Virtus.pro sign YEKINDAR, buster to take break

23-5-2020 16:08

Virtus.pro have announced that they have completed the signing of former pro100 talent Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis from pro100, with Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov temporarily exiting the active roster to take a short break.

YEKINDAR established himself as one of the CIS region's hottest properties during his near 20-month spell on pro100, whom he joined in October 2018 after an unsuccessful trial with FORZE.

He ended 2019 in hot demand as he averaged a team-high 1.39 rating in pro100's victories at the DreamHack Delhi Invitational and Qi Banja Luka, and he maintained that form in the first months of 2020 with an average rating of 1.16 in all competitions.

Virtus.pro coach Dastan "⁠dastan⁠" Akbayev had already admitted in February that the team were contemplating roster changes after a poor run of form that had seen them exit four LAN events out of five in last place. However, he ruled out making changes before June as the ESL One Rio Major - which has since been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic - was then around the corner.

This change will see Virtus.pro move down from first to third in the CIS RMR Rakings as they lose 20 percent of the 1900 points that they had amassed to date.

Meanwhile, the organization also announced the signing of a new psychologist, Maxim "MaAd" Goncharov, as well as a second coach, Counter-Strike 1.6 veteran Aleksey "⁠Flatra⁠" Zlobich, who previously played for the Russian-based side in 2004.

It has yet to be revealed who buster will replace on the roster when he returns from the break. A Tweet from Alexey "⁠OverDrive⁠" Birukov, who had reported on Virtus.pro's move for YEKINDAR, suggests Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev is next on the chopping block, while Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev's future with the team could also be in danger.

With this change, Virtus.pro now have:

Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali
Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev
Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev
Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev
Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis

Dastan "⁠dastan⁠" Akbayev (coach)
Aleksey "⁠Flatra⁠" Zlobich (coach)

Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov (on a break)

EZ YEKINDAR

2020-05-23 16:08

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2020-05-23 16:14

16 replies

still a better team than mibr

2020-05-23 16:16

11 replies

2020-05-23 16:20

7 replies

EZ4 broky’s friend

2020-05-23 16:23

6 replies

name checks out

5 replies

F in chat for God Buster

2020-05-23 16:52

4 replies

@chinese yekindar fan guy

2020-05-23 17:00

3 replies

Yekindar is underrated

2020-05-23 17:08

2 replies

Now I think vp did it in rush before faze got hold of him. Sad

2020-05-24 00:29

*lxxl

2020-05-24 11:14

And furia ?

2020-05-23 16:21

MIBR is a good team schnauze

2020-05-23 20:58

1 reply

You disappoint me :/

2020-05-24 11:12

Any tier is better mibr, especially TACO

2020-05-23 16:31

Taco is a god of this game. But MIBR...

2020-05-23 16:37

Who was talking about taco transfer?????????

2020-05-23 16:55

yekindar had a very good tournament rtr

2020-05-23 17:01

2020-05-23 16:11

10 replies

congrats

2020-05-23 16:29

after all these years lobbying the pro scene to recognise your favourite player, he finally joins a shitty tier 3 team, where he will get baited and forced to drop awps to jame. congratulations.

2020-05-23 17:40

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He won't drop awps to jame, they have Sanji for that

2020-05-23 17:47

suuuuuuuuure

2020-05-23 18:00

pls grow some brain cells

2020-05-23 18:01

twitter.com/Qikert/status/11713716664186..

2020-05-23 18:04

Your point? YEKINDAR is a star player, why would he drop AWP to an inferior player who is only baiting

2020-05-23 18:05

there is no star but jame

2020-05-23 18:07

wtf mens(((

2020-05-23 20:59

nt lxxl

2020-05-23 21:13

LETS GOO BROO

I like YEKINDAR's hair

2020-05-23 16:12

Name checks out

2020-05-23 17:14

I like YEKINDAR's hair its soft

2020-05-23 17:25

Where the fuck is YEKINDARisUnderrated????

