Teams
Vici Gaming was formed on the 21st of October, 2012 with the help of “Fengdidi”, who also had previously played in PanDarea Gaming under the name “PanPan”, handpicking highly 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 sydm who had played under the banner of TyLoo. Notably, their mid lane player “Cty” had shown promise by winning a 1v1 tournament organized by 2009, in which he beat famous players like Ferrari_430,Sylar, Hao, and other top Chinese players shortly before getting recruited.
The team qualified for the 2012 G-League Season 2 by beating Noah's Ark in the preliminaries.
On January 28th, Vici signed Greedy, captained by the famous YaphetS as their online/backup squad. The rest of the team consisted of xiaotuji,Maybe, nL_Ks, and CaptainGiveMeBall. They were focused on the original DotA, although they have since expanded to Dota 2.
On March 1st, Vici signed ZSMJ, who built a Dota 2 squad. It was believed that ZSMJ brought some of his teammates from his project with Chisbug with him to Vici Gaming, of which one is definitely Sgua_Li. In the following weeks, Vici Gaming made some roster adjustments, dropping some players in private while sending out a public notice for interested players to contact them.
On March 28th, It was announced that carry player ZSMJ replaced mid player sydm and that former carry Cty picked up the mid role.
In June 2013, following elimination from the The International 2013 qualifiers and a disappointing finish outside playoff places in DSL, Vici Gaming announced the departure of team executive, PandaPanPan, and team manager, Nada. Their replacement was mikasa, who occasionally played as a substitute for VG.
In December 2013, Vici Gaming traveled to Poland to compete in the Raidcall EMS Fall LAN finals, joining the ranks of teams like Alliance, Naviand DK who were pioneers in east-west tournament participation. Following this, the team also traveled to the Kingston HyperX Dota 2 League offline finals in Las Vegas in 2014. Vici would go on to take first place at EMS One Fall, but would subsequently fall from the top of Dota 2 due to a lack of direction and poor player performances. Despite placing at many events Vici would not achieve another title in the TI3 to TI4 season.
At the end of April 2014 Vici Gaming was awarded a direct invite to The International 4, where they would go on to place first in the group stage and second overall.
In August 2014, the team is formed.
In December 2014, Simbaaa was removed from the squad. MiSeRy was added to the squad, previously playing as standin for Secret Team.
Evil Geniuses acquired a Defense of the Ancients roster on April 12, 2008, with the eMg DotA team.
This team stormed onto the American scene, going undefeated in CEVO-Professional Season 1 to take the gold, and only losing twice in Season 2 on their road to repeat. One loss was to team Pokerstars, with former EG players mO- and Fanat1c, but EG got the last laugh and won the championship. They had continued success in their first international tournament – Farm 4 Fame. In the debut tournament, Team EG beat The Elder Gods (TEG) in the championship in a clean sweep, 3-0. To get there, they had to beat notable teams such as Kingsurf.International and Ravens.
After a period of inactivity, EG was reformed with some familiar faces. They brought back former EG players Remstar and Hit0mi, and mO- and Fanat1c rejoined the team. As much as the new team tried, they could not keep up with the previous team’s success, though they still had very respectable finishes. They came in 3rd in IDEC End of Time, behind Ks.Int and Ravens who they beat in F4F. They also came in 3rd in ESL Major Series Season 4, losing to the eventual winners, Ravens, and getting knocked out by diamondZ (dmZ). EG saw its North American DotA squad depart on December 3, 2009, following two months of minimal practice and insufficient exposure.
EG saw the return of two former DotA players, Clinton "Fear" Loomis and Jimmy "DeMoN" Ho, with the acquisition of their first Dota 2 squad.
In September 2012, Bulba and Universe both departed from the team. Jeyo (formerly of Complexity Gaming) and bdiz were picked up as replacements.
In May 2013, SexyBamboe joined the team, and Maelk stepped down from the main squad to become the coach.
In September 2013, SexyBamboe was released from the team. Later that month, EG released Bdiz and DeMoN and picked up Universe, MSS, and Fogged.
In February 2014, EG announced their new roster (formerly known as S A D B O Y S), which consisted of Fear, Arteezy, Universe, Zai, and ppd. They also announced the addition of Monolith as a manager.
