The million-dollar athletes who don't leave their seats
For e-athletes, playing video games offers a pathway to million-dollar paycheques. Meet the only e-athlete to crack the Financial Review Sports Rich List.
As a 22-year-old commerce graduate, Sydneysider Damien Chok sat his family down and delivered news that would terrify many parents: "I'm moving to Korea ... to play Dota".
Dota is a multiplayer fantasy game that grew out of the Warcraft series. South Korea is the unofficial capital for the game, as it is for the $1.4 billion industry known as e-sports.
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Bo Seo is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review based in the Sydney office. Email Bo at bo.seo@afr.com.au
