The team is called VP.Prodigy, rebranded as the team’s youth brand
Virtus.pro has relaunched their VP.Prodigy team to be a youth-centric team for CS:GO. The team is relaunching the team to train younger players in the game for the future.
The new team lineup is made up of:
Nikita “BloodyK” Dobrinin
Eugene “3salt” Frolov
Armen “cheerful” Eskuyan
Alexey “RuFire” Burakov (captain)
Vladislav “Flash_1” Bykov (coach)
“When we were building this roster we wanted not only skilled players, but also easygoing ones with non-conflictual attitude. Our current roster clicked right away, we have a good team chemistry and we know what our main goals are. We’ll do our best to prove ourselves.” - Alexey “RuFire” Burakov, VP.Prodigy CS:GO roster captain
A comment from Mikhail Artemyev, shooter branch manager of Virtus states:
“We are always taking chances when working with youth rosters. It’s crucial to find talented players who are passionate about CS:GO. Talent though isn’t the only thing on a path to success. There are a lot of things to work on: we got to improve our game sense, communication between the players and so on. Our main goal is to help the players reach their full potential and we are sure that the guys have what it takes to accomplish everything we set out to do. Right now they are taking their careers to a higher level, and we don’t want the potential pressure from competitive scene to prevent them from enjoying the game.”
This new youth-oriented team is a good sign that the industry is looking to expand and create more value-add to their organisation as a whole. Sprout did the same thing with their signing of kyuubii.
We look forward to more news like this in the future.
