The water broke the bank: The community reacted to Na`Vi being eliminated in the TI8 open qualifiers

Natus Vincere or Na`Vi is the legendary name that won The International 2011 and inspired many amateur (now professional) players to have a passion for Dota 2. But recently, Na`Vi was eliminated right from the open qualifiers of The International 2018.

Speaking of defeat, both of their defeats were lost at the hands of two unknown teams: first ESPADA, then imagine hehe. The black and yellow team has finally reached the lowest point in the organization’s Dota 2 history. So what did the Dota 2 community say?

The CEO of the organization himself apologized for the humiliation. Yevhen Zolotagor has given the team many opportunities over the past year to recover from a string of ‘disgraceful’ results. Most recently, he has put his faith in Na`Vi’s recent roster with Nikola “LeBronDota” Popovic, before the team kicks the player away next month.

меня пожалуйста, это позор. арни старались, о от остав как туловище оловы о вина принятых ой решений, оть и оки неа оставляют ам ор . ответственен а ат. ообщу вам о будущем команды а .

— Yevhen Zolotarov (@NAVIHarisPilton) June 16, 2018

Forgive me, this is a disgrace. The boys tried their best, but this roster is like a headless snake and that’s the result of my decisions, even if the players didn’t give me too many options to make decisions. Either way, I am responsible for this outcome. I’ll let you guys know about the team’s future next week.

Midllane ‘Dendi’ also spoke briefly.

Sorry fam?

— Danil Ishutin (@DendiBoss) June 16, 2018

The ‘imagine hehe’ player also shared his disappointment when a team with everything like Na`Vi lost to a mix-team that had only been formed a day.

оа аешь однодневным аком оманду акими ами

— Vadim Musorin (@SedoyDota) June 16, 2018

It’s disappointing that a new stack formation one day can take down a team that has everything.

Natus Vincere is often invited to competitive events solely by their name, despite poor performance and failure to qualify for the qualifiers. Is it possible that Na`Vi will somehow make it to TI8?

like dumbledore does every year for Gyffindor, just give them magic points to win the house cup

— Ben Steenhuisen (@followNoxville) June 16, 2018

Coach Vega Squadron called this a disaster from the team’s recent roster policies.

Sad to see Na’Vi go out like this, but at the same time–this is where it was always going to end. They either had to stop the cycle of acquiring players and throwing them away again, or face this bitter moment where they couldn’t buy anyone to bail them out anymore.

— Muriëlle ”Kips” Huisman (@Kipspul) June 16, 2018