Malaysian Wins 2nd Place At Premier E Sports Tournament

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A Malaysian has once again etched the country's flag in e-sports history after his team made runner-up at a prestigious tournament in Romania this morning.
Cheng Jin Xiang, better known by his in-game handle NothingToSay, and his China-based club PSG.LGD placed second in The International 2021.
With this win, the five PSG.LGD players will take home a combined US$5.2 million (RM21.7 million).
The International 2021 is the highest paying e-sports tournament in history with a prize pool of US$40 million (RM166 million), comparable with Wimbledon and 10 times more than Tour de France.
Three other Malaysians walked away significantly wealthier after the tournament as well.
Chan Chon Kien, known as Oli, and Thiay Jun Wen, known as JT-, are part of China-based club Invictus Gaming that placed fourth in The International 2021, winning US$2.4 million (RM10 million).
Ng Kee Chyuan, aka ChYuan, is a member of the UK and Malaysia-based Fnatic that placed 9-12th and bagged US$800,400 (RM3.3 million).



Malaysian-born Canadian citizen David Tan Boon Yang's club Team Undying came in 13-16th and thus won US$600,300 (RM2.5 million).
Last Month, Chan and Cheng's participation in the tournament was uncertain because their applications to leave Malaysia for the tournament in Bucharest, Romania was in limbo for weeks.

After their plight was made public, Youth and Sports deputy minister Ti Lian Ker stepped in to expedite their My Travel Pass documentations.
Dota 2 is among the world's most widely played computer games and will be featured as a medal event in the Asian Games 2022 in China.
The game is the most lucrative of all e-sports for Malaysia. Malaysia currently ranks eighth in terms of Dota 2 tournament earnings according to Esportsearnings.com.
Previously, Malaysia produced one champion at The International (Wong Hock Chuan, 2012), one runner-up (Yap Jian Wei, 2018), and six second-runner-ups.
Apart from China, clubs based in Europe and North America have picked up Malaysian players before. - Mkini

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