Name: Peter “ppd” Dager

Date of Birth: November 2, 1991

Country: United States

Game: Dota 2

Tournament Winnings: $3,001,531.36

 

 

 

Peter “ppd” Dager  is the most successful eSports player in the world, based on earned money from e-sports events and tournaments. Even the fact that he starts like HON player at the beginning, didn’t stop him to successfully join Dota 2 in 2014, as captain of one of the best teams in the world – Evil Geniuses. With EG, he won more than 10 major events.Despite playing an extremely gold-starved style of support, ppd never fails to make his presence felt through his in-game leadership and carefully calculated drafting.

eSports Game & Role

Starting like HON player and, “ppd” switch to Dota 2 discipline in 2013 following the example of plenty of other Heroes of Newerth players. He is playing a support role for team Evil Geniuses. Has incredible skill with his favorite champions – Treant Protector, Abaddon and Vengeful Spirit.

Result and Earnings

As the most successful eSports professional player in the world is not a secret that Peter has an enormous list of achievements.  Of course, his biggest success is winning The International 2015, the electronic sports event with biggest prize fund so far.

2016

5 – 6th	StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2	$15,000
13 – 16th	The Manila Major 2016	$30,000
5 – 6th	EPICENTER	$20,000
3rd	WePlay Dota 2 League Season 3	$22,906
2nd	Dota Pit League Season 4	$46,866
3rd	The Shanghai Major 2016	$315,000
1st	Captains Draft 3.0	$43,454
2nd	MarsTV Dota 2 League Winter 2015	$55,533
2nd	StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 1	$60,445

2015

1st	The Summit 4	$48,818
3rd	The Frankfurt Major 2015	$315,000
2nd	MLG World Finals	$68,389
1st	The International 2015	$6,634,661
1st	Dota Pit League Season 3	$126,055
2nd	ESL One Frankfurt 2015	$59,241
2nd	The Summit 3	$61,129
2nd	joinDOTA MLG Pro League Season 1	$21,615
1st	Dota 2 Asia Championships	$1,284,158
3rd	Dota 2 League Season 5	$8,550

 

 

eSports Career of  Peter “ppd” Dager

As we mention, “ppd” start his career in Heroes of Newerth, before switching to Dota2 in 2013.  Peter’s talent earned him recruitment to Super Strong Dinosaurs where he had the chance to play with established players like ComeWithMe and Sneyking. After the disbandment of SSD, ppd and Zai teamed up with Fear, UNiVeRsE, and Arteezy under the moniker S A D B O Y S. With him as a captain, team went on a 19 wins streak. March 2014, was ppd debut on Dota2 Lan scene with Evil Geniuses at Monster  Energy Invitational, where they won the finals against Cloud 9.

In March 2014, ppd made his Dota 2 LAN debut with EG at the Monster Energy Invitational, where they won 3-2 against Cloud9 in the finals. Under the leadership of Peter, EG began to establish themselves as one of the best teams in the world. The series of victories at major tournaments continued and ppd and company, reached the 3rd place in The International 2014, taking in home $1,037,778. In January 2015 ‘The great western Dota reshuffle’ was sparked by the departure of Arteezy and Zai from Evil Geniuses to Team Secret, which was due in large part to conflicts within the team.

A very successful year

Even that fact, 2015 was even more successful for the North American team. EG added SumaiL and Aui_2000 to replace Arteeze and Zai. Stable game of the team continues throughout the year and reaches its peak by winning The International 2015. After The International 5, EG were under the microscope from many critics in the community to see if the addition of Arteezy would cement EG’s dominance. In 2016, “ppd” is still key player for Evil Geniuses and most successful eSports player in the world, based on prize money earnings.