About the situation in esports on the CIS scene
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Recently, scandals in esports have become more frequent. The much-loved game Dota 2 has been no exception.
There is total chaos on the CIS scene, unlike other regions, where things are more or less stable and all transfers happen by mutual agreement between the parties. This is about the recent scandal surrounding the transfer of player Zayac from Na'Vi to Virtus.Pro and the transfer of player Cooman from team B8 to VP. While everything is clear with Dendi's team representative—the player saw prospects for the future and moved to a stronger team—things are not so simple with Bakyt.
The reason for his departure was the contract signed with Na'Vi, which Virtus.Pro's lawyers found to have shortcomings. According to them, Zayac could move to any other team because he was a free agent. This all happened after one of the major tournaments, where his team achieved a very good result by CIS standards. Bakyt Emilzhanov signed a contract with Virtus.Pro, and Na'Vi were left without one of the strongest offlaners in the CIS.
Another example of a minor scandal in our region was Gambit player gpK~'s decision to skip the Major qualifiers, as a result of which the organization moved him to the reserve roster. And for the same reason: gpK~ wanted to leave the team, as Virtus.Pro had invited him to play for them. Because of situations like these in esports, people around the world say that the CIS scene is very weak and will never achieve results. And then Vitaliy Volochay's words about an esports federation come to mind. He said that esports does not need a federation, or else players would care about nothing but money. Esports would turn into just another corrupt sport, which the global community watching its favorite teams does not want.





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