Every athlete, having achieved certain results, exhausts his primary motivation - Cheshir

Team Spirit CEO Nikita 'Cheshir' Chukalin, as part of an AMA session in the comments of his personal telegram channel, answered questions about the decision to replace Alan 'Satanic' Gallyamov with Ilya 'Yatoro' Mularchuk, the relevance of the current core of the roster, and also discussed the prospects of the game and discipline in five years.

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At the moment, a bet was made on another player, sometimes this happens even with a top-class athlete, which they both certainly were. Yes, he is still on lease.

Giving him out on loan was the decision that best suited the interests of all parties, including the player

The composition, as such, cannot exhaust itself. This is not a constant, it changes both in terms of work and in terms of recruiting players. All decisions about changes made to the squad are dictated solely by a sporting approach and our focus on certain players. If some players are in the lineup, this means that our faith in the result with them is higher than with alternative options.

Working with veteran star players is really different from working with youth, for example. First of all, this concerns the motivational part. Each athlete, having achieved certain results, exhausts his primary motivation and here the opportunity for a person to dig deeper into himself, to find the reasons why he really wants to continue to be the best, begins. The second important component is the behavior model; for the team to function properly, each team member must have a behavior model that is within the framework of healthy social interaction. The very term “starred”, which is often used to describe some players, implies exactly this point. But, fortunately, we were almost spared this problem.

Airat remains under contract with Team Spirit at the moment, so no attention was drawn to his departure.

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Some decisions made in the past were not optimal, and it is not always possible to take the best possible path. We will try in the future.

5 years is too long, too many events can influence this in both directions. Even so, the most likely answer is no, but it could degrade much more as an industry.

Also during the AMA session, Cheshir shared his opinion about the fading of the Dota 2 discipline, named the shortcomings of the competitive system, and also commented on the departure of Tundra Esports from esports.