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Malaysian Dota player wins RM21m with China-based team
10- 18- 2021 Malaysian Dota player wins RM21m with China-based team
MALAYSIAN Dota 2 professional player Cheng Jin Xiang , 20, narrowly missed out on the US$18.2 million (RM75.6 million) grand prize at the world’s biggest eSports tournament in Bucharest, Romania today.
Yap "xNova" Jian Wei's China-based team PSG.LGD was edged out in the finals yesterday by European team OG, who went home with the US$11.2mil (RM45.96mil) grand prize.
"In one of the greatest eSports series ever, we fall to @OGesports in the decisive game 5. It's heartbreaking, but that's what makes eSports so special. GGWP to @OGesports, you deserved that Aegis," tweeted the team's official account.
Yap joined PSG.LGD in January this year, being the only Malaysian in the team of five.
Going by his game name “NothingToSay”, the 20-year-old Cheng and his China-based Dota 2 team PSG.LGD walked away with 13% of the prize pool which is US$5,202,400 (RM21.6 million).
They were defeated by Team Spirit 2 in the grand finals of The International 10 (TI10).
The winners claimed the Aegis of Champions and the lion’s share of US$18.2 million out of the tournament’s US$40 million total prize pool.
