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The original version, Defense of the Ancients, is a community-created Warcraft III custom map developed with the Warcraft III World Editor that was first released in 2003. [1] The franchise name, "Dota", is derived from the original map's acronym, DotA. [2] Dota 2, its standalone installment, was released as a free-to-play sequel in July 2013. [3]
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.
[11] [14] Other mapmakers produced Defense of the Ancients spinoffs that added new heroes, items, and features. Among the DotA variants created in the wake of Eul's map was DotA Allstars, originally created and developed by custom map makers Meian and Ragn0r, who took the most popular heroes and compiled them into one map. [11]
Dota 2: 2009–2017 SanSheng: Wang Zhaohui: China: Dota 2: 2008–2015 Banana: Wang Jiao: China: Newbee: Dota 2: 2009–2016 Aui 2000: Kurtis Ling: Canada: Dota 2: 2012–present ppd: Peter Dager: United States: Ninjas in Pyjamas: Dota 2: 2012–present Sumail: Sumail Hassan: Pakistan: Evil Geniuses: Dota 2: 2014–present Miracle-Amer al ...
Jesse Vainikka (born May 7, 1992), [1] better known as JerAx, is a retired Finnish professional Dota 2 player known for his playstyle with the hero Earth Spirit. He began his esports career in Heroes of Newerth before transitioning to Dota 2, where he had back-to-back victories at The International 2018 and The International 2019 with OG.
Artour Babaev (born July 1, 1996), better known as Arteezy, is an Uzbek-Canadian professional Dota 2 player for Shopify Rebellion. [5] He is also one of the most popular streamers among the community. [6] Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Babaev showed much promise as a child, reaching the highest matchmaking rating on the leaderboards in public ...
After a hard start to DotA, N0tail and his team Fnatic.EU won Thor Open LAN on 9 December 2012, beating No Tidehunter, now known as Alliance. [11] Since Fnatic.EU won the LAN, they mostly dominated the pro scene until The International 2013 , in which they placed 7–8th after losing to team Orange, which turned out to currently be the Fnatic ...
2× Dota Major champion (Boston, Kiev) Gustav Magnusson (born 1 April 1992), [ 1 ] better known as s4 , is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player. As a member of Alliance, s4 won The International 2013 .