2020-05-23 16:22

sleeping

Damn he's missing the news :(

he will come back stronger

2020-05-23 16:25

It was already confirmed on OverDrive's Twitter

2020-05-23 20:51

Man I saw this news and I scrolled up and down trying to find you I got worried :(

2020-05-23 21:31

This was his time to shine and he blew it

2020-05-23 16:27

+1111

Sad((((((((

2020-05-23 17:10

This is his 15 minutes in the spotlight and he is sleeping through it mens ((

2020-05-23 16:39

Sad(((((

2020-05-23 17:09

+1111111111111

2020-05-23 20:50

EZ4YEKINDAR

LOL

ez4god

YEKINDARisUnderrated

Where he is?//??/

seen him almost everywhere

2020-05-23 16:30

I see him on every thread but where is he now that we need him?!

2020-05-23 16:40

he is everywhere but not here aahahahahahhahahahahahah

2020-05-23 17:15

My dissapoinment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

2020-05-23 17:21

YEKINDARisUnderrated COME HERE!

2020-05-23 19:31

over rate

Great move!

After break -sanji

I’d first go -adren and move Jame back to igl

2020-05-23 17:53

+1 , adren needs to go asap

He take ange1 and kick Adren

2020-05-23 18:40

EZ FOR SANJI AND ADREN LUL FREE MONEY

2020-05-23 16:09

Nice

Why replace the 2nd best player wtf???????!!!!! Why not sanji??

buster taking a break. It's his decision.

2020-05-23 16:10

its not replacement.. he will come back, probably instead of sanji

Can you read? Buster wanted to take break himself, VP didn't replace him

Buster taking a break as Olof did before

Weird how no one says -adren but -sanji. I know adren is igl but he is awfuly bad

2020-05-23 17:54

he is not even good igl , so no excuse to the fragging department , ADREN needs to go asap, so fucking bad

Nice reading skills

wtf mens)))

no upgrade, no downgrade either shouldve gotten rid of adren

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Did you not read the article? They brought YEKINDAR in to the team because Buster is on a break lol. Buster still remains in the team, they never kicked anyone.

did you read my comment? didnt say they kicked anyone. the optimal move would been -adren, thats all i was implying. i think buster was a valuable part of the team. also i read enough official statement bullshit from orgs that i dont believe that someone is just "taking a break". there's probably more to it regardless.

Yes -adreN Then have no IGLs smart that

Jame IGLed before, when they still were Avangar and I’m pretty sure Adren isn’t IGLing currently either.

2020-05-23 16:32

Adren is shit IGL, with JAME IGL their actually managed to win something, so it's very likely they will go back to jame

2020-05-23 16:42

some people man

+1 buster is one of their best consistent players, adren is literally destroying vp

+1 -ADREN pls

It is downgrade for sure Buster >>>> yekinder

2020-05-24 00:37

Ez4ence

unexpected

EzForYekindar

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO GIVE YEKINDAR A REAL TEAMMMMMMMMM

KEKW

We know sadly

nooo

Then kick AdreN when Buster comes back!

2020-05-23 18:02

EHYYYYYY FOR BUSTER THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Faze, why so late?

Will be nice when they do -SANJI +buster

Where is yekindar is underrated guy where you need him

Yes smart dig mistic in left nice super mango

2020-05-23 16:15

Ye i love mango

2020-05-23 16:17

ok good

Where is that YekindarIsUnderrated guy?

ANGE1? AdreN has to go ASAP!

Buster with corona.. expected

Team will continue to underperform

handsome boy

buster :( but good addiction for VP

Buster isn't kicked When he comes back its 99% -sanji

2020-05-23 17:35

tell me more

AdreN collecting his cheque

2020-05-23 16:13

after break buster will remove sanji and play , chill

now replace sanji

LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUL

Let's go absolute_value_of_xx

LATVIANS OVERTAKING THE WORLD

calm down bro, only 2 player

2020-05-23 18:43

Well, actually 3 players, if you count Flarich in... and he should be counted in.

2020-05-23 21:14

Jā, bet viņs ir 100% krievs :D Vārds un uzvārds pat ir krievisks

2020-05-23 21:15

Viņš ļoti labi runā latviski...

2020-05-25 14:03

ir vidiks?

2020-05-25 15:26

Viņš kādreiz ar indi un krii strīmos daudz spēlēja, tāpēc zinu. Nez par video...

2020-05-25 15:51

Buster busted

sooo basically 6 man roster?

sanji was the problem...

expected

-bot +bot nice move

Yekindar >>> Perfecto

disband espected….

honestly the team needs saving from Jame's awp

"This change will see Virtus.pro move down from first to third in the CIS RMR Rakings as they lose 20 percent of the 1900 points that they had amassed to date." they've finished 3rd in CIS RtR @ 1300pts

RMR =/= RtR ???

