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2018-06-19 04:16:50
Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao
EE-Sama: He likes anime, and since he treats Chinese fans nicely, they gave him the honorary postfix –Sama. Comrade EE: See also: 3154. In game 2 of the Epicenter 2016 Semi-Finals, Newbee’s Kaka accidentally typed 3154 at all chat, the timing of EE’s aegis expiry. Secret then took a fight at 31 minutes and 30 seconds at Newbee’s high ground, resulting in 4 deaths for Secret and eventually, a comeback happened for Newbee and they won. Kaka may think he is smart in encrypting his message, but Chinese fans are incredible codebreakers! Due to his Chinese origins, EE is said to be a Chinese spy all along and Kaka all-chatting “3154” was actually a code telling Comrade EE that “at 31 minutes, send 5 men to our high ground and leave 4 dead.” 3154 is now the Chinese equivalent of 322 as a result. Artist E: A Chinese pun. Artist in Chinese is read as “Yi Shu Jia”, EE is known in China as “E Shu Jia” for obvious reasons. His unorthodox builds such as Pipe Slark and very confusing plays that somehow works 50% of the time is said to be a form of art.
Clement "Puppey" Ivanov
Boxer: The Chinese equivalent of “PUPPEY SMASH”, both originated from Puppey’s Monitor smashing incident and his threats to teammates like “FIGHT ME”.
Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi
Brother Miracle: In Chinese the word “Brother” in this case refers to an elder brother that you respect and look up to. And does anyone not look up to Miracle? Chess Master: This is a Chinese pun, they call Miracle- 奇迹哥, pronounced "Qi Ji Ge', literally meaning Brother Miracle, which then became 棋技哥, pronounced the same way, literally meaning Brother Chess Tactician. Soft Shelled Miracle: A derogatory pun on Miracle’s Chinese name, no particular origin, just a way for Miracle haters to insult him really.
Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai
Pastor: 牧师, a direct way of reading Mushi in Chinese, which translates to Pastor. Chess Master: Like Miracle, but in this case it’s slightly ironic. Fnatic’s TI6 Lower Bracket run that eliminated most of Chinese Dota’s threats and finishing 4th led to Chinese fans thinking that Mushi is playing 4D Underwater Chess to help China secure TI6. Politician Chai: Chai is Mushi’s Chinese surname. After being rejected for scrims by Newbee before TI4, Mushi exposed the incident online, leading to Newbee being labelled as racists by foreigners. By fighting within the country and destroying an opponent’s reputation internationally, he is compared to a politician.
Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang
Little Cousin: iceiceice has already made a name for himself in pubs in Dota 1. Opponents would say “Well if it isn’t the famous icex3! I graciously accept defeat.” But ice3 would always reply that “oh, it was actually my little cousin that was playing just now.” The meme was cemented after he repeated the phrase after a loss in a pro game. Sima Bing: Sima is a famous surname is Chinese history for their role in shaping the nation. IceIceIce once interpreted a Newbee pause as a taunt, so he angrily typed in all chat “nimasile”, pinyin for “your mom has died.” From that day on, he was called Si Ma Bing, Si Ma being Chinese for dead mom, Bing is Chinese for Ice. Someone later connected the dots and gave the nickname the Sima surname. Prawn Bro: A fried prawn has solid legs, a raw prawn has soft legs. Soft legs is a way to call someone weak in Chinese, and it was used to describe Ice3’s lower bracket performances at TI.
Wong "ChuaN" Hock
Boat: Chuan is also the way to pronounce the word Boat in Chinese. Mom Trainer Boat: After a poor showing in 2013, fans demanded IG to train harder, perhaps rather offensively. So chuan replied: I’ll train with your mom. Malay Python: Well, he is a Malaysian. And his habit of flaming back towards the fans has earned his the nickname. Point to be noted: Visit the previous article for Part I of the feature that include the origin of nicknames for Chinese Dota 2 Pro Players. Source: uuu9