An OG team member holding the winner's trophy as the team wins the Dota 2 eSports Best of 5 final match during the International Dota 2 Championships in Shanghai on Aug 25, 2019. — AFP
SHANGHAI: More than 600,000 people watched captivated online and thousands packed a downtown Shanghai arena to see team OG take home a life-changing chunk of an eSports-record US$34.3mil (RM144.25mil) prize pool on Aug 25.
The holders defeated fellow European side Team Liquid 3-1 in the grand final of The International, a world championship in the multiplayer battle game Dota 2, to roars of "OG! OG!" from an energised crowd at Mercedes-Benz Arena.
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