Biography
Lu “Somnus M” Yao (also known as “Maybe”) is a Chinese professional Dota 2 player who is currently playing for Royal Never Give Up.
Carier start
Somnus 丶 M’s journey to the top of the esports industry began long before he embarked on a professional career. From a young age, Lou loved competitive computer games, which later helped him build a career as a successful gamer and champion.
The first club Somnus 丶 M played for was ViCi Gaming. The player appeared there in 2013, but changed teams without a single official tournament. The next organization Somnus 丶 M played for was LGD Gaming.
The first period of LGD Gaming and CDEC.
Somnus 丶 M joined LGD Gaming in February 2014. Then the team managed to finish 4th in the Sina Cup Supernova Dota 2 Open – Season and 2nd in the Netolic Pro League # 5 East. The results were not very satisfying, but Somnus 丶 M stayed in the LGD ecosystem.
The next club of the centenarian player is LGD.CDEC. Somnus 丶 M played there from April 2014 to October 2014, during which time the team failed to qualify for The International 2014 and also showed mediocre results in other championships. The best performance of the LGD.CDEC period was qualifying for the i-League, MSI Beat IT 2014 and 7th-8th place at the 2014 World E-Sports Championship.
In October 2014, Somnus 丶 M becomes a member of the CDEC gaming main roster. With CDEC, the results start to improve. The team takes 3rd place in MIS Beat IT 2014, 2nd place in National Electronic Sports Open 2014, and 2nd place in G-League 2014, becoming a formidable rival for teams from the Chinese region.
In January 2015, Somnus 丶 M and his team finished 4th in the 5th – Season of Dota 2 League. A month later, the Dota 2 Asia Championship failed completely, leaving the tournament in the 13th-16th row. This will be the last result of Somnus 丶 M in the CDEC. The next team of the player is the main list of LGD Gaming
LGD Gaming
Somnus 丶 M joins LGD Gaming in March 2015. After 2 months, the team shows its aptitude: the team wins in the 3rd – Season of i-League. In August 2015, the team finishes 3rd at The International 2015, losing to future champions Evil Geniuses. After that Somnus 丶 M signs a contract with the organization for 4 years. LGD did not fail with this decision.
In December 2015, the team finished 2nd in the 2015 Wolrd Cyber Arena. The following year was not very successful, yet LGD remained a regular guest at prestigious championships. For example, the team finished 9th-12th at the Shanghai Major 2016 and 4th at the Manila Major 2016. At the 2016 International, the team finished 9th to 12th, then in December, the team finished 9th to 16th at The Shanghai Major Boston Major 2016. LGD was put back into operation in 2017.
On July 17, the team finished 1st in the Mars Dota 2 League 2016 and 4th in The International 2017 in August. Later, a period of “rest” began, which lasted until the next year.
In April 2018, the team finished 2nd at the Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018. In May of the same year, LGD Gaming acquired a title partner represented by PSG Football Club. After that, LGD Gaming became PSG.LGD.
PSG.LGD
PSG.LGD almost immediately began performing at the highest level of individual skill. In May, the team won EPICENTER XL, MDL Changsha Major, and finished 3rd in China Dota2 Supermajor in June. The upcoming The International 2018 PSG.LGD was addressed as a clear favorite.
At first, everything went well. The team showed brilliant results in the group stage and played the playoff stage almost flawlessly. However, in the last match, OG sensationally snatched the victory from the hands of PSG.LGD.
The second place knocked down PSG.LGD, but not for long. In November 2018, the team finished 5th-6th in the Kuala Lumpur Major.
2019 started for Somnus 丶 M and the team from 4th place in Chongqing Major, then the team also stopped at 4th place in May, now in MDL Disneyland Paris Major. In May, the team finished 5th-6th at the 2019 EPICENTER Major, then finished 3rd at The International 2019 in August. This was the beginning of the end of the “golden” PSG.LGD list.
In 2020, the team finished 1st in China Dota 2 Professional League – Season 1 and also did well in several online championships. In July 2020, Somnus 丶 M played his last tournament with
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.