NS vs. sQreen — Timeline of the Scandal Over the Expert Evaluation of Player Ratings in BetBoom Streamers Battle 14
Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov criticized the distribution of player ranking points at the BetBoom Streamers Battle 14 tournament. We’ve compiled the key events of this conflict by day.
- July 27. BetBoom Streamers Battle 14 kicked off with a prize pool of 4,000,000 ₽, featuring well-known streamers from the CIS.
- July 27. Community caster and tournament participant Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov, during a personal Twitch stream, criticized the distribution of player ranking points for the tournament as determined by analyst Khaled “sQreen” El-Habbash, and called him a “drunk.”
- July 28. On his personal Telegram channel, sQreen responded to NS’s criticism and challenged him to justify the point distribution for any player on the list. Khaled cited his extensive experience in esports to back up his authority on the matter.
- July 29 at 9:30 a.m. sQreen published another post on Telegram, where he explained in detail—using several players from the list as examples—the principle behind the point allocation and accused NS of poorly assembling the team for the tournament.
- July 29 at 12:40 p.m. NS responded to sQreen’s criticism on its private Telegram channel and provided an example of unfair point allocation: According to Yaroslav, content creator Nix and his friend BowBowBow were overrated, which prevented the players from making the teams for the tournament.
- July 29, 9:30 a.m. sQreen published a lengthy post on Telegram, in which he provided a detailed justification for the ratings he assigned to certain players, such as Nix, 9Pasha, and Daxak.
- July 29. The administrator of BetBoom Streamers Battle 14 explained why the organizers did not change sQreen’s ratings before the start of the tournament, emphasizing that the final rankings were based on the opinions of captains, participants, and experts.
- July 29 at 1:30 p.m. Streamer Kirill “Cake” Zabrodin also noted on his personal Telegram channel that the distribution of player ratings was unfair, but he placed the blame not on sQreen but on the tournament administration, which, in his words, should have overseen the organization of the competition.
- July 30. sQreen responded on Telegram to criticism from Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov, explaining the difference in player ratings and stating that the increase in Nix and BowBowBow’s ratings did not affect the team’s roster. sQreen also noted that, following feedback from the captains, the tournament administration decided not to revise his evaluations.
The BetBoom Streamers Battle 14 playoffs began today and will run through August 2. Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov’s team defeated avice Team 2–0, then lost to Stray Team 1–2. The team continues its run in the tournament in the lower bracket quarterfinals.
Photo: Yaroslav “NS” Kuznetsov.
