CS:GO Player Dmitry Bogdanov (hooch)

Dmitry Bogdanov, aka hooch, is an esports player and coach from Russia. He belongs to the representatives of the older generation of pro gamers. Therefore, he is widely known as a professional player in CS 1.6 and CS: Global Offensive, in which he managed to build de facto two careers. Dmitry is currently the coach of the Entropiq team.

Name	Dmitry Bogdanov
Date of Birth	March 13, 1987
Country	Russia
Teams	Runtime.gg, OwmS, Winstrike, EPG Family, Entropiq, and others
Role	Coach, Broadcast Analyst
Last team	Entropiq
Discipline	CS: GO, CS 1.6

Dmitry Bogdanov’s Biography

Dmitry Vladimirovich Bogdanov was born in Moscow on March 13, 1987. Since his childhood, Dmitry became interested in computer games. And new Counter-Strike game became his passion shortly after release. Dmitry started taking part in eSports tournaments at the dawn of their formation, back in 2004. The player made his debut in the pro arena as part of the FlashBack team. At this stage, hooch played for many rosters, with which he achieved local and international success. Among them are victories at WCG Russia in 2005, 2006, and 2008, Perm Period 2006, WEG e-Stars 2010.

For hooch, CS:GO became the second professional discipline in his career. He transferred to CS:GO in 2012, representing the RuSh3D team. The highest achievement of Dmitry during this period of his career was the victory at the Adrenaline Cyber ​​League 2016 with Gambit. In 2020, hooch retired from his active playing career and joined Winstrike as a coach. He currently leads the coaches’ headquarters in the Entropiq team.

hooch’s config

You can download the current hooch’s CS:GO config on this page. Having copied the CFG file to the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive folder, you will import all the main hooch’s CS:GO parameters:

• – key binds;
• – crosshair settings;
• – interface settings;
• – video and graphics settings;
• – radar settings;
• – control settings.

If you use hooch’s settings, CS:GO will run fast, even on low-performance PCs. And if you use devices as Dmitry has, you can forget about performance, graphics, and FPS problems. His PC components are:

• – monitor – BenQ XL2410T;
• – mouse – ZOWIE FK1+, ZOWIE ZA12;
• – mouse pad – SteelSeries QcK Heavy;
• – keyboard – HyperX Alloy FPS;
• – headphones – HyperX Cloud Core, Sennheiser HD 558.

hooch’s launch options

hooch uses the following launch parameters of the CS:GO:

• – cl_crosshairalpha “255”;
• – cl_crosshaircolor “1”;
• – cl_crosshairdot “1”;
• – cl_crosshair_t “0”;
• – cl_crosshairgap “0”;
• – cl_crosshairsize “1”;
• – cl_crosshairstyle “4”;
• – cl_crosshairusealpha “1”;
• – cl_crosshairthickness “1”;
• – cl_crosshair_outlinethickness “0”;
• – cl_crosshair_drawoutline “0”;

Crosshair settings

To customize the CS:GO crosshair, hooch uses the following console commands:

• – cl_crosshairalpha “255”;
• – cl_crosshaircolor “1”;
• – cl_crosshairdot “1”;
• – cl_crosshair_t “0”;
• – cl_crosshairgap “0”;
• – cl_crosshairsize “1”;
• – cl_crosshairstyle “4”;
• – cl_crosshairusealpha “1”;
• – cl_crosshairthickness “1”;
• – cl_crosshair_outlinethickness “0”;
• – cl_crosshair_drawoutline “0”;

Graphics settings

Like most “old-school” professional CS players, Dmitry uses minimal graphics quality settings and low screen resolution to maximize FPS. Using the low CS:GO settings, hooch achieves maximum performance without lags or glitches. Its parameters are as follows:

• – screen resolution – 1024 х 768;
• – aspect ratio – 4:3;
• – frequency – 120 Гц;
• – display type – frames on the sides;
• – mouse resolution – 500 DPI;
• – mouse sensitivity – 2,3.

hooch’s playstyle and tactics

hooch’s great experience determines the tactics of a particular game no matter it is CS:GO, or CS 1.6. Dmitry provided himself with such a training process that allows him to adapt to the opponent’s game flexibly.

How many hours did hooch spend in CS:GO

During his performances in the professional teams and after transferring to the position of a coach, Dmitry spent more than 13,200 hours in CS:GO (as of July 2021). In the esports player’s Steam account, you can view his current statistics, inventory, achievements, and other information. hooch’s rank in the CS:GO is Global Sentinel.

Dmitry’s training process in CS:GO

According to hooch, hard training is the fundamental part of successful performance and self-improvement, says hooch. Now, as a coach, he spends over 30 hours a week in the training process. Together with the team, he is working on tactics and game approaches, honing the mastery. In addition, an important part is to analyze and work on the team’s errors of matches, which helps avoid and prevent future errors, team miscommunication, and miscalculations in the competition.

hooch’s transfers

During his performances in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive discipline at the professional level, Dmitry made the following transfers between teams:

• – RuSh3D,
• – dAT Team,
• – ACES,
• – dope,
• – PiTER,
• – HS.GG,
• – Gambit Gaming,
• – s4s,
• – Elements Pro Gaming,
• – UnderPressure,
• – Runtime.gg,
• – OwmS.

As a coach, hooch led the following teams:

• – Winstrike,
• – EPG Family,
• – Entropiq.

Nowadays, hooch is training the Entropiq team. Dmitry is also responsible for data analysis to help prepare for tournaments.

How much hooch earns

According to publicly available data, in his entire career at major tournaments, hooch has earned more than $ 134,000. Unfortunately, there is no information about the salary at different hooch’s career stages as a coach and player and no available data on income from sponsors. Furthermore, Dmitry himself has never voiced specific numbers, so it isn’t easy to count the exact earnings that CS:GO brought to player-coach.

Dmitry Bogdanov’s personal life

Dmitry Bogdanov is fond of football, is a fan of Spartak Moscow, and periodically attends its matches. It is also known, hooch adores dogs. Unfortunately, there is no information about the coach’s marital status.

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