Dune Champions Fly In
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A story about how MrBeast (Jimmy) flew in international champions to compete against him in the board game Dune.
"The day after our event, I asked Jimmy what he was doing tomorrow. He said he was flying in all these board game champions. He plays this one niche board game called Dune, and since there's no tournament for it, he created one himself. He's flying in the French champion, the British champion, the German champion - the best players in the world to come compete with him.
He did this last year and he won. These guys play thousands of hours a year, and even though he doesn't have that time, when he does play, he binges this thing. That's his way of unwinding - becoming world class at this random niche strategy board game.
They were so shocked by his win last year, they're like 'we gotta run this back.' He said 'great, let's do it again this year.' He put up a $20 prize because there's no prize pool for this thing - it's such a niche game."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.