Chai 'Mushi' Yee Fung and MY was released recently, which featured his mother and father sharing stories of Mushi's struggle to gain acceptance from them for his dream. Mushi's mother even admits to locking him outside of the house as a punishment. Mushi also spilled some trade secrets on the priorities as a captain and how he maintains a stable income from pro-gaming.
Mushi's mother admits to giving him a hard time about his gamingPursuing his career in Dota 2 wasn't easy. Mushi had traditional parents who believed he should get a normal, regular paying job instead of trying to make a living playing games. As a response to his parents attitude, Mushi decided there was only one way to make them support his career. "I think at that time no matter how I explain it, no-one will listen," said Mushi. "I decided to prove it with action."
Prove it he did. Although Mushi has never won a TI, he has still finished 1st in 26 different competitions in his Dota 2 career so far, with a staggering 38 top 3 finishes. The rise to the top was rough for Mushi though, with his mother strongly against his gaming.
At one point, according to Mushi's mother, she even locked Mushi out of the house for a few hours because he went to play Dota at a cyber cafe despite all her lecturing. The focus on gaming did have an impact on his education. "Mushi is not a bad guy, he just doesn't like to study," said his father.
Mushi, who did not complete high school, only went to school 2-3 days a week according to his mother but still didnt dare to play Dota at home for fear of being told off. "I am not a smart boy, many people have looked down on me. I don't have other ideas I just wanted to play Dota well, but then it became my career," said Mushi.
After multiple disagreements between Mushi and his parents, Mushi finally gave them his ultimatum: Give me 1 year to become a successful Dota 2 player. "If I fail", Mushi said, "I will quit Dota and find a job". Mushi of course, went onto greener pastures, with success at Orange eSports followed by a lucrative time at Team DK.
His winnings would later help his family out of heavy financial difficulties during his 1 year commitment to gaming, and Mushi used his Dota 2 winnings from an unnamed tournament to solve his parents' money troubles. Slowly but surely, his parents started to not only respect what Mushi was doing, but support him whole-heartedly.
An all-Malaysian endeavour
The rest of the TV program centred around Mushi's latest iteration of Team Malaysia, or MY as they like to be called following their reformation. The first "installment" of Team Malaysia had an incredible run, but the sudden departure of Xtinct in November, followed by Mushi just a few days later saw the demise of a team that had remained undefeated during the Summit 2 groupstages.
Following a brief time playing under the EHOME banner, the crew of EHOME.MY were without an organisation, and Team Malaysia was born once more. In the TV feature Mushi explains how he used to be worried of "communication problems" with teammate
Fadil Bin 'Kecik Imba' Mohd Raziff , who is the only player in the team that doesn't speak Mandarin. He mentions that teammate Lee Siong 'JoHnNy' Tait changed a lot after joining the team, dispensing of some attitude problems he had displayed in previous teams.If MY make it to TI5, either through an invite or the qualifiers, it will be a case of deja-vu for Mushi, whose first big break came as part of the Malaysian Orange eSports team who placed third at TI3. With invites possibly just hours away, Mushi's story may well find new Malaysian fans going into TI5.
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