CS:GO Player Rustem Telepov (mou)

Rustem Telepov, aka mou, is a professional esports player from Kazakhstan. Previously, he specialized in the discipline Counter-Strike 1.6, and since 2014 has been playing CS:GO. Even though the cyber sportsman has never been in the top 20 CS players, according to HLTV, many experts recognize him as one of the best AWPers in the world.

Name	Rustem Telepov
Date of birth	October 17, 1991
Country	Kazakhstan
Teams	ExGamingxGame.kzHellRaisersHS.GGGambit EsportsOneThree.TSGSyman GamingK23
Role	AWPer Rifler (support)
Last team	K23
Disciplines	CS: GO, CS 1.6

Rustem Telepov’s Biography

Rustem Telepov was born on October 17, 1991, in Novosibirsk, but he spent his childhood and grew up in Kazakhstan. Because of it, Rustem became a citizen of Kazakhstan. Telepov became interested in video games during his school years, visiting a computer club with his friends. Like many of his peers, Rustem’s favorite shooter game was CS 1.6, in which he demonstrated success at the local level.

Developing esports skills, mou began taking part in tournaments and moving up the career ladder. He became a professional CS 1.6 player and defended NEXT.kz’s colors in this discipline for a long time. In 2011, the player loudly declared himself when the team won 4th place at World Cyber ​​Games 2011. In 2014, mou’s game discipline changed. Now CS:GO became his main focus.

Today the player is one of the best snipers (AWPers)  in the Counter-Strike world. While playing for various CS:GO teams, player mou won championships in such tournaments:

• – Acer Predator Masters Season 1;
• – CIS Minor Championship – Columbus 2016;
• – Adrenaline Cyber League 2016;
• – Acer Predator Masters Season 3;
• – ROG Masters 2017 и других крупных соревнованиях.

Currently, the mou’s CS:GO team is K23. Among the team’s latest achievements with Rustem are victories at EDC # 1, Spring Sweet Spring # 1, as well as several bronze and silver awards.

mou’s config

You can download the current mou’s CS:GO config on this page. The CFG configuration file contains all the key parameters of the game:

• – key binds;
• – graphics settings;
• – crosshair settings;
• – display settings;
• – radar settings;
• – other settings.

After downloading and installing the config, you will import Rustem’s CS:GO settings to your account.

mou uses the following PC devices:

• – monitor– Benq XL2540;
• – mouse– Vaxee Zygen NP-01;
• – mouse pad – SteelSeries QcK Heavy;
• – keyboard– Logitech G Pro X Mechanical Keyboard;
• – headphones– Logitech G Pro X Headset;
• – GPU– NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 TI.

Crosshair and display settings

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

• – cl_crosshairalpha 200;
• – cl_crosshaircolor 1;
• – cl_crosshairdot 0;
• – cl_crosshairgap -2;
• – cl_crosshairsize 2;
• – cl_crosshairstyle 2;
• – cl_crosshairusealpha 1;
• – cl_crosshairthickness 1;
• – cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;

To configure the CS:GO display settings like mou has, it requires to insert the following commands:

• – viewmodel_fov 65;
• – viewmodel_offset_x 2;
• – viewmodel_offset_y 2;
• – viewmodel_offset_z -2;
• – viewmodel_presetpos 0;
• – cl_viewmodel_shift_left_amt 1.5;
• – cl_viewmodel_shift_right_amt 0.75;
• – viewmodel_recoil 0;
• – cl_righthand 1;

Graphics settings

mou’s CS:GO settings are typical for professional players who started their pro career with CS 1.6. Unlike representatives of the younger generation players, many of whom are looking for compromises between image quality and performance, Rustem uses minimal graphics quality settings and low screen resolution in order to have maximum FPS.

• – screen resolution – 1024 х 768;
• – aspect ratio – 4:3;
• – display type – с рамками по бокам;
• – frequency – 240 Гц;
• – mouse resolution – 400 DPI;
• – mouse sensitivity – 2,7;
• – polling frequency – 1000 Гц.

mou’s launch options

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

-novid -console -freq 240 -tickrate 128

mou’s tactics

mou’s favorite role in CS:GO is AWPer. The preferred weapon is AWP. But he is not limited to one rifle. Rustem also using automatic weapons, pistols and he can also engage in a knife fight. Rustem tries to catch the enemy by surprise and eliminate during the match, thus getting an advantage for the team. Due to the relatively low sensitivity of the mouse, he achieved high shooting accuracy, which he uses during the battle.

How many hours did mou spend in CS:GO

According to statistics in the Steam account, mou has already devoted more than 14,800 hours in CS:GO. Moreover, he has the best Badge in the game – Elite Crewman. Also, in the player’s profile, you can see his inventory, achievements, statistics for other disciplines. But, in other games (for example, Dota2), he plays as an amateur without tournament activity.

mou’s training process in CS:GO

The training process takes a relatively long time. According to Steam statistics, Rustem spends more than 2 hours a week playing the game. Considering that during the period when there are no tournaments, he does not train every day, the duration of the gaming session can reach 10 hours. During the preparation for the competition, the load increases, so after the tournaments, the player seeks to rest.

Rustem’s transfers

After transferring from Counter-Strike 1.6 discipline to Global Offensive discipline, mou played with such teams as (in chronological order):

• – ExGaming;
• – xGame.kz;
• – HellRaisers;
• – HS.GG;
• – Gambit Esports;
• – OneThree.TSG;
• – Syman Gaming;
• – K23.

The current mou’s team is K23. He has been playing in K23 since the summer of 2020.

How much mou earns

According to open sources, mou earned more than $ 283,000 in prize money for all his CS:GO performances. However, there is no information about the player’s salary in clubs at different career stages and data on sponsorship agreements. Therefore, it will not work to say exactly how much mou earns.

Rustem Telepov’s personal life

Rustem has almost no time for other hobbies during training and tournaments. It is known about mou’s personal life that he is married. The cyber sportsman has been dating a girl named Anna since 2010, and on Valentine’s Day, 2019, he proposed to her. It is also known Rustem adores cats.

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