Yatoro made a strange move during The International 2023

Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, the carry of Team Spirit, suddenly decided to change his Steam nickname. The peculiarity is that he took the nickname Lou from Azure Ray on Steam.

Reddit users noticed this.

A similar situation was also noticed with Artem "Yuragi" Golubev, the carry for OG, who also changed his Steam nickname to Lou Somnus丶M Yao.

It is not yet known why the players decided to pull off such a trick, but there is an interesting detail from Yatoro's past. The thing is, he suddenly changed his nickname during TI10, and Team Spirit won that championship. Perhaps this is some sort of ritual or superstition of the esports player.

Recall that under the new rules of The International 2023, Team Spirit will have an advantage in the TI12 playoffs as they showed an incredible result during the championship's group stage.