Korb3n directly stated why No[o]ne was not picked up by Team Spirit

Dmitry "Korb3n" Belov, Team Spirit manager, categorically mentioned that Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko did not make the cut because he lacked certain achievements, therefore, the opted Denis "Larl" Sigitov instead.

He divulged this information during a Twitch stream.

“First of all, this wasn't after TI. Let’s figure out why, they failed to qualify for TI, Vovan didn’t qualify for TI, and there is another tournament in which he placed last. Let’s analyze 2022. He has zero accomplishments, last place at the Major and does not qualify for TI. My question is: what reason would we have to choose him?”

Having spoken with No[o]ne several times, Korb3n strongly believes him to be a fantastic player, but chose Larl over him knowing that they would win the Riyadh Masters 2023 and The International 2023 with him. While winning these tournaments, he expressed that he wasn’t even willing to speculate what might have occurred had they selected a different player for mid-lane.

Since No[o]ne wished to join Team Spirit, the team declined.