Korb3n Explained Why No[o]ne Wasn't Signed by Team Spirit

Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov acknowledged that Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko approached Team Spirit’s management with an offer, but the esports player was not signed to the team.

The Team Spirit manager made this statement on Twitch.

“There’s nothing to say. I think it was even before Entity. To bring someone in, you have to let someone go. What year was that? 2023, after we won The International. There were no conversations along the lines of, ‘We want you on the team, but sorry, you’re too old.’ Maybe it wasn’t in 2023. I don’t want to lie. Before Entity. Vovan asked if we were planning any changes. I said no. That’s it. I said we’d keep him in mind, just in case.”

According to a statement by Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov, the esports player reached out to the team after Team Spirit’s victory at one of the TI tournaments, which took place before the player’s move to Entity. Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko wasn’t selected for the roster not because of his age, but simply because the team had no plans to make any substitutions.

As a reminder, Yaroslav “Miposhka” Naidenov previously spoke out after Team Spirit’s victory at The International 2026.