{"id":8207,"date":"2019-09-23T00:08:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T00:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8207"},"modified":"2020-10-05T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T02:04:10","slug":"pyw-joins-vici-gaming-dota-2-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/pyw-joins-vici-gaming-dota-2-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyw replaces Fade on ViCi Gaming Dota 2 roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, September 21, ViCi Gaming announced their finalised roster for the 2019\/20 Dota Pro Circuit season and confirmed the signing of Xiong &#8220;Pyw&#8221; Jiahan.<\/p>\n<p>The former Team Serenity captain comes in as a replacement for Pan &#8220;Fade&#8221; Yi, who quit ViCi amid confusion and controversy last month.<\/p>\n<p>While considered one of the top talents in <a href=\"\/dota-2\/\" title=\"Dota 2 esports betting\">Dota 2 esports<\/a>, Pyw is yet to make his mark on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">VG Dota2 2019-2020 DPC Season Lineup:<\/p>\n<p>Eurus \u5f20\u6210\u4fca<br \/>Ori \u66fe\u7126\u9633<br \/>Yang \u5468\u6d77\u6d0b<br \/>Pyw \u718a\u5bb6\u6657<br \/>Dy \u4e01\u806a<br \/>rOtK \u767d\u5e06 (coach)<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R8Bz1sBuI5\">https:\/\/t.co\/R8Bz1sBuI5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VGFighting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VGFighting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19kpq5Mvt9\">pic.twitter.com\/19kpq5Mvt9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VICI Gaming (@VICI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VICI\/status\/1175408460453863424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>His best finish at <a href=\"\/dota-2\/the-international\/\" title=\"The International esports betting\">The International<\/a> is a ninth-12th result achieved in 2018, but he is hoping to improve on that with his new team.<\/p>\n<p>ViCi are still waiting for their first TI crown, having come close in 2014 when they lost to Newbee in the grand finals.<\/p>\n<p>They entered TI9 among the favourites after winning DreamLeague S11 and the EPICENTER Major, but their campaign was thrown into chaos by the rumours surrounding one of their star players.<\/p>\n<p>Fade was supposedly approached by Royal Never Give Up during the tournament, which sparked outrage among ViCi fans.<\/p>\n<p>While those allegations turned out to be false, the stress of the situation forced the man in the middle to quit ViCi and retire from Dota 2 esports.<\/p>\n<p>Newbee manager Jack Chen said Fade&#8217;s morale and spirit took a severe hit, making him rethink his future as pro Dota 2 player.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">before leaving the hotel, fade\u2019s spirits were obviously really low. He kept talking about how hard it was to keep do this, how that joy and hope he started with as a player seemed so distant, asked if it\u2019s like this for foreign players too, why everything seems so complicated<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Chen (@KBBQDotA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KBBQDotA\/status\/1166308212347260928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Despite that, Fade regained his confidence soon after leaving ViCi and announced he would continue his pro career with Team Aster.<\/p>\n<p>The first qualifiers for the 2019\/20 DPC season are scheduled to kick off on Monday, September 30.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" title=\"Dota 2 esports news\">MORE DOTA 2 NEWS<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, September 21, ViCi Gaming announced their finalised roster for the 2019\/20 Dota Pro Circuit season, which includes a new addition in the former Team Serenity captain, Xiong &#8220;Pyw&#8221; Jiahan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,17,4,433,787],"class_list":["post-8207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cn","tag-dota-2","tag-featured","tag-vici-gaming","tag-xiong-pyw-jiahan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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