In May 2014, Fear was replaced by common stand-in player, Mason "mason" Venne. Mason played with EG at his first lan with them at The Summit. Fear remained with the organization as a coach for the team.
In July 2014, after The International 2014, mason was released from the team. Later that month, it was announced that Fear would be rejoining the team.
Alliance entered the Dota 2 scene in April 2013 by picking up Swedish team No Tidehunter (consisting of s4,AdmiralBulldog, Akke, EGM, and Loda).
In September 2014, EGM left the team to join Team Tinker. s4 followed shortly afterwards to join Secret Team.
In January 2015, EGM rejoined the team with Mynuts and Pajkatt. At the same time, AdmiralBulldog decided to take a break from competitive Dota. Later that month, deciding that EGM should go back to the support role, Mynuts left the team and was replaced with Niqua.
In March, 7ckngMad joins the roster as the new captain.
In April, Niqua leaves the team.
In May, AdmiralBulldog rejoins the active roster.
Cloud9 entered the Dota 2 scene in February 2014 by picking up the former Speed Gaming squad (consisting of pieliedie, bOne7, SingSing, EternaLEnVy, and Aui_2000).
In August 2014, SingSing left the team. He was replaced by FATA.
In August 2011, Invictus Gaming was formed by Wang Sicong, the son of the 11th richest Chinese man, Wang Jianlin, aiming to reassemble electronic sports in China. In the next few days, CCM was purchased by iG for a fee of $6,000,000. iG.Z participated in The International 2011. xiao8 and ddc left iG.Z after The International 2011 and were replaced by Awoke and Faith, in the first ever official transfer in Chinese e-sports.
iG acquired their second DotA team in a controversial manner, in which they signed 4 players from LGD. Sharingan transferred from PanDa after a controversial blocking of Lanm's transfer by EHOME.
In November 2011, iG decided to merge 2 teams into 1 and drop 5 players.
In August 2012, iG won The International 2012, defeating reigning champions Natus Vincere 3-1 in the Grand Final.
In September 2013, Zhou was traded to TongFu in exchange for Hao. Later that month, Banana also joined the team, and ChuaN was removed.
In February 2014, iG announced a six-man roster. Hao left the team for NewBee, while Luo and ChuaN joined.
In March 2014, Banana was transferred to NewBee.
In July 2014, after The International 2014, YYF announced his retirement from Dota 2.
In January 2015, chisbug leaves the team.
In February, BurNIng joins the team.
In December 2011, Team Empire switched their HoN team to Dota 2. After the initial disappointing performances, blowyourbrain joined from DTS Gaming, but the team continued to underperform. With the disbandment of DTS Gaming as half of their players joined Darer Entertainment, ALWAYSWANNAFLY and Jackal joined Team Empire, which finally improved the team's performance. Team Empire participated in the offline finals of SLTV StarSeries Season Two, claiming 5th place.
In September 2012, after the dissolution of the Darer Entertainment and Moscow Five Dota 2 teams, Goblak and Funn1k from Darer Entertainmentand Silent from Moscow Five joined the team, replacing ALWAYSWANNAFLY, Jackal, and j4.
In February 2013, Funn1k departed from the team to join Natus Vincere. In March 2013, Vigoss was recruited as the new fifth player.
In April 2013, Goblak and Silent left the team. Later that month, Empire added twiSta, Mitch, and LighTofHeaveN, and Vigoss was asked to step down from the main squad. After failing to qualify for The International 2013, twiSta and Mitch left the team.
In August 2013, the team lost LighTofHeaveN to Virtus Pro, but recruited Silent from Quantic Gaming and VANSKOR from RoX.KIS.
In September 2013, blowyourbrain left the team. Later that month, Empire announced Mag and ALWAYSWANNAFLY as their fourth and fifth players.
In November 2013, Scandal left the team, and Resolut1on took his place.
After The International 2014, VANSKOR left the team to join Natus Vincere and was replaced by Solo.
In October 2014, Mag left the team and was replaced with yoky.
In December, Solo left the team. At the end of the month, ALOHADANCE replaces him.
LGD started off sponsoring 2009's team For The Dream in 2010, who had won SMM the previous year. Boasting one of the best carries in the world, ZSMJ and other solid and strong players, LGD started the year 2010 well. However, a disappointing loss to EHOME ensured that they won't be able to participate in 2010's ESWC. Due to internal problems, LGD continued to slump despite still being a top team. The retirement of 2009 was a big blow, and although LGD still managed to place at the top, notably the 2nd place finish in 2010's SMM, they were not as strong as before.
