Biography
Chai “Mushi” Yee Fung is a Malaysian professional Dota 2 player who is currently coaching BOOM Esports.
2011
2011 marked the start of Mushi’s Dota 2 career when he officially joined Orange on September 5. Mushi temporarily retired from DotA in 2011, citing fatigue and poor results as the main reasons.Eventually he slowly moved back to a managerial role and then finally rejoined Orange as a player once again. His squad only had one notable win this year at the Malaysia Invitational where they beat MiTH 3 to 2 in a close finals.
2012
Mushi and Orange looked to have a strong showing in 2012. To make sure they really made a splash, they recruited veteran DotA players kYxY, Ice and even the legendary YamateH. Mushi and Winter were the two players to remain on the roster from 2011. Once again, Mushi and Orange began to build up their reputation as one of the best teams in SEA. From January to June, Mushi and his squad were able to win 4 tournaments with the two biggest being The Evolution Malaysia in May and the Razer Invitational Showcase in April. Orange had strong performances in several other tournaments as well.
Valve acknowledged Orange’s performance and the team received a direct invite to the biggest Dota 2 tournament ever at that time, The International 2012. Mushi and team were able to place top 4 in their group and got seeded into the winner’s bracket where they were swiftly knocked down by LGD.cn who were undefeated in the group stage. Orange showed some signs of life in the loser’s bracket by beating Counter Logic Gaming but their run came to an end at the hands of EHOME. Orange’s final placement in the tournament was 7/8th, netting themselves $25,000. Mushi showed once again he was one of the best SEA carry players with dominating Morphling play throughout the tournament. Unfortunately for Mushi (and Korok), Morphling received some sizable nerfs post TI2 and hasn’t been very relevant in the months following it.
Following The International 2012, Orange and Mushi continued to show they were the best SEA team by winning the WCG Malaysia National Final over MUFC and WCG 2012 Asian Championship over MiTH. Finally, to top off their year, Orange participated in the G-1 Champions League – Season 4. Placing well in this prestigious tournament would solidify their spot among the top 5 teams in the worlds. Orange was able to take 3rd place behind Team DK and LGD.cn. Not only did Orange take third place, but they beat The International 2012 champions, Invictus Gaming, to make it on the podium.
2013
As with most sports, the two biggest players both in terms of personality and fame, tend to clash from time to time. Mushi and YamateH were no exception to this. Towards the end of 2012 and into early 2013 there were rumors circulating the SEA Dota 2 scene about Mushi leaving Orange after some conflicts with YamateH. Mushi took some time off from Dota 2 but eventually came back to the squad when YamateH announced he was leaving the squad for Zenith.[4] Along with YamateH, Ice and WinteR both left the squad to join Zenith and MUFC respectively. On January 25,Net, Ohaiyo, and kYxY were all brought in to fill out the roster at the same time as Orange signs an official partnership with Neolution while Mushi took a break from Dota 2. On February 4, Kecik Imba who had played for Orange’s Heroes of Newerth squad was brought in to bump the team up to a 6 man roster. Orange was able to perform well enough with this new squad to once again earn a direct invitation from Valve for this year’s edition of their major tournament, The International 2013.
Mushi along with Orange were placed in Group B of The International 2013 where they finished with a record of 8-6, qualifying them for the upper bracket. After losing 2-1 to last year’s runners up Natus Vincere, they managed to advance very far in the lower bracket, eliminating Team Dignitas, Fnatic.EU, Team DK and TongFu with Mushi playing a large variety of heroes and making memorable performances on them such as his signature Shadow Fiend and Queen of Pain as well as Anti-Mage, Sven, and Ursa. Eventually, his team reached the loser’s bracket finals against Natus Vincere and in a dramatical fashion were eliminated from the tournament 2-1, finishing 3rd place.
Mushi moved on from Orange Esports to join Team DK during the post-The International 2013 roster shuffling. When he joined Team DK the roster consisted of BurNIng, iceiceice, LaNm, MMY and Mushi himself. The team went on to place 2nd in MLG Championship Columbus and 1st in the Fengyun Dota 2 Tournament.
2014
On the first day of 2014, Team DK won WPC ACE Dota 2 League 2013 in a spectacular 4-3 comeback against Invictus Gaming and claimed the ¥1,000,000 (~$163,400) prize. Team DK went on to win many premium-level tournaments such as G-League 2013 and Star Ladder Star Series – Season 9, becoming an international fan-favorite team. Team DK later placed 2nd in WPC ACE Dota 2 League 2014 and 2nd in The Summit 1 against Evil Geniuses. After very recognizable results, Mushi and Team DK received an invite for The International 20
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.