Gambit buy out HObbit for $100,000

2/8/2017 - 16:56

After almost ten months on loan, Abay "HObbit" Khasenov has joined Gambit on a permanent basis as the CIS organization bought out his contract from Tengri for $100,000.

The news of the buyout comes shortly after Gambit’s PGL Major Krakow victory in which Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov played an instrumental role, especially in the grand final. The transfer fee, which is $100,000, has become the highest transfer price in the CIS region.

Since Tengri loaned HObbit to Gambit in October, 2016, HObbit & company have won DreamHack Winter 2016, DreamHack Austin 2017, and PGL Major Krakow 2017. Gambit have also made the playoffs at the ELEAGUE Major 2017 in January.

HObbit was on loan for almost a year

Alongside his team’s success, HObbit flourished as an individual under Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko’s command, averaging 1.17 rating (2.0) in all competitions and never averaging below 1.02 rating (2.0) in offline events.

Gambit's lineup consists of:

Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev
Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko
Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov
Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov
Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov

100k? thats a lot considering he was from Tengri Definetly worth it tho.

2017-08-02 16:57

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Deserved

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God Hobbit

2017-08-02 17:08

very cheap for a god like him lololol

2017-08-02 16:58

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said guy from na xd

We always keep running into each other :D

2017-08-02 17:19

True

2017-08-02 17:00

Thats okay for a team like Tengri whos not a known internationally team that will probably never even make anything big in its existence (probably), so no need to get too over excited here, Tengri aint FaZe or something....

2017-08-02 17:22

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what? All the players of gambit came from kazakhstan/tengri .all of them is like no name compared to other player until zeus came. And if you didnt understand, the point of this article is they have paid 100k that big amount just for a tier3-5 team . that is the big deal here.

2017-08-02 17:46

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lol stopped reading after "all of them were a noob" cya

2017-08-02 17:54

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2017-08-02 18:51

lol stopped reading after "And if you didnt understand" cya

adren 2nd wcg 2005 never forget

2017-08-03 01:42

cant imagine how hobbit signed such a contract with Tengri. 100k buyout in CIS it means that basically you are stuck with Tengri forever..Unless you win a major.

2017-08-02 17:34

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Well, it happened! :D

2017-08-02 18:36

Maybe he had a 3y contract and tengri just asked for more money to sell him.

2017-08-02 18:54

Maybe after winning a major tengri org. raised the price?

2017-08-02 18:57

the buyout has nothing to do with the contract hobbit made with tengri. the buyout price is strictly between orgs and how badly gambit wanted him.

2017-08-02 19:10

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most contracts have a buyout clause tho

2017-08-02 19:15

i dont think hobbits contract had one. I mean who would have expected that someone wants to buy him out when he signed for tengri?

2017-08-02 19:21

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It's standard to have buyout clauses, you follow a template of a player contract, simple. I bet everyone have it. In 1.6 I got handed some player contracts on amateur level, amateurs organizations, no pay check or anything, even they had buyout clauses :O)

2017-08-02 19:39

Who would have expected that someone wants to buy him out for a hundred fucking grand? That's the real question.

2017-08-02 20:14

"i dont think hobbits contract had one" LOL. Every Org who signed a player for a period of time will of course include a buyout in case another org want to pick him before the contract end. When you signed a player for 1 year, that means you will have to pay the salary of this player during that 1 year even if he is completely trash. On the other hand you include a buyout that secure that player will play for you during that time. If a team want to break your contract and "steal" your player, then they will have to pay the buyout which is often a dissuasive amount of money. Of course they could negotiate with you to only buy a part of the buyout amount.

2017-08-02 21:31

If you dont have a buyout in the contract doesnt mean the player cant be bought out idiot

2017-08-02 22:39

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Wtf are you meaning ? I guess you want to say "having a buyout in the contract doesnt mean the player cant be bought out idiot" Of course teams can still buy a player even with a buyout. But the buyout is to make sure that if a team want to actually pick your player, then they will have to pay an amount of money (the buyout) or wait until the contract finished if they want to pick the player for free. If your a owner of an org and you sign contract to players without buyout, then you are retarded.

2017-08-02 23:30

Dude its not retared what are you saying.....most players in sports have contracts without buyout clause.....if you have players without buyout clause you can set asking price what you want.....for example Sk can sign cold to 5 year contract and when some1 approach to sign him you can say any amount you want but if you put like 400k buyout than if some team ia willing to pay you can lose him and without buyout you can say to other team that if they want to buy him they need to pay 1,2 or even 5 million

2017-08-03 09:27

If you dont have a buyout in your contract doesnt mean another org can just pick you...

