Aui 2000

Kurtis Ling (born October 2, 1992), better known as Aui_2000 or simply Aui, is a Canadian professional Dota 2 player and coach for Team Falcons. Kurtis was a member of the Evil Geniuses team that won The International 2015 and coach of the Tundra Esports team that won The International 2022.^[2][3][4]

Aui_2000
Ling in 2014
Personal information
Name	Kurtis Ling
Born	(1992-10-02) October 2, 1992 (age 32)[1]
Nationality	Canadian
Career information
Game	Dota 2
Playing career	2012–present
Coaching career	2016, 2018–2019
Team history
As player:
2012	PotM Bottom
2012–2013	Team Dignitas
2013–2014	Speed Gaming[a]
2014–2015	Cloud9
2015	Evil Geniuses
2015–2016	Digital Chaos
2016	Evil Geniuses
2016–2017	Team NP
2017	Cloud9
2018	Animal Planet[b]
2018	Digital Chaos
2021	Arkosh Gaming
As coach:
2016	Team Secret
2018–2019	Forward Gaming
2019	Newbee
2021–2023	Tundra Esports
2024 – present	Team Falcons
Career highlights and awards
As player: The International champion (2015) As coach: The International champion (2022)

Personal life

Kurtis attended the University of British Columbia before dropping out to play Dota 2 professionally full-time. His parents were initially skeptical of his career choice but eventually accepted it as he won more tournaments.^[5]

History

EG acquired Ling from Cloud9 in January 2015.^[6]

On August 14, Aui_2000 was kicked off of the team just days after winning TI5. Artour "Arteezy" Babaev replaced him on the roster.^[7][8] His sudden dismissal after winning the Dota 2 championships sparked some outrage from the community,^[9] and forced team captain Peter "ppd" Dager to write a blog detailing the reasons behind Aui_2000's removal from the team.^[10]

Shortly after being kicked from EG, Ling formed his own team, Digital Chaos, but struggled to achieve any significant results. On March 25, following the abrupt departure of Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora from Evil Geniuses, Ling announced that he would be rejoining the team.^[11] Ling was kicked from the team once again after the Manila Major 2016 in June.^[12]

For the 2017 season, Aui_2000 joined Team NP. They managed to qualify for The International 2017 before being signed by the Cloud9 organization.^[13] They were eliminated during the first round of the Lower Bracket by Team Empire.^[14]

For the 2018 season, Aui_2000 joined Forward Gaming as a coach.^[15] On July 21, 2019, Forward Gaming was dissolved;^[16] the roster was then signed to represent Chinese organization Newbee at The International 2019.^[17]

Notes

1. Speed Gaming was rebranded from RSnake.
2. Animal Planet briefly rebranded to Iceberg Esports.