Ismailcan Dörtkardeş (XANTARES) CS:GO player

Ismailcan Dörtkardeş is a famous Turkish esports player of Macedonian origin. His name and surname are pronounced Ismailjan Dertkardesh. But fans from all over the world, without going into these subtleties, call him Can Durtkardes. The esportsman’s nickname in the Steam account is XANTARES. He currently plays for Berlin International Gaming (BIG).

Greatest achievements and titles in tournaments:

Date	Place	Tournament	Prize pool
06.02.2021	1-3	BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2021	$25,000
16.08.2020	1	DreamHack Open Summer 2020: Europe	$35,000
05.07.2020	1	cs_summit 6 Online: Europe	$34,000
14.06.2020	1	DreamHack Masters Spring 2020: Europe	$54,000
26.01.2020	1	DreamHack Open Leipzig 2020	$50,000
03.06.2018	1	DreamHack Open Austin 2018	$50,000
18.03.2018	2	World Electronic Sports Games 2017	$300,000
05.11.2017	1	Europe Minor Championship – Boston 2018	$30,000
15.01.2017	4	World Electronic Sports Games 2016	$60,000
09.10.2016	1	The World Championships 2016	$50,000

The Turkish Space Soldiers team, featuring XANTARES, climbed to 12th place in the weekly list of world teams published by HLTV.org in March-April 2018. And as part of the BIG Clan, Ismailcan ranked first in the world rankings from June to the end of August 2020. As a result, Xantares has extended the contract with this German team until the end of 2021.

XANTARES’ biography

Ismailcan Dörtkardeş was born on 07.08.1995 in Istanbul, Turkey. Already in early childhood, his passion for video games was manifested. He tried playing CS in high school. When XANTARES learned about the esports industry and major tournaments, he had a goal – to make a career here. After many years of hard training, the dream came true.

In 2012, Xantares played in little-known Turkish teams and mixes and soon got a spot in Hardware Arena Gaming. And in 2015, he signed a contract with the Space Soldiers team. With this team, over three years, he achieved significant success. Since 2018 he has been playing for the BIG team (Germany) and continues to win under its banner.

XANTARES’ CS:GO config and devices

Devices

mouse – ZOWIE FK1-B.
headphones – Corsair Void Pro White.
keyboard – CORSAIR K70 RGB MK.2.
monitor – BenQ ZOWIE XL2540.
mouse pad – Corsair MM350 Champion Series.

Mouse settings:

DPI 400.
eDPI 800.
Sensitivity 2.00.
Frequency 1 000 Гц.
Zoom sensitivity 1.10.
Acceleration вкл.
Windows sensitivity Windows 6.

In-game hands position settings:

viewmodel_offset_x 1;
cl_righthand 1;
viewmodel_fov 60;
viewmodel_offset_y 1;
cl_viewmodel_shift_left_amt 1.5;
viewmodel_offset_z -1;
viewmodel_presetpos 1;
cl_viewmodel_shift_right_amt 0.75;
viewmodel_recoil 0.

cl_bobamt_vert 0.14;
cl_bob_lower_amt 21;
cl_bobcycle 0.98;
cl_bobamt_lat 0.33.

What launch settings for CS:GO Xantares prefers?

Console commands:

-freq 240;
-novid;
-console;
-tickrate 128.

XANTARES’ crosshair settings

cl_crosshairalpha 255;
cl_crosshaircolor_b 50;
cl_crosshaircolor 1;
cl_crosshaircolor_r 50;
cl_crosshairdot 0;
cl_crosshaircolor_g 250;
cl_crosshairstyle 4;
cl_crosshairgap -2;
cl_crosshairsize 2;
cl_crosshairusealpha 1;
cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;
cl_crosshairthickness 0.5.

Pro player’s graphics settings

Aspect ratio 4:3.
Resolution 1280 х 960.
Refresh rate 240 Гц.
Power saving mode off.

XANTARES’ CS:GO tactics

Ismailcan Xantares prefers to play the role of an in-game leader, rifler and entry-fragger (opener, the first person to go out to opponents) in matches. Ismailcan is the captain of the Eternal Fire team. He has excellent fraging skills and minimal reaction times. Thanks to these qualities, he has millions of social media likes and video views.

XANTARES has a light character. He knows how to build great relationships with partners. This is confirmed by all of his current and former teammates. Thanks to this team chemistry, it is a pleasure to play with him.

How many hours did XANTARES dedicate to the game?

There is no exact information on this score. Therefore, you can only focus on the number of years spent in CS:GO, and the number of matches played (642). It turns out that Kahn devoted at least 12 thousand hours to the game.

XANTARES training process

Unfortunately, there is no exact information about which maps XANTARES prefers to improve aim, reflexes, and spray in the training process. He probably uses aim botz and Fast Aiming.

XANTARES’ tranfers

2012-2014 – HWA Gaming (Istanbul Wildcats).
17.01.2015-13.10.2018 – Space Soldiers (Space Gaming A.Ş.).
23.12.2018-31.07.2021 – BIG Clan.
15.08.2021 – Eternal Fire.

XANTARES’ earnings

It is difficult to judge what the player’s total salary is. But the size of the prize money is known for sure. These amounts are grouped by year:

2013 – $208;
2015 – $1988;
2016 – $31,968;
2017 – $47,734;
2018 – $102,250;
2019 – $19,850;
2020 – $101,624;
2021 – $11,732.

Total: $317,354.

The highest prize money received in the tournaments:

Date	Tournament	Place	Prize pool
18.03.2018	WESG 2017 (CS:GO мужской)	2	$60,000
15.01.2017	WESG 2016 (CS:GO)	4	$12,000
26.01.2020	2020 DreamHack Open Leipzig	1	$10,000
03.06.2018	2018 DreamHack Open Austin	1	$10,000
09.10.2016	The World CS:GO Championships 2016	1	$10,000
05.11.2017	PGL Europe Minor – Boston 2018	1	$6000
25.02.2018	Play2Live Cryptomasters	2	$6000
28.08.2016	WESG 2016 – Middle East & Africa Finals (CS:GO)	1	$5993
31.01.2017	ESEA Rank S EU January 2017	1	$5000

XANTARES’ personal life

Xantares says he likes the professional side of CS:GO. Travelling is what he always wanted. In childhood, he dreamed of becoming a football player, but his dreams came true in a different capacity. His destiny was the CS game.

The athlete is an outstanding personality and has won the hearts of fans worldwide, not only in Turkey, Germany and North Macedonia. He is also a popular streamer on YouTube and Twitch.