SVG
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Avery "SVG" Silverman is an American professional Dota 2 player who last captained Quincy Crew.
Biography[edit]
SVG is a support player that started off playing in North American teams such as Dark Horse, Cloud 9 and Shazam, and was considered to be one of the best North American supports in the scene. He later on became the coach for Evil Geniuses in May 2016, helping them reach third place at The International 2016.
Following the International, he departed from the organisation and joined EternalEnvy's new team, Team NP with other notable players from the North American region. After some mixed results with that team, he was removed from the roster and returned to coach EG for another TI. However, this time he was unable to help them reach a similarly impressive result.
In the beginning of 2018, he returned to active play when he briefly captained Team World, a team made up of members from all across the globe. Unfortunately, this team would be short lived and SVG went on to found a North American stack that was later picked up by VGJ.Storm. With this team, he won his first LAN tournament ever at GESC Thailand.[1] At TI that year, VGJ.Storm started off very strong by topping their group ahead of heavy favorites Virtus.pro. However, at the main event, they were dropped down to the Lower Bracket in the first round by eventual champions OG and soon after were eliminated by Team Secret.
Following TI8, SVG and his team departed VGJ.Storm and joined a new organization in Forward Gaming. Despite a lot of potential and promise shown by the team, they were unable to connect to their performance of the previous season. After disappointingly early exits at the first three Majors of the season, SVG decided to retire from active play in March 2019.[2]
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-13 | 9 - 12th | Tier 1 |  | The International 2021 |   | 0 : 2 |  | $800,400 |
| 2021-05-20 | 1st | Tier 2 |  | Dota Pro Circuit 2021: S2 - North America Upper Division | | 7/-/0 | Grp S. | $30,000 |
| 2020-12-06 | 1st | Tier 2 |  | Realms Collide: The Burning Darkness |   | 3 : 1 |  | $24,000 |
| 2020-08-30 | 1st | Tier 2 |  | ESL One Thailand 2020: Americas | | 3 : 0 |   | $28,000 |
| 2020-06-29 | 1st | Tier 2 |  | BTS Pro Series Season 2: Americas | | 3 : 2 |  | $21,000 |
| 2019-11-10 | 2nd | Tier 2 | | DOTA Summit 11 |  | 0 : 3 |   | $60,000 |
| 2018-08-23 | 7 - 8th | Tier 1 | | The International 2018 |  | 0 : 2 |   | $638,304 |
| 2018-05-20 | 2nd | Tier 1 |  | MDL Changsha Major | | 0 : 3 |  | $200,000 |
| 2018-05-12 | 1st | Tier 2 |  | GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor | | 2 : 0 |  | $110,000 |
| 2016-12-09 | 5 - 8th | Tier 1 |  | The Boston Major 2016 |  | 0 : 2 |  | $125,000 |
| Complete list of results in any tournament | ||||||||
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-16 | 6 - 7th | Tier 2 |  | DOTA Summit 8 |   | 0 : 2 | | $9,000 |
| 2017-12-03 | 3rd | Tier 1 |  | DreamLeague Season 8 | | 0 : 2 |   | $100,000 |
| 2017-11-24 | 3rd | Tier 2 |  | Midas Mode - North America | | 0 : 2 | | $4,500 |
| 2017-10-28 | 5 - 6th | Tier 1 |  | ESL One Hamburg 2017 | | 1 : 2 |  | $40,000 |
| 2017-10-22 | 3 - 4th | Tier 2 |  | PGL Open Bucharest | | 0 : 2 |  | $30,000 |
| 2017-08-08 | 9 - 12th | Tier 1 | | The International 2017 |  | 0 : 2 |  | $370,319 |
| 2017-07-08 | 5 - 6th | Tier 1 | | Mars Dota 2 League 2017 | | 1 : 2 |  | $12,500 |
| 2017-06-11 | 2nd | Tier 1 |  | EPICENTER 2017 | | 1 : 3 | | $100,000 |
| 2016-08-13 | 3rd | Tier 1 | | The International 2016 | | 1 : 2 | | $2,180,898 |
| 2016-06-07 | 13 - 16th | Tier 1 |  | The Manila Major 2016 | | 0 : 1 |  | $30,000 |
| Complete list of coaching results in any tournament | ||||||||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-19 | Tier 2 |  | DPC NA 2021/22 Tour 1: Division I | Commentator | |
| 2022-01-19 | Tier 2 | | DPC WEU 2021/22 Tour 1: Division I | Commentator | |
| 2022-01-19 | Tier 3 | | DPC WEU 2021/22 Tour 1: Division II | Commentator | |
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||
Gallery[edit]
SVG at Northern Arena BEAT Invitational, 2016
SVG at EPICENTER 2017
SVG at DOTA Summit 9, 2018
SVG at DOTA Summit 11, 2019
SVG at The International 2021
Interviews[edit]
- 2018-08-21 |
Interview: Avery “SVG” Silverman on captaining his first team into top seed by Victoria Rose of theflyingcourier.com at The International 2018 - 2018-05-06 | Interview with VGJ.Storm Captain SVG by KBBQ of VGJ.Storm
- 2020-11-06 | Position Six 85 - SVG by Dan Offen of joinDOTA
- 2021-08-31 | SVG: Quincy Crew Preparation Towards The International 10 by Rosesa of RosesaGaming
References[edit]
- ↑ Belandrial (2018-05-12). "VGJ.Storm are the GESC: Thailand Dota 2 Minor Champions". vpesports.com. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ↑ Forward Gaming (2019-03-24). "Forward Gaming's Dota 2 Roster Changes". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-03-24.