2017-08-03 15:17

Hobbit > Neymar

2017-08-04 10:12

100k for Hobbit? Imagine if was An Elf.

2017-08-02 21:22

2017-08-02 21:27

xDD

2017-08-03 06:36

I thing not

2017-08-04 13:19

what

nice

GODbbit

2017-08-02 17:12

YES

not bad

Wut

AWESOME <3

rip major money

they've earned 500k .. so if you then think thats a strong line up to earn again and again money 100k are probably peanuts ... or they will at least get the money back in later tournaments ...

2017-08-03 04:22

They made dickton from stickers as well.

2017-08-03 06:53

for sure ... thats the only thing i forgot :D

2017-08-03 11:53

Wow

Finally! So happy for both H0bbit and Gambit

thx hobit

That moment when you realize that winner of Major had a "standin" while doing it xD

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It could be the same with KNG :V

That would be even greater achievement as they are "rookies" in Major events.

2017-08-02 16:59

10months on loan = stand in? Nah m8 10months cannot be considered as ''stand-in'' even tho he was on loan.

He wasn't officially Gambit ;) technically speaking he is a standin.

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He was officially in Gambit's roster because he was on loan. Now he finally has permanent Contract with Gambit.

2017-08-02 17:01

Stand-in's are not in the official roster Loaned players are.

2017-08-02 17:02

2017-08-02 17:04

"Technically" speaking, he is not a stand-in. Stand-in means "a person who stands in for another, especially in a match or performance; a substitute". Hobbit wasn't "standing in" or "substituting" for another person. Gambit just had the four others contracted as players. He wasn't officially Gambit, I'll agree with you on that part, but he also wasn't really a stand-in.

2017-08-02 17:21

technically speaking you are an idiot

2017-08-02 17:58

I agree on that one.

2017-08-02 20:17

HObbit join date 2016-10-12 dont look like a stand-in

2017-08-02 17:14

wow

Fucking finaly YEY

gj Gambit

WTF 100k?

wtf

nice!

there goes all the money LUL

Ez major as a trial

just wow

UNEXPECTED AF :O

Why wouldn't they haha Tengri actually got a great deal out of the whole thing, even if they had to give up their best player

Unexpected

tengri lucky asf

To cheap for player like him ..

lmao he didnt even was the best player by tengri ( Ramzik )

ramz1k is rich boy..

But if you think about the quality of Tengri as a team, even with Hobbit...

Tengri knows how to do business :D

wow! congratz Hobbit! Nice investment Tengri! we smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

Why u keep posting that txt in every comment? Loyal, friendly and even smart? Lul. best jk ever. no offence.

He's braindead, that's why.

2017-08-02 17:23

finnallly some one said it ty

2017-08-02 19:23

+100 only thing they spam, so useless...

2017-08-03 10:12

hobbit100k > niko500k?

100k LUL

Rip major money lul

100k win a major 500k didnt. and out of group major

NiKo's buyout was less than 200k.

2017-08-02 17:36

NiKo s buyout was for 500k usd

2017-08-02 17:53

No it wasn't it was confirmed later on by the org themselves that they settled for under 200K for NiKo. It was originally reported at 500K which never happened.

2017-08-02 23:50

dont compare Tengri to FaZe

2017-08-02 17:40

Mousesport*

2017-08-02 18:43

did he sign like a 4 year contract with tengri? lol Seems extensive

OMG

In this major a player on trial, Kng, almost won. And a player on lease, H0bbit, won. That's crazy

well deserved ;)

I'm curious to how much does navi pay for simple.

2 ez for Gambit with Major money

100k is a steal considering hobbit's performance.

Best I can do is 50$.

2017-08-02 17:03

good decision, gl Abay

2017-08-02 17:05

bruh im so happy for h0bbit he looks such an innocent guy so happy to see him being successful pro player <3

Expected,but 100k? R.i.P major money

2017-08-02 17:06

That's a 1/5 of their major prize... Minus taxes of course. But they'll most likely make that 100g back if they do what they did at the major.

2017-08-02 17:13

what are you guys discussing here lol? players' major winning money are not involved in the buyout lol

2017-08-02 17:59

Plus sponzors contracts, after winning the major they will make shitton of money from them.

2017-08-03 08:38

100K for Hobbit? FaZe better put the money on the table if they want to sign olofmeister

2017-08-02 17:09

Waste of money. BAD.

