Fly (Dota player)

Fly
Tal Aizik
Status Active
Nationality Israeli
Current team OG
Role Support, Captain
Games Dota 2, Heroes of Newerth
Championships Frankfurt Major 2015, Manila Major 2016
Nickname(s) Simbaaa
Professional career
2012-03-30 — 2014-08-27 Fnatic.EU
2014-08-27 — 2014-12-17 Secret Team
2015-01-10 — 2015-03-06 MeePwn'd
2015-05-07 — 2015-08-28 CompLexity Gaming
2015-08-28 — 2015-10-31 (monkey) Business
2015-10-31 — Present OG

Tal Aizik, (טל אייזיק) better known as Fly is an Israeli Dota 2 player who plays support for and serves as the Captain of OG. Until late 2014 he was known in-game as Simbaaa.

Coming from iLx along with N0tail and NoVa, Tal took over the drafter role in Fnatic HoN squad. Being one of the longest serving members of Fnatic HoN squad, he switched with the team to Dota 2. Fly and n0tail left fnatic in August 2014.[1] Tal played the offlane role for Secret Team, joining them along with BigDaddy. Tal and n0tail were separated at the end of 2014, when Aizik left Secret.[2][3] The two re-united after The International 2015 in order to create OG, where Tal once again is the captain and drafter while playing the support role.[4][5]

He founded the team OG October 31, 2015. Soon after their renaming to OG, they won the Frankfurt Major tournament in November 2015, winning around US$1 million in prize money.[6] Despite a 7th-place finish at the Shanghai Major in March 2016, OG won the Manila Major in June 2016, becoming the first team to repeat as champions of a Valve sponsored Dota 2 tournament.[7][8] OG also won the lesser ESL One Frankfurt 2016 tournament, and Fly was unofficially named tournament MVP by Red Bull.[9]

OG entered The International 2016 as one of the favorites, but ended up finishing 9-12th out of 16 teams.[10] On August 24, 2016, founding members MoonMeander, Miracle- Al-Barkawi, and Cr1t- Nielsen left the team, but Fly remained.[11] On August 31, 2016, s4, JerAx, and ana joined the team.[12]

He is the son of Krav Maga instructor Moni Aizik.[13] Tal has done instructor courses and has an active interest in Krav Maga himself. He says that if he weren't a professional Dota 2 player, he would be a Krav Maga teacher.[14]

Tournament results

Fnatic

compLexity Gaming

(monkey) Business

OG

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/dota-2-dota2-complexity-fnatic-hellraisers/
  2. ↑ "Team Secret releases Simbaaa". 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Team Secret Parts Ways with Simbaaa". 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Partridge, Ben Sillis and Jon. "How Heroes of Newerth led OG to Dota 2".
  5. ↑ http://www.sport1.de/esports/dota2/2016/07/ti-teamvorstellung-liquid-und-og
  6. ↑ Stubbsy, Mike. "How OG surprised the world at the Frankfurt Major". Red Bull. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Cocke, Taylor. "OG wins Manila, becomes first team to win two Dota 2 majors". esports.yahoo.com. Yahoo. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Chronique e-sportive (2) : une scène occidentale méconnaissable".
  9. ↑ Ollie Ring. "ESL One Frankfurt MVP". redbull.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "OG loses MoonMeander, Cr1t-, Miracle- in roster shuffle". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "OG is the first major victim of post-TI6 roster shuffle". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "OG - Timeline | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Twitter".
  14. ↑ Jon Partridge. "OG Dota 2: Interview with Fly | Red Bull eSports". redbull.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  15. ↑ Cocke, Taylor. "OG wins ESL One Frankfurt, continues dominant spree". esports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "Wings Gaming return to form at The Summit 5". ESPN.

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