The arrival of Raven seemed to make the team better - Natsumi - about replacing TORONTOTOKYO

Kerry OG John 'Natsumi-' Anthony Vargas, in an interview at The International 2026, assessed the team's performance this season, and also commented on the replacement of Alexander 'TORONTOTOKYO' Khertek with Mark Polo 'Raven' Luis Fausto.

At first we were on the rise and took fairly high places in tournaments, but as the season progressed we seemed to slow down a little.

[What do you think this is connected with? ] I think we were slow to learn. We couldn't adapt to changes quickly. This may be due to the fact that the publics in Southeast Asia are not as good as those on European servers. This is probably the main reason.

I think the main reason was that it was quite difficult for us to play with TORONTOTOKYO. I have nothing against him, but it was difficult for us to adapt to the European style of play. We are all players from Southeast Asia and it was difficult for us to get used to the European style. Therefore, the arrival of Raven seemed to make the team better again - both in atmosphere and in terms of the game itself.

This has been a dream for me since I started playing Dota professionally. So if I become the TI champion, it will mean a lot to me.

Earlier, Adam Erwann '343' Shah bin Akhtar Hussein and Henrik 'AdmiralBulldog' Peer Anberg commented on OG's departure from The International 2026.