Only five years ago, it was possible for a journalist to walk into the players' lounge at the biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world in search of an eSports player without knowing what he looked like.
The moment at The International 3 tournament when Daryl "iceiceice" Koh - Singapore's most successful eSports player and the intended target - pointed the hapless reporter the wrong way and later pretended not to understand English has been enshrined in the lore of the gaming community.
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