NS Defends Skiter Amid Criticism from Nix

Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov believes that Oliver “Skiter” Lepko’s results prove that Alexander “Nix” Levin’s constant criticism is biased.

The streamer shared this opinion on Twitch.

“The normal reaction to someone calling you any number of names is to ignore it. When you’re accused, for example, of some crime that tarnishes your honor—because that accusation damages your reputation—that’s a different matter. But when they’re just calling you a loser, you know, the dogs bark, but the caravan moves on. This is literally about the never-ending conflict—or some kind of twisted mutual love—between Nix and skiter.

Nix has been barking at skiter for a few years now, while skiter keeps winning Intas and tournaments. Not one after another, but he’s won two Intas, so to speak, and he won Riyadh, as far as I remember. Or did he? Anyway, a whole bunch of other tournaments too. Skiter has an incredible track record. If Skiter had been playing back when prize pools were super high, he’d probably be the player with the biggest prize earnings by a wide margin. Because he won tournaments on different teams.

I mean, the caravan moves on, and someone’s barking at it from the sidelines—who cares? It’s obvious that this is a normal reaction from Skiter if he doesn’t care. He’s used to people saying all kinds of things to him. He proves he’s right through his actions. In the sense that he’s an excellent Dota player.”

According to Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov, Oliver “Skiter” Lepko is doing the right thing by not responding harshly to criticism from Alexander “Nix” Levin, but simply winning tournaments. The streamer believes that with his victories at the Esports World Cup and The International, the esports player has proven his professionalism. Moreover, Skiter could have become the richest player in the history of the pro scene if his period of success had coincided with the peak prize pools.

As a reminder, Oliver “Skiter” Lepko previously noted a strange pattern in Team Falcons’ losses.