Banana (gamer)
Appearance
Banana | |
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Current team | |
Team | LGD Gaming |
Games | Dota Dota 2 |
Status | Active |
Personal information | |
Name | Wang Jiao |
Born | born 1988/1989 |
Nationality | China |
Wang Jiao (Chinese: 王蛟), known by his tag Banana, is a Chinese Dota 2 coach and player for LGD Gaming.[1] He was part of the Newbee eSports Club team that won what was then the single largest money prize in video game history, a US$5,028,308 payout at The International 4 (TI4) at the KeyArena, in Seattle, Washington.[2][3] Newbee defeated ViCi Gaming three game to one.[4] e-Sports Earnings estimates that Banana has won a total of US$1,192,049.89 individually from tournaments. As of April 14, 2015, after TI4 Wang "Banana" Jiao was the highest ranking player in terms of prize money won across all competitive video games.[5][better source needed] Banana joined NewBee in March 2014.[6][7][8]
Tournament placings
Defense of the Ancients
Team | Date | Placing | Event |
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XFy | 2009-12-01 | 1st | Alienware Dota League 2009[9] |
Nirvana.cn | 2010-11-07 | 1st | The DotA Razer Global Challenge[10] |
Nirvana.cn | 2010-11-14 | 1st | World DotA Championship 2010[11] |
Nirvana.cn | 2011-12-04 | 2nd | SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011[12] |
Dota 2
Team | Date | Placing | Event |
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TongFu | 2013-05-15 | 1st | AMD Premier League Season 1 |
TongFu | 2013-07-06 | 1st | Dota 2 Super League |
TongFu | 2013-08-11 | 4th | The International 2013 |
NewBee | 2014-05-25 | 1st | MarsTV Dota 2 League 2014 |
NewBee | 2014-07-21 | 1st | The International 2014 |
NewBee | 2014-09-26 | 5 - 8th | i-league |
NewBee | 2014-10-05 | 1st | World Cyber Arena 2014 |
NewBee | 2014-12-07 | 1st | National Electronic Sports Open 2014 |
NewBee | 2014-12-30 | 1st | ECL 2014 Autumn |
NewBee | 2015-02-01 | 13 - 16th | Dota 2 Asia Championships |
NewBee | 2015-08-03 | 13 - 16th | The International 2015 |
NewBee | 2015-11-16 | 13 - 16th | Frankfurt Major 2015 |
References
- ^ "The International - Dota 2 Championships - Players". Dota 2. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ Lynch, Kevin (July 31, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee sets video game prize money record with $5million Dota 2 championship win". Guinness World Record.
- ^ "The International 2015: The oldest players". Natus Vincere. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ Molina, Brett (July 21, 2014). "Chinese team Newbee wins Dota 2 championship". USA Today. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
- ^ "Jiao "Banana" Wang". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ^ Bailey, Matthew 'Cyborgmatt'; Lee, Josh 'AutumnWindz' (March 9, 2014). "Jiao 'Banana' Wang joins the Newbee team". OnGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ "韬光养晦只为TI 追忆王蛟Banana不平凡的职业路". 178.com. July 23, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ "香蕉Banana以转会形式正式加入Newbee战队". 17173.com. March 10, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ "Alienware Dota League 2009". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "The DotA Razer Global Challenge". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "World DotA Championship 2010". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ "SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2011". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved May 7, 2015.