Troublemakers won the Asia closed qualifier, advancing through the lower bracket to claim the only available slot at the LAN event. This secured them a seat in the PGL Major Copenhagen Asia RMR. The Kyrgyzstani squad, which lacks any well-known players on the international scene, last appeared on HLTV after an unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major Asia RMR open.
Just Samat "aRon" Satybaldiev and Altair "imyGDx" Idam is still on the Trouble Makers roster from that version, but the team's efforts this time around were successful because of the adjustments made in the previous year. Their journey began with the open qualifiers, from which they qualified in sixth place. Their closed qualifier campaign got off to a difficult start as they lost badly in their first best-of-one match against Dewa United.