EHOME

History
EHOME was formed in March 2004. In 2007, EHOME took DotA team HTML to form EHOME's DotA division. In 2008, during the Asian Championship Games in Singapore at Suntec City. EHOME first made headlines back then when they announced themselves onto the regional stage after winning the title of Asian champions. But they were far from contended.

Following the retirement of 2009 due to his studies, EHOME was in jeopardy. Players began to discuss possible replacements, and it was obvious that players 820 and 357 from CANT, another successful Chinese team can fill in the gap. EHOME have been huge admirers of both players. However, with only 5 spots and 6 players, one would have to leave. It was Longdd that left and went to CANT.

From this point onwards, EHOME's faced much setbacks. They no longer had the same 'aura'. EHOME was defeatable, and opponents were able to tear them apart. EHOME was unable to function like it used to, and the retirement of DC and SNOY certainly did not help.

During this period of time, there were many changes to the team roster and the team added two players that were unknown: Dai and Ronaldo. Both players had great success and are extremely famous in another popular Chinese game with some similarities to Dota, 真三. It was predicted that they would be hugely successful in Dota.

However that was not the case. EHOME continued to play horribly, and after a short period of time, EHOME and ronaldo went separate ways. Dai was widely expected to leave, but it was decided to give him a second chance. A famous supporter Dgc from former rivals 7L (disbanded) then completed the roster of EHOME: 820, 357, GK, Dai, Dgc.

EHOME began to find some of their lost momentum, and began to show improvement. Despite this, Dgc left the team. Many commented that despite EHOME improving, Dgc was unable to fit in with the team well enough. It was during this period of time that the last member of the 'golden era' GK decided to retire. Many was saddened by this news as he represents the last link to their former glory. EHOME is set to be an entirely new team from the past.

However, when this team was just formed they were not successful at all. They were faced with criticism by many, even from supporters from EHOME. Dai was deemed to be not showing potential at all just like ronaldo previously did not. King_J was said to be a mediocre player, and Burning criticized as lacking synergy with the team and lacking map awareness.

Furthermore, the success of lgd.sGty by former EHOME player 2009 who has made a comeback further pressured EHOME and many supporters changed sides. During that time, lgd was seemingly invincible, and ESWC qualifiers were coming up.

EHOME decided to take a gamble. Player roles were changed.

The change was deemed to be an outrage. 820 was one of the best carries in China, and yet he is now a supporter? All players with different roles were said to be doomed, much less qualify for ESWC. Several weeks before the qualifiers, EHOME continued to experience inconsistent performances, but not being able to beat lgd.sGty. When they did, it was not convincing to the public.

It was during ESWC qualifiers that we see a resurgent EHOME. People began to see EHOME being able to fight as a team after so long, and there were glimpses of the previous successful era. During the first game in the qualifier against the tough CH (With former EHOME players Longdd and Dgc), EHOME was able to comeback against an owning SF by SF god Pis and the crazy farmed Void by Longdd. I would recommend this replay as it shows how EHOME's players played with synergy whilst at a disadvantage, were able to work as a team to counter the strategies by CH.

Following the win over CH, they faced their biggest enemies, lgd.sGty. lgd was widely tipped to win the qualifiers and represent China in ESWC. However that was not the case. The game was not very memorable for me, but I recall how I began to see EHOME in a new perspective. EHOME was no longer the lost team in the shadow of their past glory.

EHOME became champions of ESWC undefeated. Throughout ESWC, there has been a permanent shield of invincibility surrounding the fearless team from China. There was a clear favorite for ESWC from the start since EHOME touched ground in Paris. Every team in the tournament were apprehensive of facing the titular Chinese giants, and when AEON, defending champions from the last ESWC finally did, they capitulated. They never truly recovered, eventually going out on a limp after losing their remaining games. It was a less than worthy title defense from the talented Singaporean team, but such is the reverberating impact felt by EHOME's opponents that no one truly dared to face them head-front.

EHOME was the runners-up at The International and Electronic Sports World Cup, while finishing third at WCG Asian Championships 2011. However, these performances are deemed subpar and thus EHOME dissolves their DotA division in November 2011.