Noticed: “Satanic might say something harsh to me, but it’s not out of hatred—he’s trying to help.”
PARIVISION offlaner Evgeny “Noticed” Ignatenko spoke about his move to a new team in an interview for the KheZu YouTube channel. The player noted that he was warmly welcomed, and Alan “Satanic” Galliamov helped him understand important aspects of the game.
On how he was received at PARIVISION
PARIVISION had reached out to me even earlier, after my victory at DreamLeague with Team Yandex. We talked back then, but I decided to stay with Yandex. After I was kicked, I messaged them myself: “Guys, my team decided to replace me. Maybe we can play together, and you’ll give me a chance?” <…>
When I joined PARIVISION, it seemed to me that in every game I wasn’t holding my lane well and wasn’t playing well afterward. Satanic and I got on voice chat, and he said something like, “You’re playing like crap. I don’t get why you’re playing so badly—you know you can play well.” I got really angry, but I want to thank him: it really helped. He’s my friend, so he can say things like that to me without any ulterior motives. Then he explained specific points: what I did wrong, what I needed to work on—farming, positioning, and other things.
And the PARIVISION players told me, “You’re playing really well, you communicate well, and you bring a lot to the team.” Sometimes they even said, “You’re saving our team.” And I thought, “Damn, guys, I’m playing really badly, but you’re still telling me that.” That made me feel more confident. They helped me.
On the atmosphere at PARIVISION
Before I joined, I’d heard people say, “PARIVISION is a toxic team; the atmosphere there is bad.” I expected that I’d show up, play poorly, and they’d make it clear how much they disliked my weak play. And at the time, in my own opinion, I was indeed playing poorly. But they helped me, and I thought, “Damn, everyone was lying about this team.”
Satanic might say something harsh to me, but it’s not out of hatred—he’s trying to help. Gradually, I became more confident and started playing better. They were open to my ideas about the game, my plans, and my heroes. They’d say, “That’s cool, that’s good,” instead of “That’s crap, it won’t work.” They’d accept the idea, we’d try it—and it worked.
On getting kicked out for poor communication and being praised for it on a new team
It’s just a crazy story: you get kicked out because of communication issues, but on another team they say you’re a good communicator. And I think, “Guys, I don’t understand what’s going on.” <…>
I think we’re a really good fit here. Maybe they needed someone who could help Alan. I can devote my time and energy to him, and he can do the same for me. Sometimes I help him specifically with communication: I tell him he needs to calm down. I try to explain things not just about individual gameplay, but also about psychology: “Don’t overthink it. Let’s just play our game. Don’t get hung up on the fact that someone farmed more than you or outplayed you. We can win any map if we stick to our game.”
In the same interview, Noticed described how he was kicked from Team Yandex after ESL One Birmingham 2026: “I could already feel it during the finals. There was a negative vibe in the voice chat: we weren’t happy with something, and we were getting annoyed.”
Photo — Valve.
