When Team Liquid signed Asa Butterfield last year, many esports fans didn't know what to make of it. The organisation didn't really make clear what role the Sex Education star was going to play in the world of esports, nor what he was going to do for the organisation. One thing was clear though: that he was a massive Dota 2 fan.
The appointment as a sort of super fan and brand ambassador came fairly naturally to the organisation since Butterfield was friends with many of the team's professional Dota 2 players, but, up until recently, Liquid hadn't shared much content with the actor. However, in a recent video, which shows Butterfield visiting the Team Liquid headquarters in Utrecht, Butterfield has revealed that he's planning on debunking misconceptions about esports and introducing more people from his world to the industry.
"Esports has been getting bigger and bigger and bigger over the last couple of years," he says. "There are a lot of people who've heard of it but don't understand who is a part of it and what it takes to compete at this level.
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