Former member of the Eastern European team Team Spirit, Miroslav "Mira" Kolpakov, commented on his Twitch account ban on his personal Telegram channel. He mentioned that he had been banned for a week and expressed his frustration about it. Mira clarified that when he used a certain word in Illyukha's chat, he meant it to refer to a person without conscience, honour, or compassion, and not to their sexual preferences. He then questioned whether that explanation sounded reasonable for an appeal.
Earlier, the Ukrainian esports player had also expressed his thoughts on toxicity in Dota 2 matchmaking on his Telegram channel, stating that he wondered if the people complaining about being unable to insult others in Dota had even played the game in the last ten years.