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https://kotaku.com/fired-dota-2-commentator-on-why-valve-let-him-go-1761711816
Commentator On Why Valve Dropped Him. James "2GD" Harding, an esports personality who was fired from his role as host of the Dota 2 Shanghai Major and renounced by Gabe Newell, has posted his
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dota-2-shanghai-major-james-2gd-harding
A day and a half into the group stages came the news that panel host James '2GD' Harding had been removed. Sorry to say I won't be returning to the Shanghai major, I was let go after that last segment. ... I don't want this incident to make people feel panel hosting has to be a choice between 2GD's style and a completely straight-faced sports
https://www.rivalry.com/news/james-is-an-ass
James "2GD" Harding is a former professional Quake 4 and World of Warcraft player turned commentator born in 1982. The child of a millionaire father, he was one of those fortunate enough to be fully supported by his elders as he embarked on his esports journey. After playing for Dignitas, Fnatic and SK Gaming as a professional Quake 4 planer
https://www.pcgamer.com/dota-2-shanghai-major-host-let-go-after-the-first-day/
In short: there ain't no drama like Dota 2 drama. Update #2: Fairly inevitably, sacked Dota 2 panel host James "2GD" Harding has responded to being called an "ass" by none other than Gabe Newell
https://www.joindota.com/news/36578-gabe-newell-himself-breaks-valves-silence-on-2gd-firing-and-production
James "2GD" Harding was suddenly stripped off his hosting duties earlier today, with Sheever stepping in to cover for him. "Sorry to say I won't be returning to the Shanghai Major, I was let go after that last segment. We'll always have day 1 together," said 2GD on Twitter this morning. 2GD then added that the decision came from Valve and that ahead of the event he was told to "be himself".
https://archive.esportsobserver.com/2gd-professionalism-personality/
Most sponsors do, however, and so they have a wary eye on cases like James "2GD" Harding's at Shanghai Major. There might be a lot more coming into play about the incident, like behind the scenes rivalries and bad blood, the likes Harding mentioned in his extensive blog post. From the perspective of a sponsor, those personal affectivities
https://dotesports.com/dota-2/news/me-and-gabe-are-tight-how-2gd-finally-made-his-dota-2-return-at-the-international-2022
While 2GD's return may have come as a shock to fans who've been away from the competitive scene it was almost signaled as he appeared at the Stockholm Major during its after party.. During the
https://www.fragster.com/the-return-of-the-legend-james-2gd-harding/
October 2022. This year's The International is filled with a lot of drama, from the whole Dota 2 community being upset about this year's Battlepass to the team RNG being infected by Covid-19. However, there is also a silver lining, which is the return of the legendary The International host James "2GD" Harding.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/dota-2/dota-2-shanghai-major-suffers-serious-production-issues-host-james-2gd-harding-fired-on-day-two
A few hours ago, James '2GD' Harding, who hosted day one of the Dota 2 Shanghai Major before being removed from that position halfway through day two by Valve, released his official statement.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/47o7t8/who_is_james_and_why_was_he_removed_from_a_dota2/
doverkan • 8 yr. ago. James "2GD" Harding was the official host of the Dota2 Shanghai Major, a tournament officially supported by the developer of Dota2, Valve, and organized by the Chinese company, Perfect World. Earlier today, as per this tweet, we were told that James was dropped as the main host of the tournament by Valve.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/at9ogh/rip_james_2gd_harding/
2GD was the sole reason the china major was fun to watch, he did what he did because of us, the community and how we reacted to his segments. ... James is a resilient bastard, he will be back one way or another but after that whole incident i lost respect for gaben and valve as a company.
https://esports.gg/news/dota-2/james-2gd-harding-is-back-at-ti11/
James Harding, "2gd", returns to host TI11! Nobody saw that coming. TI11 Playoffs kicked off today (October 20) and following two series, the live broadcast welcomed someone the Dota 2 scene had long missed- James "2gd" Harding. After almost 8 years since he last hosted for The International, 2gd makes his return to the hosting desk at TI11.
https://afkgaming.com/dota2/news/james-2gd-harding-is-back-as-a-host-for-ti11
Valve. Highlights. James "2GD" Harding is hosting The International 2022 (TI11) During the Shanghai Major 2016, 2GD was fired with Valve's CEO Gabe Newell publicly lambasting him and calling him "an ass." This is his first appearance at The International following that incident. The impossible has happened!
https://liquipedia.net/dota2/2GD
James "2GD" Harding is a former professional Quake and World of Warcraft player turned commentator, community member and Twitch.TV employee. 2GD is the founder of The GD Studio, an eSports content production venture located in Stockholm, Sweden. With the rest of the studio, he hosted The GD Show, a self-described, 'no fluff' esports talk show. Since 2015, The GD Studio has stopped producing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Major
The Shanghai Major was a Dota 2 tournament that took place in Shanghai from March 2-6, 2016, and was the second Major of the 2015-2016 Dota 2 season. 16 teams competed in the tournament; eight were given direct invitations and the other eight qualified through various qualifying tournament around the world. The Major was won by Team Secret, who defeated Team Liquid in a best of five series
https://www.reddit.com/r/thegdstudio/comments/sp3p9/the_2gd_incident/
4.9K subscribers in the thegdstudio community. The GD Studio is a place where esports and game development go hand in hand.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ti11-james-2gd-harding-back-panel-152026041.html
James "2GD" Harding, one of the OG (not the esports team) Dota 2 talents, made a surprise appearance at the first day of the The International 2022 (TI11) panel being hosted in Norway. Walking in nervously and gulping down a drink, 2GD (pronounced "too good") said his "adrenaline was killing him" and he was "very, very excited to be back on
https://liquipedia.net/arenafps/2GD
James "2GD" Harding is a former professional Quake and World of Warcraft player turned commentator, community member and Twitch.TV employee. 2GD is the founder of The GD Studio, an eSports content production venture located in Stockholm, Sweden. ... He had an incident while warming up for badminton where in he lost the ability to bend his knees
https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28937190/creating-new-arena-fps-game-diabotical
The creation of new arena first-person shooter game Diabotical began with a man in Spain watching esports commentator James "2GD" Harding be interviewed on YouTube. Eight years and a successful
https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/fcltin/2gd_pays_homage_to_icefrog_and_the_incident_in/
The talents made jokes like that in many Chinese events before and it never became an issue except for that one incident. I think they fired 2GD partly because a Valve employee had issues with him like he said afterwards, and partly because Valve was really pissed off because their major turned out to be a trainwreck, and they just decided to
https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/6atnwi/i_miss_2gd/
Was it the 2014 dreamleague panel with 2GD, draskyl and lumi, man I miss those guys, especially 2GD. Advertisement Coins. 0 coins. Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. Valheim ... Valve tried the ultra-professional approach at TI5 and the first two Majors (culminated with the 2GD incident), realized it doesn't work and went back to memeing for
https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/om6bds/after_1300_duo_casts_mlp_and_johnxfire_are_ready/
The smiles are part of what I enjoy the most. Ever since the great esports boom (and possibly the 2GD incident had something to do this), it's been a struggle for casters to navigate the admittedly complicated tightrope of delivering a GOOD truly all-ages actually family friendly broadcast.