Tal Aizik (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: טל אייזיק), better known as Fly, is an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i professional ''

Dota 2 ''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.'' ''Dota 2' ...

'' player for

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', ''Fortni ...

. He is a former co-founder of the

esports Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although orga ...

team OG. Aizik won four Dota Major Championships with team OG.

Career

Coming from iLx along with

N0tail Johan Sundstein (born 8 October 1993), better known as N0tail, is a Danish professional ''Dota 2'' player for OG. As a member of OG, he has played in four iterations of The International, winning in 2018 and 2019, and has also won four Major ch ...

and NoVa, Aizik took over the drafter role in

Fnatic Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...

HoN squad. Being one of the longest serving members of Fnatic HoN squad, he switched with the team to

. Fly and n0tail left fnatic in August 2014. Tal played the offlane role for

Team Secret Team Secret is an esports team based in Europe formed in 2014, best known for their ''Dota 2'' team. In March 2016, Team Secret picked up an international female '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team. In April 2016, Team Secret expanded into ...

, joining them along with BigDaddy. Tal and n0tail were separated at the end of 2014, when Aizik left Secret. They were re-united after

The International 2015 The International 2015 (TI5) was the fifth edition of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports championship tournament, which took place at the KeyArena in Seattle. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament began in May with ...

in order to create a new team. He founded OG on October 31, 2015. Soon after their renaming to OG, they won the

Frankfurt Major The Frankfurt Major, also known as the Fall Major, was a ''Dota 2'' tournament which took place from November 13–21, 2015. The tournament took place at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the first of three Valve sponsored majo ...

tournament in November 2015, winning around US$1 million in prize money. Despite a 7th-place finish at the

Shanghai Major The Shanghai Major was a '' Dota 2'' tournament that took place in Shanghai from March 2–6, 2016, and was the second Major of the 2015-2016 professional '' Dota 2'' season. 16 teams competed in the tournament; eight were given direct invitations ...

in March 2016, OG won the

Manila Major The Manila Major, also known as the Spring Major, was a professional '' Dota 2'' esport tournament that took place in Manila, Philippines. The main event was held at the Mall of Asia Arena from June 7–12, 2016. Participating teams ;Direct invi ...

in June 2016, becoming the first team to repeat as champions of a Valve-sponsored ''Dota 2'' tournament. OG also won the lesser ESL One Frankfurt 2016 tournament. OG entered

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 ...

as one of the favorites, but finished 9-12th out of 16 teams. On August 24, 2016, founding members MoonMeander, Miracle- Al-Barkawi, and Cr1t- Nielsen left the team, but Fly remained. On August 31, 2016, s4, JerAx, and ana joined the team. He is the son of the

Krav Maga Krav Maga ( ; , ; ) is an Israeli martial art. Developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), it is derived from a combination of techniques used in aikido, judo, karate, boxing, and wrestling. It is known for its focus on real-world situation ...

instructor Moni Aizik. Tal has done instructor courses and has an active interest in Krav Maga himself. He says that if he were not a professional ''Dota 2'' player, he would be a Krav Maga teacher. In May 2018, he left OG to join Evil Geniuses, along with s4.
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