A professional Dota 2 participant is claiming that he had to play a full Dota match in entrance of law enforcement officials to show his identification.
In accordance to Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon, who at the moment performs arduous carry for Xipto eSports, the workforce’s boot camp in Kuala Lumpur was raided by police earlier this week. In a publish to Facebook on Tuesday, 23savage describes the police putting the workforce in handcuffs and confiscating their belongings.
The officers proceeded to interrogate the gamers about why they had been in town and whether or not they had been actually professional gamers. In accordance to 23savage, one of the officers was acquainted with Dota, and was prepared to scroll the participant’s Instagram for proof of his professional profession.
A photograph 23savage had lately posted of himself and in style Malaysian influencer Ms. Puiyi was, in accordance to the publish, considerably acceptable proof. Sufficient proof, in reality, for the law enforcement officials to take away his handcuffs and check what actually mattered: how good he’s at defending the ancients.
23savage proceeded to begin up a Dota match proper in entrance of the law enforcement officials, dropping 32 kills because the arduous carry Kez. The Dota participant alleges that this was sufficient proof to persuade the officers to let the workforce go, and likewise that they stole two jars of Nutella on their manner out.
Commenters on the publish rapidly doubted 23savage’s claims, presuming the publish to be a joke, however 23savage has been actively defending his story in the replies. (*2*) proceed to doubt the arduous carry participant, whereas others jokingly declare 23savage’s story is saving Valve’s MOBA.
The incident doesn’t appear to have had a lot impression on Xipto, who’ve been climbing the ranks of SEA Dota. The workforce lately received the EPL SEA tournament with out shedding a single sequence, attaining a formidable 10-match win streak. The workforce’s full roster at the moment consists of 23savage (Carry), inYourdreaM (Mid), Fbz (Offlane), Q (Assist), and Oli (Assist), who at the moment are competing for a spot in the DreamLeague Season 30 tournament.
Dota 2 itself has been seeing some notable participant positive factors in 2026, having lately hit its peak participant rely since 2022. The sport continues to obtain occasional patches and content material updates, although Valve’s focus is basically now on a new MOBA: Impasse.
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