E-sports stars in Southeast Asia’s US$4.3 billion gaming industry train like athletes, battle like gladiators and get paid like bosses

Every morning, Brizio Adi Putra wakes at 9 o’clock and enjoys a quick breakfast before settling into his chair for a gruelling 10- to 12-hour shift at work.The work is so tough his company has hired a psychologist to help him and his colleagues deal with the stress.But unlike many of his fellow graduates in Indonesia who are hunched over their desks in 9-to-5 office jobs, churning out reports and sending dozens of emails a day, the 23-year-old professional gamer – who goes by the alias “Hyde” –…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3096530/e-sports-stars-southeast-asias-us43-billion-gaming-industry