INSaNiA Explains Why Dota 2 Pro Players Agree to Play 322

Aydin “INSaNiA” Sarkoi believes that professional Dota 2 players agree to participate in match-fixing due to the lack of real consequences for such actions.

The player shared this opinion on YouTube.

“Here’s the crazy part: what consequences are there, really? It seems like there’s no criminal liability. You just get banned from the pro scene and walk away, keeping what you’ve earned. This leads us to some interesting conclusions. It turns out that if you realize you won’t achieve anything in Dota but have already wasted a lot of your life on the game, then 322 is the only real way to recoup the time spent. The ecosystem itself invites you to do this before leaving. Of course, if you don’t care about the moral side of things. For making money, this is the most natural method.”

According to a statement by Aydin “INSaNiA” Sarkoi, the lack of criminal liability for 322 contributes to fraud in the pro scene, since players who realize they won’t be able to achieve significant success try to recoup the time spent building their careers in this way before leaving. By playing a fixed match, the perpetrator of the incident simply ends their career, keeping the money they’ve earned.

As a reminder, a 322 scandal previously occurred at EPL 34 involving Ivan “4IVAN” Moshkovsky.