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M'sian Dota 2 Player NothingToSay Wins US$5.2 Million With PSG.LGD

They narrowly lost to Team Spirit.

M'sian Dota 2 Player NothingToSay Wins US$5.2 Million With PSG.LGD
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Adrian Lai
by Adrian Lai 
 Updated Oct. 18, 2021, 1:56 p.m.
 Posted Oct. 18, 2021, 1:23 p.m.

Malaysian professional Dota 2 player Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang has etched his name in esports history after clinching second place with China-based team PSG.LGD at the recently concluded The International 10 (TI10) tournament in Bucharest, Romania.

20-year-old NothingToSay and his team narrowly missed out the grand prize of US$18.2 million (RM75.6 million) at the world's largest esports tournament after losing to eventual champions Team Spirit in an grueling best-of-five grand finals that was watched by at least 2.7 million people around the world.

Many observers and fans predicted that PSG.LGD was poised to win the tournament, having won all of their games on their road to the finals. However, despite clawing their way through the Lower Bracket, Team Spirit were in their element and won the first two games against LGD in convincing fashion.

PSG.LGD bounced back to win the next two games only to lose the fifth and final game in a rather one-sided affair (no thanks to Magnus) that ultimately sealed their fate. NothingToSay was the MVP of game 3 after playing his signature Tinker, which dominated the map and inspired his team to mount a comeback.

PSG.LGD walked away with 13 per cent of the US$40 million prize pool, or US$5.2 million. It is uncertain how much of the prize money will be disbursed to NothingToSay but it is estimated to be in the millions of ringgit. Prior to TI10, NothingToSay's total professional game earnings were US$1.1 million.

This is also NothingToSay's first TI event since becoming a professional Dota 2 player.

Only one Malaysian has managed to lift the coveted trophy so far. Wong "ChuaN" Hock Chuan, who played for another Chinese team Invictus Gaming, was inducted into Dota 2’s hall of fame by winning the event in 2012.

Malaysians have always performed well at TI, but this year's edition was a watershed moment for Southeast Asia and Indonesia. Xepher and Whitemon became the first Indonesians to compete at TI, eventually placing 7th-8th after losing to Chinese team ViCi Gaming in the Lower Bracket.

In the main event of the tournament, there were five players from Malaysia.

They are Thiay Jun Wen (JT-) and Chan Chon Kien (Oli) competing in Chinese team Invictus Gaming, Ng Kee Chyuan (Chyuan) in Fnatic, and David Tan Boon Yang (MoonMeander) in Team Undying. Thiay and Chan's team finished fourth and took home about RM10 million, Ng's team won RM3.3 million, while Tan's team won RM2.4 million.

There were other SEA representatives at TI this year, but they were eliminated earlier on in the main event.

Editor's note: An earlier headline of this article wrongly mentioned that PSG.LGD won US$12 million. The error has been rectified.

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