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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 ''Dota 2'' season. 16 teams competed in the tournament; eight were given direct invitations and the other eight qualified through various qualifying tournament around the world. The Major was won by Team Secret, who defeated Team Liquid in a best of five series 3–1. The tournament took place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Participating teams ;Direct invitation *Evil Geniuses * OG *Team Secret *Alliance *Virtus.Pro *EHOME *CDEC Gaming *ViCi Gaming ;Regional qualifiers *LGD Gaming (China) *Newbee (China) *Team Archon (Americas) * compLexity Gaming (Americas) *Team Liquid (Europe) *Team Spirit (Europe) * MVP Phoenix (Southeast Asia) *Fnatic (Southeast Asia) Results ''(Note: Prizes are in USD)'' Controversy The Shanghai Major was plagued from the start with technical difficulties and both the production company and host, James "2GD" Hard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Strike 2
''Counter-Strike 2'' is a 2023 free-to-play Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter video game, game developed and published by Valve Corporation, Valve. It is the fifth entry in the ''Counter-Strike'' series, developed as an updated version of the previous entry, ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (2012). The game was announced on March 22, 2023, and was released on September 27, 2023, for Windows and Linux, replacing ''Global Offensive'' on Steam (service), Steam. Like its predecessor, the game pits two teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, against each other in various objective-based game modes; additional game modes that stray away from this setup are also included. ''Counter-Strike 2'' features major technical improvements over ''Global Offensive'', including a move from the Source (game engine), Source game engine to Source 2, improved video game graphics, graphics, and a new "sub-tick" server architecture. In addition, many List of competitive Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance (esports)
Alliance is a professional gaming and esports organization based in Sweden that was formed in April 2013. In December 2016, the organisation announced that it had become player-owned after parting with its parent organisation, GoodGame agency which was owned by Amazon through its subsidiary Twitch. The ''Dota 2'' team won The International 2013, then the largest single prize money payout in esports history. The ''League of Legends'' team is one of the five teams that won a season of European League of Legends Championship Series with Fnatic, G2 Esports, Mad Lions and Rogue. History The organization was founded in April 2013, picking up the Dota 2 team No Tidehunter as well as StarCraft II player Naniwa. The organization expanded into ''League of Legends'' in December 2013, which competed in European League of Legends Championship Series. They entered ''Super Smash Bros.'' in November 2014 with the signing of Armada, a Fox and Peach player. Alliance left ''StarCraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reddit
Reddit ( ) is an American Proprietary software, proprietary social news news aggregator, aggregation and Internet forum, forum Social media, social media platform. Registered users (commonly referred to as "redditors") submit content to the site such as links, text posts, images, and videos, which are then voted up or down ("upvoted" or "downvoted") by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "subreddits". Submissions with more upvotes appear towards the top of their subreddit and, if they receive enough upvotes, ultimately on the site's front page. Reddit administrators moderate the communities. Moderation is also conducted by community-specific moderators, who are unpaid volunteers. It is operated by Reddit, Inc., based in San Francisco. As of February 2025, Reddit is the List of most-visited websites, ninth-most-visited website in the world. According to data provided by Similarweb, 51.75% of the website traffic comes from the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabe Newell
Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation. Newell was born in Colorado and grew up in Davis, California. He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft, where he helped create the first versions of the Windows operating system. In 1996, he and Mike Harrington left Microsoft to found Valve and fund the development of their first game, ''Half-Life'' (1998). Harrington sold his stake in Valve to Newell and left in 2000. Newell led the development of Valve's digital distribution service, Steam, which launched in 2003 and controlled most of the market for downloaded PC games by 2011. As of 2021, Newell owned at least one quarter of Valve. He has been estimated as one of the wealthiest people in the United States and the wealthiest person in the video games industry, with a net wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vici Gaming
Vici Gaming (VG) were a Chinese professional esports organization based in Shanghai. It had teams competing in ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', '' StarCraft II'', '' WarCraft III'', ''FIFA'', '' Hearthstone'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and '' Honor of Kings''. Vici Gaming's ''Dota 2'' team had been a top contender in numerous tournaments, most notably as runners-up of The International 2014. Vici Gaming officially exited esports as a whole after their '' Honor of Kings'' team, which competed in the franchised King Pro League, the top division of Chinese ''Honor of Kings'' esports, was sold to JD Gaming on 3 June 2024. ''Dota 2'' History 2012 Vici Gaming was founded on 21 September 2012 with the help of "Fengdidi", who previously played in PanDarea Gaming under the name PanPan, handpicking skilled players that were highly ranked on the Chinese DotA ladder at the time. The players had no previous professional experience at the time with the exception of sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fnatic (Dota 2)
