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Originally Posted by atb
Was in Bellevue for a wedding this past weekend and it turned out part of The International was being played in our hotel. I don't really know much about the game other than having watched the "Free to Play" documentary by Valve. It was a pretty impressive setup, and also funny as hotel guests had to walk through the player practice area in order to access the mall that is attached to the hotel. Put some pictures in an album here: http://imgur.com/a/NGN2D
Ended up talking to some players/casters that were staying in our hotel. Only person I recognized was 'Dendi' from the documentary. Pretty crazy how much pressure these guys are under with the amount of money that's at stake. |
The pressure would be huge from their sponsors and for themselves. This is all they have in life and most of the stars come from poor backgrounds (as seen in the documentary). I think dendi is still in his early 20's? But that's basically the prime of his gaming career so he'll have to bank up while he can.