Dmitry "Korb3n" Belov, Team Spirit's manager, honestly admitted that the team played poorly and had ineffective champion picks, leading to their elimination from BLAST Slam 1.

He shared this during a livestream on Twitch:

*"No, there's no post explaining what happened. So what happened? So ****, we got the FP (First Pick) – but didn't pick Chen. That's what happened happened. And overall, we just played poorly. This happened yesterday, when I watched the Falcons play OG, I was hoping the Falcons would get eliminated, just so I could write: 'Played in. Falcons class.' But ***, the Falcons won again.”

According to Korb3n, he was unhappy with the team's champion picks, which clearly failed their opponents. However, he also admitted that the team did not play well, and the results at the tournament were completely deserved.

Korb3n also admitted that he wanted Team Spirit to at least achieve equal results with Team Falcons, but the Falcons went further than the two-time world champions in this tournament.

It should also be noted that before that, Miroslav "Mira" Kolpakov met with Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, showing what the current champion looks like.