Biography

Roman “RAMZES666” Kushnarev is one of the strongest representatives of the CIS region in competitive Dota 2. From a young age Roman played for the strongest organization in the region. His contribution has helped the CIS region become a serious competitor for the best teams in the world. We present you the way to become RAMZES666 as an e-sportsman.

Start of the career

Like many professional gamers, RAMZES666’s journey to the top of eSports began long before he joined a professional organization. From a young age, Roman devoted much of his time to computer games and excelled at them. So it’s not surprising that they later became a real profession for him.

The first club RAMZES666 played for was Courage Gaming. The player stayed there for only a month and then moved to ScaryFaceZ. However, this team did not bring the desired results either. In September 2015, the player switched to CIS Rejects. After three months of playing, RAMZES666 announced himself in all CIS countries.

His efforts and level of play were noticed by many. In December 2015, he moved to Team Spirit. With this team RAMZES666 participates in a major tournament for the first time – Shanghai Major. Although Team Spirit failed at the championship, finishing 13th-16th, RAMZES666 showed a good level of play.

In March 2016, he becomes a player of Team Empire. With Empire he goes to the second major tournament – Manila Major 2016, where the player finishes 9th-12th, losing to LGD Gaming. In July 2017, RAMZES666 wins the Global Grand Masters with the team.

RAMZES666’s results were good for a region that is going through hard times. In August 2016, RAMZES666 becomes a Virtus.Pro player.

Virtus.Pro and world fame

After joining VP in August 2016, RAMZES666’s career took off. In April 2017, he and his team finished 2nd at the 2017 Kiev Major, and in the same year the team won a number of smaller tournaments, after which they received a direct invitation to The International 2017. At the championship, RAMZES666 and the team lost to the eventual champion Team Liquid, finishing in 5th-6th place, but this did not diminish the team.

Already in October 2017 the team wins the ESL One Hamburg 2017 and after another 3 months the ESL One Katowice 2018 and in March 2018 RAMZES666 wins the Bucharest Major. Two months later VP wins ESL One Birmingham and in June 2016 they become runner-up at China Dota2 Supermajor. At TI8, the team failed to meet fans’ expectations and finished 5th-6th again.

3 months later, in November 2018, the team wins the Kuala Lumpur Major. After that, the team falls into a recession. Nevertheless, RAMZES666 remains in the VP.

They finish 2nd at DreamLeague – Season 11 in March 2019 and 3rd at EPICENTER Major 2019. At the upcoming TI9, VP shows the worst result and is eliminated from the tournament in 9th-12th place.

In September 2019, RAMZES666 leaves VP. He joins Evil Geniuses in the same month.

EG and personal successes

Joining EG started a new chapter in RAMZES666’s history as an athlete. He and his team placed 4th at the MDL Chengdu Major in November 2019 and 2nd at the ONE Esports Dota 2 World Pro Invitational Singapore in December 2019. In January 2020, RAMZES666 and his team placed 2nd at DreamLeague – Season 13 and 3rd at DOTA Summit 12 in March 2020.

RAMZES666 became the champion of the 2017 World Electronic Sports Games as part of the Russian team, and he has repeatedly appeared in commercials for world-famous brands. During his career, the player managed to earn over $1,796,000 in prize money.

Dota 2

Dota 2 is – unlike other big MOBA titles like League of Legends – free to play with all heroes. However, game items can be purchased in the Dota 2 store, but all of them have no effect on the gameplay. Only cosmetic items like different skins for the heroes can be purchased. Just like in Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Portal 2, it is possible to create your own content via the Steam Workshop.

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena title from Valve. The successor to the extremely popular Warcraft 3 modification DotA (Defense of the Ancients), Dota 2 was the company’s first strategy game and was released on the download platform Steam on July 9, 2013. The game is a free-to-play title that can be played completely free of charge and is financed through in-game micro-transactions, similar to Team Fortress 2.