SINGAPORE - They may be co-managing directors of sports media agency that backs a professional e-sports franchise, but by their own admission, Yip Ren Kai and Mark Chew of Reddentes Sports were not always convinced by gaming.
"Around 2016, when I was at a previous firm, one of my colleagues pitched me a sponsorship for e-sports but I shrugged it off and said, 'No lah, don't waste time'," recalled Chew, 43.
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