During a personal Twitch stream, content creator Alexander "Nix" Levin discussed the removal of Anton "dyrachyo" Shkredov from the roster of Gaimin Gladiators. He remarked that the situation with watson in the team had become a meme, expressing amusement at the notion. He suggested that the team might perform better if a patch introduced more greedy heroes suited to watson's style, but stated that under the current patch, dyrachyo was significantly stronger.
Levin noted his surprise that Gaimin Gladiators had been the most successful team over the past two years, having won three majors, topped the Riyadh Masters, and placed second at The International last year. This year, they secured the Riyadh Masters title and again finished as runners-up at TI. He commented on the impressive results the team had achieved over this period and questioned the logic behind removing dyrachyo only to bring in watson, who he described as a different type of player.
He clarified that dyrachyo did not choose to leave voluntarily; rather, he was kicked from the team. Levin expressed uncertainty about whether watson had officially joined, but mentioned that he had heard discussions about selecting a carry player.