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Ppd (gamer)
Peter Dager, better known as ppd, is an American former professional ''Dota 2'' player. He was the former CEO of the esports organization Evil Geniuses, where he also won The International 2015 as a player-captain, later playing for OpTic Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas. Playing career ''Heroes of Newerth'' Dager began his esports career with ''Heroes of Newerth'' (''HoN'') in 2010, where he initially played under the alias "peterpandam" (which later became the acronym 'ppd'). He got vouched into the Fragment Inhouse League, where he reached the top of the competitive leaderboard; afterwards, he was invited to play for North American team SGty. With the team, he won North American Star League Season 2. Prior to playing in DreamHoN Winter 2011, Dager was kicked from the team. Dager joined his first professional team Trademark eSports in 2012. He began to experiment with many other teams until he found a more solid position with compLexity in Summer 2012. Dager came in second place at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
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The International 2014
The International 2014 (TI4) was the fourth edition of The International, an annual esports ''Dota 2'' championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena in Seattle. Hosted by Valve, the tournament began on July 8 with the Playoffs phase and closed on July 21 with the Grand Final. The 2014 edition of ''The International'' featured nineteen ''Dota 2'' professional gaming teams that competed for a Grand Prize of over . Overall, were awarded at the event, making it the largest esports event by prize money until it was topped by the next International. The championship used a double-elimination tournament. The current format put teams against each other on a best-of-three basis, with winners and losers moving onto two brackets (Upper and Lower) for the knockout stage. The Grand Final was decided on a best-of-five match. All previously winning teams were invited to the event. Defending champions Alliance were eliminated on Phase Two of the Playoffs, while 2011 and 2012 winne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dota Players
''Dota'' is a series of strategy video games by Valve. The series began in 2003 with the release of ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a fan-developed multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' and its expansion, '' The Frozen Throne''. The original mod features gameplay centered around two teams of up to five players who assume control of individual characters called "heroes", which must coordinate to destroy the enemy's central base structure called an "Ancient", to win the game. Ownership and development of ''DotA'' were passed on multiple times since its initial release until Valve hired the mod's lead designer IceFrog and after an ongoing legal dispute with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of ''Warcraft III'', brokered a deal that allowed for Valve to inherit the trademark to the ''Dota'' name. The first standalone installment in the series, ''Dota 2'', was released by Valve in July 2013. A sequel to ''DotA'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OpTic Gaming Players
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Census, making it the List of cities in Indiana, second-most populous city in Indiana after Indianapolis, and the 76th-most populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Fort Wayne metropolitan area, consisting of Allen and Whitley County, Indiana, Whitley counties which had an estimated population of 423,038 as of 2021. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana. In addition to the two core counties, the combined statistical area (CSA) includes Adams County, Indiana, Adams, DeKalb County, Indiana, DeKalb, Huntington County, Indiana, Huntington, Noble County, Indiana, Noble, Steuben County, Indiana, Steuben, and Wells County, Indiana, Wells counties, with an estimated population of 649,105 in 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International 2018
The International 2018 (TI8) was the eighth iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' world championship esports tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, TI8 followed a year-long series of tournaments awarding qualifying points, known as the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC), with the top eight ranking teams being directly invited to the tournament. In addition, ten more teams earned invites through qualifiers that were held in June 2018, with the group stage and main event played at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver in August. The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG and PSG.LGD, with OG winning the series 3–2. Their victory was considered a Cinderella and underdog success story, as they had come from the open qualifiers and were not favored to win throughout the competition. As with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the ''Dota 2'' community via its battle pass feature, with the total being over 25 million, making it o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International 2017
