Pure faced criticism for attending a madk1d concert before the match against GamerLegion—iLTW came to his defense.
1w Team’s Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko faced criticism from the community for attending a concert before a morning match. On the evening of October 23, he attended a performance by rapper madk1d in Moscow alongside Anton “dyrachyo” Shkredov and Gleb “kiyotaka” Zyryanov.
After the concert, Pure shared his impressions on a Telegram channel. The post was published on October 23 at 10:41 p.m. Moscow time.
Quotes are reproduced with the source’s spelling and punctuation intact
We got more tired at the concert with Mark [madk1d], but Max’s [shadowkekw] birthday party was cooler)
The next day, 1w Team had a morning match scheduled at PARI UNIVERSE by FISSURE—against GamerLegion at 11:00 a.m. Moscow time. Team Pure lost the match 0–2, extending their losing streak to five games, while the Russian carry posted a 0/4/4 KDA on the first map and a 6/4/3 KDA on the second. He played both games as Terrorblade.
Russian commentators and streamers reacted to Pure’s actions on social media.
Even before the match against GamerLegion, Timur “Ahilles” Kulmukhambetov had made an ironic comment about Moskalenko’s trip to a concert following the loss to OG:
Yesterday’s concerns were confirmed.
Rumor has it that yesterday, Bozhiy Dar couldn’t wake up in time for the official match, so the team picked Mikoto to replace him.
And he played with a 200 ping.
1win lost to OG 2-0. Quite a lackluster performance.
Afterward, Pure went out to party at a club to drown his sorrows 😄
Imagine the look on a soccer fan’s face. When their team loses an official match, and later that same day, the players post stories showing them partying hard at a club 🎩—that’s worthy of applause 👏 <…>
Daria “Eiritel” Morozova had this to say about 1w Team’s loss:
I hope Pure had a good time hanging out with Antoha yesterday
Dmitry “CrystalMay” Korchevinin suggested that the concert affected the Russian carry’s performance:
I love Moscow, but *** [I’m sick of] Pure playing Dota after concerts (though I totally get it—I could barely drag myself to work myself)
Are we getting knocked out 0-2 by Bignum?
And Igor “iLTW” Filatov defended Pure after criticism from the community:
What kind of people are these? Just complete idiots—everyone around here, in fact. What does Pure have to do with this? He’s by far the best player on this team; without him, they’re just total meat shields
Earlier, Ahilles called the deal to buy the Tundra Esports roster one of the biggest flops in Dota 2 history. Pure’s best results under the 1w Team tag were 7th–8th place at The International 2026 and 5th–6th place at BLAST SLAM VIII.
Photo: Ivan “Pure” Moskalenko.
