Team Information:

K23 (formerly known as Syman Gaming) is a Kazakhstani esports organization founded in 2017. Its headquarters are located in Kaliningrad, Russia.

According to the information provided by the Russian Telegram media CYBERSLOVO, Syman Gaming plans to rebrand and revive famous team k23 (Kazahstan 2030).

K23 was initially created in 2004. Throughout its existence, the team won about $100,000 in CS 1.6, CS: Source and CS:GO, according to Liquipedia. After five years, in late 2009, k23 merged with the remanent of Virtus.Pro to create UNiTED. Murat “Arbalet“ Zhumashevich was the main sponsor of k23 for a long time back then. Apparently, he doesn’t mind reviving the tag.

Previously, a number of famous players had represented the k23 tag. They did so at events including GameGune 2012 and WESG 2016 & 2018 appearances. These noteworthy names are Dauren “AdreN” Kystaubayev, Rustem “mou” Telepov, Asset “Solaar” Sembiev, Abay “HObbit” Khasenov, Sanzhar “neaLan” Iskhakov and Dastan “dastan” Akbayev.

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.