Team Falcons' carry player Oliver "Skiter" Lepko spoke about a quarrel with Alexander "TORONTOTOKYO" Hertek during the ESL One Birmingham 2024 Dota 2 final. Before the match, the esports player muted all opponents, so he doesn't know what TORONTOTOKYO wrote in response to his message.
"I have a tradition: before official matches or scrims, I mute all opponents. So I don't even know what TORONTOTOKYO wrote. I posted a meme about their carry, saying his signature move is BKB and TP back to base. TORONTOTOKYO was essentially shouting at a wall." - Oliver "Skiter" Lepko
Lepko also shared his stance on trash talk after the game. He doesn't support such actions because they don't make sense.
"When opponents write 'GG,' it means the game is over. There's a line you shouldn't cross at that point. But sometimes my teammates do it. I always tell them it's not worth it.
When you communicate, you try to get into your opponent's head, make them lose, or distract them a bit. But when the game is over, there's no point. It's just malice. It's pointless to me. It just makes other people feel bad." - Oliver "Skiter" Lepko
The cause of the conflict between Skiter and TORONTOTOKYO was a message saying, "It's time for you to do BKB+TP from the tournament." Hertek angrily reacted to the opponent's words in the general chat.