Fly (gamer)

Tal Aizik (Hebrew: טל אייזיק; born March 9, 1993), better known as Fly, is an Israeli professional Dota 2 player who currently plays for Evil Geniuses.[1][2] He is the co-founder of esports team OG.[3] Aizik won four Dota Major Championships with team OG.[4]

Fly
Tal Aizik
Personal information
Born	9 March 1993
Nationality	Israeli
Nickname(s)	Simbaaa
Career information
Status	Active
Current team	Evil Geniuses
Games	Dota 2 Heroes of Newerth
Role	Support
Career history
2012–2014	Fnatic.EU
2014	Team Secret
2015–2018	OG
2018–present	Evil Geniuses
Career highlights and awards
4× Dota Major champion (Frankfurt, Manila, Boston, Kiev)

Career

Coming from iLx along with N0tail and NoVa, Aizik 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.[5] Tal played the offlane role for Team Secret, joining them along with BigDaddy. Tal and n0tail were separated at the end of 2014, when Aizik left Secret.[6][7] The two re-united after The International 2015 in order to create a new team.[8][9]

He founded the team OG on 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.[10] 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.[11][12] OG also won the lesser ESL One Frankfurt 2016 tournament.[13]

OG entered The International 2016 as one of the favorites, but ended up finishing 9-12th out of 16 teams.[14] On August 24, 2016, founding members MoonMeander, Miracle- Al-Barkawi, and Cr1t- Nielsen left the team, but Fly remained.[15] On August 31, 2016, s4, JerAx, and ana joined the team.[16]

He is the son of Krav Maga instructor Moni Aizik.[17] 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.[18] In May 2018, he left OG to join Evil Geniuses, along with s4.[19]

References

1. Jay Massaad (28 May 2018). "Fly and S4 leave OG to join EG". Cypersport. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
2. Div (28 May 2018). "Fly and s4 Move to Evil Geniuses, OG Down to 3 Players". VPesports. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
3. Mike Stubbsy (25 November 2015). "How OG surprised the world at the Frankfurt Major". Red Bull. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
4. Jack Ballenger (1 May 2017). "OG cements its dynasty at the Kiev Major". ESPN. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
5. http://www.dailydot.com/esports/dota-2-dota2-complexity-fnatic-hellraisers/
6. "Team Secret releases Simbaaa". 17 December 2014.
7. "Team Secret Parts Ways with Simbaaa". 17 December 2014.
8. Partridge, Ben Sillis and Jon. "How Heroes of Newerth led OG to Dota 2".
9. "TI-Teamvorstellung: Liquid und OG".
10. Stubbsy, Mike. "How OG surprised the world at the Frankfurt Major". Red Bull. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
11. Cocke, Taylor. "OG wins Manila, becomes first team to win two Dota 2 majors". esports.yahoo.com. Yahoo. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
12. "Chronique e-sportive (2) : une scène occidentale méconnaissable".
13. Ollie Ring. "ESL One Frankfurt MVP". redbull.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
14. "OG loses MoonMeander, Cr1t-, Miracle- in roster shuffle". 2016-08-24. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
15. "OG is the first major victim of post-TI6 roster shuffle". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
16. "OG - Timeline | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
17. "Twitter".
18. Jon Partridge. "OG Dota 2: Interview with Fly | Red Bull eSports". redbull.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
19. "A Shift in OG". Facebook. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

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