2017-08-02 17:10

Expected from someone whose team couldnt make it thus far... Now Im ready for excuses as you in NA always like to come up with them for any situation that doesnt go in your favor.... though I wont reply to them........ Look at comment #97 and stay positive in your life like that dude haha :)

2017-08-02 18:02

best buyout they could've hoped for such a player

2017-08-02 17:11

100k to Tengri?? RiP Major money :/

overworthed

crazy

2017-08-02 17:15

Do tengri deserve that money tho

2017-08-02 17:16

they got into the major closed qualifiers, they have so many talented players + the organization deserved it. Worked hard =)!

2017-08-03 06:37

That's honestly a good price for someone like HObbit

Omg 100k) EZ money for Tengri

2017-08-02 17:18

n1 !!!!!

2017-08-02 17:20

Should of bought him out before winning major he would of been like 10K max.

2017-08-02 17:28

why you guys so salty, he deserved it, they won the major, and now they want to play together.

2017-08-02 17:33

Now NAVI will buy him for 200K.

2017-08-02 17:38

100.000? tengri? lmao

2017-08-02 17:41

100k a record inside CIS? What's the record outside?

2017-08-02 17:55

100K :O

tengri got more money due to this deal they ever got and will. lulz

2017-08-02 18:04

100.000 $ for hobbit [who won a major lately] 24.000.000 $ for Carmelo Anthony [who didn't do anything for years] i think i love basketball tho

2017-08-02 18:14

Navi will pay 500k for ange1 or electronic

2017-08-02 18:16

Good news! Hobbit is a great player. GL Gambit!

2017-08-02 18:27

really worth it .. that 1v4 and 1v2 clutches made gambit won the major ....

inb4 hobbit starts to get worse and worse day by day, lmao

2017-08-02 18:28

Damn, I thought buy out means they kicked him out. I'm glad it's the opposite. #GambitEra

2017-08-02 18:35

Lel, did Finnish not have the similar words meaning for Buy Out? In my language it's the same, it's like buy everything out of somebody/thing, basically now Gambit own the soul and body of Hobbit now.

2017-08-04 06:51

Yeah, we have straight translation for that but I might be retarded because I think it means that you're basically paying for getting to kick someone out of the organization. So basically, in this case I think "Gambit buys IN Hobbit" would sound more right.

2017-08-04 19:26

LUL hobbit 100k Cold r$ 1.000.000

2017-08-02 19:05

lmfao wat

2017-08-02 19:16

top 1 in the World inc

2017-08-02 19:33

2017-08-02 19:36

100k what a joke xaxaxaxaxa

Smart move. Buyout after win a major to pay more. Kazahsktan best businessman. ))))))

2017-08-02 20:30

what a king!!

Deserved! Hobbit 100 k > Geymar 222 mln.

2017-08-02 20:36

Finally, jeez. I remember even back at cs_summit, some of the casters were discussing how well Hobbit was performing and how much of a downgrade it would be if he had to return to Tengri

2017-08-02 20:39

expensive af

2017-08-02 20:53

that 3k clutch is worth it

2017-08-02 21:40

2017-08-02 21:58

vs Scream and niKo is quite cheap :D

2017-08-02 22:20

Good on him dude, grats to hObbit

2017-08-02 22:37

2017-08-02 22:54

worth :)

2017-08-03 00:42

CIS Business 101: 1. Scout a talented player with little fame or monetary value 2. Rent him from his noname org 3. Watch him increase in value 4. Forge him into a crucial part of your team 5. Decide not to buy him out, just keep renting him ... for more money 6. Watch him increase in value even more rapidly as he rises to stardom 7. Buy him out? Nah keep renting him. 8. Qualify for a Major 9. It'd be smart to buy him out at this point, wouldn't it? 10. WOULDN'T IT?! 11. Win a motherfucking Major 12. Buy him out now, for 100 times more than you would have when you rented him initially 13. Drink yourself to death

2017-08-03 00:59

It could be buyout tengri was asking originally was quite high already, not like there is reason otherwise to not make buyout xdd...

2017-08-03 02:30

I say Abay like I'm Hurricane

2017-08-03 01:57

Bout time GamBORAT Gaming.

2017-08-03 02:54

Tbh 100k is not much for a player who was key winning the major for gambit. Sure the owners of tengri are probably clapping their hands but that just shows how little money there is in cs atm.

2017-08-03 03:36

perfect words

2017-08-03 06:38

+1111

2017-08-03 10:08

so Niko=5xHobbit? XD

2017-08-03 03:49

Gambit earned 1.2$ million from stickers. So 100k is no problem.

2017-08-03 06:08