I’m back!! Well, not like I really left, but I’ll be back to posting on Dotaland now. onGamers was fun while it lasted but my time with them has come to a close. Thanks goes to all those with whom I worked over there.
From now on, whatever I post will be here on Dotaland.net again, so stay tuned. Chances are I will be taking things easy for a bit, but the plan is to keep doing whatever it is I do here in the long run.
Starting this month, I’ll be moving over to onGamers to work on Dota 2 coverage with them. The content I’ll be doing will be largely the same, though I may well have more resources and support, which means there might be cool new stuff coming as well in the future.
From my first step posting random stuff during TI2, to somehow being invited to TI3, to these past few weeks, it’s been a long trip. Dotaland has been a one-man project from the start to now. I’ve posted some 330 articles or so in roughly a year and a half, 348 tweets, and interacted with countless of you online and at events. I’ve had great feedback, unbelievable amounts of support, and some really great experiences along the way. To any of you that ever shared my stuff on reddit or elsewhere — thanks! I don’t like posting my own stuff because it feels like cheating somehow. Of course, my sincere thanks also goes out to those that have helped me, given me suggestions, or even just chatted with me along the way — you all know who you are, or I hope you do. If you’ve helped me in some way, just know that I truly appreciate it.
I’ll be keeping Dotaland.net up for the foreseeable future for archiving purposes, so people can still access and read up on past happenings, events, and so on. And I may yet find a new or different use for this place down the line…
If you want to continue following what I do, follow the Dotaland Twitter, where I’ll continue posting updates and whatnot regarding Chinese Dota. You’ll find me over at onGamers under ‘AutumnWindz’, and my profile icon will be the same as the icon for Dotaland (the red and green thingy). As always, you can also PM me on reddit for probably the fastest response.
My first contribution to onGamers is this interview with 820; check it out. I look to keep moving with onGamers, and I hope to see you there!
Just a short post to say that Dotaland (ie, me – AutumnWindz) will be at MLG. Translatin’ and stuff. Should be a lot of fun! If you’re gonna be there, say hi!
Be sure to check out MLG Columbus and its 100k USD and growing prizepool starting Thursday at majorleaguegaming.com.
This interview was conducted in a mix of English and Chinese, apparently. Replays.Net posted the Chinese version. Short-ish interview in which kyxy talks about TI3, the Aegis incident, what he’ll do with his prize money, etc…
Replays.Net: Hello, kyxy, welcome to this interview with RN.
Titan.kyxy: Hello everyone
RN: Why don’t you start off by sharing with everyone the origins of your nickname!
kyxy: Ky is my name — Kang Yang, and xy was my ID in Dota 1. I combined them together for Dota 2.
RN: How long have you played Dota 2? How did you get into the professional scene?
kyxy: I’ve played for nearly three years. I had gone with MUFC to compete in TI1, but we lost. I got in by playing lots of local events in Malaysia.
RN: We all know that at TI3, Orange achieved an admirable third place finish, yet still ended up disbanding, to the surprise of many. What do you think the main reasons behind this were?
kyxy: Mushi had already decided prior to TI3 that he would be moving to China after the tournament ended. The remaining four of us still remained as a team, and after TI3, Titan invited us to join. Their conditions were superior to those of Orange’s, so we went.
RN: Chinese media have been reporting that Titan’s salaries are twice that of Orange’s, can you confirm?
kyxk: Sorry, this is not something we can disclose.
RN: Your performances at TI3 were outstanding. But that one incident denying the Aegis had everyone wondering “what if”, can you talk a bit about that moment?
kyxy: Ugh, I was moving to get closer to Roshan so I could tank as Windrunner, then I saw that Roshan was almost dead, so I used A-click in order to avoid accidentally taking the Aegis myself, and just like that, the Aegis went byebye. Ever since then, no matter what the situation has been, I no longer use attack move.
RN: This must’ve been a huge hit for you? How did you deal with it?kyxy: A huge hit, I could only think, even though top 3 is a great result already, we could’ve made it to top 2 if there hadn’t been such a mistake.
RN: Did your teammates blame you?
kyxy: My teammates did not blame me. They felt that we win together, and we lose together, so no one blamed me. But I still felt terrible inside, making an error that shouldn’t have happened.
RN: Then let’s talk about some less heavy things. What do you plan on doing with your prize money from TI3?
kyxy: I will give a portion of it to my mom, then keep some to spend myself, and save the rest away. Because I don’t really know how to use all that money, so I’ll just put it in the bank and save it.
RN: Housing is very expensive in China, what about in Malaysia? Any plans to use the money to buy a place?
kyxy: It’s also very expensive in Malaysia. I don’t even know the details but all I know is that housing in Malaysia is quite pricey as well.
