Yatoro accused ESL One Raleigh organizers of unfair decision

Ilya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk believes that in the situation with the disqualification of NAVI Junior from the ESL One Raleigh 2025 Dota 2 tournament due to the abuse of a bug are to blame both the developers and the organizers themselves, who did not warn the participants of qualifications about the ban.

The corresponding opinion carry Team Spirit shared on YouTube.

“The developers are to blame. Tournament operators did not warn. They are also to blame. The fact that players are using it.... Why can't I use what's in the game if it's not banned? If I wasn't warned.”

The player believes that the organizers should not have disqualified anyone, but were obliged to warn the players before the start of the qualifications. Ilya “Yatoro” Mulyarchuk believes that the organizers shifted the responsibility for their mistake to the tournament participants.

“They shouldn't have banned anyone. It's completely their mistake. They should have warned in advance. They are wrong themselves, but threw the blame on the players and teams”

It is worth noting that the organizers expelled NAVI Junior from ESL One Raleigh for abusing the smoke bug, while many other lineups, including Team Spirit, were charged with “moderate abuse”, which caused them to fall under more lenient sanctions from the tournament operator.

Recall that earlier streamer Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov accused ESL of double standards due to the disqualification of only one team.