Tag Archives: weekly recap

Dotaland recaps: Apr 4 — Apr 24, 2013

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

One fan brings Dota to Tibet…

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…

iG first invite to TI3

Yep. No surprise there. With pictures!

Dotaland weekly recap: Mar 21 — Mar 27, 2013

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 KingJ and Zippo

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

G-1 interview: VG.CTY

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.

 

Dotaland weekly recap: Mar 14 — Mar 20, 2013

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

TongFu makes changes

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

“G-League through my eyes”

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!

 

Dotaland (bi)weekly recap: Feb 28 — Mar 13, 2013

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

Chronicles of LanM: parts 4-5

Chronicles of LanM: parts 6-9

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

ZSMJ joining VG

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.