Nix stated that Valve has made huge profits from MMR inflation in Dota 2

Alexander "Nix" Levin, streamer and former esports player, stated that Valve made enormous amounts of money from MMR inflation by introducing Double down tokens into the game.

He shared this during a broadcast on Twitch.

"Can you imagine how much money they raked in [from Double down token], the numbers must be insane"

Nix supported the idea that Double down tokens are one of the worst things to ever appear in Dota 2. In his opinion, they caused significant MMR inflation, raising it to incredibly high levels. Now, even with an MMR of 12,000, players can barely hope to break into the top 500. Moreover, even if a player doesn’t lose MMR but simply doesn’t play for a couple of weeks, they will still rapidly drop in the rankings.

According to Nix, the tokens became extremely popular, and Valve made huge sums from their sales. He believes that the large-scale sales of tokens directly contributed to the devaluation of MMR.

It is worth noting that earlier, the organizers of the Elite League were embroiled in a scandal, as the world's top teams did not receive their prize money.