Virtus.pro
| Virtus.pro | |
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| Abbreviation | VP |
| operator | ESforce Holding Ltd. |
| Manager |
 Sergey Glamazda
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| Headquarters |
Moscow
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| founding year | 2003 |
| resolution | 2009, active again since 2011 |
| Clan colors | Orange, black, white |
| Main sponsor | MegaFon , Mr.Cat |
| Homepage | virtus.pro |
| Teams | |
| Former teams | |
Virtus.pro (abbreviated VP, Russian Виртус.про ) is a Russian e-sports - communities which by its success in the disciplines Counter-Strike and Dota 2 was announced. The symbol of the clan is the bear . In October 2015, USM Holdings , founded by billionaire Alischer Burchanowitsch Usmanov , announced that it would invest over 100 million US dollars in Virtus.pro. In 2016, the investment resulted in ESforce Holding Ltd., which manages the organization's business.
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike 1.6
With the establishment of virtus.pro in November 2003 , the Counter-Strike department of the Moscow clan A-Line was taken over. The bears quickly established themselves. Virtus.pro soon dominated the Russian scene. Over the years it has won over 20 events on Russian soil. At the international level, virtus.pro had its high points in the first few years. At the Electronic Sports World Cup 2004 in Paris , the clan came third. In June of the following year, the $ 25,000 event Acon5 was won. The quintet for both successes was called: Ivan “F_1N” Kochugov, Victor “Sally” Filimonchenko, Konstantin “Groove” Pikiner, Aleksey “LeX” Kolesnikov and Boris “Snoop” Podvalchikov. In autumn 2009 virtus.pro was suspended for one and a half years. The players went over to the clans UNiTED and Iron Will.
After the re-establishment in April 2011, the greatest success was the move into the semi-finals at DreamHack Summer 2012. In January 2013 the 1.6 department was dissolved. In over nine years, 22 Russians and 5 Ukrainians played for the bears. Among them Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko and Ionann "Edward" Sukhariev, who later celebrated success with NaVi . Aleksey "LeX" Kolesnikov was the only player who played professional competitions for virtus.pro for almost the entire time the 1.6 department was in existence.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
In October 2012 , the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive division was created. It existed until July 2013. The players were taken over from the 1.6 department (Emil “kucher” Akhundov) or brought in from other clans (Sergey “Fox” Stolyarov, Mihai “Dosia” Stolyarov). During this time you could u. a. Podium places in the SLTV StarSeries IV-VI, a 3rd place in the Copenhagen Games 2013 and a semi-finals in the DreamHack Summer 2013.
After a six-month break, virtus.pro took over the team of the Polish clan AGAiN. Since then, the CS: GO department has been flying the Polish flag. The team was able to catapult itself back to the top of the world. Proof of this are second places at the Copenhagen Games 2014 and the 2nd season of the Fragbite Masters. During the Polish era, virtus.pro also achieved the greatest success in the history of the clan. At the EMS One Katowice 2014 tournament they beat NiP 2-0 after 16: 9 on de_mirage and 16:10 on de_inferno. Even after EMS One Katowice 2014, VP achieved further successes. In 2014, the Polish quintet won the Gfinity G3 Lan , the eighth season of the Polish EPS and the Acer A-Split Invitational . On the negative side, the lineup took center stage in May 2014 after it became known that some players had betrayed the betting portal csgolounge.com by placing bets on a match that had already been completed. There were no visible consequences.
In July 2016, Virtus.pro won the first season of the Eleague and took home $ 400,000 in prize money. In February 2017 Virtus.pro won the DreamHack Masters Las Vegas. They defeated mousesports and SK Gaming, among others, in the tournament and won $ 200,000 in prize money.
In February 2018 Virtus.pro loaned Michał "MICHU" Müller from Team Kinguin . He replaces Wojtas, who has been on pause since then. On March 22nd of the same year Michał "MICHU" Müller was taken over permanently for the team after a one-month test phase. On June 27, 2018 mousesports took over the player Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski , who was replaced by Piotr "morelz" Taterka . In September 2018 Paweł "byali" Bieliński left the team. On December 13, 2018, the management of Virtus.Pro announced that it would dissolve the CS: GO team, the reason for this being the poor results and the expectations that have not been met in recent months. However, the management returned with a new team on December 24, 2018, consisting of Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski , Paweł "byali" Bieliński , Michał "snatchie" Rudzki , Michał "MICHU" Müller and Mateusz "TOAO" Zawistowski , supported by Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński as a trainer.
Mateusz "TOAO" Zawistowski was moved to the bench on April 25th and has been replaced by Arek "Vegi" Nawojski , who previously played in the Polish team PACT , since April 17th, 2019 .
In December 2019, the team was able to attract attention again after a long dry spell. They reached the shared 3rd - 4th place at cs_summit # 5. At the IEM Katowice 2020, they were one of the first teams to be eliminated in the group stage.
