It’s late morning in the shadows of Shanghai. In a set of luxury apartments around 30km (19 miles) away from the lights of the city’s ever expanding skyline, the sound of construction work roaring through the apartment complex is barely enough to wake a group of six young women from their sleep in their shared flat.

These apartment-dwellers aren’t just roommates – they’re teammates. They’re members of LLG – one of China’s best female e-sports teams, and a highly skilled group of professional video game players.

It’s the morning after another long training session where they stayed up playing the online multi-player game League of Legends into the early hours of the morning.

They live in semi-luxury like b-list celebrities. They have thousands of followers online, large rooms, designer purses, bags and jewellery and it’s all paid for by playing computer games.

Watch LLG team members Shan Chen and Ding Ding describe their lives – and the obstacles they’ve faced: