Malaysian esports star, Bette Chia, along with her team, “Grills Gaming”, seized a gold medal in Dota 2 Women’s division at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Aug 6, 2022.
The subsequent year, they triumphed once more under the moniker of “Team Malaysia” in the Dota 2 Women’s category at the Global Esports Games, hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The high-level gameplay of Dota 2 requires effective communication via microphone for skill refinement and coordination. However, Chia is reticent about using voice chat due to apprehension over revealing her gender.
This reluctance stems from her experience of being…