
WW TEAM rifler Ivan “StRoGo” Shurpatov spoke during a personal Twitch stream about Artem “ct0m” Maximov’s decision to leave the team.
You could always smell the alcohol on ct0m. I wrote many times that it was time for him to stop drinking. He started skipping streams and Tier 1 tournament castings, stopped practicing, and instead went to strip clubs until morning. Two months ago, I didn’t see him sober even once—he constantly reeked of booze.
I got the feeling that Tyoma had started to see us as enemies. Yesterday he didn’t say a word, just said goodbye to everyone and left, and then those posts appeared on his Telegram. He wrote that he was tired of the pressure and insults, but at the time he was the one provoking aggression—on his streams, he said that m3wsu *** [plays badly] and should have been kicked out a long time ago. When Tema’s own rating dropped from 1.4 to 1, he stopped finding it funny. <...>
...> He left three guys without any explanation, just bailing out of the group and saying, “That’s it, bye.” <...> That’s really [strange behavior], as if he were, *** [damn], 15 years old.
Later, ct0m commented on his former teammate’s words:
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What’s wrong with strip clubs? Can you explain? As for alcohol, I haven’t had a drink in two weeks—I was preparing for the tournament, and a lot of people saw that, but unfortunately, the audience doesn’t notice it, but whatever!
I think it’s wrong to say anything to the audience, like that I drink every day and hang out at strip clubs, especially when it’s not true—but then again, that’s none of my business. And no, I won’t be returning [to WW TEAM] (for better or worse, I don’t know).
Earlier, Artem “ct0m” Maksimov posted on his personal Telegram channel, announcing his departure from WW TEAM. The player stated that he was tired of what was happening within the team, as well as the pressure from the community.
Photo: Ivan “StRoGo” Shurpatov.