- The organization announced it’s releasing both players
- They have already been on OG’s inactive roster for weeks
- OG has not yet revealed who will come in their place
Following OG’s disappointing run during this year’s competitive Dota 2 season, the organization decided to part ways with Dmitry “DM” Dorokhin and Tommy “Taiga” Le.
DM and Taiga Leave
As Dota 2’s The International 2023 approaches, organizations are busy preparing for the event with players spending every spare moment training for one of competitive gaming’s biggest events. However, not every big team is fortunate enough to have the opportunity to participate in the TI12, OG being one of them.
Instead of updating their fans on the training progress of their team, OG brings news that it has parted ways with two of its members. Dmitry “DM” Dorokhin and Tommy “Taiga” Le are leaving the team after their contracts expired at the end of the season. They were both put on OG’s inactive roster after the organization had a very lackluster performance in the previous months.
The departure of both players should perhaps not come as a surprise to anyone. Over the season, Taiga’s place within the team has been called into question on multiple occasions. He was eventually placed on the inactive roster on August 1. During this time, he was allowed to join Wildcard Gaming during the North American TI12 Qualifiers, which the team finished in fourth place.
Meanwhile, his now-former teammate DM had a bit more luck as part of OG’s roster. The player participated alongside the organization in the TI12 WEU Qualifiers but unfortunately, OG did not perform very well at the event, placing fifth, which ended the team’s season. DM was then benched on September 14.
To be fair, OG dropping DM and Taiga will probably not negatively affect the team as both players were already benched for weeks before today’s announcement. The organization competed at DreamLeague Season 21 using MinD_ContRoL as a stand-in offlaner to pair with Yuragi, bzm. Kitrak and the Ceb, who once again stepped into competitive play, completed the roster.
OG is now left with the four players, barring MinD_ContRoL. They have yet to reveal what their plans for their Dota 2 team for 2024 will be. It’s likely there will be more changes, but the question remains if Ceb will remain with the team full-time as a player or if this truly was his “last ride” for OG.
Regardless of what OG decides, we likely won’t hear much until the end of October, which is when TI12 ends and the roster shuffling for the next season starts.