2020-05-23 16:19

didn't saw that there is a different letter in the middle.

yeah np my mens)

I would sacrifice these points to make the team better Overrider says that after buster takes his break and returns Vp squad will be Jame Yekindar Adren Buster Qikert And later will make decision about replacing adreN

Have never thought adren was the problem in this team so would definitely like to see them give time to see if that 5 works

2020-05-23 16:26

ahhhh, yekindar...

expected -kz team +pl team

2020-05-23 16:18

i called it , he deserves better team he wasted 2 and a half year in shitty bot100 Better than broky btw hf.

yekindar > perfect

Still Trash

any explanation why buster took a break tho? burned out or what?

The same as went for Kjaerbye, gla1ve & olof.

2020-05-24 21:59

halleluja yekindar mvp yekindar is underrated where are you when we need you the most;_P now ur boy is no underdog anymore

Great move hiring a psychologist called MAD.

esportsearnings.com/players/6947-maad-ma..

shortly vp disband and YEKINDAR come to navi

0/8

omegalul again you?

2020-05-23 16:28

what? you said bullshit and i 0/8ed you, get a life nerd....🤦‍♂️

gtfo

2020-05-23 16:57

don't reply to me noob

2020-05-23 17:34

you are annoying af, go get life noob

2020-05-23 17:38

no one want play with arrogant kid simple

2020-05-23 17:33

price?

100k hryven

zeusa kunylu na bashli))

dohuya, 200k or smth

600 kwanza

2020-05-30 16:37

flatra, welcome back

cool

mhh intresting Welcome Baltic BROTHER!

Buster was their best player :(

Did u read the article? After buster comes back, they will replace him with Sanji and later kick Adren

kick adren for?

Idk

2020-05-23 17:23

Pro100 just downgraded to tier10 feelsbad

Yekindar is underrated where are you?

Flatra :o

buster ????????? hahahahaah bot sanjii still playing but buster out such a retard move

also overhyped JAME from Savingistan still on the team

can you read?

2020-05-23 16:34

KEWK

Zeus just explained where he can be killed on force or on eco.

pretty cool, won't fix virtus pro tho

GL Yekindar.

Ripro100

Good sign!! Yekindar is the future big thing!!

Still got adren and sanji

2020-05-23 16:33

break from what?...

from playing good, its always happens to players that playing good. for example: gla1ve.

2020-05-23 16:41

u probably understand gla1ve is 4 years older and he playing for the best team in cs go?

2020-05-23 16:45

he said that he wants to be with his family and fix his personal life.

2020-05-23 18:14

-sanji/adren after +buster Pog

xDDDDD

2020-05-23 16:35

just disband these noobs ..

big words coming out from mibr fan

axaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa

now they should play good. they had mental problems, but now they have psychologist. buster take pause from playing good, its always happens to players that playing good. after he will replace sanji, and then they will win more often.

good chemistry

YEKINDAR_IS_UNDERRATED are you happy now? :D

YekindarIsUnderrated where ya at

2020-05-23 16:44

+1 was wondering the same

YEKINDAR underrated Guy will be so happy today

2020-05-23 16:47

woah!

now just waiting - sanji + buster

2020-05-23 16:49

+bro, buster is professional

YekindarIsUnderrated says hello to all

VP YEKINDAR big Pog

AdreN and Sanji now: coub.com/view/1nfrgd

-Jame and top tier

2020-05-23 17:02

Why would you bench buster, he is great. Anyway, YEKINDAR very underrated player, so still a + change, but why would you bench buster who is great, when you have AdreN who is to inconsistent, and SANJI who plays really bad? This change won't make VP good.

2020-05-23 17:04

hello it says hes taking a break

2020-05-23 17:05

they should get rid of Adren and Sanji... bring in Fl1t and Mir

sanji for mir is no gain

2020-05-23 17:45

you obviously havent watched much of Mir or Sanji

2020-05-23 17:49

... I've watched much more than you, almost certainly. Sanji is a great player playing an incredibly sacrificial role, mir has been much less consistent than required in more open roles.