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylised as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organisation headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded on 23 July 2004, it has players from around the world competing in several games. Fnatic's ''League of Legends'' team competes in the League of Legends EMEA Championship, ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) and is one of the most successful organisations in the league. The team won the first League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship in 2011, and it held the record for most LEC titles from 2011 to 2020. Fnatic's ''Counter-Strike'' team, which has traditionally been located in Sweden, won the first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, ''CS:GO'' Major in Dreamhack Winter 2013, 2013 and two more between 2013 and 2015. After a series of poor results dating back to the start of 2021, Fnatic made a move towards an international roster for the first time since 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MVP Phoenix
MVP is a professional esports organization in South Korea with teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Honor of Kings'', ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', and ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds''. It formerly had players competing in ''Dota 2'', ''Heroes of the Storm'', and ''StarCraft II''. MVP's ''League of Legends'' team formerly competed in the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), the highest level of professional ''League of Legends'' in South Korea, before being relegated in late 2018 to the secondary league, Challengers Korea (CK). ''Dota 2'' MVP previously had four ''Dota 2'' teams: MVP Phoenix, MVP HOT6ix, MVP Aegis, and MVP Revolution. MVP Phoenix was the primary ''Dota'' team and the last to disband when it did so on January 9, 2017. Tournament results * 7–8th — The International 2015 * 5–6th — MLG World Finals 2015 * 4th — Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1 * 4th — Shanghai Major 2016 * 1st — Dota Pit League Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Spirit (esports)
Team Spirit is an international esports organization based in Belgrade. Founded in 2015, the organization currently has teams competing in ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Dota 2'', ''Hearthstone'', '' Pubg Mobile'' and '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang''. Their ''Dota 2'' squad won two iterations of The International (2021 and 2023), the former event in which the organisation received the largest single prize money payout in esports history at $18 million. In 2022, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the organization relocated from Moscow to Belgrade, Serbia. Divisions ''Chess'' In April 2025, the organization signed Grandmaster's Daniil Dubov and Vladislav Artemiev, who will represent Team Spirit during the Champions Chess Tour 2025 and 2025 Esports World Cup. ''Counter-Strike 2'' In February 2024, Team Spirit defeated FaZe Clan 3–0 in the grand finals of IEM Katowice 2024, giving them direct qualification for the year's IEM Cologne, Blast Premier World Final and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newbee
Newbee ( zh, s=新兵电子竞技俱乐部) is a Chinese esports organization, which has a ''Dota 2'' division and formerly ones in ''League of Legends'' and ''Hearthstone''. Newbee won The International 2014, taking $5 million in prize money, setting a Guinness World Record for the greatest prize money in an esports competition at the time. In February 2021, Newbee received a permanent ban from participating in official Dota 2 championshipAs of 2023 there have been no active divisions. ''Dota 2'' History Newbee was founded by Zhang "Xiao8" Ning and is sponsored by billionaire Wang "Niuwa" Yue. It emerged in early 2014 during the Chinese reshuffle. Originally dubbed "Dream Team 2", the rumors started after captain Zhang "xiao8" Ning made a post on his QQ micro-blogging page, saying "New start in 2014 after 3 years in LGD", forever Dream 5." The rumors later placed Zhang "Mu" Pan, Zeng "Faith" Hongda, Chen "Hao" Zhihao and Wong "ChuaN" Hock Chuan in the team together with ... [...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 was notably in a partnership with PSG Esports, and is known for making it to the grand finals of The International 2018 and The International 2021. The partnership expired in September 2023. Its ''League of Legends'' team competes in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in China. LGD are also members of the Esports World Cup Foundation Club Support Program, funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which gives teams monetary rewards for painting the Esports World Cup tournament series in a positive light and driving engagement to the tournament, which is seen to some as a sportswashing tool that Saudi Arabia is using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ViCi Gaming
Vici Gaming (VG) were a Chinese professional esports organization based in Shanghai. It had teams competing in ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', '' StarCraft II'', '' WarCraft III'', ''FIFA'', '' Hearthstone'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and '' Honor of Kings''. Vici Gaming's ''Dota 2'' team had been a top contender in numerous tournaments, most notably as runners-up of The International 2014. Vici Gaming officially exited esports as a whole after their '' Honor of Kings'' team, which competed in the franchised King Pro League, the top division of Chinese ''Honor of Kings'' esports, was sold to JD Gaming on 3 June 2024. ''Dota 2'' History 2012 Vici Gaming was founded on 21 September 2012 with the help of "Fengdidi", who previously played in PanDarea Gaming under the name PanPan, handpicking skilled players that were highly ranked on the Chinese DotA ladder at the time. The players had no previous professional experience at the time with the exception of sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
