Dauren «AdreN» Kustaubaev and Rustem «mou» Telepov announced on Sunday that they will no longer participate in the K23 project. Now two cybersportsmen from Kazakhstan, who previously played together in HellRaisers and Gambit, will look for other opportunities to continue their careers.
On the eve of IEM Falls, K23 had a chance to win a place at the PGL Major Stockholm thanks to his previous ranking and successful performance at the previous two tournaments. However, they failed to score a single point at IEM Falls at the decisive moment. As a result, the team finally missed the opportunity to get to Stockholm, as it was overtaken by Virtus.pro and Entropiq in the leaderboard.
The cybersports organization did not publish details about the reasons for the departure of the two team members, but mou stated that he plans to continue his professional career. For the past twenty months, the cyber athlete has represented K23 (formerly also known as Syman). The team's maximum result was 24th place in the world ranking. AdreN joined the squad in early 2021 when K23 formed a six-man roster.
It remains unclear whether Aydos «kade0» Khairzhan, who was previously a substitute player, will get a permanent place in the team, or whether its management will be looking for two cyber athletes to replace those who left the roster.