Chen Zhihao

Chen Zhihao (born July 28, 1990) , better known simply as Hao, is a Chinese former professional Dota 2 player, best known for winning The International 2014 with Newbee. He is known to have been active among the Dota 2 community from 2011-2018. He was part of the Newbee eSports Club team that won the single largest money prize in video game history, a 5,028,308 payout He joined Vici Gaming in 2015. Vici finished fourth at The International 2015. On August 31, 2015, it was reported that Hao would be returning to Newbee.

Trivia There is a nickname for Hao among the Chinese Dota players, "Hao the Hand Cutter (砍手豪)", because of the words he said when he faced RoX.KIS in 2010: "Pick Spectre for me, I will cut off my hand if we're not the winner." He is also known for spamming Spectre during the Anti-Mage craze.

Biography Chen 'Hao' Zhihao, nicknamed General Hao by the Chinese community, is known to be one of the most aggressive players in the scene. Having joined teams such as Nirvana.cn, TyLoo, Pandarea, TongFu, Invictus Gaming, Newbee, and Vici Gaming, Hao is no stranger to LAN competitions and is also known to be extremely fervent during matches. As a carry player, he has the urge to kill which can be seen in games where he dives countless times for kills. His risky plays defines his character, and the polarizing rewards or setbacks from the outcome of his aggression can make or break the team that he plays in.

Hao has played in nearly every International, in 2011 with TyLoo (Placed 9-12th), in 2012 (Placed 7-8th) and 2013 with TongFu (Placed 4th), in 2014 with Newbee (Placed 1st), and in 2015 with Vici Gaming (Placed 4th).

Tournament placings

Defense of the Ancients Team Date Placing Event XFy 2009-12-01 1st Alienware Dota League 2009 TyLoo 2011-08-09 3rd CPL Invitational 2011 (DotA) PanDarea Gaming 2011-11-13 2nd World DotA Championship 2011 TongFu 2012-09-14 2nd ACE Dota Pro-league 2012 Season 1 TongFu 2012-12-02 1st World Cyber Games 2012

Dota 2 Team Date Placing Event TongFu 2012-09-02 7th The International 2012 TongFu 2013-05-15 1st AMD Premier League Season 1 TongFu 2013-07-06 1st Dota 2 Super League TongFu 2013-08-11 4th The International 2013 NewBee 2014-05-25 1st MarsTV Dota 2 League 2014 NewBee 2014-07-21 1st The International 2014 NewBee 2014-09-26 5 - 8th i-league NewBee 2014-10-05 1st World Cyber Arena 2014 NewBee 2014-11-16 1st E-Sports World Championship 2014 NewBee 2014-12-07 1st National Electronic Sports Open 2014 NewBee 2014-12-30 1st ECL 2014 Autumn Vici Gaming 2015-04-26 1st Star Ladder StarSeries Season XII Vici Gaming 2015-08-07 4th The International 2015 Newbee 2015-11-16 13th-16th Frankfurt Major 2015 Newbee 2015-12-18 13th-16th World Cyber Arena 2015 Newbee 2016-01-30 5th-6th MarsTV Dota 2 League Winter 2015 Newbee 2016-03-03 9th-12th Shanghai Major 2016 Newbee 2016-05-15 2nd EPICENTER Newbee 2016-06-12 3rd Manila Major 2016 Newbee 2016-07-10 1st Nanyang Dota 2 Championships Season 2 Newbee 2016-08-02 9th-12th The International 2016