Gruppspelet för International 2018 - den största Dota 2-tävlingen - är redan på gång, men vi har redan sett en del kontroverser, eftersom Dota 2s egna Twitter-konto har bekräftat att Valve har straffat laget VGJ Storm för att använda för många tränare under gruppspelet. Länk!
"Today we learned that VGJ.Storm had used two coaches during their group stage drafts. When we asked VGJ.Storm, they said that they asked a PGL employee if they could have more in the draft, and he told them that he doesn't care as long as they left at the end of the draft," the thread reads. "We had clearly instructed all teams in the required players meeting that only 5 players and 1 coach were allowed in the competition room during the draft."
"We think this was likely a misunderstanding rather than malicious, however it is still their responsibility to follow the instructions provided like the other teams have. As such, we are applying penalties to just their first series of the Main Event; they will not be allowed to use a coach during the draft and will have a level 2 draft time penalty."
Team director för VGJ.Storm Jack Chen twittrade ett svar spm lät såhär:
"Regarding the coach situation: we were not sure if two coaches would be allowed during the draft. There's no ruleset where this is written, there are no rules in general beyond format. Because we were uncertain about it, we asked a PGL admin, who checked with a higher-up before telling us it was okay as long as they left the room after the draft. At no point did we conceal this and at no point did any other admin, referee or staff tell us this was not permitted until this morning."