On July 27 2017 17:03 Furinax wrote:

Great write-up! I notice that both this writ-eup and the HGC casters use abbreviation when talking about teams. I understand it in articles, but it got a bit annoying during the HGC cast. Hope the casters respect the names of teams a bit more and use abbreviations less.

I'm glad you enjoyed the article, Furinax!Abbreviating names is part of China's esports culture. You can see this reflected in the team's logos, and even the official NetEase standings use those abbreviations. You can also see this with Chinese organizations not currently involved with Heroes of the Storm, such as LGD, OhMyGod, and EDward Gaming.Even players' individual gamer tags can play fast and loose with language rules. For example, Jinlong Qu goes by "Soap." Since joining eStar, his in-game tag is listed as "eStarFz." But his name is still Soap, because the Chinese word for "soap" is 肥皂, Féizào. So Fz is another abbreviation.