A Pakistani teen made $200,000 in E-Sports

[Dubious]

The answer is in your own second last reply

still dont get it

 

[Hurter]

still dont get it

When someone gets more than he deserves, he forgets his roots.

 

[Caprxl]

seriously now i am sick and tired of this news, do they even know that EG Universe (Saahil Arora) is one of those very few 10 something players who have played all the 5 Dota 2 internationals event? oh by the way he is of Indian origin ..

we have a habbit of not giving any importance to people when they are here but when someone else picks up on their talent suddenly the very same people become Pakistani's ? wtf?

Sumail used to live and play in Karachi and nobody noticed or cared but now when the kid moved to US and ended up playing for EG suddenly he comes "Wiz Pakistani Kid"? lol

sorry had to take it out of my system

Mentally retarded , never ever can bear success of others especially opponents

 

[Echo_419]

WEB DESK: Sumail Hassan made $200,000 after one month as a professional gamer in the U.S. His team, Evil Geniuses, will compete next week for more than $6 million.

In the spring of 2014, after a decade of visa problems, the Hassan family moved out of its spacious house in Karachi, Pakistan, to an apartment in Rosemont, a suburb of Chicago near O’Hare International Airport. They were a family of eight, two parents and six kids, jammed into a three-bedroom space. Money was tight and work unsteady; for most of them, the move was a struggle. But their 15-year-old son, Sumail, was thrilled—being in the U.S. meant less lag time when he played Dota 2.

League of Legends and other free multiplayer online games, Dota 2 (short for Defense of the Ancients 2) rewards obsessiveness such as Sumail.

Set in a mythical world of ogres, magicians, and “faerie” dragons, two teams of five Heroes start on opposite corners of a square map scattered with forests and lava trenches and battle to take over the opposing team’s base. The one and only goal is to secure the opposing team’s Ancient—a fountain with rejuvenating power—before it gets yours.

The gameplay moves as fast as basketball, but the complexity of characters, weapons, and spells rivals Dungeons & Dragons. Secure the Eye of Skadi and you can slow a charging attacker to a crawl. The Shadow Amulet will make you invisible long enough to slip behind an enemy line.

And for a few select players, there’s more real-world money to be made at Dota 2 than any other game of its kind. The best of the best play at professional tournaments where teams compete for millions of dollars in prize money, and the most popular players can make around $1,000 just by streaming a game directly to their fans.

Sumail started playing Dota 2 as a 7-year-old. Now 16, he’s still small and spindly, with wide, soft eyes and skinny toothpick arms. In Chicago, he put in minimum effort at a local public high school, making no friends and doing no homework; instead he spent all his spare time racking up impressive amateur credentials in Dota 2.

While some players are all strategy, analyzing the strengths of different characters and hanging back for the right time to strike, Sumail is pure reflex and aggression—the Dota 2 equivalent of a power forward. His favorite character is Storm Spirit, a quick, evasive avatar that fires lightning balls and drops decoys that injure enemies. Simply put, Sumail kills everything in sight.

After a few months in the U.S., he qualified to play in a North American “in-house league,” a sort of off-season competition for professional players. This was his shot, and it didn’t take long for him to get noticed. After Sumail slayed wave after wave of Enchantresses, Centaurs, and Zombies, Charlie Yang, a 26-year-old Dota 2 player-turned-manager, flew to Chicago from San Francisco to visit Sumail’s family.

Yang said he managed Evil Geniuses, the highest-earning Dota 2 team in North America. The team would pay for Sumail to fly around the world for training and tournaments. He would earn a small stipend—less than $4,000 a month—but the real money would come from tournaments. After a 10 percent cut for the owners, prize money would be split among the team’s five players. The previous year’s prize pool at the International, the game’s biggest tournament, held annually in August, was more than $10 million.

Sumail’s mother said yes, as long as Sumail could still go to school. “She was a little anxious,” Yang says. “But I think it’s hard to deny your child an opportunity like this.” Yang visited Sumail’s teachers next, planning out his long absences. Yang set up a bank account for Sumail and had his tax forms done. A few weeks later, in February, Sumail and his teammates—each older than he by at least five years, and each a legend in the game—flew to Shanghai for the Dota 2 Asian Championships, with a prize for the winning team of $1.2 million.

