MidOne

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Player Information
Name:
叶乃政
Romanized Name:
Yeik Nai Zheng
Nationality:
Born:
June 3, 1996 (age 28)
Region:
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia
Years Active (Player):
2016 - Present
Current Role:
Alternate IDs:
Miduan, midone
Approx. Total Winnings:
$1,855,221
Signature Hero:
Ember Spirit Invoker Outworld Destroyer
Links
History
2015-12-07 — 2016-08-24Fnatic
2016-08-27 — 2019-11-04Team Secret
2019-11-04 — 2019-12-30Team Secret(Ia.)
2020-01-29 — 2021-03-22OG
2021-04-12 — 2023-11-09Team SMG
2023-11-09 — 2024-01-06Team Secret
2024-01-06 — PresentTeam Secret(Ia.)
Upcoming Matches
No Upcoming Matches

Upcoming Tournaments
No upcoming tournaments

Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng (born June 3, 1996) is a Malaysian Dota 2 player who is currently playing for Team Secret.

Biography[edit]

MidOne had a profound interest in video games when he was a child. His first video game he played was Tetris on a Gameboy when he was 3–4 years old and later moved to console gaming playing the Final Fantasy series on the PlayStation 1. At the age of 7 he played his first computer games: Sonic and Rayman before playing venturing into DotA when he saw his brother playing it.[1] His interest with DotA grew and later transitioned into Dota 2 playing in semi-professional teams to professional teams. While becoming the first player from South-East Asia to reach 8000MMR, he is an up-and-coming Dota 2 talent in Malaysia and South-East Asia. MidOne studies mechanical engineering at Multimedia University (Melaka) Malaysia.[2]

Dota 2[edit]

Learning DotA from his brother, he kept on playing against him and his cousins in 1v1 matches. Despite losing, he had a competitive mindset and wanted improve and beat professional players such as kYxY. When he was 13 years old he joined a SMM tournament qualifier and came second place and a few years later he joined small tournaments around Malaysia to further obtain knowledge and experience as a Dota 2 player, while at the same time playing on solo matchmaking to improve his MMR.[1] While playing Dota as an amateur competitively, his parents would tell him to stop playing; ironically his friends would tell MidOne to stop studying and take a break, such as Dota.[3] When MidOne later became a professional player his friends and parents showed bipartisan support for him as a professional gamer.

However, tournament losses made MidOne re-evaluate his Dota career and was on the brink of quitting but a tournament emerged and decided to group up with his friends and players forming Team DOT. After a successful qualification in his region, Penang, his team qualified for the main event beating Team GIZMO 3-0 in the grand finals of the 2015 Mountain Dew Dota 2 Challenge earning a prize of RM60,000.[4] After winning the tournament, he later received an offer from Fnatic's manager, Eric and after a number of negotiations he decided to seize the opportunity and join Fnatic.[3] On April 29th 2016, he became the first player to hit 8000 MMR on the Southeast Asia servers.[5] After finishing 3rd place in StarLadder StarSeries S2 and 4th place at The International 2016, his nine-month stint at Fnatic came to an end when he joined Team Secret on August 27th, 2016.[6]

After 3 years and 4 months of stint with Team Secret, his time with the team came to an end on December 30th, 2019. He won 3 DPC Majors - DreamLeague Season 8, The Chongqing Major and MDL Disneyland Paris Major as well as various other minors. He has played various roles since, including carry for OG, and carry/offlane for Team SMG.

Trivia[edit]

  • Reached 8,000 MMR on April 29, 2016. He is the first player to achieve this feat on the Southeast Asia servers.[7]
  • Reached 9,000 MMR on February 10, 2017.[8]
  • Reached 10,000 MMR on July 9, 2017. He is the second player to achieve this feat on the Southeast Asia servers.[9]

Statistics[edit]

Duration Team Matches Wins Losses Win % KPG DPG APG GPM XPM
2015-12-07 — 2016-08-24 Fnatic 209 143 66 68.42 7.87 4.02 10.35 553 532
2016-08-27 — 2019-11-04 Team Secret 664 451 213 67.92 8.16 3.96 10.37 547 569
2020-01-29 — 2021-03-22 OG 205 111 94 54.15 7.53 5.19 10.46 534 594
2021-04-12 — 2023-10-14 Team SMG 270 145 125 53.70 7.39 4.73 11.24 605.97 685.24

Stats from datdota as of 2023/12/13.

Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2020-09-062ndTier 1OMEGA League: Europe Immortal DivisionOMEGA League: Europe Immortal DivisionOMEGA League: Europe Immortal Division
OGOG
0 : 3
Team SecretTeam Secret
$125,000
2019-08-244thTier 1The International 2019The International 2019
Team SecretTeam Secret
0 : 2
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
$2,059,804
2019-05-121stTier 1MDL Disneyland® Paris MajorMDL Disneyland® Paris Major
Team SecretTeam Secret
3 : 1
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
$350,000
2019-01-271stTier 1The Chongqing MajorThe Chongqing Major
Team SecretTeam Secret
3 : 1
Virtus.proVirtus.pro
$350,000
2018-11-182ndTier 1The Kuala Lumpur MajorThe Kuala Lumpur Major
Team SecretTeam Secret
2 : 3
Virtus.proVirtus.pro
$170,000
2018-08-245th - 6thTier 1The International 2018The International 2018
Team SecretTeam Secret
0 : 2
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
$1,148,948
2018-03-251stTier 2DreamLeague Season 9DreamLeague Season 9
Team SecretTeam Secret
3 : 0
FnaticFnatic
$125,000
2017-12-031stTier 1DreamLeague Season 8DreamLeague Season 8
Team SecretTeam Secret
3 : 0
Team LiquidTeam Liquid
$500,000
2017-10-292ndTier 1ESL One Hamburg 2017ESL One Hamburg 2017
Team SecretTeam Secret
0 : 2
Virtus.proVirtus.pro
$200,000
2016-08-124thTier 1The International 2016The International 2016
FnaticFnatic
0 : 2
Digital ChaosDigital Chaos
$1,453,932
Extended list of results

Awards[edit]

DateTierTournamentAwardTeamPrize
2018
2018-10-28Tier 2ESL One Hamburg 2018ESL One Hamburg 2018Mercedes-Benz MVP
Team SecretTeam Secret
-

Additional Content[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

2023

Spotlights[edit]

2016

Highlights[edit]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Spotlight with MidOne". Dafaesports. 2016-08-05. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  2. "Final exam in a few hours. Modern physics and Thermodynamics paper". MidOne. 2016-03-07. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ben "PineappleCake" Tan (2016-02-13). "Fnatic.MidOne interview: "I want to play better than s4"". GosuGamers. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  4. Terry Bass (2015-12-07). "Mountain Dew Dota 2 Challenge Champions Only Formed Two Days Before The Event". lowyat.net. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  5. Ollie Ring (2016-06-01). "Which Malaysian pro stars have the highest MMR?". RedBull eSports. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  6. "THE NEXT CHAPTER". Team Secret. 2016-08-27. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  7. MidOne (2016-04-29). "8k is back guys".
  8. MidOne (2017-02-10). "9K IS JSUT A DREAM".
  9. MidOne (2017-07-09). "Congratulation to Midone hit 10K MMR in Sea Server !!".