In 2011, during the Great Chinese Reshuffle, Sharingan left for DK and was replaced by Malaysian star ChuaN, in which they started performing well, winning StarsWars 6 and G-League Season 1.
LGD was invited to The International 2011, however, Invictus Gaming made a move which took away 4 of LGD's players, rending LGD unable to participate in Valve's Dota 2 tournament. LGD has since reformed with a whole new roster surrounding ZSMJ, but continued to under-perform. ZSMJ's retirement eventually came and Sylar was the replacement. LGD has since performed well, topping their group in G-League season 3. However, they were eliminated from SMM 2011 after losing surprisingly to Mineski PowerColor twice, and only achieved 6th place.
LGD was invited to The International 2012, which took place at Seattle in August. LGD had an extremely strong showing, going 14-0 in the group stage and remaining undefeated until the winner's bracket final. However, they were defeated by Natus Vincere and Invictus Gaming, finishing in 3rd and taking home $150,000.
In October 2012, LGD picked up an international squad, made up of 1437, God, Pajkatt, MiSeRy, and Brax.
In April 2013, dd was replaced by LongDD.
In May 2013, LongDD left the team, and dd came back to replace him. This roster change cost the team their invite to The International 2013, and they were forced to participate in the qualifiers instead.
In July 2013, LGD picked up an all-female squad.
After The International 2013, God left LGD's international squad for Virtus Pro.
In September 2013, Sylar was traded to Rising Stars in exchange for Xiaotuji. Later that month, the new LGD.int roster was revealed: Pajkatt, MiSeRy, and Brax stayed on the team, and Black^ and xFreedom were added to the team to replace God and 1437. xFreedom will be playing with the team temporarily while they search for a 5th member.
In February 2014, xiao8 left the team. He was replaced by Maybe.
In March 2014, 820 decided to join the team as a coach. Later that month, Icy joined the team, taking Maybe's spot. Maybe remained on the team as a 6th player.
In April 2014, Lin joined the main roster. Later than month, LGD announced the formation of a new team, LGD.CDEC, with Maybe as captain.
In August 2014, dd announced his retirement. Later that month, Yao, Lin and DDC leave the team and are replaced by Faith, MMY, Sylar, inflame and injuly.
In October 2014, LGD.CDEC left LGD to become CDEC Gaming.
- 2014-10: Team formed consisting of kYxY, Net, Ohaiyo and XtiNcT from Titan eSports and Mushi from Team DK.
- 2014-11: XtiNcT left the team. Mushi leaves the team soon after. Team is assumed disbanded.
- 2015-03: Team is reformed after its former players were dropped by from EHOME's Malaysia squad.
In August 2014, HellRaisers picks up Relax, you're doing fine as their Dota 2 team.
In September, ALOHADANCE leaves the team.
In October, dubas leaves the team. yoky leaves the team shortly afterwards. At the end of the month, Hellraisers picks up Kompas.gaming, but replaces PSM with Dread.
In October 2010, the creation of a DotA squad was announced, which included the best Ukrainian players. Na`Vi simultaneously declared their intentions to announce a squad for StarCraft 2. Initially the team included five players, but in December 2010, Mag~ and Deff- left the team. The empty slots on the team were filled by Ukrainian players from DTS.Chatrix - Danylo "Dendi" Ishutin and Ivan "Artstyle" Antonov, who became the captain of this new squad.
In August 2011, Na`Vi.DotA was invited to the first Dota 2 tournament at GamesCom, Cologne, Germany. The event named "The International" featured 16 invited top teams from all over the world with impressive amount of prize money - $1,600,000. Na`Vi.DotA was the ultimate winner, beating Chinese team EHOME with 3 to 1 score in the final and grabbing a whopping amount of $1,000,000.
On October, 13th, 2011, Artstyle left the team. The captain position was taken up by Puppey, and ARS-ART took the fifth slot on the roster.
Na'Vi attempted to defend their crown at The International 2012, where they placed 2nd, losing to Invictus Gaming 3-1 in the Grand Finals.
In February 2013, Funn1k from Team Empire joined the team, replacing ARS-ART. KuroKy from Mousesports also joined the team, while LighTofHeaveN went inactive.