RN: How will your roles be allocated with your new team, Titan?
kyxy: We’re still in the building process. I should still be playing the 2 role. Because we have three people who all used to play support, so we might have Ohaiyo take on the 1 position, and then move someone to the 3.
RN: Have you begun official practices?
kyxy: We need to wait until we move into the new team house next month before we can officially begin.
RN: How many times have you visited China, what left you the deepest impression?
kyxy: The deepest impression still has to be us playing against iG, and I caught five in my ult as Magnus!
RN: 6.79 should be coming soon, what changes are you looking forward to the most?
kyxy: Timbersaw’s ultimate should have its cooldown increased a bit!
RN: Last word for your Chinese fans?
kyxy: Thank you for the interview, and shoutout to our sponsor Titan Gaming. More importantly, thank you to my fans in China, I promise that I will never make that Aegis mistake again ^_^. 😛 haha
Source: http://dota2.replays.net/news/page/20130925/1853827.html
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Bit of an agglomerated recap here, spanning a few weeks. Anyway, lots of interesting stuff. Interviews, a progression of Perfect World announcements and moves, a faithful Dota fan, the upcoming Chinese beta, and so on. Check it all out below!
Apr 10
G-1 Interviews Roundup: YYF, Sylar, iceiceice, and more!
Lots of fun G-1 interviews with all your favorite players~
Apr 12
Perfect World 1M RMB tournament
Early in the month, we heard more about PW’s tournament, as well as the upcoming beta…
Apr 16
Recently, one dedicated fan of Dota made the pilgrimmage to a center of Buddhist spiritualism, Tibet, and brought Dota 2 along with him to find blessings for the upcoming launch of Dota 2 servers in China.
Apr 17
KingJ joins TongFu, replacing yAobAi
Only having joined ForLove recently, KingJ makes another move, this time to TongFu.
Apr 18
Perfect World and AMD announce partnership / xiao8’s round 2 on TV
This piece covers PW and AMD’s new strategic partnership, and updates on xiao8’s adventures on TV dating shows…
Apr 19
Chinese server beta coming April 28
We finally get a date for the Chinese Dota 2 server beta!
Apr 20
Perfect World’s Dota 2 league coming in May
And we also get a (rough) date for PW’s announced Dota 2 league!
Apr 23
Interview with Perfect World CEO
PW CEO Robert Hong Xiao talks some business talk, and some insightful talk…
Yep. No surprise there. With pictures!
This week featured an interesting question and answer session with iG.ChuaN and iG CEO Efeng, very candid and insightful. The people at Perfect World remain active with a release day drawing ever nearer, VG and ZSMJ make changes, April Fools happened with a ‘rumor’ on Mushi, and G-1 marches on with half a dozen more fun little interviews. Check it all out inside!
Mar 27
iG.ChuaN and iG CEO Efeng question and answer session
iG held an event on t.qq (similar to Twitter) where anyone could ask questions and they would answer. Good questions, good answers. Quite a bit of good stuff here, check it out.
Mar 28
Chinese Dota 2 server test to come April 15?
Rumors are placing the impending Perfect World Dota 2 launch ever closer…
VG makes internal changes: ZSMJ to join VG first team, Cty to move to solo mid position
As the title says, ZSMJ has been moved into the VG first team, previous VG first team carry Cty moves to the solo mid position.
Mar 29
Official Chinese Dota 2 portal site ramping up with events
Wondering what our Chinese Dota friends have been up to? How their community has been growing and evolving? Here’s a snippet…
Apr 1
Mushi searching for a Chinese team
April Fools! But still, it remains an interesting thought exercise to think about where he might go if Mushi were indeed to move to China…
Apr 2
G-1 interviews roundup: Mushi, Faith, RSnake and LGD managers, and more!
Lots of interviews for G-1… check ’em all out at the G-1 portal. Previews and direct links at Dotaland!
G-1 Champions League Season 5 is in full swing and phase three is just about to kick off, led off by a Phase 3 preview on the G-1 portal. On top of that, check out all sorts of interviews with players from many different participating G-1 teams. Additionally, this week saw debate on esports in the mainstream in China, with a very well-written newspaper article summing up many useful points — worth a read. All this and more, below!
Mar 21
For.Love adds two veteran players shortly before their G-1 debut. Results were not ideal, but understandable. The roster looks promising on paper, surely For.Love will be back stronger!
G-1 interviews: For.Love.KingJ, RSnake.LaNm
New For.Love member KingJ talks about his reappearance on the scene, LaNm shares his thoughts on his new team and G-1.
Mar 22
VG’s carry player CTY talks about what it’s like to now be in the same club as ZSMJ, and more, in this G-1 interview.
Perfect World’s Dota team making moves
A short update on what Perfect World are up to, and the status of Dota 2’s launch in China.
