v1lat
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v1lat
Player Information
Name:
Віталій Миколайович Волочай
Romanized Name:
Vitalii Volochai
Nationality:
Born:
August 8, 1986 (age 38)
Region:
EuropeYears Active (Player):
2012
Current Role:
Links
History
DotA:
2007-10-15 — 2008-??-??
Wolker Gaming (M.)
Upcoming Matches
No Upcoming Matches
Upcoming Tournaments
No upcoming tournaments
Vitalii Mykolayovych "v1lat" Volochai is a Ukrainian and Russian language caster from Novovolynsk, Ukraine.
Biography[edit]
In the early days of Dota 2, v1lat was casting as a part of SLTV, the leading Russian language coverage studio, before departing in order to found Dota 2 RuHub in 2015.[Citation needed] He left RuHub Studio in April 2018 due to logistics and travel difficulties between Kyiv and Moscow.[1] In June 2018 v1lat, together with former RuHub director Andrey "x3m4eg" Grigoriev, founded a new studio called Maincast to cover and host Dota 2 and CS:GO events.[2]
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, v1lat switched to casting exclusively in Ukrainian with his company Maincast.[3][4][5]
Trivia[edit]
- Is married to Ineska, fellow CIS Dota 2 personality and interviewer.
- Prior to casting Dota 2 and Defense of the Ancients, he was casting FIFA matches.
- He is a big fan of football team Liverpool.
- He is the only broadcast talent who continuously attended all Internationals from 2011 to 2021.
Notable Events as Broadcast Talent[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-24 | Tier 1 |  | Riyadh Masters 2022 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-10-17 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2021 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-25 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2019 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-25 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2018 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-08-12 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2017 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-04-30 | Tier 1 |  | The Kiev Major 2017 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-08-13 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2016 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-08-08 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2015 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-02-09 | Tier 1 |  | Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015 | Off-site Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-07-21 | Tier 1 |  | The International 2014 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interviews[edit]
2018[edit]
- 2018-08-19 | V1lat on TI8: "This is the first TI without a single weak team." by cybersport.ru of cybersport.com at The International 2018
2013[edit]
- 2013-02-15 | v1lat Speaks by Kipsate of liquiddota.com
References[edit]
- ↑ "Мы не поссорились, никто никого не увольнял и не уходил со скандалом" (in Russian). Cybersport Media. 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ "V1lat и x3m4eg открыли компанию Maincast" (in Russian). Cybersport Media. 2018-06-09. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ "Maincast Gives Up The Russian-Language Rights To Esports Tournaments Run By Esl And Fully Focus On The Development Of Its Ukrainian-Language Broadcasts" (in English). Maincast. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ↑ "Maincast відмовилися від прав на російськомовні трансляції ESL та Dreamhack. Причини, версії та висновки надважливої події" (in Ukrainian). Gameinside. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ↑ "V1lat рассказал, будет ли он комментировать The International 2022 на русском языке". dota2.net. Retrieved 2022-10-14.