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Fng (middle) was shown the door despite just winning the D2CL LAN Finals Fng (middle) was shown the door despite just winning the D2CL LAN Finals

English subtitles availableAlexander “” Kokhanovskyy, the CEO of Natus Vincere, took time to answer controversial and personal questions regarding the squad and e-sports itself.We are all aware of the ups and downs Na’Vi has undergone these past months, specifically speaking on their Dota 2 squad. It was the first time ever that Na’Vi Dota 2 squad has changed their roster twice in a matter of three months. ZeroGravity explained that these changes are inevitable, but were based on personal relationships and not due to skill. "The previous roster could not exist for personal reasons (...) In terms of personal qualities there are more conflictive people and there are less conflictive people. The squad has undergone changes solely due to personal relations.""You can't keep players or people that can't reach a compromise, if the other person does not want to meet half way. The current changes are related to our wish to achieve the previous level of performance. I'm sure we will manage to do that. We are planning to achieve it by the end of winter. I am sure Na'Vi will show their true face by February."Na’Vi is currently making their way up with the return of Goblak to the organization. He is now the captain of the Dota 2 squad, and ZeroGravity was asked what difference does he see between the Goblak of today and the Goblak that was part of Na'Vi back in 2011. "Arthur has changed substantially. He has positive changes. I haven't spotted any negative changes yet," said ZeroGravity. "People who claim everything is possible without the captain are wrong. Practically nothing can be achieved without the captain, without the leader of the team, everything is destroyed.""They need a tough core, the team should be based on. The team had cores in the past, first it was Artstyle, then it was Puppey. Now we've hired Arthur, we hope he'll become the third core of our team, its management and gaming process." Did Navi ever consider bringing back ArtStyle? "Yes I have, I was desperate," said ZeroGravity with a wry smile.Recently Na'Vi lost out on the Redemption Vote in the Summit2, which would allow a team previously eliminated to join the LAN finals, despite efforts from Dendi and XBOCT to harvest public backing. "I think the team deserved to go there, we're prepared, lately the team has shown poor results, it influenced the voting. "There were many players from EG and Secret who supported Cloud9.* They fear us, they do not want us to go there," joked ZeroGravity.Meanwhile, Navi.US have also had its own rough road since the creation of the division six months ago, and ZeroGravity hints that a big change will be coming soon. "The team that shows no results can't help changing. People can't be satisfied if they lose all the time. Defeats impact morale drastically. (...) It impacts the morale and the relationship between the players. It's hard to say what will happen with Navi.US, we'll make a decision next week."Finally ZeroGravity shared his thoughts on the growing number of competitions and was asked whether their growth will continue. “Top leagues will develop and grow even greater. Middle leagues will remain on the same level. Minor leagues will try to make something for amateurs or semi-pros.""I think such differentiation must exist, Na'Vi can not play 30 matches per month, This is nonsense. Will you watch matches of Barcelona FC if they played everyday? Nobody would be interested in it. Top matches of top teams must have zest. So our priority for the next year is top tournaments: ESL, Dreamhack, Starladder and MLG if they have content for Dota and Counter Strike. Participation in other tournament is under the question. ZeroGravity's piece de resistance was the following: "Mere playing online is not interesting anymore (...) and anyone that does not understand this is from another universe."--*Allegedly the use of the word agitated in the subtitles of the video was a mistake by the Navi translator.