In the midst of the pro scene’s silence, PGL dropped a bombshell on the Dota 2 community. It unveiled a list of ten CIS players, including Virtus.pro’s Koma`, who have been permanently banned by both Valve and PGL. This punishment is a result of “account sharing and impersonating members of other teams during tournament games.”
A set of familiar faces
Source: Liquipedia
Among the list are known up-and-rising Dota 2 pros from the Tier 2 scene. Some of them are also players that are competing in the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC). All names listed include Paradise’, Keintseru, SuperNova, Illusion, Lilskrip, Koma`, Chambl, Limitless, [T]SA, and deihra.
Some of the banned players have a high ranking on the European leaderboard.
One of the most shocking names on the list is Kamil “Koma`” Biktimirov, a 20-year-old Russian player who just signed with Virtus.pro for the upcoming DPC season. Just when the organization feels like it’s finally away from controversies, it is once again on the hot seat. As for now, the Virtus.pro has not responded to the situation.
Another known player on the banned list is Yaroslav “Limitless” Parshin, the former offlaner for the European household, Alliance. Lilskrip (also called Adam) is a part of Thiuth Gaming, an NA Division I team. Paradise is a member of felt, an NA Division II team. Meanwhile, illusion is a player in the WEU DPC Division II under Ancient Tribe.
PGL did not share any more details regarding the account-sharing incident. However, it is likely linked to a series of tweets by Luna Gaming’s Twitter admin, where he had accused lilskrip of “foul play and betting scandals”. It is also likely that the account-sharing incident took place in a D2CL (Dota 2 Champions League) tournament.
A similar case of account sharing happened in March 2021, which saw notable Malaysian players like VtFaded and AhJit permanently banned from Valve.
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