The Dota 2 team AVULUS was given a penalty during PGL Wallachia Season 2 after team captain SoNNeikO allegedly threatened Team Falcons star player ATF in the hotel lobby, saying he would “punch him and knock him to the ground.” The team is now considering withdrawing from the tournament.
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Three months ago, the two players in question played against each other in a pub match. With his latest win at 14,000 MMR, ATF got ahead of himself and admitted that he called the opposing team's SoNNeikO "brain dead" after winning the match against the latter.
to clarify what happened 3 months ago today, I was playing a ranked game against Soniko. During the game I called him braindead. After the game he sent me a threatening message on X, which I took as a joke. Today he approached me in the hotel lobby, put his arm on my shoulder and…
SoNNeikO was not pleased with the criticism and allegedly sent physical threats to ATF via direct messages on X (formerly Twitter). ATF considered these messages as simple jokes until the players met in person at PGL Wallachia Season 2.
