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NewBee
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Location  China
Founded 2014
Sponsors Wang "Niuwa" Yue
Divisions Dota 2
Hearthstone
League of Legends

NewBee is an esports club based in China. The organization has Dota 2 and Hearthstone squads. NewBee won The International 2014, taking $5,028,308 in prize money, which set a Guinness World Records title for greatest prize money in a video game competition.[1][2][3]

History

Dota 2

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NewBee after winning The International 2014

NewBee was founded by Zhang "Xiao8" Ning and is sponsored by billionaire Wang "Niuwa" Yue. It emerged in early 2014 during the Chinese reshuffle. Originally dubbed "Dream Team 2", the rumors started after captain Zhang "xiao8" Ning made a post on his QQ micro-blogging page, saying "New start in 2014 after 3 years in LGD", forever Dream 5."[4] The rumors later placed Zhang "Mu" Pan, Zeng "Faith" Hongda, Chen "Hao" Zhihao and Wong "ChuaN" Hock Chuan in the team together with xiao8.[5] However, at last, on the 23rd of February 2014, ACE Dota organization announced dubbed team "Newbee" consisted of xiao8, Mu, Hao, Zhou "KingJ" Yang and Gong "ZSMJ" Jian.[6] Then Wang "Banana" Jiao transferred to the team, replacing ZSMJ and Wang "SanSheng" Zhaohui joins the team, replacing KingJ. Tong "mikasa" Junjie became the coach of this team and former Noah's Ark player Li "Li" Peng was the teams leader.

After that, the NewBee's Dota 2 team won the MarsTV Dota 2 League without losing one game in May 2014[7] and placed in third in WPC League 2014 in June 2014.[8] After these, NewBee won a direct invite to The International 2014.

The International 2014

In July, NewBee became the champion of The International 2014. After finishing 7-8 in the group stages, the team had to play a 3-way tiebreaker with Mousesports and LGD Gaming where the 3rd place team would be eliminated. NewBee finished 2-0 in the tiebreaker, and Mousesports went home. Qualifying for the 3rd phase, the team won a spot in the winner's bracket of the main event after defeating Titan 2-1, former TI champions Natus Vincere 2-0, then former TI champs Invictus Gaming 2-1. In the main event, NewBee defeated Vici Gaming 2-1 and Evil Geniuses 2-0 and earned a spot in the grand finals. Vici Gaming ended up winning the loser's bracket, setting up a rematch in the finals. In the grand finals, Vici won Game 1, but then NewBee won the next three, therefore winning the tournament and the $5,000,000+ prize money.

After The International

After winning the tournament, captain Xiao8 announced his retirement. NewBee acquires Wang "Rabbit" Zhang from LGD to take xiao8's place. After this change, NewBee won National Electronic Sports Open 2014, World Cyber Arena 2014,[9] ECL 2014 Autumn and E-Sports World Championship 2014.[10][11]"In March 2015, Hao left NewBee to join Vici Gaming. He was replaced by Lin "June" Shiyang.

Hearthstone

In August 2014, NewBee founded the Hearthstone squads consisted of four players.[12] In December 2014, the Hearthstone squad of NewBee became the third place in Netease E-sports League Autumn 2014 Premier League.[13]

League of Legends

On May 15, 2015, Newbee acquired the roster of League of Legends team Positive Energy.[14] After qualifying for the League of Legends Secondary Pro League Summer Playoffs,[15] they finished 4th in the playoffs,[16] earning a spot in the Promotion playoffs. In the first round of the Promotion playoffs, however, Newbee would lose to Team WE 3-0, failing to achieve promotion to the LPL.

Current squad

Current Dota 2 squad

Player position Pseudonym Real name Place of birth Date of birth Date joined
Carry Hao Chen Zhihao 2015-08-28
Midlane Mu Zhang Pan 2014-02-23
Offlane kpii Damien Chok 2016-03-25
Support Kaka Hu Liangzhi 2016-03-25
Support ChuaN Wong Hock Chuan 2016-03-25

Former players

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NewBee at The International 2014, with Xiao8 in the foreground.
Pseudonym Real name Place of birth Date of birth Join Date Leave date
Xiao8 Zhang Ning Shaoyang, Hunan 1989-12-14 2014-02-23 2014-07-29
Hao Chen Zhihao Longmen, Guangdong 1991-07-28 2014-02-23 2015-03-10
ZSMJ Gong Jian Yiyang, Hunan 1990-1-11 2014-02-23 2014-03-09
KingJ Zhou Yang Shanghai 1988-11-13 2014-02-23 2014-04-25

Current Hearthstone squad

Pseudonym Real name
wayne Wu Wei
God Slayer Shen Yang

Current League of Legends squad

Player position Pseudonym Real name Place of birth Date of birth Date joined
AD Carry Candy Tang Xin 2015-05-20
Midlane Luo Yin Peng
Top destroyer Ding Li 2015-05-15
Jungle Arms Li Yi-jie 2015-05-15
Support Gan1e Yang Wei-hao 2015-05-15
AD Carry LL Wang Zi-Jun 2015-05-15
Midlane SoftRR Zhong Geng-Xuan 2015-05-15
Top Khan Kim Dong-ha 2015-05-15
Top Limit Ju Min-Gyu 2015-05-15
Top xr Sun Yan
Jungle Captain57 Sun Yu-Ze
Jungle Moon Kim Min-Su 2015-05-15
Support YuZhe Zhang Zhe 2015-05-15

References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Xiao8 leaving LGD to join dream team?
  5. ↑ Candidates for Chinese Dream Team
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ MarsTV Dota 2 League
  8. ↑ WPC League 2014
  9. ↑ World Cyber Arena 2014 (Dota 2), Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  10. ↑ 6th E-Sports World Championship player
  11. ↑ 6th E-Sports World Championship result, Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Netease E-sports League Autumn 2014 Premier League, Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ Weibo post announcing the acquisition, Retrieved August 7, 2015
  15. ↑ 2015 LSPL Summer Season results, Retrieved August 7, 2015
  16. ↑ 2015 LSPL Summer Playoffs results, Retrieved August 7, 2015

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by The International winner
2014		 Succeeded by
Evil Geniuses
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