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xiao8
Xiao8
Background Information
Name:张宁
Romanized Name:Zhang Ning
Birthdate:1989-11-14 (age 34)
Country:China China
Team:PSG PSG.LGD
Role:Coach, Offlaner
Nickname(s):Director 8
Signature Heroes:Doom icon Nature's Prophet icon Beastmaster icon
Links
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History
Dota 2:
2011-08-02 — 2011-08-09
iG.Z
2011-08-09 — 2014-02-19
LGD.cn
2014-02-23 — 2014-07-29
2014-12-31 — 2015-03-08
2015-03-08 — 2016-09-17
LGD.cn
2016-09-17 — 2017-01-03
2017-01-10 — 2018-01-02
Newbee Boss
2018-01-02 — 2018-05-??
2018-05-25 — 2020-09-16
EHOME (Coach)
2020-09-16 — Present
PSG.LGD (Coach)

Zhang "xiao8" Ning is a Chinese professional Dota 2 player who is currently the coach of PSG PSG.LGD.

Biography[]

Xiao8 begun his professional career in September 2010 playing in Dream alongside Yao, DD, Li and SJQ.[1]

Dota 2[]

In early 2011 Xiao8 joined Catastrophic Cruel Memories along with Zhou, Ferrari 430 and ddc. After some success Xiao8 and his teammates moved to Invictus Gaming in a $6 million deal.[2] However the team failed to perform in The International 2011, and following a defeat to Tyloo at the World Cyber Games 2011 Xiao8 and ddc moved to LGD Gaming.[3] In LGD Gaming Xiao8 played the offlane prior to and during The International 2012, but afterwards played the solo mid role, up until his departure from the team.[4]

Xiao8 was then rumored to be part of a "Chinese Dream Team",[5] and it was later confirmed that he was acquired, along with Hao, by Newbee for approximately $100,000 USD,[6] joining KingJ, ZSMJ, and Mu. Xiao8 would start off in the support role, until ZSMJ and KingJ were replaced by Banana and Sansheng, delegating the offlane to Xiao8. This team would go on to win The International 2014, despite almost being eliminated in the group stages. On July 29th, Xiao8 announced his break from professional play on his Weibo.[7]

Trivia[]

  • He chose the name Xiao8 because Xiao1-7 were not available.[8]
  • Xiao8 married Chinese model Jie Zhao after meeting her on a Chinese game show,[9] after initially failing to woo any of the women on the show he re-appeared in a later episode and secured a date. The two officially announced their divorce after being separated for an extended period.[10]

Achievements[]

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With LGD Gaming

2016
Date Place Event Opponent Winnings
2016-08-10 A99th - 12th The International 2016 0 : 2  Digital Chaos Digital Chaos $311,557
2016-04-17 A33rd StarLadder i-League Invitational 1 : 2  Vici Gaming Reborn Vici Gaming Reborn $12,000
2015
2015-08-08 A33rd The International 2015 0 : 2  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses $2,211,554
2015-07-10 A11st G-League 2015 3 : 2  CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming $32,700
2015-07-05 A11st WCA 2015 - Chinese Pro Qualifiers 2 : 0  CDEC Gaming CDEC Gaming $48,358.24
2015-06-14 A33rd ECL 2015 Dota 2 Spring 2 : 0  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming $3,209
2015-06-05 A55th - 8th MarsTV Dota 2 League 2015 Spring 1 : 2  Team Empire Team Empire $12,090.75
2015-05-23 A11st i-league Season 3 3 : 0  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming $213,360
2015-05-21 A11st MarsTV Dota 2 League 2015 Spring - Chinese League 1 : 0  EHOME EHOME $32,274
2015-05-17 A44th The Summit 3 0 : 2  Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses $27,169
2015-04-19 A22nd VPGame Pro League 1 : 3  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming $6,449.60

With Big God

2015
Date Place Event Opponent Winnings
2015-02-08 A44th Dota 2 Asia Championships 1 : 2  Team Secret Team Secret $214,026
2015-01-03 A55th - 6th i-League Season 2 - : W  MVP Phoenix MVP Phoenix $4,200.92

With Newbee

2014
Date Place Event Opponent Winnings
2014-07-21 A11st The International 2014 3 : 1  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming $5,028,121
2014-06-21 A33rd GEST The Challenge June 2 : 0  PSG PSG.LGD $1000
2014-06-01 A33rd WPC 2014 2 : 1  Alliance Alliance $16,005.56
2014-05-25 A11st MarsTV Dota 2 League 2014 2 : 0  PSG PSG.LGD $16,031

With LGD Gaming

2014
Date Place Event Opponent Winnings
2014-01-08 A11st Dota 2 League Season 4 3 : 1  Fnatic Fnatic $25,000
2013
2013-12-31 A44th 2013 WPC ACE Dota 2 League 0 : 3  Vici Gaming Vici Gaming $3,305.60
2013-11-10 A11st National Electronic Sports Tournament 2013 2 : 0  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming $16,418
2013-07-14 A11st Red Bull ECL 2013 Dota 2 Season 3 : 0  Orange Esports Orange Esports $16,281
2013-07-09 A22nd Alienware Cup 2013 - Season 1 2 : 3  Natus Vincere Natus Vincere $12,000
2013-06-29 A33rd Dota 2 Super League 3 : 2  Orange Esports Orange Esports $16,305
2013-05-26 A22nd G-1 Champions League Season 5 0 : 2  Alliance Alliance $13,031.20
2013-01-07 A33rd - 4th G-League Season 2 0 : 3  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming $1,609
2012
2012-11-18 A11st G-1 Champions League Season 4 2 : 0  Team DK Team DK $28,843.20
2012-09-02 A33rd The International 2012 1 : 2  Invictus Gaming Invictus Gaming $150,000
2012-07-29 A22nd It's Gosu Monthly Madness Asia 0 : 3  Team Zenith Team Zenith $250

With Invictus Gaming

2011
Date Place Event Opponent Winnings
2011-08-20 A55th - 6th The International 2011 0 : 1  MeetYourMakers MeetYourMakers $35,000

References[]

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