B8 Esports player Andrei "npl" Kukharsky reacted to Cloud9’s loss to Ninjas in Pyjamas at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 in CS2. On his personal Telegram channel, he expressed satisfaction over Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov's failure, criticising the behaviour of the Cloud9 captain.
"It's nice to see when a bot who can only shout loses. Wp, NiP."
Later, npl explained his reaction to the outcome of the match.
"Regarding this situation, many thought I was trying to create a news moment or something—definitely not. I don’t need any conflicts, especially with such 'players.' I’m attaching a screenshot from PRAKA; I think that says it all (first time I’ve seen someone write something like this during a practice match)."
Cloud9 and NiP faced off in the first round of the lower bracket of Group C at BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024. Boombl4’s team lost the series 1:2 and was eliminated from the tournament.