The International 2017 (TI7) was the seventh iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports world championship tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament began with the online qualifier phase in June 2017, and ended after the main event at the KeyArena in Seattle in August. The Grand Finals took place between the European-based Team Liquid and Chinese-based Newbee, with Liquid defeating Newbee 3–0 in a best-of-five series, winning nearly $11 million in prize money. As with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the ''Dota 2'' community via its battle pass feature, with the total being one of the largest in esports history at nearly 25 million. Other relevant events took place during the tournament, including a cosplay competition and submitted short film contest with their own independent prize pools. In addition, the first demonstration game of what later became the OpenAI Five, bots trained to defeat h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International 2016
The International 2016 (TI6) was the sixth iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports championship tournament. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, the tournament began in June 2016 with the qualifier phase and ended after the main event at the KeyArena in Seattle in August. The tournament awarded the biggest prize pool in esports history at over $20 million, surpassing the record set at the previous International, with the champion team, Wings Gaming, winning over $9 million. Background and format Like in previous years of the tournament, a corresponding digital compendium for ''Dota 2'' was released before the event. Known as the Battle Pass, 25% of the revenue made by it was sent towards the tournament's prize pool. By the end of July, the crowdfunded prize pool had surpassed the previous year's total of $18.4 million, overtaking it as the largest esports tournament prize pool in history, eventually reaching over $20.7 million. The event be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGD Gaming
LGD Gaming is a Chinese professional esports organization based in Hangzhou. It is one of the oldest esports organizations in China and currently has players competing in ''Dota 2'', ''Honor of Kings'', ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', and ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds''. LGD's ''Dota 2'' team, PSG.LGD, is in a partnership with PSG Esports, and is known for making it to the grand finals of The International 2018. Its ''League of Legends'' team competes in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in China. ''Dota 2'' LGD Gaming's original ''Dota 2'' division was founded along with the organization in 2009. In April 2018, French football club Paris Saint-Germain F.C. partnered with LGD, sponsoring and rebranding the ''Dota 2'' team to PSG.LGD. After winning two Dota Pro Circuit majors in 2017 and 2018, the team secured a directive invite to The International 2018, where they advanced to the grand finals but lost to OG 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CDEC Gaming
CDEC Gaming is a Chinese professional ''Dota 2'' esports team based in Shanghai. The team placed second at The International 2015, which they qualified for with a wildcard. The achievement was considered a major upset. At TI CDEC also won their group stage and beat LGD Gaming and eventual winners Evil Geniuses in bracket. CDEC is an abbreviation for Chinese Dota Elite Community. History On April 25, 2014, LGD Gaming announced that they would form a youth team called LGD.CDEC. They were named CDEC after the 'Chinese Dota Elite Community', an inhouse league, and the team largely consisted of young talent from that league. In October 2014, LGD.CDEC left the LGD Gaming brand to establish a separate brand called CDEC Gaming, with the roster of Agressif, Maybe, 333, Garder and Q. CDEC showed promising signs of talent (especially Maybe, the team's mid player); however, following a disappointing 4th-place finish at the LAN finals of D2L Season 5, 333 left the team. He was temporarily repl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EHOME
EHOME is a Chinese ''Dota 2'' team. The team was founded in 2004 which consist of Warcraft III and Counter-Strike teams. The ''Dota'' division was started in 2007. EHOME is one of the most successful ''Dota'' teams of all time. EHOME disbanded after The International 2012 but rebuilt in 2015.http://fight.pcgames.com.cn/477/zt4771901.html Now, EHOME is one of the highest ranked ''Dota 2'' teams in China. Roster Tournament results * 2nd — The International 2011 *9-12th — Dota 2 Asia Championships * 5-6th — The International 2015 * 4th — Frankfurt Major 2015 * 9-12th — Shanghai Major 2016 * 5-6th — The International 2016 The International 2016 (TI6) was the sixth iteration of The International, an annual '' Dota 2'' esports championship tournament. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, the tournament began in June 2016 with the qualifier phase and ... * 1st — The Bucharest Minor References {{Reflist 2004 establishments in China Dota teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aui 2000
Kurtis Ling, better known as Aui_2000, is a Canadian professional ''Dota 2'' player and coach for Tundra Esports. Kurtis was a member of the Evil Geniuses team that won The International 2015 and coach of the Tundra Esports team that won The International 2022. Personal life Kurtis attended the University of British Columbia before dropping out to play ''Dota 2'' professionally full-time. His parents were initially skeptical of his career choice but eventually accepted it as he won more tournaments. History EG acquired Ling from Cloud9 in January 2015. On August 14 Aui_2000 was kicked off of the team just days after winning TI5. Artour "Arteezy" Babaev replaced him on the roster. His sudden dismissal after winning the ''Dota 2'' championships sparked some outrage from the community, and forced team captain Peter "ppd" Dager to write a blog detailing the reasons behind Aui_2000's removal from the team. Shortly after being kicked from EG, Ling formed his own team, Digital Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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