Sheever: 'If the game was a walk in the park, it would be no fun'

Dota is super difficult for newer players, what made you stick with and learn it?

The same thing that makes all other newer players stick with it, I imagine. The idea that you are learning, that you are getting better. You want to get better and therefore play more and learn more. If the game was a walk in the park, it would be no fun to continue playing it.

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Female casters are rather uncommon as an entity in eSports. Is it encouraging for you being one of the only female caster in Dota 2?

No, I would rather say it is discouraging.

What makes you think so?

The resistance that is there for any caster in general is already quite big. People don't like changes, they don't like new casters and will always complain a bit. Being a female caster makes that resistance worse. It gives an extra dimension to the change, so people respond to it as such.

Do you think given time, the Dota community will become more open to new casters, and female casters in particular?

I hope so, but I guess only time will tell.

Is there anything the scene could change to help sway this process?

It is the scene that gives the feedback, they are not the ones that could help the change, they would be the ones to change. But all that can really overcome that is time.