Current occupation
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Ali 'Jame' Djami
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Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev -
Alexey 'qikert' Golubev
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Timur 'buster' Tulepov
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Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev
Former
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Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski
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Tomasz "phr" Wójcik
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Michał "MICHU" Müller
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Michał "snatchie" Rudzki
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Arek "Vegi" Nawojski
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Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński (trainer)
Dota 2
Virtus.pro was active in the DotA discipline from 2006 to 2008. Since autumn 2012 the clan has had a Dota 2 department divided into a men's and a women's team, which in autumn 2014 added another quintet with Virtus.pro Polar . The men's team's greatest success was second place in the XMG Captains Draft 2.0 . Here the team took home over $ 60,000 . After VP separated from their main team in March 2015, the Polar team lost its name in April 2015. On June 30, 2016, this team was released.
On August 4th Virtus.pro presented a new quintet.
Men's team
Lineup in June 2018
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Wladymyr "No [o] ne" Mynenko -
Novel "RAMZES666" Kuschnarjow
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Pavel "9pasha" Chwastunov
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Vladimir "RodjER" Nikogosyan
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Alexei "Solo" Beresin
Former
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Ilya "Lil" Ilyuk
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Ilya "Illidan" Pevcaev
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Stanislav "BzzIsPerfect" Glushan
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Vadim "Sedoy" Musorin
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Egor "JotM" Surkov (C)
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Vladimir "yol" Basov
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Airat "Silent" Gaziev
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Alexander "DkPhobos" Kucheria
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Artem "fng" Barshack -
Ilya "ALOHADANCE" Korobkin
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Sergey "G" Bragin
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Maxim "yoky-" Kim
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Alexander "NoFear" Churochkin
Women's team (former)
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Olga "KozaDereza" Dunaeva (C)
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Darya "Jea1ousy" Jiltsova
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Veronica "Vendetta" Albasheeva
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Yana "b2ru" Himchenko
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Mila "Mila" Alieva
League of Legends
With the takeover of the players of the Russian Dragon Team on June 28, 2014, virtus.pro opened its division in the League of Legends discipline . In April 2015 the LoL department was dissolved.
Former
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Oleg "PowerOfDreams" Bondarenko (Top)
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Andrey "MirrorEnd" Sinyavin (Jungle)
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Viktor "Piter Pokir" Pachkunov (mid, team captain)
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Egor "VincentVega" Medvedev (AD)
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Kirill "Likkrit" Malofeyev (Support)
World of Tanks
In World of Tanks the following lineup belongs to the world's best in this discipline (as of December 2014) :
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Ivan "Vors1k" Fokin
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Ivan "Break_neck" Fefelov
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Victor "bishop" Novohatski -
Dmitriy "KycoK_Ov4arku" Kasatkin
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Osipenko "JustCauz" Sergey
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Maksim "Dellight" Sinichkin
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Novel "Povel" Pavlenko
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Andrei "koreetz" Casparov
Web links
- Clan's homepage
- Data on the CS: GO department from virtus.pro on csgo.99damage.de
- Dota 2 department data from virtus.pro on joindota.com
- Data on the LoL department of virtus.pro on lol.esportspedia.com
- Data on the WoT department of virtus.pro on eu.wgleague.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Virtus.pro gets $ 100m + investment. USM Holdings has announced that it is making an investment of upwards of $ 100 million in Virtus.pro. hltv.org, October 15, 2015, accessed October 15, 2015 .
- ↑ TaZ, pasha and Co. betray CS: GO Lounge. Scene: bets placed after the match. 99damage, May 22, 2014, accessed February 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Kristin Banse: Virtus.Pro wins the first ELEAGUE season in CS: GO. Kicker Online, August 2, 2016, accessed on August 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Luis Mira: TaZ: "Not the last time you hear from me". hltv.org, February 6, 2018, accessed on February 21, 2018 .
- ↑ MICHU dołączył do Virtus.pro. Retrieved April 20, 2019 (Polish).
- ↑ morelz will play as a stand-in in the upcoming tournaments. June 27, 2018, accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Roman Dvoryankin: I'd like to confirm did as of November 1 @byalics is free of any contractual obligations with VP. His termination agreement has some restrictions, but I wanted to make sure he can still play competitive CS: GO. Once again, thanks for your service Paweł, it was a good run! Pic.twitter.com/95OBbcI3Zg. In: @dvoryrom. November 7, 2018, accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Состав Virtus.pro по CS: GO приостанавливает выступление. Retrieved April 20, 2019 (Russian).
- ↑ Snax, byali, and TOAO to be a part of the new CS: GO roster. Accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Toao is benched. Accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Vegi to replace TOAO in CS: GO squad. Accessed April 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH freaks4u.com: Coverage: cs_summit # 5 «99Damage.de - CS: GO. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH freaks4u.com: Coverage: IEM Katowice 2020 «99Damage.de - CS: GO. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Distribution of the prize money at the XMG Captains Draft 2.0 on dota2.cyborgmatt.com
- ↑ Preston Dozsa: Virtus.pro's Dota 2 team disbands. thescoreesports.com, June 30, 2016, accessed July 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Kirill Russakow : Определён состав Virtus.pro на следующий сезон. cybersport.ru, August 5, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 (in Russian).