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"You need to go to school."

"You need to go to college."

and he would tell me,

"I want to be able to play

games and get paid for it."

Now he said this at a very young age

before Dota ever came along.

And I thought, well, you know,

he's going to grow out of it.

He's going to get sick and

tired of sitting there

in front of that computer and playing.

Never did. Never did.

Singapore

In Singapore the families actually

put a lot of stress on us

in terms of our education.

I would say it's been tough on me

trying to juggle

both studies and gaming at the same time.

My grades have dropped for

two years already.

And my parents have treated

the gaming as the cause of it.

I mean there was this phrase that

they used. They said,

"Gaming will be the death of you one day."

He's a great player and a great captain.

I would say he's the top player

in Singapore.

Easily.

My parents and my family,

they don't actually speak much

of my gaming career.

They don't tell their friends

and my other relatives

that I'm actually that good at my games.

All along they have only been

bragging about my studies.

Because I used to be an "A" student.

Yeah, they go on and on. And

And it seemed like that was the only thing

they could ever be proud of.

Actually, there has only been one person

that has always been very

supportive of me gaming.

And that was my ex-girlfriend, Huayan.

She's from the female Dota team

in Singapore.

There are a lot of things

that we share in life.

So many things.

In my case, it felt really good,

you know, to have someone

who truly appreciated what you did best.

And loved you for it.

She was aware of what I'm doing

and what I'm passionate about.

The breakup was her decision

and I respected it.

We'd been together for close to three years

and ever since the breakup,

I haven't gotten over it.

I recall the last time she spoke to me

she named me as a bastard so

Laughter

We're not in contact anymore,

yeah, but

life goes on.

L'viv, Ukraine

I'm from Ukraine.

My nickname is Dendi.

I finished my university, and

I'm just playing computer games right now.

He was doing music.

He played the piano.

He was doing dancing.

At school, he had musical plays in

which he played the main role.

Audiences were always

impressed by his artistic ability.

When their kids' group was showing,

Danil would always stand out.

When we were growing up

it wasn't a good time financially

for our family.

But my grandma helped us

to get our first computer in 1997.

Early, compared with other kids in Ukraine.

We got visitors every day.

The friends of my older brother

used to come to visit us

and we were playing games.

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