Dota 2 player Fade retires after poaching drama between organizations Vici\/ESLPan \u2018Fade\u2019 Yi\u2019s short career ended as the 23-year-old announced his retirement from pro Dota on Weibo today, following some conflict between two Chinese Dota 2 teams regarding conversations that took place during TI9. It\u2019s really easy to get burned out on esports. The pressures that come with pro teams and the highest level of competition can grind away on the brain, and not meeting expectations can be devastating to a player\u2019s psyche. In a post on Weibo, (Chinese Twitter for those who don\u2019t know), Fade announced the end of his pro Dota career, after starting just over three years ago: \u201cI have retired. There\u2019s no more drama and I no longer want to be in the epicenter. There has been too much bitterness in the past few years. Mistakes were made, and happiness there has been. I\u2019ve let everyone down for too many times, and it shall all end here. Let me once again become an ordinary man, to enjoy the simple happiness of Dota.\u201d This decision comes after a terrific 2019 for Vici Gaming and Fade, but also after a disappointing result at TI9. Vici finished first in three Dota Pro Circuit events this year, including the EPICENTER major and the DreamLeague major. But the team finished 5-6th in Shanghai at the International, and in their last series against Team Secret, were completely dismantled and embarrassed by Team Secret in front of the home crowd. They lost 2-0, got 12 kills across two games, and each game took less than 25 minutes. But Fade\u2019s retirement comes after a bit of drama between Vici and Chinese Dota newcomer Royal Never Give Up, 7-8th place finish at TI9 surpassed expectations. After Vici Gaming\u2019s owner called out RNG for allegedly trying to contact players while they were still playing at TI9, RNG put out an announcement of clarification to squash that notion: \u201cRegarding the rumour that we\u2019ve been unsettling players during TI, we have this to say: We did not enter talks with any of VG\u2019s players during TI9, which we have cleared up with @VG_MCDJ and @VG_Qc. Rumours stops at the wise, and as a newcomer team RNG wishes to continue co-existing with the older teams. Once again we thank our fans for their continued support and trust.\u201d After this announcement, @VG_Qc took to his Weibo to verify this, saying that it was not RNG who initiated the conversation, and that the truth was very shocking and surprising. He also commented on the RNG announcement by mentioning Fade and saying, \u201cyou have some explaining to do.\u201d Fade\u2019s announcement came just hours after @VG_Qc addressed Fade on Weibo, so it\u2019s possible the conversation that must have took place between Fade and Vici prompted this retirement decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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