Dota 2 player’s behavior showing support for Russia makes both himself and his teammates receive bitter fruits

Player Ivan ‘Pure’ Moskalenko of Virtus.pro got myself and my team out of the Eastern European qualifiers for the tournament ESL One Stockholm Major Dota 2. The reason for the decision to disqualify the team was Moskalenko’s act of drawing the letter Z – a symbol used to support Russia’s barbaric attack on Ukraine (Videos sent from Ukraine show Russian military vehicles). painted with the letter Z).
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Moskalenko drew the icon above using a feature that allows players to draw on the minimap in Dota 2 to discuss strategy. After appearing, the letter ‘Z’ was immediately drawn over by Moskalenko’s teammates. The incident happened in the upper bracket semi-final between Outsiders and Mind Games – the team that owns two Ukrainian players.

Virtus.pro entered the tournament under the name Outsiders and won the match. However, after assessing the incident, the organizers Beyond the Summit announced that the team was disqualified, canceled the results of the previous match and recorded the victory to Mind Games.
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Beyond the Summit said: “The Outsiders will be eliminated from the DPC EEU Tour 2 Regional Qualifier. All future matches as well as previous Outsiders wins will also be cancelled. We will soon. share update schedule.”

However, according to Moskalenko, the whole thing happened by chance. This player shared in a video posted on Twitter that: “The game paused for a long time, me and my teammates were talking and drawing on the minimap. When we realized exactly what our drawing content was. , we tried to overwrite it. I don’t mean to offend anyone, it was all an accident.”​