"The Director" (xiao8)
The nickname of xiao8, captain of Newbee and champion of The International 2014. It sounds like praise or irony depending on who says it.
Pro scene and history
Origin
- Some say he earned it with complex strategies only he understood; others say it mocked odd mechanics like "Ravage into nothing". Either way, the Russian-speaking community still calls him the Director.
Example
- "Ulted nobody but we won — Director level."
More memes
- 322
- "Lost, BKB!"
- The 6 million dollar Echo Slam
- The fountain hook
- Rat Dota
- Puppey pause
- Cliffteezy
- Pizza party
- The bot beat Dendi
- "Ya yidu dodomu" ("I'm going home")
- "Ceeeeeb!"
- The million dollar Dream Coil
- "That's it, the ship, all into ArtStyle!"
- XBOCT
- "MMR is just a number"
- "FIRED"
- "Who picks Monkey King mid?"
- "ez game" by TORONTOTOKYO
- "Stay down"
- The Team Spirit room
- The 18 million dollar haircut
- Skewer to the airport
- Alliance group hug without Limmp
- Hassan Bowl
- NoMail
- GG, GG WP, "go next"
- "?" in chat
- "Lakad Matatag! Normalin, Normalin!"
- "VOLVO GIVE DIRETIDE"
- Valve time
- "Mid or feed"
- Low priority (LP)
- "Ka le"
- 1000-7, ZXC, "dead inside"
- "Easy game", "gg ez"
- Papich (EvilArthas)
- "Stariy Bog" (Old God) 💪
- BabyRage
- "Cooman, the number one man"
- "Guys, guys, guys"
- "Doka 2"
- "Svaga" (swag)
- Techies
- Ogre and luck
- "Void, who did you chrono?"
- Pudge every game
- Rapier
- "Does it pierce BKB?"
- Invoker and fingers
- Tinker
- "Buy wards"
- "Buy the chicken"
- "Removed for pressing ceremonial reasons"
- "+6 Treants"
- "THD"
- Feed, feeder
- Throw
- Tilt
- Smurf
- "Space created"
- "Rak" (crayfish)
- "Ocherednyara" ("just another one")