Commentator Alexey "Storm" Tumanov has accused Team Bright of intentionally losing a match in the closed Chinese qualifiers for The International 2024 in Dota 2. He highlighted this issue during their game against Dark Horse.
"What kind of sons keep playing there," Tumanov expressed. "It's not even about them losing in the qualifiers for TI. At some point, these guys will be playing for G2.iG, LGD Gaming, and other teams at the actual TI, and no one will care," suggested Alexey "Storm" Tumanov.
Team Bright lost to Dark Horse with a score of 0-2 and exited the regional qualifiers for the world championship. The team led by Li "项羽" Longwu finished in the 9th-12th place, losing all chances to advance to the tournament.
The closed Chinese qualifiers for The International 2024 are taking place online from June 9 to 13. Participants, including Azure Ray and Team Zero, are competing for two slots in the main stage of the event.