Sébastien Debs, better known as Ceb, is a French former 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 ...
'' player. He was a member of OG, the team that won the multi-million dollar
International 2018 and
2019
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tournaments, as well as the team's coach when they won four
Dota Major Championships
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.
Career
Sébastien Debs' professional ''Dota 2'' career started with Team Shakira in 2011. The team first gained notability after placing 4th in Dreamhack Winter 2011. He left the organisation and decided to join a rehash of Mortal Teamwork led by Troels "Synderen" Nielsen in 2012. His first The International tournament with the team ended up last in their group with a score of 3–11. Debs joined
Alliance
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in 2015, but the team posted mediocre results and failed to qualify for The International 2015. In May 2016, OG invited him to coach a new founded organization. They were dominant at the
Frankfurt
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,
Manila
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,
Boston
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and
Kiev Major
The Kiev Major was a professional ''Dota 2'' esport tournament that was held in April 2017 at the National Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. The tournament featured eight directly invited teams, as well as eight qualified teams from six different ...
s. Following Resolut1on's departure from the team in March 2018, he was a substitute player before officially filling the offlane position for the team at
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 p ...
, where he also changed his in-game handle from 7ckngMad to Ceb.
Along with the rest of OG, Debs became the first two-time winner of The International after the team's victory at
The International 2019
The International 2019 (TI9) was the ninth iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' world championship esports tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament followed a year-long series of awarding qualifying poin ...
. In January 2020, he announced he would be leaving the active roster in order to develop other players on the team before rejoining the active roster that July.
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Living people
Dota players
OG (esports) players
French esports players
20th-century French people
Dota coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)