Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights

Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights

Zou “820” Yitian, is a retired Chinese professional Defense of the Ancients player famed for playing in EHOME from 2008 to 2011.

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Gaming career [ edit ]

GL [ edit ]

820 joined GL in November 2006, already having cons >[2] However, an arrogant 820 pa >[3]

CaNt [ edit ]

In 2008, 820 began his professional career with a full sponsorship in Shanghai’s local clan CaNt as captain, [4] while his former teammates Snoy and dclxjdc went to EHOME. During the 6 months stay with CaNt, he garnered the team a CIG first place.

EHOME [ edit ]

2008 [ edit ]

After ACG 2008, 2009 and LongDD left EHOME, making space for 820 join EHOME. [5] Due to adaptation to its players playstyles, EHOME lost their opening match at MGC 2008 to LongDD’s CaNt and were eliminated by Fnatic in the Loser’s bracket. [6] EHOME participated in SMM 2008 and earned the championship and officially started an era of Chinese DotA domination. [7] After the glory of SMM and their achievements, EHOME returned to China and began a merciless wipeout of all the Chinese top teams they faced in the following month or two, winning several titles including WGT and GOA 2.

2009 [ edit ]

In March 2009, EHOME’s roster change cost them at the G-League and continued their poor form in ACG. However, after an initial slump, EHOME participated in the offline finals of the Chinese World Cyber Games, and their near-perfect performance at WCG easily clinched them the gold. [8] 820 was struck with a high fever, but insisted participating in the EOG to their victorious end. However, a fatal strategical mistake cost them the 2009 SMM. [9]

2010 [ edit ]

Another roster change ensued in early 2010, with DGC and GK leaving the team [10] . Both players were replaced by CityHunter’s Burning and FTD’s KingJ [11] . Due to the nature of these players, 820 switched to the support role. With Burning and KingJ, the team won the Unicom cup [12] . EHOME managed to get a slot in the Chinese Electronic Sports World Cup qualifiers, where they surprised everyone by triumphing over the seemingly unbeatable LGD, earning themselves a ticket to the offline finals hosted in Paris. [13] At France, EHOME won all of their games with ease, delivering the biggest tournament stomp of the year. [14] [15] [16] [17] 820 gained notoriety due to his supportive play and “lightning” reflexes. After ESWC, EHOME won Intel Extreme Masters [18] and the National eSports Open [19] , cementing their status as the best team in the world. They went to the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup as favorites, but surprisingly lost against Nirvana. Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights MY in the finals [20] [21] . EHOME recovered by earning gold medals in both the Road of the King tournament [22] and TopGamer DotA event [23] . In the World DotA Championship (WDC) 2010, Ukrainian team DTS defeated them using an unconventional strategy, relying heavily on fast pushes and ganks [24] . This loss ultimately lead to EHOME’s departure from WDC in the group stages on the basis of a time-rule, even though they won the rest of their matches in group-stage. At SMM EHOME managed to comeback after a slow start, and eventually ended up defeating LGD in the tournament finals [25] . 820 would later refer to SMM as a hard event where they had “Lady Luck on their s >[26] . EHOME had one of the most dominating years in the DotA scene, winning seven championships including two of the three major LAN’s(those being ESWC, WDC and SMM) and a second placing the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup.

2011 [ edit ]

After an initial win in WGT 2011, [27] EHOME suffered from a roster change [28] due to DK’s ruthless poaching. [29] They subsequently slumped in tournaments after an initial second placing in DMT. [30] A revival was expected after a surprising second place in StarsWars 6, [31] but they changed it’s roster again, replacing LongDD with Crystal. Following that, Valve announced “The International”, the first Dota 2 competition, and EHOME got invited to the event. [32] EHOME had a very strong run at The International reaching the loser’s brackets finals, beating teams such as MeetYourMakers and Scythe, before eventually losing to Natus Vincere in the Grand Finals. [33] Shortly after The International, 820 announced his retirement from DotA. [34]

Managerial career [ edit ]

WE [ edit ]

Shortly after his retirement, 820 was appointed as a manager for WE. [35]

Trivia [ edit ]

In DotA 6.73, IceFrog added 820 as one of Vengeful Spirit’s fun names.

Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights

Zou “820” Yitian, is a retired Chinese professional Defense of the Ancients player famed for playing in EHOME from 2008 to 2011.

Contents

Gaming career [ edit ]

GL [ edit ]

820 joined GL in November 2006, already having cons >[2] However, an arrogant 820 pa >[3]

CaNt [ edit ]

In 2008, 820 began his professional career with a full sponsorship in Shanghai’s local clan CaNt as captain, [4] while his former teammates Snoy and dclxjdc went to EHOME. During the 6 months stay with CaNt, he garnered the team a CIG first place.

EHOME [ edit ]

2008 [ edit ]

After ACG 2008, 2009 and LongDD left EHOME, making space for 820 join EHOME. [5] Due to adaptation to its players playstyles, EHOME lost their opening match at MGC 2008 to LongDD’s CaNt and were eliminated by Fnatic in the Loser’s bracket. [6] EHOME participated in SMM 2008 and earned the championship and officially started an era of Chinese DotA domination. [7] After the glory of SMM and their achievements, EHOME returned to China and began a merciless wipeout of all the Chinese top teams they faced in the following month or two, winning several titles including WGT and GOA 2.

2009 [ edit ]

In March 2009, EHOME’s roster change cost them at the G-League and continued their poor form in ACG. However, after an initial slump, EHOME participated in the offline finals of the Chinese World Cyber Games, and their near-perfect performance at WCG easily clinched them the gold. [8] 820 was struck with a high fever, but insisted participating in the EOG to their victorious end. However, a fatal strategical mistake cost them the 2009 SMM. [9]

2010 [ edit ]

Another roster change ensued in early 2010, with DGC and GK leaving the team [10] . Both players were replaced by CityHunter’s Burning and FTD’s KingJ [11] . Due to the nature of these players, 820 switched to the support role. With Burning and KingJ, the team won the Unicom cup [12] . EHOME managed to get a slot in the Chinese Electronic Sports World Cup qualifiers, where they surprised everyone by triumphing over the seemingly unbeatable LGD, earning themselves a ticket to the offline finals hosted in Paris. [13] At France, EHOME won all of their games with ease, delivering the biggest tournament stomp of the year. [14] [15] [16] [17] 820 gained notoriety due to his supportive play and “lightning” reflexes. After ESWC, EHOME won Intel Extreme Masters [18] and the National eSports Open [19] , cementing their status as the best team in the world. They went to the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup as favorites, but surprisingly lost against Nirvana. Dota 2 820 highlights and lowlights MY in the finals [20] [21] . EHOME recovered by earning gold medals in both the Road of the King tournament [22] and TopGamer DotA event [23] . In the World DotA Championship (WDC) 2010, Ukrainian team DTS defeated them using an unconventional strategy, relying heavily on fast pushes and ganks [24] . This loss ultimately lead to EHOME’s departure from WDC in the group stages on the basis of a time-rule, even though they won the rest of their matches in group-stage. At SMM EHOME managed to comeback after a slow start, and eventually ended up defeating LGD in the tournament finals [25] . 820 would later refer to SMM as a hard event where they had “Lady Luck on their s >[26] . EHOME had one of the most dominating years in the DotA scene, winning seven championships including two of the three major LAN’s(those being ESWC, WDC and SMM) and a second placing the Electronic Sports Thailand Cup.

2011 [ edit ]

After an initial win in WGT 2011, [27] EHOME suffered from a roster change [28] due to DK’s ruthless poaching. [29] They subsequently slumped in tournaments after an initial second placing in DMT. [30] A revival was expected after a surprising second place in StarsWars 6, [31] but they changed it’s roster again, replacing LongDD with Crystal. Following that, Valve announced “The International”, the first Dota 2 competition, and EHOME got invited to the event. [32] EHOME had a very strong run at The International reaching the loser’s brackets finals, beating teams such as MeetYourMakers and Scythe, before eventually losing to Natus Vincere in the Grand Finals. [33] Shortly after The International, 820 announced his retirement from DotA. [34]

Managerial career [ edit ]

WE [ edit ]

Shortly after his retirement, 820 was appointed as a manager for WE. [35]

Trivia [ edit ]

In DotA 6.73, IceFrog added 820 as one of Vengeful Spirit’s fun names.