Dauren Kystaubayev of Gambit CS:GO is a rather well-known figure in Esports community, therefore Championat's journalists could not leave him without attention. AdreN talked about the hype surrounding the competitive scene, financial aspect of Esports and his passion for football.

Now it is so cool in Russia to show off Esports as if you were showing off a beautiful girl's thongs after she stayed at yours overnight. Have we really made a great step forward or are we simply exaggerating for everyone to see how topnotch do we have everything here?
We actually took a step forward, but not that forward to show off everywhere. All the same showing off thongs of a beautiful girl in front of your friends is much cooler than make ace in front of them. Although …

Globally, what is the real lie of the land at the moment?
Globally though it is more interesting. I've already noticed that sports "stars", for example Shaquille O'Neal started to fuss around Esports in the world. And to show off his pants would be another level!

It is clear that earlier prize funds were formed from fees and now organizers themselves pay, announce sums for the first place with hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not millions), invite to perform at imposing arenas, provide with expensive hotel rooms. In conventional sports such things are not usually discussed in public. Why do we measure everything in terms of money and luxury?
I think it is because in conventional sports it's kind of default, I mean big sport, gathering the whole stadiums and having great prizes. But it is new for us and kind of PR, for people who know nothing about Esports to be more respectful. Because there are very few people in the world who know what it is and how it works, the rest are to be shown, to highlight that we aren't worse than any other big kind of sport, that it is much the same. They do know that big sports have everything cool so let them know we are never worse. The time will come and we won't discuss and show it anymore.

Though talking about football, the hottest issue is transfers. Clubs are bold to speak aloud the sums spent on the players. In Esports this kind of information is under lock and key for public. Maybe it is time for us to turn open?
I am interested myself why it is vice versa with transfers. On the other hand, it is not the tournament to make window dressing. Maybe some organizations don't want to show everyone how much they earn and how much they can afford.

Tournament organizers often talk about gamers' stiff requirements, otherwise they simply won't go. Do your team and you need much to say "this is the place we can go to"?
At the moment we don't have a lot to choose from so we are satisfied with what we have. But if we take teams, which have tough schedule and many tournaments to choose from there is sense for them to set the rules. Let's take football, if you want to host the game of Champions League in your stadium, it must meet all the requirements. The same is in Esports, there are rules everywhere. When we speak about premier tournaments, it is a decent hotel, where you can live, it is a bus or a car to meet you at the airport and drive from a hotel to a tournament, comfortable tables and chairs. That's all I can think of. Are these requirements stiff?

Don't you have a feeling that present-day pro gamers are more like rock stars on the top of popularity, who became too full of themselves?
Anytime and everywhere there will be people, who are blinded by fame and money. It's okay, as in any kind of sport or in show business. Again if we speak about organizational issues, why don't require from the organizers something they can really provide us with? After all, our "superstars" do not require that they should be met at the airport with Maybach and 3 models. Our requests are down-to-earth.

Kazakhstan is one of the few countries, which is spoken about more and more often lately. You have some decent CS:GO teams, have strong players. What has caused such an outburst at the local scene?
There have always been good gamers in Kazakhstan, they simply didn't have an opportunity to overcome ping issues. It's well-known that ping doesn't allow us to play and train with top international clubs. That's why we have always made out because of motivation and aspiration. And when they come to LAN, they appreciate every moment.

How to ensure local businessmen to invest in Esports and help develop CS teams?
It's not difficult. You just need to find the right person to make it. The rest is a matter of technique. I know that there are a lot of businessmen and companies here who could be interested in.

What sum of money is required for team maintenance and development nowadays?
Everything depends on the level of the team and its requirements. Say, if we take a middle team everything they need would be: a training base, wages, coach, manager. I think it's enough. Though I didn't count non-recurring costs, such as computers, furniture, peripherals. And here you yourself can count, how and how much you are to spend.

Is there a place for theft in Esports?
I think there's place for it. If we take players, they have no chance, but organizers have space for it.

You're one of those players, who used to play football seriously and then switched to computer games. Can you tell your story?
It's all plain and trivial. In other matters, like everyone: played, ran, had a trauma. No physical activities and games of football for two months. And what are you doing when you're home? Of course playing computer games.

Why were you reluctant to come back to professional sports?
I was 12 then and I didn't think about it much, to be honest. Actually there were very few things I did think about at that moment.

In your spare time do you keep watching matches? Have you got the favorite home team or in any other championship?
Yes, sure. At home I always watch FC Kairat matches and if I can I watch live on a stadium.. In the Premier League I root for Manchester United F.C. Also Borussia Dortmund appeals to me.

 

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Did you look up to anyone when you were into football?
It was long ago I liked the forward of The Dutch and Barcelona, Patrick Kluivert, and often I wanted to be like him. But during The 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, I liked The English national team very much and still I cheer for it. And David Beckham was one of my favorite players. I will never forget his trademark crosses from midfield into the penalty area.

Is it much more difficult to be a pro gamer than to play with a ball?
It's difficult to compare these things. Both are difficult in their own way.

Don't you regret never coming back to modern football?
I don't regret for sure, I'm glad and happy to be where I am now.

What would be the main achievement in the career for you to be able to give up games with a peace of mind?
The year of domination and humiliation all over the world. And most importantly, to leave unvanquished!