In the predominantly male-centric realm of multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs), Grills Gaming stands out as an all-women Dota 2 team that has achieved remarkable success—securing gold in the Global Esports Games 2023 (GEG 2023) and Commonwealth Esports Championships 2022.
Dota 2, developed by Valve, is a real-time strategy game between two teams of five players on a square field separated diagonally by three lanes. The Radiant faction occupies the bottom left, while the Dire faction is on the top right of the game map. The objective is to destroy the opposing team’s main structure, known as The Ancient, in their respective base. It is from this aim that the preceding game adapts its name: Defense of the Ancients.
Grills Gaming was founded in 2016 by Tiffani “Oling” Lim, Stephanie “auroraa” Lim, and Bette “iStarx” Chia, with the team undergoing a
