Proving “322” is actually very difficult - sQreen on postponing the match between PlayTime and Vici Gaming to EWC 2026

Analyst and former professional player Khaled 'sQreen' El-Habbash spoke in his personal telegram channel about the possible reasons for postponing the confrontation between Vici Gaming and PlayTime to the Esports World Cup 2026.

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Khaled 'sQreen' El-Habbash

I’ll throw in my two cents about this situation, based purely on assumptions:

1. Playtime is a 322 organization that signed a tier 1 team from a weak region and gives them good money, but in return sometimes asks for 322 sewing. Any nonname org or playtime falls under this suspicion - this is just one of them. They have no celebrity, no legacy, no audience - they simply have nothing to risk. And a team not from the most prosperous region may not mind earning more money. I’ll say right away - I HOPE that this is not this option, because I really like the team, especially Wits, I really don’t want such a talent to get bogged down in such a story.

2. Vici Gaming - famous Chinese trio? On the one hand, a super famous tag and legacy, on the other, China is mired in rumors about 322, and even all this has already become a meme against the backdrop of indifference to this issue. Perhaps, after all, the organizers found something and the sheikhs insisted on looking into this situation because they value their reputation? Let's add to everything that Dota has not been particularly popular in China for a long time and there are simply almost no new players.

3. Organizers' mistake. Proving 322 is actually very difficult; you need to have either specific proofs of some logs, or obvious evidence. Just saying that the odds ratio dropped somewhere or some bookmaker passed on information is not serious for tier 1 level. If the organizers have undeniable evidence, welcome. If something is indirect and incomprehensible, then they will only be disgraced after the fact. But since they started such a serious movement, they probably already have something serious

In general, we are waiting, the situation is really very interesting and there have not been such precedents for a long time, but most likely there will be one of the 3 options that I suggested

Earlier it became known that the match between Vici Gaming and PlayTime as part of the Esports World Cup 2026 was postponed due to a problem affecting the integrity of the competition.