Biography

Abai “HObbit” Hasenov (formerly known as Hobbit) (born May 18, 1994) is a Kazakhstani professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Cloud9. Prior to his second stint in Gambit Esports, he famously won PGL Major Kraków with the organization in 2017. After his departure in November 2018 after unsatisfactory results, he was signed to HellRaisers and Winstrike, before returning to Gambit in July 2020 as part of the renewed Youngsters project.

Abay “⁠Hobbit⁠” Khasenov has stepped down from the CIS CS:GO team Winstrike, the organization announced today.

The 26-year-old spent the last nine months with Winstrike and averaged a 1.09 average rating during this period, according to HLTV’s statistics. He was statistically the second-best player on Winstrike, only behind Aleksey “⁠El1an⁠” Gusev.

CS:GO

CS:GO Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO for short) is a computer game from the genre of online tactical shooters. It was developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment and is the fourth part of the Counter-Strike series. The game was released on August 21, 2012 for Windows, Linux, macOS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A release for the PlayStation 3 in Europe failed to materialize for unknown reasons. Global Offensive achieved a Metascore of 83 points. Since September 14, 2017, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has also been available in China via the Perfect World client. In December 2018, the game was switched to a free-to-play model, which drew criticism.