Team Spirit manager talks about why Dota 2 teams choose young players

Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov said that cybersport organizations take into account the age of the player. For non-young candidates of high rank, questions arise as to why the person did not achieve such results earlier.

The relevant opinion the manager of Team Spirit shared on Twitch.

“Yes, of course. Age is not just because of the age, but age is also because of the fact that ... Imagine, you're 30, you're a full-on no-name, but a high ranker, right? Naturally, people have the question of why you weren't highrang before and ten years before that, for example. That's why they look, no matter who tells you what.”

However, Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov believes that there are exceptions to such situations. As an example, the Team Spirit manager cited Alexander “TORONTOTOKYO” Hertek, who first made his mark on the pro scene at a rather mature age, yet by that time he was already a fairly successful player in Dota 2.

“But there are also different ages, TORONTOTOKYO got into Yellow Submarine and won Int. At what age, 23 or 24, did he win? I won't lie - I can't remember if he was 23 or 24, but the point is that, you know, he was also kind of, well, not to say he was young when he came, but his playing age was low, and he played very well, so in general it doesn't matter, yeah. But age eniway look.”

Recall, earlier Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov spoke out about the announcement of The International 2025, saying that Valve may increase the prize pool this year.