NS commented on TaiLung’s reaction to his ban from PGL

Community streamer and former esports player Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov shared his thoughts during a stream on Santiago Gustavo “TaiLung” Olivio Agüero’s reaction to his suspension from The International 2026 and PGL tournaments.
Personally, I think that with his message, “Sorry, whatever,” he basically admitted it. Whatever he says from here on out is kind of like *** [who cares]. Obviously, a person’s reaction... Imagine you wake up, and right there in your DMs, on some social media platform or whatever, your friends are writing: “*** [Damn], man, you’ve been permanently banned.” You’re like *** [confused] as you go check the news, and there it is—you’re just *** [blown away], and the first thing you write is: “Guys, what the *** [hell] is this?!” Maybe you’ll record a voice note saying: “What the *** [damn]?! What kind of crap is this?! Guys, I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. I’m going to figure this out right now.” That’s literally the reaction of an innocent person: he’s in *** [shock], and he honestly says, “What the *** [damn]?!”
Just imagine what your reaction would be. You’re completely innocent, and something like this pops up. Naturally, you’d immediately say as loudly as possible: “*** [Damn], what kind of *** [nonsense] is this? It must be some huge mistake—I’m going to figure this out right now. Everything will be fine, but I’ve never done anything like this.”
But the reaction of someone who realizes he’s been caught red-handed—he just kind of stays quiet, mumbles something, because he’s ashamed. He’s ashamed, but he realizes that it’s all over—he’s been *** [caught red-handed], he’s been caught, and he writes: “I’m sorry, it’s all over.” That’s not the reaction of someone who’s innocent. It’s the reaction of someone who realizes that it’s literally all over. And then, he’s already started saying something about how he’s going to sort things out with his lawyer now... Well, it’s obvious that it’s all over for him here, so I think we’re saying goodbye to TaiLung, and as for all those videos—trying to figure out exactly where he messed up—you can look for them, or you don’t have to.
Earlier, NS called the situation with TaiLung “the death of esports.” “You can’t watch anything now without worrying that anyone here might get bashed right this very moment. That’s it, esports is dead, guys,” the streamer declared.
Photo: Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov.


