RAMZES666 answered whether he will play at The International 2026

Roman 'RAMZES666' Kushnarev said that he would like to take part in the qualifiers for The International 2026, but at the same time he does not really want to grind MMR.

He talked about it during his stream on Twitch.

“Yeah I would like to, but for that I actually need to play Dota. I’ll be honest — I don’t want to join and just get knocked out in the first or second round. If we speak seriously, I would like to play open qualifiers. But for that I already need to start grinding Dota every day. I was just thinking about this yesterday. If you want to play in summer you already need to sit now and grind MMR. But I don’t really want to do that, thats the point. I don’t want to grind matchmaking, I don’t want to spend time with Dota players. When you start playing Dota everything instantly goes crazy”

RAMZES666 noted that he would like to participate in the qualifiers and not get eliminated in the very first matches. However, to do that he would need to find a strong team, which means grinding MMR and getting back into form.

From his words it seems that he still has not fully decided if he will play or not, but there is a chance that the pro player might try to gather a strong stack and even stream the qualifiers.