July 26 20:02
Gabe Newel, one of the founders of the American Valve video game company, wants to visit Tuva. He shared this in an interview, published on July 26 on the Zalkars YouTube channel.
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Valve has developed a cult series of Half-Life games, a popular Steam digital distribution service and multiplayer team games- Counter-Strike and Dota 2. The last two have become one of the most popular e-sports disciplines. In CS and Dota 2 tournaments, teams from around the world participate, and prize funds are millions of dollars.
E -sportsmen from the CIS countries, especially Russian teams, often occupy a leading position in such tournaments. In this regard, the community of players from these countries is one of the largest. Director Valve shared that He has never been to Russia, but he would love to come.
“We have many Russian partners with whom we like to work. I always wanted to go to the Republic of Tuva. I have not been to Russia yet, but I would love to go. With players in Counter-Strike and Dota 2 from the CIS countries, which I know, I always liked to spend time, ”he shared in an interview.
It is noteworthy that the interviewer who talked with Gabe Newell, did not understand which region we were talking about – the developer had to say the name “Tuva”.
We add that Forbes magazine included Newell's Geiba among the hundreds of the richest people in the United States. In 2017, his fortune was estimated at $ 5.5 billion.
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