He told us how he played his way out of his bedroom in Pakistan to one of the world’s largest e-sports tournaments.ĭespite his burgeoning success in the billion-dollar world of e-sports, Arslan is still as humble as the boy who started out spending hours at his local arcade. Arslan, however, who had fought tooth-and-nail just to be given a chance to compete on a global level, wasn’t about to let it go to waste. Despite his shocking victory, most fellow gamers brushed it off as a fluke. Arslan Ash made a name for himself in 2018 when he won the Omni Universal Gaming Tournament in Dubai, defeating South Korean player Jae-Min “Knee” Bae, a legend in gaming circles and one of the best Tekken players in the game. The Internet has been abuzz trying to keep up with the man who went from being nameless in the gaming community to becoming the player to beat – not just in his hometown of Lahore, but on a global scale. Pakistani prodigy, underdog and Tekken legend are just some of the names Arslan Ash might go by. E-sports prodigy Arslan Ash battled visa issues, naysayers and the world’s top Tekken players to work his way up to being named ‘ESPN Esports Athlete of 2019.’ Now, officially a Red Bull athlete, Arslan tells Hive Life his inspiring story.

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