Easy $1m for Pakistani teen gamer

Seattle - Sumail moved last year from Karachi to Illinois chasing his dreams of being a professional gamer.

Teams of video gamers playing characters ranging from wizards to monsters exchanged virtual punches, fireballs and lightning strikes over the past six days, battling at the main event of the Dota 2 International 2015 tournament in Seattle.
And by the end of Saturday's finals, five players, including a 16-year-old Syed Sumail Hassan from Pakistan, became $1.33 million richer.
Sumail, who moved last year from Karachi to Illinois chasing his dreams of being a professional gamer and is most known for playing a powerful electricity-based champion for the team, said after winning the tournament: "It just meant everything to me." In a tweet, Sumail called the win as easy.
Now in its fifth year and playing to a sold-out crowd in the 17,000-seat Key Arena, the International has grown every year in size, popularity and possible winnings for players. The tournament launched in 2011 with a then-groundbreaking grand prize of $1 million and now offers an $18 million prize pool.
Players and teams came to the US from China, South Korea, Ukraine, Russia and elsewhere to compete for a share of the prize pool - with roughly $6.6 million going to the winning five-player squad.
Though while the tournament was international in scope, the home team Evil Geniuses drew the most support, with fans chanting 'U-S-A' and 'E-G' with each spectacular play.
Fans, handfuls of whom roamed the arena dressed as their favourite in-game heroes, roared as the team 'Evil Geniuses' secured the championship, wiping out their enemies with an earth-shaking smash and a devastating blast of frost.

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