AdreN to captain ex-AD

6-1-2014 17:14

According to StarSeries' website, Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev has taken over as the captain of the former Astana Dragons team.

Last week, it was revealed that Astana Dragons and their CS:GO had come to a mutual decision to part ways after less than five months together.

During this period, the team clinched the bronze at the ESWC finals but then became a major disappointment as they finished 5th-8th at DreamHack Winter and fourth at the StarSeries finals.

AdreN is the team's new captain

And while it was revealed that there would be no changes to the lineup, it has now come to light that Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow has stepped down as the team's ingame leader, with Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev taking up the role.

The former Astana Dragons team, who remain on the lookout for a new organisation, have the following roster:

Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev
Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow
Mihail "Dosia" Stolyarov
Yegor "markeloff" Markelov
Emil "kucher" Akhundov

What do you think about this change? Will it improve the team's gameplay? Let us know what you think.

cool

2014-01-06 17:15

1 reply

AdreN CAP )))

2014-01-12 18:05

2014-01-06 17:15

5 replies

Wasn't AdreN igl in virtus.pro's glory days when they beaten nip and shit? I never really understood why they never given Adren a shot as igl in AD, i think this change will be quite good for them.

2014-01-06 17:28

4 replies

no he wasnt

2014-01-06 17:57

1 reply

lol he mad

2014-01-06 21:49

wtf

2014-01-06 22:30

He has been around that role his entire carrer. k23, United, Virtus pro. Kinda like dosia and Ed1k, where they have one in-game leader, and onw who's supporting. I guess AdreN will do a grate job, but that also means he won play as aggresiv and focus on his fragging, which is really his type.

2014-01-07 09:48

okej

2014-01-06 17:15

Adren speak Russain weel ?

2014-01-06 17:17

30 replies

sure

2014-01-06 17:17

@h@h@h@ this question made my day

2014-01-06 17:17

No, he speaks Portuguese

2014-01-06 17:18

17 replies

(._.')

2014-01-06 17:38

4 replies

Oh, my enigma, I love you!

2014-01-06 17:39

2 replies

kn3.net/44870877C76JPG.html (._.)

2014-01-06 18:09

1 reply

Your thoughts are so deep, I could spend my entire life trying to describe and understand them

2014-01-06 18:11

you sir, are the coolest user on hltv! Without a fucking doubt

2014-01-07 01:56

2014-01-06 18:03

7 replies

What? I could have chosen many languages, it's just the one that came to my mind first... Don't cry

2014-01-06 18:05

By insulting him, you proved you see your country as a joke (._.')

2014-01-06 18:10

4 replies

Hahaha, nice one m8

2014-01-06 18:12

its not an insult though.probably for a priest it is

2014-01-06 21:09

2 replies

Some of the HLTV.org's staff members consider that as an insult (i can tell you based on a few bans :3). So maybe they are priests (._.') well... i don't want to live in this planet anymore (/^_^)/

2014-01-06 21:14

1 reply

Your are the smartest guy in comment section here. Thats sad tho'. (>.>)

2014-01-06 21:26

caralho

2014-01-06 20:24

hehe.

2014-01-06 18:08

1 reply

Would you have laughed harder if I had said Swedish ?

2014-01-06 18:12

however, u could have chosen ur own language (just saying xD)

2014-01-06 23:30

1 reply

they don't have a language ª_ª

2014-02-12 09:39

Ukraine/Kaza/belarus/Georgia speak russian...

2014-01-06 19:02

2 replies

moldova azerbaidjan ,..........latvia estonia lithtuania just a little speaks

2014-01-07 22:14

2014-01-08 16:55

better than your

2014-01-06 19:33

sir. all ex ussr countries can speak russian too. more than least hymn.ru/15-union-republics/soviet_pol89... people! dont be so douchebags and help each other from ukraine with love :)

2014-01-06 20:46

1 reply

"people! dont be so douchebags and help each other" +1

2014-01-07 14:56

Everything which is international in Kazahkstan is in Russian. But theire everyday langueage, is their own. And if you look a bit further back, to his day in United, then you see he has played with Russians before.

2014-01-07 09:50

3 replies

guardian played with russians too, and he doesnt speak russian afaik :D

2014-01-07 14:03

2 replies

He told he understands it, and can say some simple things.

2014-01-07 22:04

Hahahha I guess that's not normal, that u can communicate with :D

2014-01-12 17:06

Probably will get better as ANGE1 is pretty good rifler so let's see:)

2014-01-06 17:16

who

2014-01-06 17:17

bullshit AdreN is their madfragger with Dosia

2014-01-06 17:17

10 replies

Ange1 is the entryfragger.

2014-01-06 17:59

9 replies

so?

2014-01-06 18:15

4 replies

Conventional CS wisdom says that IGLs shouldn't go balls at the start of the round. You typically want the IGL to be alive for a bit longer, so that he can make mid-round calls.

2014-01-07 08:19

3 replies

ANGE1 has always been the igl, he's also always been the entry fragger

2014-01-07 14:06

2 replies

Indeed he has been. But AD/VP have never been known to be tactically the best (or even good) team around. It's possible that him being an entry fragger might have to do something with that... something like he couldn't do one role without compromising other.

