Going on "Leave" from University to play DotA 2 - Page 33

On November 25 2012 20:11 TheRealFluid wrote:
Summary of this thread:

On December 10th 2011, Jacky "EternalEnvy" Mao, a university student in an accelerated Engineering Science class at the Univeristy of Toronto asked fellow TL-ers if dropping out of college to indulge himself in professional DotA2 would be a good idea. He cited his successful past experiences in HoN and DotA, and he expressed his distaste for his studies.

Of course, there were the supporter-nice guys who are firm believers of "following one's dream" and "pursuing happiness".

Then there were the reasonable people who advised Jacky to contemplate his decisions and that college would likely be the more sound idea.

And then, of course, there were the naysayers who absolutely ridiculed his decision for choosing to throw away a good education in exchange for a minuscule chance of success.

And on the Internet, it is a truth universally acknowledged, that conflicting raging forces on the internet will inevitably collide, leading to lengthy arguments. Therefore, false facts and "yolo"-erisms were thrown at each other, but what stood out the most was an intense argument between old DotA pro LevenT and former DotA EG player Bulba. The argument for the most part was ugly and informal, with both sides clearly angry and infuriated at each other. It wasn't until DotA EG player Maelk had to intervene and remedy both sides, that the argument finally ended.

Afterward, the thread pretty much died off and remained dormant until a sudden revival in October of 2012. These posts questioned whether EternalEnvy became successful or not. Then, by coincidence, it was revealed that EternalEnvy formed a team called, "No Tidehunter". People became even more ecstatic when No Tidehunter acquired DotA legend Loda and went on to post extraordinary results in the ESWC qualifiers.

The story then began to take a turn towards the fulfillment of a "Dreams Do Come True" movie when No Tidehunter went on to win Dreamhack Winter against EG (which is kinda coincidental since EG Maelk defended Envy's choice).

What's next for EternalEnvy and No Tidehunter? Who knows? But one thing is for sure, they wouldn't be here if a Canadian college drop out was not supported by a community.

On November 26 2012 01:56 Bippzy wrote:

Yo dude thanks for this, Ii had seen this thread while it was dormant but didnt understand why it was back because i dont follow dota, just watch occasionslly. I love th youtube vid in the OP though

On November 25 2012 17:11 heyoka wrote:
This has become the best thread on TL.

On November 25 2012 17:22 BlackGosu wrote:
he is the captain, drafts for the team, and calls the shots. about those veterans, as great as they are, when was the last time they won a big LAN tournament? of course credit to loda, akke, s4, and admiralbulldog. the whole nth team functioned as a single unit.

ok he was known in hon, what relevance does that have to do with being known in dota? aside from na, he wasn't well known internationally until dreamhack. his stream isn't even featured, although it should be, he has earned it.

On November 26 2012 04:54 5-s wrote:

Loda faired the the best out of all Europeans and Americans in TI2: he didn't go home empty handed like everyone else. Anyhow, he's been around for a while, everyone from NA knew him from before, which was my point.

On November 26 2012 05:03 Unleashing wrote:

Are we going to ignore the fact that estonia and ukraine are parts of europe?
Because i'd like to think that puppey, dendi and XBOCT did better than loda.

Also, was very happy to see you win dreamhack, i hope to see you guys do well at TI3.

On October 24 2012 12:34 Ack1027 wrote:
Oh god this thread.

He was stuck in the same old na inhouses grind like everyone else for a while and just recently teamed up for nTh. Wore some other tags but didn't go far with that.

His plan you can see is still laughable. Streaming 10-13 hours a day, coaching, and winning money from tournaments to have money. Or continue at UofT. This was in December 2011 loooooool. Nowhere near the teammates until recently and skill is arguable.

I don't hate the guy or anything just wanted to say the OP post was ridiculous as it is now and its been a year.

On November 26 2012 05:19 Nevuk wrote:

I think 5-s meant in the literal sense of results, as in Loda took home more money.

On November 26 2012 06:00 fearpLug wrote:


Na'vi got second in TI2 so i guess Loda did worse, even in Money.

On November 26 2012 05:03 Unleashing wrote:

Are we going to ignore the fact that estonia and ukraine are parts of europe?
Because i'd like to think that puppey, dendi and XBOCT did better than loda.
+ Show Spoiler +

Also, was very happy to see you win dreamhack, i hope to see you guys do well at TI3.

On November 26 2012 06:19 Kipsate wrote:

I think 5-s means that CIS is often seen as a seperate region, thus Europeans and Americans are not Na'vi.

Not sure about this but I think this is what he means.