Seasoned Dota 2 stars Aui_2000, BuLba and TC will try out their luck in the new season alongside up and coming players YawaR and Biryu, on the brand new team, Digital Chaos, founded by SUNSfan.
The new team was revealed on digitalchaos.gg. However, the website was hidden from the public eye shortly afterwards.
Co-owner of DotaCinema, Shannon “SUNSfan” Scotten, is the founder of Digital Chaos, while Nikki “Sajedene” Elise will be the new team’s manager:
As you might have guessed from my name, I have had the unfortunate fate of being a die-hard Phoenix Suns fan for most of my life. My love of basketball and competitive sports has always been a huge passion in my life, and running a professional eSports team has been a dream of mine ever since I started playing competitive games over a decade ago. With the creation of this organization, I plan to create a brand that is respected by players and fans alike, and provide an environment where we will immediately have the opportunity to compete at the highest levels.
– SUNSfan
Digital Chaos team and management – digitalchaos.gg snapshot
Digital Chaos roster
Kurtis “Aui” Ling
Sam “BuLba” Sosale
Tyler “TC” Cook
Yawar “YawaR” Hassan
Dat “Biryu” Quoc Ha
Kurtis “Aui” Ling
Aui_2000 © ESL
The Canadian support player first discovered DotA when he was nine years old. Kurtis began his Dota 2 career in 2012, playing carry for the up and coming North American team PotM Bottom, which was later picked up by Dignitas. UNiVeRsE joined him on Dignitas and the team would enjoy success and exposure.
The team disbanded following The International 3 and Aui_2000 decided to switch to a support role in order to join Kaipi. The squad was picked up by RSnake.int and later re-branded into Speed Gaming. After winning MLG Columbus, the team was acquired by Cloud 9, where Aui_2000 played alongside Jacky “Eternal Envy” Mao, Weh Sing “SingSing” Yuen, Armand “bOne7” Pittner, and Johan “pieliedie” Åström.
Read Cloud 9’s in-depth profile – Cloud 9 go into TI5 with outside chance of winning title: “We are confident!”
Kurtis began to excel at his new role and even managed to popularize the use of the most unfashionable item, Rod of Atos, which later became known as “the Rod of AUI”. Despite Cloud 9’s high achievements – including a fifth-sixth place finish at The International 4 – Aui was released from the organization and joined Evil Geniuses, during the January 2015 reshuffle set off by Team Secret, when they poached Arteezy and zai.
Read Evil Geniuses’ in-depth profile – Evil Geniuses TI5 road: From top three contenders to TI5 champions
Aui_2000 made his debut on the Evil Geniuses roster at DAC, where the North American team ended up taking the championship title. He was let go and replaced by Artour “Arteezy” Babaev not long after Evil Geniuses became The International 5 champions.
Sam “BuLba” Sosale
BuLba © DotaBlast
Sam “BuLba” Sosale’s career as a professional DotA player began in 2007, under the nickname “BuLba-SaUr”. In September 2011, BuLba put together an all-American team called EZ Style. A few moths later, the squad transitioned to Dota 2 and got picked up by team It’s Gosu, for a brief period of time.
BuLba was brought to the public eye in 2012, when he was transferred by Evil Geniuses, where he joined Dominik “Lacoste” Stipic, Jacob “Maelk” Toft-Andersen, Saahil “UNiVeRsE” Arora, and Amel “PlaymatE” Barudzija. The team struggled throughout 2012, much as it remained in the higher tier of competitive Dota 2. Following a disappointing run at The International 2012, where EG finished 9th/12th, BuLba left the team.
Transitorily a part of Dignitas, BuLba was taken up by Team Liquid, in December 2012. In his almost two years on the squad, he put to the test a series of different roles (solo-mid, offlane, carry) and became well-known for his signature Tinker and Invoker. As part of Team Liquid, BuLba attended The International 2013 (finishing 7th/8th) and The International 2014 (placing 9th/10th), as well as numerous other major tournaments.
On August 29, 2014, during the post-TI4 shuffle, BuLba was released by Liquid and joined WehSing “SingSing” Yuen, Per Anders Olsson “Pajkatt” Lille, Max “qojqva” Bröcker, and Jerry “EGM” Lundkvist in Team Tinker. After a series of roster changes, the team was picked up by Mousesports, only to be dropped after failing to qualify for The International 5. Sam “BuLba” Sosale was EG’s coach at TI5.
Tyler “TC” Cook
TC (far left in the picture) © DotaBlast
Much like BuLba, with whom he crossed paths on several occasions throughout his career, Tyler “TC” Cook started out with DotA 1, as an active player in the DXD inhouse community. After some attempts with Heroes of Newerth in 2010 and 2011, he transitioned to Dota 2 after The International 2011. He joined forces with Brian “FLUFFNSTUFF” Lee and founded team FIRE, together with the likes of Michael “ixmike88” Ghannam, Jio “Jeyo” Madayag and Tony “HANNAH_MONTANA” Talavera. In February 2012, the squad was picked up by compLexity Gaming.
After The International 2012, Jeyo was transferred by Evil Geniuses and BuLba was seen standing-in for the squad. Months later, TC, BuLba, FLUFFNSTUFF, Korok, and ixmike88 were picked up by Team Liquid, as the organization’s first Dota 2 squad. After a 7th-8th placement at The International 2013 and a 9th-10th finish a year later, at TI4, TC is released from Team Liquid and joins his former teammates FLUFFNSTUFF and ixmike88 in Sneaky Nyx Assassins. On December 20, 2014, the three players rename the team FIRE. At the end of March, 2015, TC and FLUFFNSTUFF joined North American multi-gaming organization, ROOT Gaming, and failed to qualify for The International 5, shortly afterwards.
Yawar “YawaR” Hassan
YawaR © @yawar_ys
Yawar “YawaR” Hassan is mostly known as Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan’s older brother.
YawaR was seen playing for Summer’s Rift, during the BTS Americas tournament, right before The International 5.
Dat “Biryu” Quoc Ha
Biryu © digitalchaos.gg
Digital Chaos is Dat “Biryu” Quoc Ha’s first sponsored team. The Vietnamese player was previously a part of team “5 Pencils 1 Case Gaming”.
Featured image: Patrick Strack/ ESL
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