2014-01-07 16:37

1 reply

AD failed because they had decent all round player instead of a support player. ANGE1 was the main reason they thrashed NiP so much with VP

2014-01-07 16:54

*entrydier

2014-01-06 21:18

3 replies

true

2014-01-06 23:34

finally I read something funny on hltv.org today. Can go sleep now :)

2014-01-07 02:12

haha... :D Even more of a reason for him to not be an IGL then :P

2014-01-07 08:20

-kucher +B1ad3 for igl. ty

2014-01-06 17:19

1 reply

-daG +tfg

2014-01-06 17:30

hope it works out! gl

2014-01-06 17:19

getting desperate yo

2014-01-06 17:19

Will see how it changes their playstyle :]

2014-01-06 17:21

Makes sense since ANGE1 was always entry fragging anyway.

2014-01-06 17:22

as far as i remember angel was always considered as a good fragger, tat sometimes goes insane. in 1.6 there were sick moments, for me deffo top aimer UA. gl i hope to see him back at what he does best.

2014-01-06 17:24

1 reply

2014-01-06 17:30

So if they fail again another one will lead the team! It's kinda getting fashion to do that. lmao I doubt they'll succeed.

2014-01-06 17:29

6 replies

Isn't it better than disbanding teams all the time or switching players?

2014-01-06 17:34

Hmm.. Should that come from a country which change players 24/7? O_o

2014-01-06 17:39

3 replies

Wow did I really attack you personally that you have to attack me/"my country" when all I do is saying that switching ingame leaders has been becoming fashion in CS:GO? Oh dear..

2014-01-06 17:44

dat burn

2014-01-06 18:30

Sweet burn bro +1

2014-01-06 21:39

Sometimes a new perspective can rejuvenate a team Look at what happened when neo took over igl role or seized

2014-01-06 20:12

this team should just quit.

2014-01-06 17:29

-AdreN -kucher -markeloff -ANGE1 +Dosia +Dosia +Dosia +Dosia

2014-01-06 17:44

6 replies

-markeloff +markelon

2014-01-06 18:19

4 replies

markeloff is dead...he is better at dota2 than cs:go.

2014-01-06 18:38

+99999

2014-01-06 18:49

-skineloff +caresaboutwinningloff

2014-01-06 20:13

rofl

2014-01-06 20:24

:DDD

2014-01-06 18:21

Intriguing move, hope something improves.

2014-01-06 17:47

Hm .... dont think thats gonna work ,.... :D

2014-01-06 17:48

it can work imo :) if they havent problem with doing everything what adren will want:)

2014-01-06 17:50

Hope they won't switch it back to Angel as Na`Vi did with seized and Zeus

2014-01-06 17:59

phahahahaha with angel they have chance to be in top5, but now they have only aim lol

2014-01-06 18:08

Changing the IGL is a news now? First time I see an article about that.

2014-01-06 18:09

11 replies

Wasn't there just an article about Na'Vi changing a month ago? Just be happy for the fact that hltv.org are producing articles in every aspect of the game.

2014-01-06 18:32

4 replies

Wasn't. It was about them changing players. I'm happy, just saying it feels weird, but then again I'm in a cranky mood today so maybe that's why.

2014-01-06 18:34

3 replies

Well everybody has those days :D Cheer up

2014-01-06 18:57

there was article about navi igl... dont say what u dont know

2014-01-06 20:32

1 reply

I actually checked the last month in news archives, didn't bother to go through the rest. Don't say what you don't know.

2014-01-06 20:41

Thought the same thing... AD is so overhyped by hltv.

2014-01-06 20:53

5 replies

Yeah it just feels like a promotional article for me.

2014-01-06 21:30

4 replies

jealous much no news of uk scene?

2014-01-06 21:36

3 replies

Like there's any news on Malta. I only live here by the way, I'm not English nor from anywhere in the UK. I'm not jealous, just stated my opinion and people like you take it personally. Fuck off.

2014-01-06 21:54

2 replies

same i just live in malta.. and im Russian im just saying that you have to respect all teams

2014-01-06 21:55

1 reply

And where did I say I don't respect them? Besides I don't "have to" do anything, they're people like me and playing the game doesn't make then anything special, but that's aside from everything and on a different topic. I said from the beginning that this article feels forced to me, and still stick to it just like #86. Nothing else.

2014-01-06 21:58

omg theyr gon b n1

2014-01-06 18:13

IMO: Bad Idea...

2014-01-06 18:20

1 reply

why?

2014-01-06 19:54

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2014-01-06 18:23

glhf

2014-01-06 18:28

We can only wait and see what happens...

2014-01-06 18:41

1 reply

Thinking the same thing

2014-01-07 00:22

A Korean ?

2014-01-06 19:06

at least some change. maybe for better. gl

2014-01-06 19:15

Verygames to Astana Dragons!

2014-01-06 19:30

Let's hope they will suck even more and finally disband.

2014-01-06 20:54

Slim Shady

2014-01-06 20:59

Thats good atleast I wont have to see Angel die at the same spot round after round from the same person when he is trying to get a pick, maybe Andren will be quick to change strats on the fly.

2014-01-06 21:10

This is good for them actually since AdreN wasnt doing shit for the team ange1 at least mad a lot of entryfrags plus he is a great individual player and aimer.

2014-01-06 22:30

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