The Dota 2 legend surprised with their action after Team Falcons' victory. Photo

A legend of Chinese Dota 2 scene, Lu "Somnus丶M" Yao paid respect to Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak after Team Falcons won against Xtreme Gaming by renaming his nickname in the honor of Malr1ne.

The news was shared by Malr1ne himself on a Telegram channel with a corresponding screenshot appended to it.

After the game Somnus changed his nickname into “马超” which can be translated as Ma Chao with part derived from the first part of Malr1ne’s nickname and the second one taken from Somnus’ Chinese name.

The move, which is rare, drew attention from the Team Falcons player himself, who responded to this kind gesture through his delight over coming from such a legend.

"Dota legends Respect Itself. This has gotta feel good”

This took place after Team Falcons won an amazing comeback in the second map over Xtreme Gaming. In addition, ATFs remark was scandalous moment of this match when he offensively addressed opponents after they won.