The player from NAVI was forced to change his nickname at the Dota 2 tournament

Arman "Malady" Orazbaev, a player for NAVI, was asked to change his nickname during the Super Dimensional Vision Snow Ruyi tournament because his nickname was related to Mao Zedong. If he did not comply, the tournament's broadcast could have been shut down.

This information was reported by the publication KIBER, citing the team's manager, Zhanna Batkovna.

"I changed Malady's nickname to Baki. He didn't like it and changed it to 'Mao Zedong.' One of the Chinese streamers was broadcasting his matchmaking game. The local platform immediately banned Arman for his nickname. The organizers rushed in and asked him to change it, or else the official broadcast would be banned. So, he changed it"

Initially, Malady entered a public game under the name of the political figure. A Chinese content creator noticed this, and then the organizers of the LAN tournament became aware. As a result, Orazbaev was banned on the local streaming platform.

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Following this, the organizers approached the player and requested that he change his nickname to avoid a potential ban on the official tournament broadcast, so the player and the team agreed to make the change.

Recall that previously there was a public conflict between Dmitry "Korb3n" Belov and Vladimir "Maelstorm" Kuzminov regarding the situation at the Dimensional Vision Snow Ruyi tournament.