Korb3n Reflects on Letting Satanic Go

Published October 2, 2026

Team Spirit manager Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov says it was personally difficult to let Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov leave, even though he views the move to PARIVISION as a normal professional transfer. Spirit had watched the carry develop from an unusually promising young player into a member of a world-class roster. When PARIVISION completed the permanent signing on September 28, the decision closed a long loan period and turned that development story into a formal separation.

Korb3n said he expected Satanic’s rise because the player’s level had been obvious to him early. He recalled defending that assessment when others mocked it two years ago. The point is not that every step of the career was predictable; it is that Spirit’s staff considered the underlying talent exceptional before tournament results made the judgment easy.

Satanic had competed for PARIVISION on loan since January 2025. During that spell, the team finished third at TI14 and second at TI15. Those placements made him more than a prospect waiting behind another roster. He was already playing central matches for the organisation that eventually bought his contract. The permanent deal therefore confirms an established sporting relationship instead of beginning one from zero.

Personal attachment meets a professional contract

Korb3n pushed back on language that treats a player as property outside a sporting context. His answer was straightforward: this is a transfer involving a professional competitor. Contracts can contain many negotiated conditions, but both sides have to accept them. He also said a ban on playing official head-to-head matches against the former club would not be a realistic restriction in Dota’s ecosystem.

That explanation does not remove the emotional part. A manager can believe a sale is professionally correct and still dislike losing someone whose progress he supported. Korb3n’s phrasing makes both positions visible. He was proud that his early assessment proved accurate, and he found the final separation hard. Neither feeling supplies the undisclosed financial terms of the deal.

Several figures have circulated around the transfer, and one rival manager described it as a record. Spirit and PARIVISION have not published the exact amount in the reviewed reports. For that reason, estimates cannot responsibly be written as the fee. The confirmed development is the buyout itself; the size of the payment remains private unless the clubs disclose it.

The move also clarifies the competitive relationship. Satanic is no longer a Spirit player temporarily representing another organisation. PARIVISION controls its own roster decision, while Spirit continues with the structure it selected after The International. Future matches between the clubs will be ordinary official competition, not an exception governed by an unpublished restriction.

Why early talent judgment still matters

Korb3n’s recollection is valuable beyond one transfer because development systems are judged late. Once a teenager reaches TI finals, calling him talented requires no courage. The meaningful decision happened earlier, when Spirit invested attention and a contract before the result was guaranteed. PARIVISION then provided the sustained match environment in which the player could convert that promise into evidence.

A successful transfer does not prove every academy or loan decision will work. It shows what a functioning pathway can produce: identification, competitive minutes, high placements and eventually a permanent home. Spirit loses a player it valued; PARIVISION keeps a carry already integrated into its team; Satanic gains contractual clarity.

• PARIVISION announced the permanent signing on September 28.
• Satanic had represented the team on loan since January 2025.
• Korb3n says he recognised the player’s exceptional potential early.
• The clubs have not disclosed the exact transfer fee.

Stage	Confirmed status	Meaning
Early development	Spirit backed Satanic’s potential	Talent identified before peak results
Loan period	Played for PARIVISION	Established role through major events
September 28	Permanent transfer announced	Loan relationship formally ended

Korb3n is not pretending the transfer was emotionally easy, and he is not treating emotion as a reason to deny professional reality. Satanic’s move is the endpoint of a development path both clubs helped shape. The fee may remain private, but the sporting result is clear: PARIVISION has permanently secured the player Spirit once identified as exceptional.