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And Danil, every time looked at what we do.

Every time we would try to push him away

but he would come back and look again.

It was more prominent with him

than with other kids.

During all his conscious life

we were trying to stop him from playing.

We were hiding our computer cord

everywhere in our apartment

but he always found it.

I always wanted to understand him better.

Including that hobby, I wanted

to understand him better.

There were certain reasons.

I'm not going to mention them now.

I think somewhere deep

inside he's a little bit sad.

She stopped preventing him

from playing Dota.

She gave Dendi the freedom to choose

what is the best for him and his life.

Tournaments back then were

really low prizes.

And a lot of prize money didn't

even get to the players.

There's been a lot of scams with

the managers and stuff like that.

There were, like, some rumors that

it's going to be $50,000 first place,

and everyone was going, like,

"Nah, it's not going to be like that."

August 10, 2011

Watch the forums go nuts, guys.

Watch the forums go nuts.

It is actually confirmed.

It is off the fricking hook.

1.6 million dollar prize pool!

That is for the winner,

1 million dollars for winning Dota!

Dota, the game I've played for 5 years now.

Which I played for fun.

For some food money or whatever, you know.

Ok, it's actually getting big.

It's the largest prize pool of any

gaming competition to date.

It just felt like the start

of something big.

Like a revolution.

You know, we had everything we needed

for the game to become big and

respected as an E Sport.

It would kind of like vindicate us.

We're not just playing

because we're addicted.

There's a goal, a motive.

That we can actually reach out and

grab if we are good enough.

Beijing, China

Over in Asia, professional gamers

are treated like rock stars.

It's a viable career opportunity.

They actually live in gamer houses.

So it's set up to be a thing all year long.

I think their approach to practice

is that it's like a day job.

The fan base is immense.

It probably is as big as the

whole western audience together.

Or even more than that.

So now you really have to play good.

You really have to try hard.

It's first place. It's go big or go home.

The big teams get big money.

But the 9th to 16th place earn nothing.

And their salaries are not

worth considering.

While in sports, you have a salary

that you can live on.

With pro gaming, I think that's

one of the toughest parts is

living game to game.

It's like living paycheck to paycheck.

Like, I have to win.

If I don't win, I don't get paid.

That's a tough living for anybody.

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