Evil Geniuses was the third seed but, with Sumail’s help, it made it to the finals. Its opponent was a Chinese team called Vici Gaming, and the packed arena’s crowd was against them. In the first five minutes of Game Three—the last of the final—Sumail got killed four times without scoring a single kill. It was a devastating start, and the announcers said the game was basically over. But when the other team started scattering players, Sumail struck.

His avatar weakened, he shot across the field in a lightning ball and somehow scored four kills in two minutes, to the disbelief of the opposing team and the announcers commenting for the live crowd. Minutes later, he darted out of the woods to help his teammates in a skirmish and, in an explosion of fire and lightning, blasted three more enemy players to death. Before Vici could respond, Sumail rushed up the center of the map and secured the Ancient, winning the game and the tournament for Evil Geniuses. By the end, the crowd was chanting his name.

His payday after one month as a professional gamer, and just before his 16th birthday, was $200,000. By mid-August, he could be a millionaire.

A Pakistani teen made $200,000 in E-Sports | AAJ News

Sumail is a really good player his carry gameplay is simply awesome & he has the potential to become a legend like dendi or mushi

Hmmm...really?

Article screwed up or kid lying? Whichever the case he won money

He played another MOBA then dots 1 & then finally dota 2

 

[Whazzup]

Sumail is a really good player his carry gameplay is simply awesome & he has the potential to become a legend like dendi or mushi

if i'm not wrong he's a mid player or starting playing carry in the new roster?

 

[VCheng]

So lets say if you never got an opportunity and when it does knock on your door you drop your nationality? No he was and is a Pakistani ....He got an opportunity availed it and hit the news...Whats the big deal?

The point is that the opportunities are provided by others for these successes, and this fact must be recognized. That is all.

 

[GDeveloper]

Just yesterday EG made the semi finals, so he is gauranteed at least $200K more.

If EG wins the whole tournament, Sumail will be sitting on 2 million dollars of prize money.

 

[Dubious]

The point is that the opportunities are provided by others for these successes, and this fact must be recognized. That is all.

Opportunities are provided by ALLAH....in whatever form

The point is he got an opportunity and he availed it...I am not sure why people start on with his nationality and in the same process promoting their own country

 

[VCheng]

Why is it that Allah prefers to use the infidels to create the opportunities that believers seem to avail? Quite the conundrum, apparently.

 

[Echo_419]

if i'm not wrong he's a mid player or starting playing carry in the new roster?

I have mostly seen him.play mid & yes he carries EG frequently

Just yesterday EG made the semi finals, so he is gauranteed at least $200K more.

If EG wins the whole tournament, Sumail will be sitting on 2 million dollars of prize money.

Chances are tough for them to win but I will be happy if EG wins

 

[Whazzup]

Chances are tough for them to win but I will be happy if EG wins

I personally wanted secret to win but coming from lower bracket is tough

 

[Dubious]

Why is it that Allah prefers to use the infidels to create the opportunities that believers seem to avail? Quite the conundrum, apparently.

Long reply short version is in the Quran:

For truly with hardship comes ease; truly with hardship comes ease. (Surat al-Inshirah, 94: 5-6)

Allah tests us but doesnt burden ANY soul more than he can take.....

The west is tested in its own way and the East in its own....

Not the topic for this thread!

 

[VCheng]

I wonder how he is doing in school and what are his future plans?

 

[baqai]

So lets say if you never got an opportunity and when it does knock on your door you drop your nationality? No he was and is a Pakistani ....He got an opportunity availed it and hit the news...Whats the big deal?


Why not? He was a Pakistani to begin with....The thing with you people is forgetting your origins while these people dont and they dont mind being recognized as a Pakistani then why are you burning on their behalf?

my "problem" is that the kid should have given proper attention when he was here, i have been advocate of E-Sports in Pakistan for past 15 years or so and we have tried our level best, our MNC's and other sponsors are just not willing to budge, Sumail is NOT the only talent out there, i have seen and witness many such young talented boys go unnotice because our marketing and branding people are IDIOTS and not willing to think out of the box

 

[Dubious]

my "problem" is that the kid should have given proper attention when he was here, i have been advocate of E-Sports in Pakistan for past 15 years or so and we have tried our level best, our MNC's and other sponsors are just not willing to budge, Sumail is NOT the only talent out there, i have seen and witness many such young talented boys go unnotice because our marketing and branding people are IDIOTS and not willing to think out of the box

How is this related to your of him being recognized as a Pakistani now that he is successful?