k23 change two for WCG

3-11-2009 23:09

k23 have announced two roster changes to their team ahead of the World Cyber Games.

The Kazakh giants were recently on show at the Extreme Masters Global Challenge in Dubai, where they made their mark, defeating both SK Gaming and mousesports.

Yet k23 have confirmed two changes to their Counter-Strike division just a week before the WCG event, for which they have drawn in Group E, along with esq.wind, The Elder Gods and simpleX.

k23 have announced that Mikhail "MihaO" Makashev and Alysher "Turbo" Bakyev have both been released from the team, being replaced by Alexandr "beAST" Yakovlev and former Team A member Rustem "mou" Tlepov.

This move marks the return of Yakovlev to k23's captaincy after he announced his decision to step down as player back in August.

Contacted by HLTV.org, k23 stated that both players are temporary additions for the WCG event, after which the team will decide their final roster.

k23 will attend the WCG with:

Malik "N1ck3L" Sualirov
Anvar "Anv1k" Nassyrov
Dauren "Adrenaline" Kistaubaev
Alexander "beAst" Yakovlev
Rustem "mou" Tlepov

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2009-11-04 00:10

2009-11-04 00:11

LOL I think -MihaO is stupid... But who knows? Mebe they r stronga now.

2009-11-04 00:13

14 replies

ye Mebe they r stronga now, who knows?

2009-11-04 00:22

12 replies

But who knows? Mebe they r stronga now.

2009-11-04 08:16

9 replies

Norsk nu också :P Bestäm dig :>

2009-11-04 09:19

8 replies

You should type in English or your comments will be deleted and you risk getting a ban from Jon :] Yup, Norwegian. Hard2decide :>

2009-11-04 12:12

7 replies

How can anyone want to be from Norway ;o

2009-11-04 12:31

6 replies

DaY is back!

2009-11-04 12:47

lay of the raciscm

2009-11-04 14:24

4 replies

I dont think its racism, its just that many Swede's... hatelove Norwegians cause you guys make more than we do.

2009-11-04 15:22

3 replies

our biggest airport: only people from sweden that works there...

2009-11-04 16:39

2 replies

Really? Didnt know that. Whats it called?

2009-11-04 20:35

Your hospitals have Swedish nurses.;)

2009-11-09 23:28

Is copy-paste is very funny? I know english pretty well. And that was slang, schoolboy ->

2009-11-04 10:15

1 reply

And slang is not correct English so it's irrelevant what you want to call your writing it is false.

2009-11-04 10:37

u is not stupid mebe, who knows ?

2009-11-04 17:15

Borat "Sexy_Time" Sagdiyev

2009-11-04 00:15

10 replies

lol xD

2009-11-04 01:15

Win

HAHAHAHA!

2009-11-04 09:47

There's nothing to laugh at... Very stupid film.

2009-11-04 10:17

Much to laugh at... Very funny film.

2009-11-04 10:36

Stupid humor for usa

2009-11-04 12:30

You're humorless

2009-11-04 15:23

epic film. get humor plexxx0rz

plexxx0rz? holy crap... hope that was a huge bait

Noz0r

beast si good player

2009-11-04 00:21

beast is so good. dont know much about this mou guy.

2009-11-04 00:48

beast was igl for k23, but he went inactive cuz of family probs i think. Now when he is back, i think they will do just fine :D. Gl

2009-11-04 00:49

beast is a great player. I think they should keep Turbo instead of mou and that would be their best possible lineup. btw, "Macedonian representative" = simpleX

2009-11-04 00:56

btw, I care.

2009-11-04 09:20

pro tip inc. tie a rope around your neck and go play in the trees.

2009-11-04 09:29

hHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH How good tip was that...HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH n1

2009-11-04 11:56

You managed to get hated by Pus that fast? +1

2009-11-04 15:24

why do you think that someone here care about that what you care ???

2009-11-04 18:47

Republic of Macedonia's representative.*

2009-11-04 15:51

He just wrote what MIRAA wrote..

2009-11-09 23:30

Haha, then Mira wrote it wrong to ;).

2009-11-09 23:56

yes macedonia representative - simpleX btw. k23 first in this group second esq.wind.. :( teg and simpleX no chance :( but we will se what will happend :D

2009-11-04 01:16

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Yes, he did, but it still is commonly known as Macedonia, so I doubt he cares. :)

2009-11-13 20:36

It's not, and he should care. Stop being annoying.

2009-11-14 10:14

It is, I see loads of people calling it that.

2009-11-14 14:21

And they are all from that country. If your country was Greece you would not just tell people the same thing I'm saying. You would kill about it. Stop now~

2009-11-14 15:35

4great players! dont know who is mou, but GL k23!

