Abay “Hobbit” Hasenov and his men from Gambit crashed out in the semi-finals of the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 against NAVI who took home the trophy in the end of the tournament. Every player from Gambit, except for Hobbit, were competing in their first-ever CS:GO Major and yet managed to finish off the tournament on a 3rd – 4th place in Stockholm.
In a recent vlog released by Gambit, their 27-year-old IGL speaks about what the team lacked at the Major and most importantly the structure Gambit follows, and how they operate internally.
“We don’t have democracy. We have a hierarchy starting with our main person, the coach (Konstantin “groove” Pikiner), then there is the IGL (Vladislav “nafany” Gorshkov), this is followed by the players (Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov, Sergey “Ax1Le” Rykhtorov, Timofey “inters” Yakushin) and me. But if our IGL wants to make a move, I can’t just disagree with him and be like don’t do that nafany, I can only suggest.” – Hobbit explained in the vlog.
Their main AWPer, sh1ro, agrees with Hobbit’s statement in the vlog and says that Gambit is trying to find the right balance, believing that it has proven to be their key to success so far.
Watch the vlog to get a rare insight into how Gambit operates its CS:GO team:
