product purchased by players to contribute into the prize pool, for you noobs — on May 1, the current prize pool has reached US$8,399,005 as of writing, and will only get a lot bigger as The International returns in this August.
Singapore has a pretty deep-rooted connection with this competition, with former Singaporean professional Dota 2 player Benedict "HyHy" Lim being one of the main subjects of the 2014 documentary film Free To Play, a critical look at the lives of three e-sports players who competed in The International 2011.
Photo: 5eva Facebook page
And here you thought playing video games get you no where. Five Singaporean lads are in the running to win millions of dollars in The International 2015, this year's iteration of the annual gaming competition for massively popular video game Dota 2.
Professional Dota 2 team 5eva have officially been invited by the game's makers Valve to the Southeast Asian qualifiers of The International 2015, as the only Singapore-based team taking part in the competition.
5eva will be going up against other teams such as Philippines' Mineski and TNC Gaming, Australia's Can't Say Wips, Thailand's Signature.TrusT and more in the Southeast Asia Open. 27 other teams across the world will also be battling against each other, and the winners will butt horns in the finals in Seattle in August at the KeyArena coliseum.
Last year's tournament was won by Chinese team Newbee, who walked away with over US$5 million, and set a new Guinness World Records title for greatest prize money in a video game competition. Since the launch of the Compendium — that's the in-game product purchased by players to contribute into the prize pool, for you noobs — on May 1, the current prize pool has reached US$8,399,005 as of writing, and will only get a lot bigger as The International returns in this August.
Singapore has a pretty deep-rooted connection with this competition, with former Singaporean professional Dota 2 player Benedict "HyHy" Lim being one of the main subjects of the 2014 documentary film Free To Play, a critical look at the lives of three e-sports players who competed in The International 2011.
Photo: 5eva Facebook page