Timur “TpaBoMaN” Khafizov, owner of the Dota 2 team РАБОТЯГИ and content creator, has commented on the disqualification of his team from the European Pro League Season 25 due to his actions. He shared his thoughts on the situation in a message on his personal Telegram channel.
“Guys, esports turned out to be more unpredictable than I thought. For six years I have been influencing teams, deciding who would reach the final and who would be eliminated from the tournament, and so on. But it turned out that I cannot do this with my own team. And I am not allowed to undermine opponents while helping РАБОТЯГИ. The guys were kicked out of the tournament. That’s the situation.
I didn’t know that this could happen. In the future, I will order match-fixing from RAMZES666. I think he is allowed to. So. The situation is unpleasant. I apologize to the team and to the community – who knew that this would happen? I shouldn’t have done that. But, having read the rules, the rulebook of the tournament organizers, I didn’t find anything about this there at all. That is, it seems the guys were kicked out, but based on what, this is not written in the rules. So I won’t bet against my guys anymore, but it seems that the tournament rules need to be corrected.”
TpaBoMaN placed a bet against РАБОТЯГИ in a match against Bikini Bottom in the EPL S25 group stage, announcing it on Telegram. Khafizov’s team lost the series with a score of 1:2, which earned the content creator ₽52,500. Later, the organizers notified the team of their disqualification due to the owner’s actions, which contradict the principles of fair play and undermine confidence in the championship.