2020-05-23 18:39

you clearly havent watched Mir at all this year LOL not only did he dump on VP a few weeks ago Spirit are above them in the rankings but sure Sanji is better

2020-05-23 19:06

been long time coming

lxxl ur time to shine here man where u at haahaha

lol yekindar to drop 30 frags meanwhile adren trying to work out how to use wasd

finally

2020-05-23 17:18

who are even these guys except Adren. what happened to VP

adren is the weakest player in the squad

2020-05-23 17:29

YEKINDAR beast!!!

2020-05-23 17:19

Galinskis much better nickname than YEKINDAR

Where’s YEKINDAR_IS_UNDERRATED at?

2020-05-23 17:24

AAchen come here

YEKINDAR? I don't know who he is, but I heard he's underrated or something...

2020-05-23 17:30

YEKINDAR_IS_UNDERRATED WHERE ARE U MY FRIEND? DID CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY TOOK YOU AWAY FROM US????

2020-05-23 17:32

good for yekindar

2020-05-23 17:36

.... it had to be adren surely

2020-05-23 17:44

VP from strong major winning roster to this OMEGALUL

2020-05-23 17:46

That why Kazakstan is not part CIS. Kaz players cannot live for long in Russia Make: Dreamhack Central Asia qualifer ESL major Rio: Central Asia qual IEM Central Asia qualifer

2020-05-23 17:50

Then all the spots will get KZ teams, what's the point lol?

2020-05-23 18:15

Same as Russia, Russia is EU CS level, they play on EU online tournaments every week, allowed to play FPL FPLC Russia play own CIS minor wtf? Russia and Ukraine to EU MINOR. Kazakstan to Asia minor: Central Asia qualifer

2020-05-23 20:35

then who will play CIS Minor?

2020-05-25 17:50

Now +ange1

Where is my boy YEKINDAR_IS_UNDERRATED ?

2020-05-23 18:16

Message to Zeus

2020-05-23 18:30

DAAAAAAA

2020-05-23 18:53

MAD joins as psychologist OMEGALUL

2020-05-23 18:57

LATVIJA GO

2020-05-23 19:08

who ?

2020-05-23 19:27

About time this god-tier player gets at least tier 3 team. Next FaZe -olof +YEKI

2020-05-23 19:36

Nemaz neceri

Where is the guy with YEKINDAR flair

2020-05-23 20:46

Astralis_Never_Beat_YEKINDAR?

2020-05-23 20:52

What you think about this change tho

2020-05-23 20:54

Good change of course, not even a question. Just a straight upgrade!

2020-05-23 20:55

Nooo, not Yekindar. I am from Latvia but No support to him whats so ever. We hate russians and he joining russian team is a bigger hate

2020-05-23 20:49

But why the Austrian flag

2020-05-24 09:30

cuz i lived there for 9 months. could be longer but corona ruined it

2020-05-24 10:40

SANJI STILL PLAYING :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Finally he’s signed to better team, but why Buster take a break?! JR Jame Quirket Yekindar Scoobyxie

they FINALLY realized they need a change. gj vp

2020-05-23 21:27

kick washed up Adren

2020-05-23 22:19

OMEGALUL

2020-05-23 22:34

hopefully after break -adren

2020-05-23 22:38

You spelled adren wrong

2020-05-23 23:25

Nooo, buster ): One of the best players I hope he will return -Adren

2020-05-24 00:25

Unexpected 🤡🤡

2020-05-24 00:32

kicking buster over sanji lmfao

2020-05-24 02:07

Are you stupid or just having trouble reading?

2020-05-24 12:44

eat some fresh hot turd swedish cuck

2020-05-24 12:50

mad polak who cant read ironic

2020-05-24 13:39

ence btw lmfao

2020-05-24 19:13

polish cs btw lmfao

2020-05-24 19:17

having numbers in nickname btw lmfao what are you 11?

2020-05-24 19:21

na 11 is the number of tier polish scene is

2020-05-24 19:25

are you retarded

2020-05-24 22:10

ebat' lexa i maad, nejdanchik! gl reb9ta

2020-05-24 03:57

Ez money for pro100 and GodEdit.

2020-05-24 11:15

navi should have sign rip

2020-05-24 13:35

really good pick, now kick jame get shiro, ez top 10

2020-05-24 16:02

I wish, next time -sanji +buster So if they get a great form from last major it will be top10 team!

2020-05-25 19:06