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Name:

Sivatheeban Sivanathapillai

Approx. Total Earnings:

$233,916

Sivatheeban "1437" Sivanathapillai is a Canadian professional Dota 2 player who last played for D2 Hustlers.

Biography [edit]

On May 18th, 2012, it was reported that 1437 would be leaving It's Gosu eSports to join mousesports to replace the recently dismissed Fire.^[1] On September 16, 2012, he left mousesports along with ComeWithMe.^[2] He played on Quantic from September 16th to October 15th.^[3] On October 15, he announced that he would be joining LGD.international, along with Brax, MiSeRy, Pajkatt, and God.^[4] Together they would move to China to practice in the LGD team house.

After The International 2013, where LGD.int struggled and finished in 9-12th place, leaving them without prize money, 1437 revealed in an interview that the team could soon undergo roster changes, and that he had thoughts about moving back to Canada.^[5] Moving from LGD to Team Dignitas, 1437 was later picked up by the North American Rejects, and the team was later acquired by Natus Vincere North America. 1437, along with his team, was able to qualify for The International 2014, but finished the event at last placed. At late 2014, Natus Vincere announced the disbandment of its North American team.

With the loss of his team, 1437 began moving to coaching instead, and was announced to be the coach of the newly formed Team Secret. In the lead up to The International 2015, Team Secret became strong favorites at the event, having won multiple LANs despite being newly formed. The team, however suffered a disappointing exit at 7-8th place, and the post-event meltdown caused multiple members of the team to depart, 1437 included. After departing from Team Secret, 1437 returned to playing professionally, and formed his own team, Team Dark Horse, which would later be taken in by Cloud9. 1437's last game under Cloud9 was at the Frankfurt Major 2015, where he finished last place.

With the end of the major, Cloud9 announced the disbandment of its Dota 2 team, and 1437 joined Team Digital Chaos, but had mixed results overall. At the end of March, 2016, Team Secret announced that 1437 had returned to them as a coach once again. The team, however underperformed even with multiple roster swaps, and the team took last place at the Manila Major and The International 2016. After The International 2016, 1437 joined EternalEnvy and Aui_2000 in leaving the team. Regrouping with former Cloud9 teammates, MSS and SVG, 1437 helped form Team NP.

The team failed in its first opportunity to qualify for a premier event, reaching a second-place finish for the qualifiers of the Northern Arena Beat Invitational, but the team was able to adapt from the loss, and was able to qualify for The Summit 6 and the Boston Major.

Trivia [edit]

1437 is the number of letters in each word of the phrase "I love you forever."

Achievements [edit]

As Player
As Coach
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Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2021-05-22	AA 1st	A2Tier 3	Dota Pro Circuit 2021: S2 - North America Lower Division	Dota Pro Circuit 2021: S2 - North America Lower Division	D2 Hustlers	7/-/0	Grp S.	$17,000
2019-04-07	BA 2nd	A1Tier 2	Cobx Masters 2019 Phase II	Cobx Masters 2019 Phase II	Tigers	0 : 2		$20,000
2018-11-04	AA 1st	A1Tier 2	DreamLeague Season 10	DreamLeague Season 10	Tigers	3 : 2		$125,000
2018-01-21	EA 5 - 6th	A0Tier 1	Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds	Galaxy Battles II: Emerging Worlds	TNC Predator	0 : 1		$35,000
2017-12-10	BA 2nd	A1Tier 2	MDL Macau	MDL Macau	TNC Predator	0 : 2		$65,000
2017-11-23	AA 1st	A1Tier 2	China Top 2017	China Top 2017	TNC Predator	2 : 1		$151,935
2017-08-12	IC 9 - 12th	A0Tier 1	The International 2017	The International 2017	TNC Predator	0 : 2		$370,319
2017-06-18	CA 3rd	A0Tier 1	Galaxy Battles	Galaxy Battles	TNC Predator	1 : 2		$18,000
2016-12-10	EC 5 - 8th	A0Tier 1	The Boston Major 2016	The Boston Major 2016	Team NP	0 : 2		$125,000
2013-03-09	BA 2nd	A0Tier 1	G-League Season 2	G-League Season 2	LGD.int	1 : 3		$8,052
Complete list of results in any tournament

Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result	Prize
2018-08-25	MC 13 - 16th	A0Tier 1	The International 2018	The International 2018	TNC Predator	0 : 1	$127,661
2016-08-13	MC 13 - 16th	A0Tier 1	The International 2016	The International 2016	Team Secret	0 : 1	$103,852
2016-07-24	BA 2nd	A0Tier 1	StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2	StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2	Team Secret	1 : 3	$60,000
2016-06-12	MC 13 - 16th	A0Tier 1	The Manila Major 2016	The Manila Major 2016	Team Secret	0 : 1	$30,000
2016-04-24	EA 5 - 6th	A0Tier 1	ESL One Manila 2016	ESL One Manila 2016	Team Secret	1 : 2	$12,500
2016-03-06	AA 1st	A0Tier 1	The Shanghai Major 2016	The Shanghai Major 2016	Team Secret	3 : 1	$1,110,000
2015-08-08	GA 7 - 8th	A0Tier 1	The International 2015	The International 2015	Team Secret	1 : 2	$829,333
2015-05-17	AA 1st	A0Tier 1	The Summit 3	The Summit 3	Team Secret	3 : 1	$115,466
2014-12-07	CA 3rd	A0Tier 1	The Summit 2	The Summit 2	Team Secret	3 : 0	$46,637
2014-10-26	BA 2nd	A0Tier 1	StarLadder StarSeries Season 10	StarLadder StarSeries Season 10	Team Secret	2 : 3	$46,796
Complete list of coaching results in any tournament

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Interviews [edit]

2011
2012
2013
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2015
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References [edit]

↑ "Mousesports dismiss Fire, 1437 to fill the lineup hole". 2012-05-18. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
↑ "New temporary lineup for Dota 2"
↑ "UPDATED: Quantic Gaming completes its roster". 2012-09-16. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
↑ "LGD.international is confirmed"
↑ Siba, Theeban (2013-08-10). 1437 Explains why Chinese Teams are Struggling against the West. Interview with Rod Breslau. The International 2013. Seattle. Retrieved 2013-08-16.