In April 2013, after his contract expired, LighTofHeaveN officially left for Team Empire.
In June 2013, Na'Vi picked up an all-female squad.
In June 2014, Na'Vi picked up the North American Rejects team, forming their new Dota 2 squad, Na'Vi.US.
In August 2014, KuroKy and Puppey left Na'Vi. Shortly after, Na'Vi announced that Fng and VANSKOR were replacing them, with Fng being the new captain.
In October, Goblak joined the team as the new captain.
In November, Fng left the team.
In December, Na'Vi.US disbanded due to internal conflicts. In February 2015, Funn1k left the team.
EHOME E-sports club was formed in March 2004. In 2007, EHOME's DotA division was formed as they took HTML under their tag. EHOME was first known internationally in 2008 during the Asian Championship Games in Singapore, winning the championship with a star-studded roster comprising of legends 2009, Snoy, LongDD, GK, and DC.
However, 2009 soon went inactive due to his studies and conflict with the management; LongDD departed shortly after. LongDD then joined CaNt, initiating a swap of players between the two teams. 820 and 357 were picked up from CaNt to fill the two empty spots on EHOME's roster.
Despite finally establishing a stable lineup, EHOME wasn't able to replicate their results. Constant disappointments led to DC's departure and Snoy's retirement. Subsequently, two players were signed, namely Dai and Ronaldo, who were relatively unknown at the time. However, both were well-known as players from another Chinese MOBA, and high expectations were placed onto them in DotA. Despite these new additions, EHOME continued to perform badly, and Ronaldo was soon out. At the same time, 7L disbanded and their support DGC joined EHOME.
Just as EHOME was starting to show improvement, DGC, who was criticized for being disjointed with the team, left. In addition, their captain GK, who was the last remaining member from 2008, decided to retire as well.
KingJ and BurNIng, two of the biggest names in DotA at the time, eventually found their way into EHOME. They were heavily criticized as LGD, led by former member 2009, was performing extremely well. With ESWC Qualifiers coming up, EHOME decided to make a change; most notably, their captain and longtime carry 820 was switched to support. Being an underdog to qualify for the ESWC, EHOME surprisingly showed solid team play, defeating PIS's Shadow Fiend in a game against CityHunter with a comeback. Afterwards, they faced the highly favored LGD, pulling off a surprise win to qualify for ESWC.
At ESWC in Paris, EHOME showed an invincible aura, crushing any teams in their way as they went undefeated and won the ESWC. After ESWC, EHOME won several other competitions. During ESTC, EHOME reached the finals, but was unable to defeat Nirvana.my as Mushi's Puck took the limelight. They were then favored to win the first edition of the World DotA Championship. However, they were surprised by DTS in the group stage, with Artstyle choosing a push strategy to counter them. Despite winning the rest of their group stage games, EHOME missed out on qualifying for the next round due to time ratings, and this became one of the biggest upsets of the year. SMM 2010 was announced soon after. EHOME came out with a slow start, losing to Nirvana.cn in the group stage, but recovered in the second day, winning all their matches en route to becoming the champions. For the rest of 2010, the team consistently showed the same dominant form as they did at ESWC. EHOME completed their streak of 10 championships in a calendar year by winning 2011's World Gamemaster Tournament.
Just as EHOME was at its peak, the Great Chinese Reshuffle happened. Two of EHOME's core players, BurNIng and KingJ, switched over to DK. Despite EHOME calling up new pubstar PLT and ex-player LongDD, they were unable to recover from their loss, initially earning second place in DMT before getting eliminated in the early rounds of subsequent tournaments. During StarsWars 6, EHOME came back with a respectable performance to reach the finals, but was defeated horribly at the hands of LGD.
LongDD was replaced by Crystal (aka FCB) in preparation for The International. Odds were low for them at event, with most fans anticipating an early exit. However, EHOME shocked the DotA world with a stellar performance. They won most of their games in spectacular fashion and reached the finals, eventually losing 3-1 to Na`Vi to claim silver and a $250,000 share of the prize purse.
