Esports millionaire urgently needs to pee during a long game – but the rules forbid toilet breaks

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A game in MOBA DOTA 2 (Steam) can last a long time, longer than a professional player’s bladder can hold. The current world champion Oliver “Skiter” Lepko (24) had to go to the toilet after 55 minutes of a match – but that’s against the rules.

Who is this?

  • Oliver “Skiter” Lepko is a highly successful professional player for Team Tundra Esports. He plays the carry there, is known for playing with heroes like Lifestealer or Faceless Void.
  • The 24-year-old has won a total of $1.9 million in prize money (via esportearnings). There was $1.78 million in 2022 alone when he won the world championship, “The International 2022”, with his team “Tundra E-Sports”. With the win, he became a millionaire overnight.
  • But despite making so much money from DOTA, he too has to play by the rules.

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    This was the situation: A match between Tundra Esports and Into The Breach went a little longer than usual. Typically, balanced Pro matches in DOTA 2 last between 40 and 50 minutes. However, there are also short, one-sided matches that are over in 20 minutes and overly long, tough matches that last up to 70 minutes.

    Skiter was at the 55 minute mark in the match when he couldn’t take it anymore. He had to pee. But the rules of DOTA 2 expressly forbid it:

  • Players are not allowed to go to the bathroom during a match until the match is over. The only exceptions are incidents that directly endanger a player’s health and require emergency medical care
  • All players must also always be seen with a webcam so that everything goes right

    • The player later said he asked one of the referees if he could go to the loo, but was kindly told he couldn’t and he was asked to pee in a bottle.

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    This was the clip: You can see how that came across in the game in a video. There, the game is just paused when Skiter solemnly declares, “Okay, boys. I peed in a bottle and was on camera the whole time.”

    The other players respond with “Let’s go” or a short smiley.

    The two casters can’t leave the whole thing uncommented either and abruptly interrupt the analysis when they read the chat: While one of the two casters bursts out laughing and ends with “You know, I love DOTA”, the other tries to cover up the incident .

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    How did that turn out? The freshly emptied bladder gave Skiter and his team wings, the match was won after 4 minutes.

    Skiter then quickly rushed to Twitter and showed off the bottle: “The admins made me pee in the bottle,” he said, apparently in good spirits.

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    In the comments on Twitter, people say:

  • “Thank you for sharing this with us, Oliver.”
  • “Is she for sale?”
  • “Did you wash your hands?”

    • Another LoL pro recently also had an issue during a pro game, he had eaten the wrong thing before:

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