Korb3n admitted to creating direct competitors for Team Spirit

Dmitry "Korb3n" Belov stated that Yellow Submarine could become a direct competitor for Team Spirit, which would require him to end collaboration with one of the organizations.

The Team Spirit manager shared this opinion with subscribers on his Telegram channel.

"To avoid answering the same questions about the Submarine:

The team was formed as replacements for TS at ESL Kuala Lumpur. Later, I decided to assemble players. I thought we would do well under the TS wing. ESL regulations were published, and I realized that free funding wouldn't be possible. It was prohibited to have two teams, even in qualifications (except for Dota Pro Series and Valve tournaments, except for internal ones). I'm in the role of CEO, so in the process of creating a legal entity. When they become a direct competitor to Spirit, I will leave the YS, or I will be fired from Spirit, one of the two: DDD."

Yellow Submarine played against Team Spirit in the upper bracket of the closed qualifiers for ESL One Birmingham 2024 in Eastern Europe. At that time, Korb3n's junior squad even managed to take one map from the champions. However, Yellow Submarine ultimately lost the match, moving to the lower bracket of the tournament, where they reached the semi-finals by defeating SIBE Team and Team Klee. After losing to Klim Sani4, the team exited the qualifiers.

It's worth noting that earlier, Ilya "Illidan" Pivtsev expressed his opinion on the preparedness of Natus Vincere, stating that he only bets on the team's defeat.