At the conclusion of the tournament, 820 retired and FCB left the team; their replacements, Fabregas (ARS) and Perfect Cat (PCT), failed to meet early expectations. Despite a second place finish at Electronic Sports World Cup 2011, EHOME only managed third at WCG Asian Championships 2011 where they were highly expected to win. The performances led to the disbandment of EHOME's DotA division, and EHOME had to forfeit all their matches in The Defense.
The EHOME DotA team was reestablished in early 2012 with acquisitions of 357, KingJ, and Dai from Canis Lupus Campestris. They later welcomed back LaNm (formerly PLT) and PCT to finish the lineup. The newly formed EHOME retained 3 of the 5 players from the team that took 2nd place at The International, complementing them with an experienced veteran in KingJ, who was a member during the dominant run of 2010. To round out the five, they picked up an up-and-coming player in PCT. This roster enjoyed success in the first half of the year, winning JoinDOTA Masters VII in convincing fashion. The team participated the 2012 International, tying for 5th place.
In September 2012, PCT left the team.
In January 2015, The EHOME was reborn, comprised of the old LV Gaming squad after winning HyperX D2L Season 5.
In March, after a disappointing performance at DAC 2015, the team splits into two teams, one Chinese the other Malaysian. By the end of the month, EHOME drops their Malaysian squad.
Virtus Pro's DotA divison was once considered the best in the world, which included Vigoss, ARS-ART, NS, LighTofHeaveN, Jolie, and M.Admiration at different points of time. They are most notable for winning MYM Prime Defending three times in a row.
Virtus Pro announced their entrance to the Dota 2 scene with the recruitment of Russian veteran NS and longtime German star KuroKy. They also later added on Santa, Azen and finally Dread as captain. However, before the qualifier matches for The International 2012, Dread and Azen were removed from the team and KuroKy later left of his own accord.
In September 2012, Virtus Pro picked up KSi, Crazy, and Illidan to fill out the empty slots in their roster. They also picked up an all-female team.
In March 2013, Santa left the team. Later that month, ARS-ART was announced as a replacement.
In August 2013, KSi, Crazy, and Illidan were removed from the team, presumably due to a poor performance at The International 2013. Later that month, Virtus Pro added LighTofHeaveN, Goblak, and God.[9][10] ARS-ART also left the team and was replaced by Resolut1on.
In October 2013, Solo joined the team for a short period of time. He was removed from the roster in November 2013.
In November 2013, NS retired from competitive Dota, and long-term stand-in blowyourbrain was removed. Illidan and JOTM from Russian team Poseidon were brought on as stand-ins.
In December 2013, LighTofHeaveN left the team, and Illidan was promoted to a full-time member.
In January 2014, NS decided to come out of retirement and rejoined the team.
In August 2014, ARS-ART and Illidan leave Virtus.Pro. Later that month, NS leaves the team and yol, Bzz, and Sedoy join.
In September, Virtus.Pro pick up NVMI as VP.Polar.
In January 2015, Virtus.pro Polar changes their name to ASUS.Polar.
In March, DkPhobos and Mag~ leave ASUS.Polar. Later that month, Virtus.pro drops it's classic roster.
In April, DkPhobos and God joined the team while Sedoy joined as a reserve player. Later that month, the Polar squad was rebranded as Virtus.pro's main squad.
NewBee was formed in February 2014. Termed the "Chinese Dream Team," it consisted of xiao8, Mu, Hao, KingJ, andZSMJ.
In March 2014, Banana was transferred to the team, replacing ZSMJ.
In April 2014, SanSheng joined the team.
In July 2014, NewBee won The International 2014, defeating Vici Gaming in the finals. Shortly after, xiao8 announced that he was retiring from Dota 2.
In August 2014, Newbee acquired Rabbit from LGD Gaming.
In March 2015, Hao leaves the team to join Vici Gaming. Shortly afterward, June joins the team, taking Rabbit's role as offlaner while Rabbit takes Hao's old position as carry.
The team is formed in August 2013.
In March 2014, zxc leaves the team.
In April, Scandal joins the roster.
In June, Scandal leaves the team.
In October, Moon leaves the team and is replaced with Shachlo. Later that month, SoNNeikO joins the team.
In December, Ditya-Ra completes the roster.
In February 2015, Shachlo leaves the team.
In March, SoNNeikO leaves the team.
In October 2014, the team leaves LGD.CDEC to create their own team.
In January 2015, 333 leaves the team.
In March, Maybe leaves the team to join LGD Gaming.
