Malady recalled how he refused to play with Watson before joining Gaimin Gladiators

Arman “Malady” Orazbayev said that he had a good relationship with Alimzhan “Watson” Islambekov in HellRaisers, but after the defeat in the qualification for TI11 the cyber athlete did not want to continue playing with him.

The corresponding statement was made by the player on YouTube.

“The first time I met Watson was in HellRaisers. Then I had two options: to continue my career in HR or AS Monaco Gambit. Watson wanted me to play with him. From that moment on, we had super chemistry. Back then, we were beating everyone on the lanes. No one could beat us.

When we lost the qualification for TI11 to HellRaisers, Watson asked me at the airport if I wanted to continue playing with him because HellRaisers was breaking up. I replied, “No, I don't want to play with you anymore.” That's how we stopped playing together.”

According to Arman “Malady” Orazbayev's statement, the player felt that Alimzhan “Watson” Islambekov didn't put enough effort into winning, which made him think that there were more professional first-position players on the pro scene. However, Malady now admits that he made a mistake.

“At the time I felt he didn't play well enough. I felt like there were carrys that were better than him. But I was just blind.”

Recall that earlier Ilya “Illidan” Pivtsaev named a common trait in the game of Ilya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk, Michael “miCKe” Wu and Alimzhan “Watson” Islambekov.