Biography
Sebastian “Ceb” Debs is one of the best players in the world in competitive Dota 2. The best representative of the French school of Dota. Ceb is a unique player who has performed equally well in training and competitive games. We present you the story of Ceb’s career as an esports player.
Beginning of the career
Ceb’s journey to the top of the Esports Olympus began long before he joined a professional team. At a young age, he spent a lot of time in computer clubs, where he successfully played the first version of Dota.
The first professional clubs in Ceb’s career date back to the first version of the game. At that time, Ceb didn’t have much success. With the transition to the second version of Dota, Ceb joined Team Shakira.
The esports player spent less than a year in the Shakira team, in January 2012 he became a member of the Western Wolves team. After playing there for 3 months, he left the team and became part of mTw team.
With mTw, Ceb won his first major tournament – DreamHack Summer 2012, after which he moved to Team Shakira, where he stayed for several months. Next came the DD.Dota team.
He participated with DD.Dota in the wildcard tournament at The International 2013, but did not make it to the main part of the tournament. Later, DD.Dota was renamed to Quantic. In October 2013, Sebastian became part of the Sigma.int collective.
With Sigma.Int the esportsman finished 3rd in StarLadder StarSeries – Season 8, after which he moved to Alliance. The player stayed there for 5 months from March 2015 to August of the same year. With Alliance, he finished second in joinDOTA League – Season 2. Ceb then played for Monkey Freedom Fighters and Kaipi. These teams did not bring him success and in May 2016 he moved to OG as a coach.
coaching
Curiously, coaching was the key moment in Ceb’s career. Under his leadership, OG won the Manila Major 2016, ESL One Frankfurt 2016, Boston Major 2016, Kiev Major 2017, as well as finishing 9th-12th at TI 2016 and 7th-8th at TI 2017, and the team also finished 1st at MDL Macau. In June 2018, Ceb had to change his coach to take an offlane position with OG.
OG players
With the move to OG, Ceb has demonstrated the highest level of individual skill. His coaching experience allowed him to create a unique atmosphere within the team that helped him make history.
In August 2018, OG became champions of The International 2018, impressing many. The team then took a break, but returned in May 2019, finishing 5th-6th at the MDL Disneyland Paris Major. Ceb, along with the team, began ongoing preparations for The International 2019.
The training paid off. In August 2019, Ceb and the team achieved historic success. For the first time in DotAs history, they became World Champions twice, twice in a row with the same squad. Ceb became active in January 2020, but returned to support the team at ESL One Los Angeles 2020 – Online: Europe and CIS, where the team finished in second place. Ceb returned to the team permanently in June 2020.
Personal achievements
In his long career, Ceb has achieved a maximum of successes. He is the first two-time international champion. As a coach, he helped the team win 4 major tournaments. During his career he earned over $5,505,000 in prize money.
Dota 2
Dota 2 is – unlike other big MOBA titles like League of Legends – free to play with all heroes. However, game items can be purchased in the Dota 2 store, but all of them have no effect on the gameplay. Only cosmetic items like different skins for the heroes can be purchased. Just like in Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Portal 2, it is possible to create your own content via the Steam Workshop.
Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena title from Valve. The successor to the extremely popular Warcraft 3 modification DotA (Defense of the Ancients), Dota 2 was the company’s first strategy game and was released on the download platform Steam on July 9, 2013. The game is a free-to-play title that can be played completely free of charge and is financed through in-game micro-transactions, similar to Team Fortress 2.