Dota millionaire to make gaming his career
HAVING won RM1.1mil over the years for playing Defence of the Ancients (Dota), Adam Erwann Shah Aktar Husein, 23, intends to make online gaming his full-time career, reported Harian Metro.
He tasted his first victory in Dota in 2011 and earned RM2,000.
Adam, who is popularly known in the gaming community as “343”, is determined to continue competing in Dota and Dota 2 competitions.
He is now the captain of local Dota 2 team Fire Dragoon, based in Kuala Lumpur.
Adam grew up liking computer games and enjoyed them even more when he started getting prize money for his wins.
Others noticed his potential and he was recruited by renowned European-based Dota 2 team Fnatic which went on to clinch the fourth place in The International 2016.
The prize money was US$1.4mil (RM5.85mil) and Adam’s cut after taxes was around RM700,000.
“Although a career as a gamer is exhausting, it is worth it if you’re really committed.
“My aim is to lift the Aegis of the Champions trophy one day,” he said.
The Aegis of the Champions is a physical trophy that is awarded to the winners of the annual tournament, which offers the largest prize pool in eSports.
The prize money for this year was US$24mil (RM100.98mil)
> A cleaner was fined RM3,000 or six months’ jail by the Kota Baru magistrate’s court for sending a por- nographic image via a handphone message to a 19-year-old girl, reported Sinar Harian.
Magistrate Nik Habri Muhamad imposed the punishment after Mohd Ismail Muda, 36, pleaded guilty to the charge.
Mohd Ismail pleaded for a lighter sentence and told the court he had to look after his parents and was still single.
> There is no kissing scene in the upcoming drama Coffee Prince starring Fattah Amin and Janna Nick, nor were film-making tricks used to make it look like as if the two main actors were kissing, said director Michael Ang.
Berita Harian quoted Ang as saying that he understood the sensitivity of the drama’s potential audience and would never include such scenes in his drama.
“I’m not stupid enough to create a kissing scene. This is Malaysia and I’m aware of the sensitivities in our country.
“I only told Fattah to place his cheek on the right of Janna’s and there was no physical contact between them,” he said.
Ang added that a video which seemed to show Fattah and Janna kissing went viral when actress Fara Mendoza came to visit Janna during the drama’s filming.
He said the actress took the video from an angle which looked as if the two main stars were smooching.
Ang said another video that was shared by actress Emma Maembong on Instagram showed that there was no such contact.