In June, pYung becomes the coach for the team and is replaced with ninjaboogie.
MVP HOT6ix is formed in September 2013, picking up the former Team Ashu.
MVP Phoenix is created in November. Shortly afterwards, DeMoN joins the team.
In December, DeMoN leaves the team to join Team Liquid.
In February 2015, MVP management decides to transfer players in order to make two better teams. Jubei, Roddgeee,SunBhei and Warnutz are replaced with Forev, Heen, MP and Baton on HOT6ix while Febby and kphoenii are transferred to Phoenix.
In March of 2014, Heart Get Together introduced their new name HyperGloryTeam in addition to their new roster.
Originally, it was thought that the team had only been created to participate in i-League , however, the team has since signed up for more tournaments.
- 2014-08-20: EGM was brought on to stand in for Excalibur. His addition seems to be permanent, as Excalibur has not played with the team since.
- 2015-01-08: EGM and Pajkatt left the team to join The Alliance. Later that month, they are replaced with JerAx and AdmiralBulldog.
- 2015-02: AdmiralBulldog and SingSing leave the team to be replaced with PatSoul and Waytosexy.[3]
- 2015-03: PatSoul leaves the team to return to Void Boys. Later that day, it is revealed that JerAx is leaving the team to join MVP HOT6ix. Sometime early in the month, pieliedie joined the team as the new team captain. Later that month, Black^ join the team.
- 2015-05-08: Team Tinker is signed by mousesports.
In January 2015, NiP picks up the old LAJONS squad.
In October 2014, the team is created consisting of Sharfik, The_apathy, Unstopp, Shkeeper and CaptainLove.
In November, Vega releases their team and signs BUHLO-UroPb, consisting of Noone-, Stalianer, 9pashaebashu, CemaTheSlayeR and ArsZeeqqas a replacement team.
In December, Stalianer leaves the team and is replaced with Undersh0ck.
In February 2015, Undersh0ck leaves the team to be replaced with TpoH.
In March, TpoH leaves the team.
In November 2014 The squad drops from their sponsor, Aftershock Gaming, and begins playing as Basically Unknown.
DK was set up in 2010 with a roster including Chinese rising stars rOtk, Yueru and LaNm, participating in WDC and SMM that year, they did not achieve much results. DK started the great Chinese reshuffle in 2011 when they offered cash to BurNIng and KingJ of EHOME, while obtainingNirvana's PIS and LGD's Sharingan later on. Undoubtedly the "Galacticos" of the DotA scene, DK failed to live up to expectations. Ksssssss, the only remaining member of the original team, was replaced by the returning rOtk from Tyloo later on. Continuous sub-par performances led to PIS' retirement, KingJ's transfer to Nirvana and Sharingan's move to PanDa. DK's captain, BurNIng, immediately called upon old teammate and friendLongDD alongside Zippo and Yueru. DK had suddenly become a strong team after these replacements. First winning the ACG Chinese qualifier, DK continued to roll on winning 7 tournaments to date including the highly touted World DotA Championship and G-League's Season 2. However, they only achieved a top 8 finish in SMM 2011 after getting knocked out by LGD.
In March 2012, DK began playing Dota 2. They were the first team to announce their invitation to The International 2012.
In August 2013, rOtk and Super! were removed from the team. Soon after, Dai and QQQ were also removed.
In September 2013, DK announced the pickup of LaNm, Mushi and iceiceice. Dai was also confirmed to be staying on the team.
In July 2014, after The International 2014, LaNm announced his retirement from Dota 2.
In August 2014, Burning announced his retirement. Shortly afterwards, iceiceice, Mushi and MMY left DK.
In September 2014, DK announces their new Dota 2 squad.
Moscow Five's DotA division was formed in May 2011 with ex-DTS players, sponsoring them to OSPL Spring 2011, which they won.
Moscow Five's DotA roster attended The International 2011 and ESWC 2011, achieving respectable results. However, the players of that roster controversially fell out with M5 and moved on to Darer Entertainment.
In March 2012, PGG returned to M5 with his squad The Retry. In September 2012, Moscow Five disbanded its Dota 2 team and picked up five new players: Nexus, STALIANER, Sedoy,BullsEye, and Dread.
In October 2012, after a poor performance at SLTV StarSeries Season Three, the team disbanded.
