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Xantares

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İsmailcan Dörtkardeş (born 7 August 1995), better known as Xantares (stylized in all caps), is a Turkish professional Counter-Strike 2 player for Eternal Fire. Playing as an entry-fragger, Xantares is considered the best Turkish CS:GO player. He started his career in Turkish Space Soldiers in 2015, where he played until late 2018. After signing for BIG Clan later that year, the team climbed up in HLTV's world ranking and peaked at number 1 in July 2020 after winning several tournaments. In August 2021, he returned to Turkey to play with Eternal Fire.

Xantares
Dörtkardeş in 2020
Current team
TeamEternal Fire
RoleEntry-fragger
GameCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2
Personal information
Nameİsmailcan Dörtkardeş
Born (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29)
Fatih, Istanbul
NationalityTurkish
Team history
2012–2014HWA Gaming
2015–2018Space Soldiers
2018–2021BIG Clan
2021–presentEternal Fire

Early and personal life

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İsmailcan Dörtkardeş was born on 7 August 1995 in Fatih, Istanbul.[1][2] In a 2016 interview with Sabah, Dörtkardeş explained that his future teammates had to convince his parents to let him sign the contract that they all got offered by Space Soldiers.[3] On 13 July 2021, he underwent a hand surgery to prevent sweating.[4]

Career

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Space Soldiers (2015–2018)

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Dörtkardeş joined Space Soldiers when it formed on 17 January 2015.[5] In October 2016, the Turkish National CS:GO Team consisting of Dörtkardeş and other Space Soldiers players won the World Championship 2016 after beating Argentina in the grand final.[6][7] In September 2017, Space Soldiers qualified for ESL One Cologne 2017.[8] In the first match, the team beat SK Gaming, the number 1 ranked team at the time.[9]

In January 2018, the team qualified to the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and became the first Turkish team to qualify for a CS:GO Major.[10] XANTARES, his teammates and the team got their own stickers added to the game as a result.[11] Space Soldiers was eliminated without making it to the play-offs.[12] The team came second in the WESG 2017 World Finals after losing to fnatic in the grand final.[13] XANTARES was one of the 4 MVP candidates for the event, which went to Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson instead.[14] On 13 October 2018, all players parted their ways with Space Soldiers.[15] After the release of the roster, it was speculated that the players would join SK Gaming. This speculation was shut down by Dörtkardeş on Twitch.[16]

BIG Clan (2018–2021)

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On 22 December 2018, Dörtkardeş joined an international team for the first time by signing with Germany-based BIG Clan. He left ex-Space Soldiers due to "internal and internet issues within the team".[17] During a Twitch stream the next month, he revealed that he got offers from FaZe Clan and Mousesports, before joining BIG.[18]

In July 2020, BIG Clan won cs_summit 6 Europe, winning 2–1 against Team Vitality in the grand-final.[19] During the tournament, BIG also notably defeated FaZe Clan 2–0 early on, with ESPN Brazil saying that Dörtkardeş gave "FaZe a lot of headache" during the match.[20] The team was ranked as the best team in the world that month by HLTV.[21]

On 30 September 2020, Dörtkardeş extended his contract with the team until the end of 2021.[22] He was banned from Twitch in June 2021 for the second time.[23] On 5 August 2021, Dörtkardeş was listed for transfer by BIG.[24] He was released from his contract later on 13 August.[25]

Eternal Fire (2021–present)

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On 13 August 2021, it was announced that Dörtkardeş would join the newly-formed Eternal Fire with a majority-Turkish line-up.[26] The team failed to qualify for PGL Major Stockholm 2021, missing the biggest event of the year.[27] In April 2022, the team qualified for a Major for the first time: PGL Antwerp 2022,[28] but got eliminated by Made in Brazil in the Challengers stage.[29] Eternal Fire missed the subsequent Major after going out 1–3 in the European qualifier, despite Xantares performing well.[30]

In February 2023, the team won the CCT Central Europe Malta Finals. Later that month, they played at ESL Pro League Season 17, exiting the tournament in the group stages. Xantares, together with 2 other Eternal Fire players, was in the top 10 highest-rated players of the group stage.[31]

In March 2024, Eternal Fire took a step further by reaching the quarter finals in the PGL Major Copenhagen after upsetting top teams as Team Vitality and FaZe Clan in the Elimination Stage. The Turkish team then lost to the upcoming champion, NaVi. Six months later, XANTARES and his teammates two finals in S-Tier events, the highest level of competition except Majors, in the Bet Boom Dacha and the most recognized ESL Pro League Season 20, beating once again Team Vitality and pushing NaVi to a decider in the grand final.

