Yang “Chalice” Shenyi accused IO Esports and Epulze of being biased and blaming Azure Ray for BetBoom’s instant loss and Pure’s ban at the Dota 2 Bali Major during a live broadcast on July 16. The offlane star said his team asked the organizers to do it but provided more details on the context leading up to it, which was driven by frustration aimed at the organizers for their incompetence.
Chalice explained that his team were furious with the organizers for punishing them after Nouns accused them of exploiting a bug, which didn’t end up being true and was later revoked. Then, to make matters worse, the organizers mistakenly announced Azure Ray had chosen to play BetBoom instead of Tundra Esports and refused to overturn their decision.