Wings Gaming Explained

Wings Gaming
Short Name:Wings
City:Chongqing
Location:China
Founded:August 2014
Folded:April 2017
Sport Label:Divisions
Sport:Dota 2

Wings Gaming was a Chinese Dota 2 esports team based in Chongqing. They were best known for winning over US$9 million at The International 2016 (TI6), which was one of the most lucrative esports tournaments in history.[1] [2] Wings were founded in the aftermath of post-The International 2014 roster shuffles in China, with the TI6 winning roster being put together in August 2015.[3]

Wings were nominated in the best non-Olympic athlete category of the 2016 Chinese Top 10 Laureus Sport Awards, becoming the first esports team to be nominated.[4] They were also nominated as esports team of the year at The Game Awards 2016.[5] Just before the team played at the Kiev Major tournament in April 2017, all five of the playing members left the team, playing under the banner of Team Random at the event.[6] [7] Team Random disbanded following a bottom placed finish at the event, with most of the members taking a break from the professional scene.[8] [9] The team briefly reunited for an exhibition match at the Chongqing Major in 2019.[10]

Former roster

AliasName
shadowChu Zeyu
bLinkZhou Yang
Faith_bianZhang Ruida
y` (Captain)Zhang Yiping
iceiceLi Peng

Notable achievements

2015

2016

2017

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erzberger. Tyler. Teenage captain leads esports team to $9.1 million prize. ESPN. 14 August 2016 . 14 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Swatman. Rachel. Chinese Dota 2 gaming team wins largest prize for an eSports competition ever. guinnessworldrecords.com. 14 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Gies. Arthur. Here are the winners of Valve's $20+ million 2016 International Dota 2 Championships. Polygon. 13 August 2016 . 14 August 2016.
  4. Web site: Esanu. Andreea. Wings Gaming nominated in the 2016 China top 10 Laureus Sport Awards. Gosu Gamers. 13 November 2016.
  5. Web site: Sarkar . Samit . November 16, 2016 . Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2016 . . November 16, 2016.
  6. Web site: Report: Wings Gaming roster leaves organization. TSN. 19 April 2017 . 24 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. Who Are These 'New' Dota Teams At The Kiev Major?. Kotaku. 21 April 2017 . 24 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. Report: Reigning Champs Of Dota's International 6 Retire. Kotaku. May 2017 . 10 July 2017.
  9. Web site: Rose. Victoria. What happened to TI6 champions Wings Gaming?. The Flying Courier. 28 July 2017 . Polygon. 2 August 2017.
  10. Web site: Michael . Cale . Wings Gaming to reunite for a showmatch against Team Liquid . Dot Esports . 27 January 2019 . January 27, 2019.
  11. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. Previewing Group B of The International 6. ESPN. 3 August 2016 . 14 August 2016.
  12. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. Wings Gaming return to form at The Summit 5. ESPN. 18 July 2016 . 14 August 2016.
  13. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. The prelude to Boston: Breaking down The Summit 6. ESPN. 14 November 2016 . 15 November 2016.
  14. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. Wings' dominating win streak continues post-TI. ESPN. 14 November 2016 . 18 November 2016.
  15. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. EG clips Wings to advance to The Summit 6's top three. ESPN. 20 November 2016 . 21 November 2016.
  16. Web site: Van Allen. Eric. Evil Geniuses get redemption with sweep of Wings at Boston Major. ESPN. 8 December 2016 . 8 December 2016.
  17. Web site: Rose. Victoria. The action at ESL One Genting bodes well for Dota 2's new meta. PC Gamer. 9 January 2017 . 26 January 2017.
  18. Web site: Elliott. Travis. Dota 2 Asia Championships Main Event: Elimination bracket hogs action on Day 1. ESPN. April 2017 . 3 April 2017.

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