Virtus.pro
| File:Virtus pro logo.png | |
| Founded | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Location | Russia |
| Divisions | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 World of Tanks Starcraft II Heroes Of The Storm |
| Website | virtus |
Virtus.pro or Virtus Pro is an eSports organisation based in Russia with competing teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, World of Tanks, Starcraft II, Hearthstone and Heroes Of The Storm. In November 2015, the team got an investment of over $100,000,000 USD from Alisher Usmanov's USM Holdings.[1][2] Virtus.pro's CS:GO team is based in Poland.[citation needed]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
|---|---|
| Championships | EMS One Katowice 2014 ELeague Season 1 |
| Members | TaZ, NEO, pasha, Snax, byali |
2014
On January 25, Virtus.pro signed the five member roster of AGAiN, Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski, Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, Paweł "byali" Bieliński, and Golden Five players Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, Filip "Neo" Kubski. Virtus.pro won EMS One Katowice 2014 by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.[3] The team then got 5-8 at ESL One Cologne 2014.[4]
2015
Virtus.pro won at ESEA 18th season in April.[5] Virtus.pro beat Natus Vincere to win CEVO Season 7 in July.[6]
On October 2 it was announced that Virtus.pro had joined an esports team trade union along with a dozen other teams.[7]
2016
Virtus.pro made it to the quarterfinals in MLG Columbus after beating G2 Esports 2-0 in a best-of-three game.
Virtus.pro won 1st place and $390,000 in the inaugural ELeague season.[8]
Roster
Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas (In-game leader)- Filip "NEO" Kubski (Rifler)
- Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski (Rifler (lurker), AWPer)
- Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski (Rifler, AWPer)
- Paweł "byali" Bieliński (Rifler (entry fragger))
Coach
- Jakub "Kuben" Gurczynski[9]
Results
- 3rd Copenhagen Games 2013
- 1st SLTV StarSeries V 2013
- 2nd Copenhagen Games 2014[10]
- 1st - EMS One Katowice 2014
- 5–8th - ESL One Cologne 2014
- 3–4th - DreamHack Winter 2014
- 3–4th - ESL One Katowice 2015
- 3–4th - ESL One Cologne 2015
- 5–8th - DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
- 3–4th - FACEIT 2015 Stage 3 Finals
- 5–8th - MLG Major Championship: Columbus
- 1st - SL i-League Invitational: Kiev
- 3-4th - ESL One Cologne 2016
- 1st - ELeague Season 1[11]
Dota 2
2014
Virtus.pro attended The International 2014.
2015
Virtus.pro placed 5th-6th at The International 2015.
2016
Virtus.pro released its squad after failing to qualify for The International 2016, but reformed shortly after.[12] In November, the team won The Summit 6 LAN event, sweeping OG 3-0 in a best-of-five series.[13]
Roster
Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev
Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko- Pavel "9pasha" Khvastunov
- Ilya "Lil" Ilyuk
- Alexei "Solo" Berezin
World of Tanks
- Dmitry "Kycok_Ov4arku" Kasatkin
- Ivan "Break_neck" Fefelov
- Maxim "Dellight" Sinichkin
- Sergei "JustCauz" Osipenko
Andrey "koreetz" Kasparov- Ivan "Vors1lk" Fokin
- Victor "bishop" Novohatskiy
Starcraft 2
- Artem "sLivko" Garavtsov
Heroes of the Storm
Roster
- Vsevolod "CEBKAJE" Demianenko
- Oleg "PowerOfDreams" Bondarenko
- Vladislav "NeonOmg" Zelinsky
- Alexander "RemmerBaller" Remmerswaal
- Lucasz "LeoFromKorea" Mirec
Former
Arthur "bkbgrnrjefek" Hlibovs- Evgeny "Lunarn" Evdokimov
Gabin "Doc" Paquo- iliya "Unstable" Grigoriev
- Andrey "AndyLendi" Pishikov
Stephan "Holachy" Howard- Alena "Gela" Shuspanikova
- Stepan "Kunichan" Zhilin
References
- ^ Lingle, Samuel (October 15, 2015). "Virtus.Pro receives investment that could hit $100 million". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Sillis, Ben (October 16, 2015). "What can $100 million buy an eSports team?". Red Bull eSports. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 17, 2014). "EMS One Katowice concludes with Virtus.pro dominating NiP". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ^ Wynne, Jared (Apr 20, 2015). "Virtus.pro win, Americans lose at ESEA". The Daily Dot.
- ^ Wynne, Jared (July 27, 2015). "Virtus.pro topple Na`Vi, Americans at CEVO". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Richard (October 3, 2015). "E-Sports Team Union Formalises And Reveals Demands For 2016". E-Frag. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ Striker (July 30, 2016). "Virtus.pro win ELEAGUE Season 1". HLTV. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ Mira, Luis (February 2, 2015). "kuben joins Virtus.pro as coach". HLTV. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ "News: NiP wins over Virtus.pro at Copenhagen Games 2014". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ^ Striker (July 30, 2016). "Virtus.pro win ELEAGUE Season 1". HLTV. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ "Virtus.pro's Dota 2 team disbands". Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ^ Van Allen, Eric. "Virtus.Pro sweeps OG 3-0 in TS6 finals". ESPN. Retrieved 22 November 2016.