Aui 2000

Kurtis "Aui_2000" Ling is a Canadian professional Dota 2 player who currently playing for.

Aui_2000 plays mainly as a support, and is well known for his knowledge of the game as well as his signature item:. As well as this, Aui often casts pro games, though he is not affiliated with any particular broadcast company.

PotM Bottom
Kurtis started his professional career in 2012 on, where he showed much promise with his innovative item builds. After they defeated Counter Logic Gaming in Prodota2 Pro League, they were picked up by.

Team Dignitas
PotM Bottom was picked up by Dignitas in September 2012. The team performed very well, placing high in many premier tournaments. However, after placing 9th in The International 2013, the team disbanded.

Speed Gaming
After Dignitas disbanded, Aui joined in September 2013. In his new role of support, he popularized the use of Rod of Atos, an item rarely seen in competitive use until then. Speed Gaming was considered one of the best teams in the world, even taking home the gold against at MLG Columbus 2013. After that victory, he and his team left Speed Gaming and joined.

Cloud9
Aui joined in February 2014, and while the team did well, it was disappointing that they did not place first in a single major tournament in their time, becoming known by the community as the "Kings of 2nd Place".

Evil Geniuses
picked up Aui during the "Great Western Re-shuffle". to replace Zai. This new Evil Geniuses squad would go on to become the most successful team of the year, winning both Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 and The International 2015. On August 15, 2015, Aui made it public that he was kicked from the team and was replaced by Arteezy.

Digital Chaos
On August 25th 2015 Aui_2000 announced, that he would be joining the newly formed. After only 7 months however Aui_2000 left the team.

Return to Evil Geniuses
In March of 2016 Aui_2000 returned to as their Carry player. After the team played below expectations for three months, Aui_2000 got kicked from the team once again to make space for the return of Zai.

Team NP
Aui_2000 went on to join EternalEnvys newly formed, for which he is playing the Carry role once again.

2015

 * 2015-08-18: 'Reflections' with Aui_2000
 * 2015-04-13: Day 3 Interview with Aui_2000 - joinDOTA MLG Proleague Championship
 * 2015-04-12: Interview with Aui_2000 - joinDOTA MLG Pro League Season 1 Championship
 * 2015-02-07: Aui_2000 Interview by Hotbid

2014

 * 2014-12-10: Kurtis Ling (AUI_2000) talks about gaming stereotpyes
 * 2014-12-07: Interview with C9.Aui_2000 The Summit 2 ( Russian subtitles)
 * 2014-07-10: TI4 Interview: Aui_2000 and Hot_Bid
 * 2014-07-09: Aui_2000 on how it's anyone's game here at TI4
 * 2014-06-30: Interview with Aui2000 of Cloud9 @ ESL One Frankfurt 2014
 * 2014-06-06: Aui_2000 - Bootcamp for TI4
 * 2014-05-21: Interview with Cloud 9 Aui_2000
 * 2014-05-03: DreamHack Bucharest 2014 - Interview - SingSing and Aui_2000 - Cloud 9
 * 2014-04-13: In the Studio - by 100tb.com - Episode 5 - Part 3 - Aui_2000 Interview

2013

 * 2013-11-24: @WhatIsHipTV interviews spG.int.Aui_2000
 * 2013-11-23: MLG Columbus Interviews With BTS - Aui_2000
 * 2013-08-01: Dignitas Aui_2000 Interview @ The International 3 Pre-Group Stage
 * 2013-05-09: Interview with dignitas/Aui_2000 & dignitas/Fogged
 * 2013-05-08: Interview with Aui_2000 about the International, the meta game and more
 * 2013-04-29: Dignitas.Aui G1 Inerview: Western Scene Success is Coming
 * 2013-04-02: The Dreamhack Invitational - Aui_2000 Interview

2012

 * 2012-12-04: An interview with Aui_2000 about Dreamhack and the state of the game
 * 2012-11-24: Aui_2000 Interview at DreamHack Winter 2012
 * 2012-05-24: Aui_2000: We've had a couple of offers