Mar 24
G-1 interviews: RSnake.Icy, TongFu.Mu
Icy shares insights on Gyro, thoughts for G-1, Mu gives thoughtful answers
Mar 25
Chinese Esports National Team incoming? …And related debates of esports in the mainstream
In this article that first appeared in a Chinese newspaper, we touch on mainstream understanding and acceptance of esports in China, along with hints that government organizations are looking to support esports in a major way in the future.
Mar 26
G-1 Phase 3 preview; interview with Chains.Johnny
Looking at the 8 teams that have made it this far, their strengths and weaknesses, and what to watch for. Also, a link to an interview with Chains’ Johnny.
Big news this week was TongFu making roster changes, with LGD.cn involved to a lesser degree. Worth a read is the G-League reflection piece by Felix, and worth a watch is the Gamefy bit on ZSMJ. Happily, things haven’t cooled down since G-League ended, with G-1 Champions League Season 5 kicking off with its qualification stages, so we’re set for more Chinese Dota action to come!
Mar 13
YYF interviewed live on talk show Live On Three
I’ll be honest, this didn’t live up to expectations. Sure, it was nice, and sure, it was new, but some of the questions were awkward, others were shallow, while yet other questions were mistranslated entirely. Still, it was cool for what it was, so yeah.
Mar 14
LongDD and Veronica leave TongFu, replaced by banana and yAobAi. LongDD in turn goes to LGD.cn, where he is trying out to replace DD, who is on leave for health reasons.
Gamefy visits ZSMJ and VG; fan-made Dota documentary coming
In this snippet of Gamefy’s daily gaming roundup show, they visit ZSMJ at his new digs in the VG team house and talk to him about his choice. Later on, Gamefy covers an upcoming fan-made documentary on Dota in China. Worth a few minutes to watch!
Mar 16
This is a post G-League finals writeup by 17173’s Felix, partially in response to an earlier fan piece criticizing many aspects of the production and execution of the G-League finals earlier this month. Some good insight in here.
Mar 17
G-1 Champions League Season 5 phase one elimination report
Wrapup and summary of early matches in the G-1 Season 5 qualification process. G-1 League is ramping up!
The Chinese New Year holidays over, G-League finally saw its Grand Finals, and those finals witnessed iG taking a well-deserved victory. In other news, ZSMJ seems to have found a new home with VG, 17173 brings a new show based on finding new talent, and Perfect World partners up with Gamefy to bring a million-yuan Dota2 league to China. Last but not least, LanM shares with us an extremely insightful view into his life as a pro-gamer. All this and more, as the Dota scene in China picks up steam anew after their big holiday!
Feb 28
PLT/LanM’s deeply personal writing documenting his time in the pro scene, and how it has affected his life, his dreams, and more. Profound reading, definitely a bit sad, but provides a level of insight into the scene that is rarely available. Translated on Dotaland in three parts. (Oh, and yes, I know technically it’s “LaNm”, but this is what I’ve stylized it as for a while, so whatever. :P)
17173 introduces new weekly show focused on finding new talent
Every Friday evening, 17173 will have an episode of their new show, which focuses on giving newcomers — teams and players alike — a platform to learn, develop, and make a name for themselves in the hopes of joining the pro scene.
Mar 1
Instead of having a team entirely his own, sponsored by someone related to LGD, as was rumored before, ZSMJ has joined VG instead. As of yet, his team’s roster has not been confirmed, although it is hinted that Chisbug will no longer be with him, while some of his other previously confirmed teammates will likely stay. This marks a second official Dota2 squad for VG.
Mar 6
RisingStars replaces PrettyHaw with xiaotuji
Xiaotuji, formerly of Noah’s Ark, joins RisingStars, replacing PrettyHaw.
Gamefy G-League preview and predictions
Their preview favored iG heavily, and it all proved to be correct, as iG swept to a 3-1 victory. Nonetheless, the writeup has some good analysis of the various positions and roles between the teams, with head to head comparisons and predictions. Worth a read even after the finals have ended.
Mar 8
Perfect World and Gamefy announce partnership
Said partnership will bring about a 1 million RMB Dota2 league in China, about the equivalent of 160k USD. Big money and ambitious undertones from Dota2’s official Chinese publisher, and now it looks like with the addition of Gamefy, one of China’s longest standing esports media organizations has joined the effort. Dota2 definitely on the upswing for 2013!
Mar 9
iG takes G-League Season 2 over LGD.int
By a score of 3-1, almost exactly as predicted, iG stormed to what most people viewed as an inevitable victory. LGD.int put up a good fight in games 3 and 4, but ultimately their early 2-0 deficit was too much to overcome. Well-deserved win, with a dominant overall performance by iG in this G-League.
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