DkFogas said that Nix has boosted viewers

Vladislav “DkFogas” Frolov said that he is sure Alexander “Nix” Levin had viewbotting, noting that Dota 2 simply doesnt have enough audience to show such high numbers.

He said this in an interview for Cybersport

“So did Nix have boost or not? Of course he did, there is no way 400 thousand people would come to watch The International final for like 500k rubles prize. There is no such audience. Obviously he didnt do it himself, most likely someone boosted it for him. Its hype, its event, 400k on Dota, TI final — its выгодно for many people to boost. I would boost it for Sanya myself if I could. Dota, hype, bring attention back to the game”

The streamer directly said that Nix definitely had bots on his The International stream. According to him, such a small prize pool couldnt attract that many viewers. He also noted that even with smaller audience, the event is still big, so many people could use it for hype.

However, DkFogas added that he doesnt think Nix did it himself, and believes it was done by third parties. From his words, it could even be supporters of the streamer, and Nix himself might not even know that bots were added to his stream.