Former PARIVISION offlaner Dmitry "DM" Dorokhin explained the misunderstandings that arose inside the team in the period leading up to his departure. According to DM, the roster underwent a sharp shift in playstyle after one player left, and the squad failed to reach a common understanding about roles and hero priorities, which undermined their cohesion.
DM said he struggled after the exit of Astini, whose ideas he had been following within the team. Other teammates began to move away from those concepts and wanted to play Dota in a markedly different way. That divergence meant the squad was no longer on the same wavelength: some players pursued new approaches while DM continued to respect and advocate for the previous plan.
He added that the team never fully formed an alternative concept to replace the old one. As a result, players were trying to push their own ideas in practice and in drafts, and they could not align on a unified direction. Part of the practical fallout was disagreement over hero choices: DM noted that in the last tournament for 9Class they did not pick characters like Monkey King or Slardar even once, which he took as a sign the drafting problem persisted. He also said he found it odd that 9Class ended up playing Ringmaster, given the player’s usual hero pool.
DM stressed there was no overt drama or physical confrontation in bootcamp — the split was not the result of fights, but rather the predictable outcome of a difficult month in which the team failed to produce results. He emphasized that everyone in the squad is ambitious and talented, and that the goal for the roster remains to reach playoff stages.
PARIVISION officially announced DM’s exclusion from the main roster on January 31. The club signed Valeriy "SSS" Lazarev, formerly of 1win Team, as his replacement. With the new lineup, PARIVISION did not manage to qualify for the playoffs at DreamLeague Season 28 and at PGL Wallachia Season 7.