Moscow Five returned to Dota with new squad.
In February 2012, compLexity Gaming picked up Team FIRE.
In September 2012, Jeyo left for Evil Geniuses. The team disbanded soon after, with TC, FLUFFNSTUFF, and ixmike88 joining Team Liquid.
In August 2014, compLexity reveals their new Dota 2 squad.
In November, Bloody Nine leaves the team.
In January 2015, Moonmeander leaves the team.
In February, Limmp leaves to join Ninjas in Pyjamas.
In May, the team reveals their new roster for The International 2015 qualifiers.
paiN Gaming was created in July 2010, as a DotA team from a merger between GameWise (Dunnaz, r22, Elai) and the old CNB lineup (PAADA, KINGRD, Sune, GrentxD). This lineup achieved some impressive results.
In August 2011, paiN switched to Dota 2 with their Dota 1 lineup, consisting of PAADA, KINGRDviado, Sune, ChiNa, GrentxD and Markeka.
In May 2013, paiN dropped their Dota 2 team and picked up a new Argentinian squad, which consisted of ddx, Zurdo, Ektoplazm, Fullback, and Gengar.
In June 2013, paiN picked up Meenix Esports (with players CHINA, Fuzzy, GHIZI, Ned, Sono, and Zoio) as their new Brazilian team.
In February 2014, paiN added 3 new players to their roster: Rain, NotPudga and bplay.
In December 2013, eHug picks up former Pretty Boy Swag members RyuUboruZ, sleisel, Cak3z and ima_sheep(sux) as well as former Take Fiveplayer Pandaego. Later that month, sleisel leaves the team before their first match.
In February 2014, eHug announces that jigglebelly will be their fifth player.
In May, after failing to qualify for The International 2014, the team disbands.
In June 2014, Not Today picks up the old Revenge eSports roster consisting of Iwo, SmAsH, miHawk, Masoku and Mstco.
In January 2015, Iwo, miHawk and Masoku leave the team. They are replaced with Ifrit, VaNn and 2owlerz
In May 2014, Balkan Bears announces their Dota 2 squad.
In September 2014, the team is formed to replace Fnatic in SLTV Star Series Season 10.
TongFu was formed in the middle of 2011 led by former TyLoo player Kabu. However, their only achievement that year was placing 3rd in Wuhan Tiandi E-sports Cup.
In 2012, after several reformations, former EHOME player LaNm ended up in TongFu; Followed by 3 core players from the already disbanded PanDarea Gaming roster. However, a controversy was sparked as LaNm insisted on transferring to EHOME afterwards as the conflict was eventually solved through a transfer fee given from EHOME. Awoke was chosen as LaNm's replacement. TongFu managed to qualify for the The International 2012 through the East Qualifier.
In October 2012, Kabu departed from the team and was replaced by LongDD from DK. Awoke also left the team and was replaced by Chan (Veronica) from World Elite. In March 2013, Veronica and LongDD both left the team. They were replaced by Banana and Yaobai.
In April 2013, KingJ replaced Yaobai.
In September 2013, Hao was traded to Invictus Gaming in exchange for Zhou. Later that month, Banana left for Invictus Gaming and KingJ was traded to Rising Stars in exchange for XTT. ZSMJ also joined the team.
In October 2013, TongFu picked up Team Adidas, an amateur team participating in the ACE Dota 2 League. This squad was named TongFu.WanZhou. Later that month, they picked up a third squad, consisting of SYDM, LongDD, Kabu, YaphetS, and zExBinGo.
In December 2013, XTT was replaced by Kabu.
In February 2014, Zhou decided to retire from professional Dota.
After losing several players to NewBee, TongFu decided to focus on the amateur Dota scene.
Beginning with September 2014 TongFu announced the formation of the team TongFu.OB (Old Boys) which consists of retired veteran players who are now mostly playing the game for fun rather than competitive gaming. TongFu.WhanZhou is still intended to serve as the main squad.
In February 2015, the team announces a North American division.
In March, TongFu announced a new set of rosters.
- 2014-11-08: Team created after signing Greek team XtremeXPC International.
- 2011-07-29: Team created.
- 2015-02-12: XtiNcT joins.
- 2015-03-12: dabeliuteef joins.
- 2015-04-02: NaNa and FzFz leave. sLiCKz joins.
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