eSports brain drain: A new hope?


College students duked it out at the Taiwan Excellence Intercollege Battle Ground 2018 Grand Finale event, showing how much the local industry has grown. — SAM THAM/The Star

Asia Pacific University (APU) eSports Malaysia Academy manager Zierasmayu Abd Rahman believes building an ecosystem for eSports players needs to start from university.

“We do have top players that end up in other countries’ teams. Preventing this kind of brain drain is more challenging as it involves a team based activity,” she says.

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