Analyst and streamer Yaroslav «NS» Kuznetsov discussed the future of the 9Pandas Dota 2 roster. In his opinion, the team will fail the qualifiers for The International 2024, leading to a disbandment.
«9Pandas participated in the open qualifiers for Riyadh Masters 2024. They lost to some nobodies. Forget it, 9Pandas is a dead team. Sorry for the spoiler. 9Pandas will still play in the qualifiers for The International. I'm afraid they probably won’t succeed there either. Most likely, they’ll disband at that point. Maybe afterwards, we’ll see Solo’s famous comeback in TTT», —- Yaroslav «NS» Kuznetsov.
9Pandas failed in the open qualifiers for Riyadh Masters 2024, losing in the quarterfinals to NextUp, which eventually advanced to the closed qualifiers. The next tournament for Solo's team will be the qualifiers for The International 2024, taking place from June 14 to 18.
Previously, Kuznetsov compared Dota 2 to World of Warcraft. In his opinion, with each patch, Valve’s game increasingly resembles an MMORPG.