Vasilisa reflected on the changes at Xtreme Gaming that led to their crushing defeat at The International 2026
Caster Vasilisa “Vasilisa” Chernova spoke on her personal Telegram channel about the key changes at Xtreme Gaming that led to their defeat at The International 2026 compared to last year’s tournament.
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It’s sad to watch Xtreme like this, to be honest. My heart has been with them since December 2023, but over the past year, in every analysis I’ve done, I’ve been saying one thing: #bringbackXMa. Losing XinQ also took a toll on the team, but losing a midlaner with a diverse hero pool and creative ideas is a much bigger loss. Every one of their games was torture because they simply didn’t have the desire to play Dota. Someone planted a seed of evil within the team, and it took root… But we know very little about their internal affairs. I hope that sometime in the year 2000, we’ll find a scroll of secrets and conflicts and learn the truth.
For now, the Chinese region has two remaining hopes: TR and VG
Earlier, Dmitry “Mortalles” Arzhilovsky also commented on Xtreme Gaming’s elimination from The International 2026: “Xtreme is the worst Chinese team in this tournament. It took less than a year to go from being in the top 2 at The International to being eliminated with a 1-4 record.”
Photo by Vasilisa “Vasilisa” Chernova.
