Professional Dota 2 player Dmitry «Fishman» Polishchuk shared his thoughts on Roman «RAMZES666» Kushnarev’s return to the offlane position and his role as a stand-in for Tundra Esports. The Entity captain discussed this on the +Vibe Radio podcast on Telegram.
Captain of Entity, Dmitry «Fishman» Polishchuk:
«RAMZES666 can play well on both position one (carry) and position three (offlane). I think the issue now [with Tundra] is that there are too many leaders in the team. I believe RAMZES666 and Pure are very similar people. Plus, 9Class is incredibly toxic; he might also push his opinions strongly. In pub games, he’s a — let’s just say — not a nice person and I’m not sure he’s a good person in a team environment either. So, you end up with three such toxic personalities. Pure is toxic in the sense that... Well, he’s not toxic — he has leadership qualities and wants to be a leader, so he becomes toxic in certain situations, just like RAMZES666. But I think RAMZES666 has more experience in this, and as a team captain, he might be better in this role»
«The problem, you know, was that Tobi was like a safety cushion in this team. Tobi isn’t the best player, but he’s always smiling, always a positive guy, and always tries to play at 150%. With him, the team voice chat was always relaxed, and no one was afraid to make mistakes. But now... With Pure and 9Class, they could, in a sense, dominate the conversation. Now, there are three ‘singers’ and fewer ‘listeners’. The balance is disrupted, and whether they can find this balance, whether someone can yield a bit, we’ll see»
RAMZES666 represented Tundra Esports as a stand-in offlaner at DreamLeague Season 23 and FISSURE Universe: Episode 2. In both cases, the team finished in 5th-6th place. However, officially, Kushnarev is still listed with the L1ga Team, where he has played as a carry since January 2024. He will likely represent Tundra in the qualifiers for The International 2024 as well.