How Are SEA, Chinese and Western Teams Different, Iceiceice Explains

Evil Geniuses’ offlaner, Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang, has been a prime participant in aggressive Dota 2 for a decade now. Throughout this time interval, he has loved nice success in Southeast Asia (SEA), in addition to in different areas equivalent to China and North America. Having intensive expertise working in all three areas, Evil Geniuses shared a video the place the Singaporean veteran highlighted the variations between the groups of China, SEA, and the West. In keeping with iceiceice, the Chinese language groups are essentially the most religious, grinding by the whole season, the Western groups are extra relaxed and solely grind at essential instances whereas the SEA groups fall someplace in between.

Iceiceice mentions the variations in preparations of Chinese language, SEA, and Western groups

Iceiceice famous that one of many variations he observed among the many Chinese language, SEA, and Western groups was how all of them considered the sport and ready for it. As he talked about, Chinese language groups normally work over the course of the season and deal with their bootcamps like second properties, whereas SEA groups, relying on their nation, are both considerably relaxed or equally dedicated.

“For Chinese language groups, it’s loads about grinding and also you kinda keep collectively within the bootcamp for the entire yr and you actually stay and sleep collectively and also you grind it out. Whereas a Southeast Asian crew is definitely a bit just like a Western crew however some Southeast Asian groups actually keep collectively. It actually relies on which nation you might be from.”

The western groups seem to have a completely totally different method than their japanese counterparts, iceiceice instructed. He talked about that his present crew, Evil Geniuses, normally toils solely when an occasion is close by.

“A Western crew, or EG no less than, is definitely extra chill, I might say. You go two weeks earlier than the occasion and then you definately go for bootcamp and then you definately prepare for the occasion for per week or two and then you definately simply play the occasion. Individuals are extra relaxed typically.”

With Evil Geniuses, his first Western crew, iceiceice may also be trying to declare his first TI title when TI10 begins on seventh Oct 2021. With two runners-up finishes within the 2021 Majors, the crew is among the favorites heading into the occasion. Evil Geniuses has been positioned in Group A of TI10 and can play its first sport of the group stage in opposition to Group Aster at 3:00 PM SGT on seventh Oct.