When Najib Poses With One Of The Top DOTA Teams In The World, The Jokes Just Won't Stop...
"Najib farms faster than the Alchemist."
If you didn't know, the first ever national gaming festival - Malaysia Cyber Games happened over the weekend.
Endorsed by the Ministry of Communication and Media, the 3-day tournament saw over 64 teams battling it out in different titles like DotA 2 and FIFA 16.
The Malaysia Cyber Games is the first ever national gaming festival to boost the growth of e-sports in Malaysia. This event is endorsed and supported by the Ministry of Communication and Media in hopes of giving the youth a platform to hone their skills and be on par with the rest of the world. The main objective of the event is to and and develop local talent as our young gamers have been overlooked.
e-clubmalaysia.comHeld at Stadium Negara, Prime Minister Najib Razak was present at the tournament. He had a brief walkabout and mingled with several teams.
The prime minister had a brief walkabout and viewed the numerous items on display at the venue, which included electronic gadgets and even drones. Najib also mingled with several participating teams.
nst.com.myOne of those teams was Team Secret - a leading DotA 2 team. They were excited to take a photo with the PM, as you can see from the photo below.
The photo was uploaded to Team Secret's Facebook page. At the time of writing this story, it has over 4k Likes and more than 3k shares.
Unfortunately, the Internet wasn't too impressed with the photo. Commentators took upon themselves to straight clown the photo with a barrage of witty DotA puns:
If you don't get the puns, it's ok. This writer doesn't even play DoTA. He's a Counter Strike kinda guy. ;)
1. This comment is so good that it has more likes than the photo
2. For context, Alchemist is a hero in DotA that synthesise gold from its fallen enemies...
4. In DotA, the MMR (Match-Making Rate) determines the skill level of each player. The higher the MMR the better the player! ;)
6. Even gamers are not spared from GST. :(
9. A level 1 player will NEVER be able to purchase a Divine weapon, unless...
10. Erm... we'll let the picture speak for this one
Once again, Malaysians never disappoint when it comes to creativity, humour and sarcasm. GG and well played!