Sumail Hasan wins $1.2m tournament in China with team Evil Geniuses. PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/demondoto
Having moved to the United States only a year ago, the child prodigy made waves in the in-house gaming league for North America. It is there where he was picked up by one of the biggest e-sports teams, the Evil Geniuses.
EG’s captain said Sumail – who is conveniently known by his in-game alias of ‘Suma1L’ – was brought in after they spotted the “x-factor” in the young Pakistani. EG was so impressed that they took the risk of including the 15-year-old, who had yet to play in a professional competition, on their roster for the world’s second biggest Dota2 tournament, the Dota2 Asian Championships (DAC).
The risk paid huge dividends for EG as Sumail on Monday helped the third-seeded team past Chinese team Vici Gaming at the DAC grand final in Shanghai to bag the $1.2 million prize money.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2015.
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