Qikert: "People are screaming a lot, I like those vibes more than the usual calm TeamSpeak"

MIBR's Kazakh addition is enjoying his time on a Brazilian side so far.

Looking to emulate the success of FURIA's experiment with Danil "⁠molodoy⁠" Golubenko and Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis, MIBR turned heads with the signings of Klimentii "⁠kl1m⁠" Krivosheev and Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev.

The pair did not take long to get accustomed to their new surroundings, racking up wins at FERJEE Rush 2025 and Circuit X South America Season 1. Now, the English-speaking side have gotten off to a solid start in their first international outing, cruising past Lynn Vision to put themselves a win away from playoffs at the CS Asia Championships.

Date	Matches
CS Asia Championships 2025
14/10/2025	Lynn Vision Finished 4:13 MIBR	Match

Shortly after his team's victory over Lynn Vision, Qikert spoke with HLTV regarding the culture and language adjustments that come with playing in a Brazilian team, the quality of opposition in Brazil, and his expectations for the team's run in Shanghai.

Or you can listen to the interview here.

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Here with Qikert at CAC 2025 after a very straightforward game over Lynn Vision. How are you feeling?

I feel good; it's always nice to win a first game, especially this tournament, because you have the first BO1 and then you go into BO3. If you lose that first game, it's kinda shaky, so it's nice to win the BO1 game because next is BO3, so it's great.

The rest of your games with MIBR have been in Brazil so far. After playing your whole career in Europe, what have the Brazilian games been like? Is there a noticeable difference in quality?

The biggest difference. When I was in Brazil, I was there for one month, living [there] for thirty or forty days, and it was crazy. I'm not saying something bad about Brazilian teams, but it was completely different from European teams. It's a different meta, different reactions, different playstyles, so I had to get used to it.

Even my first official games in MIBR, it was hard for me, because I couldn't get to used to [playing] against Brazilian style. But then, I got used to it, and it went good. But, in general, there's a lot of good teams in Brazil, and really good players. They all shoot good; every time I'm playing deathmatch I see a lot of pro players hitting insane shots, and during games or officials, it's the same.

What about your Brazilian teammates? Your teammates have only played on Portuguese-speaking teams, so what's the communication like in English?

Communication wasn't easy for the first ten days for us. It was different for everyone, maybe not for kl1m because he was playing in G2 Ares, an international academy team, and I was playing in Into The Breach before for two months. But still, I had to switch from CIS comms to English, and for players in MIBR, for my boys it was kinda hard as well the first two weeks, but then we got used to it.

It's a huge difference, how we speak now and how we communicate now from how we did it in the first days, it's really great. Maybe we have to improve it, but day by day, we notice a lot of differences and a lot of improvements there.

Do you notice any cultural differences from the Russian-speaking teams you used to play on?

The biggest difference, I feel like in Russia or CIS in general, we are more calm, we are not that emotional. But in Brazil, man, it's so emotional. People are screaming a lot, they are hyping up their teammates, and I like those vibes more than the usual calm TeamSpeak. For me, it's amazing.

The biggest difference culturally in CS is the way they speak, in life, the way they hype their teammates, and the way that after winning rounds or after lost ones, I like the mentality that they show. It's the biggest difference, mentality I think, and approach to the game.

Can you tell me a bit about kl1m? I don't think many people had him on their radar before he got signed by MIBR. What has it been like working with him?

It still feels like he's inexperienced, but with his high individual level... you don't care in CS2 if he is experienced or not. He is a beast, he has good potential, and I mean, I was really surprised. I didn't see it for a long time how the guy can shoot with AWP and rifles the same way, on the same level, both a high level. I was really surprised with the way he is studying, how he's getting used to tier-one, it's really crazy. He learns really quick, and I am suprised with him. I think he has a bright future.

You and kl1m are both on loan. Do you know anything about the terms of the loan, or is it just trying to play the best that you can and see what happens?

I think it's more about just playing the game, playing tournaments, and let's just look at the results at the end of the day and decide what it's going to be for the future. We don't ever think about it a lot, we just focus on the game, to win tournament to tournament or game by game.

You're off to a good start, but you've got a Liquid game for playoffs up next; how do you feel about that game and your chances at this event overall?

We feel confident, because we came from Brazil, we won three tournaments there, and coming here to another tournament, we already have extra confidence here. For us, it doesn't matter which enemy it is, and especially, I think about Liquid, they didn't have much time to prepare because they have new players. They've had a lot of matches, and couldn't practice a lot, and it's an advantage for us. Maybe we are in similar situations, but I think we've had more time to adapt for a new roster.