2009-11-04 01:30

gl k23

2009-11-04 01:45

mihao was good, don't know about mou :( gl k23

2009-11-04 01:52

good to see beast back :D:D:D

yep :) he is a good player

2009-11-04 02:47

OMG O_O

2009-11-04 02:12

ADREN too good for them but gl & hf simpleX will surprace them i hope :))))

2009-11-04 02:36

simpleX arent good, i beat them with my team... which means they CLEARLY SUCK, lol.

2009-11-04 03:05

ADREN plays as good as lex

2009-11-04 03:33

good move

2009-11-04 04:14

Good luck :)

2009-11-04 06:11

gl to k23, its good for them to have beAST back. as long as they have AdreN its all good ~:)

2009-11-04 06:14

finally, they got their captain back. It's new era coming up right here for them :) gl k23

2009-11-04 06:28

k23 > SK

2009-11-04 06:39

Nån är bakom flötet.

2009-11-04 09:21

As I said, English mate. k23 have beaten SK several times

2009-11-04 12:13

Country: Norway Location: Vasteras Nice :> And you're not an admin here so just shut up.

2009-11-04 12:33

CBA to change it. You're correct sir, but you should still follow the rules even if Im not an admin or moderator. Doesnt matter.

2009-11-04 12:48

and? alternate beated fnatic several times, does that mean alternate > fnatic? srsly k23 > SK just lol.

2009-11-04 14:21

Sure, Alternate > Fnatic if you wanna say that. Doesnt mean they own every other team. Just saying that k23's playstyle is working for them against SK

2009-11-04 15:26

Excellent replacement of players. beAST earlier was in command when they still played on e-Stars. Good luck fellow countrymen))

2009-11-04 06:58

the mou a good aim

2009-11-04 07:18

yeah mou good aim i watch HLTV is mou nice... :D

2009-11-04 07:25

MihaO and Turbo were my favs in the team lol

2009-11-04 08:17

YEAH!!! beast is back...Adren & Beast combination is very good..IMO, losing mihao will be tuff coz he really was a good sniper..

2009-11-04 08:41

OMH MihaO was good awper..... :( After WCG MihaO back and old k23 is BACK :)

2009-11-04 09:15

if the chemestry won`t work TeG has a chance :)

2009-11-04 12:11

I heard that beast is a beast xDDD Still AdreN > all

2009-11-04 12:58

rofl

2009-11-04 13:22

nice photo

2009-11-05 12:49

Amazing, beast back and turbo out! great for k23

2009-11-04 13:57

Alexander 'beAst' Yakovlev change name not Alexandr "beAST" Yakovlev

2009-11-04 14:37

honestly.. who cares?

2009-11-04 18:12

2009-11-05 14:21

I do.

2009-11-09 23:38

yea is nice uite cum poti castiga un razer lachessis concurs: gamextv.ro/es/concurs_NTE.html

2009-11-04 14:39

yeah and its a AdreN not Adrenaline :D im a righT?

2009-11-04 15:05

Actually not.

2009-11-09 23:40

<3 AdreN

2009-11-04 15:12

MihaO awp was insane, sad to see him leave becouse i think he was with the better awp's in the world, who will take the green weapon now in the team? :)

2009-11-04 16:12

beAst ZATASHiT!! :D

2009-11-04 16:52

GL k23!

2009-11-04 17:07

nooooooo... for sure it is great that beAst plays with them again, but mihao is damn good :(

2009-11-04 17:12

GL !

2009-11-04 17:19

Too bad, I liked MihaO's style. Anyway, good luck to the new teammembers ! As long as they keep N1ck3L, Anv1k and Adre :p

2009-11-04 20:23

mihaO the better, but ok .

2009-11-04 20:28

very talented team...exspecialy AdreN and MihaO...bad news :( but, who knows.

2009-11-04 20:56

<3 Dauren =) >all ps mihao good player, but mou young and angry xD

2009-11-05 13:20

It's doubtful decision to exclude Michao from k23. Maybe he'd shown unstable playing at times, but certainly has great potential.

2009-11-05 13:32

gl Rustem gl Nickel gl my Kazakh brothers!

2009-11-05 16:37

gl k23 MihaO good awp!

2009-11-05 17:51

This decision made after the results of IEM Chengdu and Dubai. Results wasn's so bad, but not too good. It's proved to put in new fresh blood by fnatic. Mou is not much experienced like mihao, but he can bring a lot motivation. Also he is very good aimer, as I remember. Let's see WCG. GL k23!

2009-11-09 09:50