My co-worker follows dota tourneys pretty closely. He told me one of the guys who won that $6.6 million pool is a 16 year old Pakistani kid who used to just play in public rooms for fun. Kid came from abject poverty, but sold some of his personal possessions to play dota. Got scouted by Evil Genius, and is suddenly a millionaire.
Also, screw you Peter. I watched a Starcraft tournament in Seoul one day and it was wicked fun. Not dumb at all. Fun crowds, super friendly. You know what's dumb? Soccer riots.
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