Former squad member Darkside by Dota 2 Vladimir RodjER Nikoghosyan spoke regarding leaving the team. According to him, there were many problems in the team, including in the relationship between the players. He spoke regarding this in an interview with the Metaratings.ru portal.
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To be honest, I don’t want to say anything regarding Darkside, because everything is clear there. Nothing good happened. On paper, the roster was good, but in reality people didn’t clash with each other. It was difficult to play, and there were problems with the character pool. Organization has a different story. I want to forget regarding this “dark spot” as soon as possible.
Nikoghosyan also explained why team captain Akbar SoN Neik O Butaev previously got into scandals related to teammates.
Because in one team there was RAMZES666, in the second Daxak. These are people who have their own vision of the game, and they are not ready to unquestioningly listen to the same Akbar. Of course, this does not suit him. Akbar needs people in the team who will listen to him and not argue too much.
At the same time, RodjER told how he managed to find a common language with SoNNeikO and suggested why others do not succeed.
We have known him for a long time, we have developed a trusting relationship. If something did not suit me, then I might convey it to him. He will think and give constructive feedback. Due to this, they agreed.
[Вопрос: просто у других игроков почему-то с Акбаром не удаётся выстроить подобные отношения…] I don’t know why this happens. Maybe someone has a biased attitude towards SoNNeikO, and someone is afraid of him. They may react incorrectly to his opinion. I treat his criticism as follows – “he wants to help me become better.” For others, this may seem like a flame. It is easy for us to discuss game moments with Akbar. However, we once had disagreements that did not lead to anything. We just gave up on it and continued to play, but this happened extremely rarely. In most cases, they came to some kind of opinion.
Darkside’s roster with RodjER disbanded following the second season of DPC 2023, in which the team was relegated from the major leagues for Eastern Europe. Before the start of the third season, SoNNeikO has assembled a new roster, which will perform in the second division DPC 2023: S3 for Eastern Europe.