Play-style

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Xantares is an entry-fragger, attempting to take the first kill by making early plays.[32] He uses his monitor very close to his face.[33] Dotesports considers him "the leading force behind his teams' successes"[30] and the "best Turkish player of all time".[33]

Honours

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Space Soldiers

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BIG Clan

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  •   ELEAGUE Invitational 2019[36]
  •   DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 Europe[37]
  •   cs_summit 6 Europe[19]
  •   DreamHack Open Summer 2020 (MVP)[25]
  •   CCT Central Europe Malta Finals[31]

References

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  2. ^ "Can Dörtkardeş". Red Bull (in German). Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. ^ Idil Demirel (16 October 2016). "765 milyon dolarlık sektörün milli starları". Sabah (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ Güray Yavuz (12 July 2021). "XANTARES ameliyat oluyor!". Playerbros (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ MIRAA (17 January 2015). "Space Soldiers go official". HLTV. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Türkiye, Counter Strike GO'da dünya şampiyonu oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Türkiye CS:GO'da dünya şampiyonu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Space Soldiers'tan büyük başarı!". Hürriyet Sporarena (in Turkish). 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  9. ^ Callum Leslie (4 July 2017). "Space Soldiers stun SK Gaming in ESL Cologne opening round". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Soldiers hayallerine ulaştı, Türkiyeyi gururlandırdı!". Fanatik. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Space Soldiers Bir Gururu Daha Yaşattı". Fanatik. 25 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  12. ^ Mert Ünal (23 January 2018). "Eline Sağlık Space Soldiers". Sporx. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  13. ^ a b "CS:GO WESG'te Space Soldiers ikinci oldu!". Hürriyet. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  14. ^ "WESG 2017'nin en iyisi belli oldu!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  15. ^ Jamie Villanueva (13 October 2018). "Space Soldiers' CS:GO players leave the organization". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  16. ^ "XANTARES, ex-Space Soldiers – SK iddiaları hakkında konuştu". Fanatik (in Turkish). 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  17. ^ Jamie Villanueva (22 December 2018). "XANTARES joins BIG". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  18. ^ "XANTARES: "FaZe 2 defa, mousesports 4 defa bana teklif yaptı"". Playerbros. 5 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  19. ^ a b "BIG rally past Team Vitality to win cs_summit 6: Europe". Reuters. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  20. ^ Luiz Queiroga (13 June 2020). "CSGO: FaZe Clan perde outra vez pra BIG e está fora do cs_summit 6". ESPN Brazil (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  21. ^ Leonardo Biazzi (2 July 2020). "BIG take over No. 1 spot in HLTV's world rankings". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Xantares, BIG ile anlaşmasını uzattı". Hürriyet Sporarena (in Turkish). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 October 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  23. ^ Leonardo Biazzi (28 June 2021). "XANTARES banned on Twitch". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  24. ^ "BIG, Xantares'i transfer listesine ekledi". Hürriyet Sporarena (in Turkish). 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  25. ^ a b Leonardo Biazzi (13 August 2021). "BIG releases XANTARES". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 4 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  26. ^ Leonardo Biazzi (13 August 2021). "Eternal Fire unveils Turkish superteam headlined by woxic and XANTARES". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  27. ^ Mateusz Miter (22 October 2021). "Several notable players who will miss the PGL Stockholm Major". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  28. ^ Burcu Şen (12 April 2022). "CS:GO Türk e-spor takımı Eternal Fire Romanya yolcusu: Oyuncular futbolun şampiyonlar liginde!". Sabah (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  29. ^ Leonardo Biazzi (11 May 2022). "MIBR knock XANTARES' Eternal Fire out of PGL Antwerp Major". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  30. ^ a b Mateusz Miter (29 October 2022). "Notable players missing the IEM CS:GO Rio Major 2022". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  31. ^ a b Leonardo Biazzi (27 February 2023). "3 CS:GO pros stood out in ESL Pro League season 17 despite early elimination". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  32. ^ Max Miceli (17 August 2020). "XANTARES' CS:GO settings". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  33. ^ a b Gökhan Çakır and Leonardo Biazzi (13 April 2023). "The 16 best crosshairs in CS:GO". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  34. ^ "Space Soldiers'tan bir başarı daha!". Hürriyet Sporarena. 7 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  35. ^ "Bir Space Soldiers klasiği!". Milliyet Skorer. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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  37. ^ Preston Byers and Leonardo Biazzi (15 June 2020). "Here are the DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 standings". Dotesports. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
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