Virtus.pro gets $100m+ investment

15-10-2015 12:24

USM Holdings has announced that it is making an investment of upwards of $100 million in Virtus.pro.

Founded by Alisher Usmanov, a 62-year-old Russian business magnate, USM Holdings is an investor in a variety of companies across several industries, from metals and mining to telecoms and internet.

The company is now looking to add to its impressive portfolio by making a big investment in Virtus.pro - one of the biggest esports organisations based in Russia - that could exceed the $100 million mark.

Virtus.pro's organisation to receive a major investment

The investment will be used by Virtus.pro to launch new tournaments, support new games, create media channels and build new esports arenas, says Anton Cherepennikov, co-owner of the Russian organisation.

"E-sports are a unique proposition, uniting the sports, media and the internet industries," says Ivan Streshinsky, a member of USM Holdings' board.

"It is a fast-growing market, which has already generated huge interest around the world and Virtus.pro is the leader in the e-sports industry in Russia.

"I am confident that the support from USM will spur the company’s further development and enable it to take its projects to a whole new level."

money money money

2015-10-15 12:25

31 replies

Holy fucking sh**t, that's a lot of money indeed Sooner or later big companies will fight to buy fnatic, NiP, Na'Vi, etc. Esports is going to another level :DDD

2015-10-15 12:32

10 replies

Shit will get robotic and unnatural.

2015-10-15 17:18

2 replies

like all sports

2015-10-15 18:24

1 reply

true that

2015-10-15 22:31

not really, one guy who has more money than a saudi prince through out what you think is a 20 to VP. There isn't money to be made in gaming on the competitive side for rich investors, the return would minuscule if never get a profit. This guy is similar to arbalet who just likes gaming and through some money at it, gaming isn't close to being profitable enough for people to "buy" teams.

2015-10-16 06:48

5 replies

There are a lot of untapped sources on money in gaming. Just not for the players/gamers. This guy can make his money back with ease throughout the years. Just everything will be monetized. They just need a real plan to suck everything out what they can. Most of the money is is LOL, so he could just start some LOL team too. Valve is sucking out a lot of money too with their skins/music kits, "Valve have paid out since 2011 to folks who made and sold in-game items for their games. It’s over $57 million dollars from hats, knives, guns, staves, and swords across TF2, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive." Like i said, there are still a lot of uptapped resources in this business and the guy is smart by exploiting them. He can make amateur tournaments with buy-in fees, commercialize shit etc etc. Why not build a gaming community like ESEA or smth like that, in the long run it's a good pay-off. And im pretty sure, that the future will hold somekind of pay-per-view or subscriber basis, to watch the majors etc.

2015-10-16 11:28

Actually, this point is true. Didn't think about that.

2015-10-16 11:51

Then why are companies paying FUCKLOAD of money for advertisements during Superbowl? One word: Audience. They will attract people to e-sports, then they will advertise products such consumers may buy. Easy as that.

2015-10-16 11:59

1 reply

2015-10-22 11:24

I had BBC news on last night and League of legends came on in the sports section xD

2015-10-17 13:41

Russian mafia

2015-10-18 14:42

must be funny

2015-10-15 12:32

2 replies

In the rich mans world

2015-10-15 12:53

1 reply

yee boi you da real man

2015-10-15 14:29

AND ESEA ONLY GOT BOUGHT FOR 78 MILLION LOL GET FUCKED

2015-10-15 15:04

6 replies

hltv.org/news/16169-mtg-buys-esea-report learn to read dumbass, the 78 million was for ESL

2015-10-15 19:04

5 replies

ESEA, not ESL. Are you out of your mind, ESL for 78?!

2015-10-16 01:20

4 replies

"This July it was announced that Swedish media company MTG had purchased a 74% ownership stake in the Electronic Sports League (ESL), which is part of the game branch of Turtle Entertainment, for €78 million." no, it was ESL

2015-10-16 03:41

3 replies

esl = esea

2015-10-16 11:30

2 replies

hahahahaha no

2015-10-16 13:25

1 reply

MGT bought out both of them, so ESL = ESEA

2015-10-16 14:05

Why no gaming house? Daaamn. It would be really useful.

2015-10-15 20:28

9 replies

More like a mansion

2015-10-15 21:18

8 replies

more like a castle

2015-10-15 21:49

7 replies

More like a fucking village...

2015-10-15 22:13

6 replies

More like a city

2015-10-15 22:37

5 replies

more like poland

2015-10-16 00:26

4 replies

more like europe

2015-10-16 02:55

3 replies

more like world

2015-10-16 04:35

2 replies

more like Milky Way

2015-10-16 04:42

1 reply

more like heaven

2016-05-16 07:44

Oh my what a chance

2015-10-15 12:25

20 replies

meanwhile, still $250k for each major pasharichceps pls giff Volvo some skins

2015-10-15 12:47

16 replies

why do you care what is the prizemoney? Do you hope of winnning it?

2015-10-15 19:41

15 replies

bigger prizepool = bigger events bigger events = bigger esport bigger esport = better entertainment are you retarded?

2015-10-15 20:20

14 replies

& bigger esport = better game

2015-10-15 22:46

Ok, so by your logic it means that dota is bigger than csgo.

2015-10-15 23:09

11 replies

with the first place taking $17mil, sure it is lol

2015-10-15 23:19

3 replies

I am done here

2015-10-16 00:44

2 replies

you stupid as fuck right now

2015-10-16 07:05

1 reply

2015-10-16 13:26

yes it is.

2015-10-15 23:23

cant tell if this is b8 or you're simply just retarded

2015-10-16 04:12

2nd most played game in the world, older community (Dungeon of The Ancients is kinda older than CS 1.6 when it exploded), it has a bigger team for updates and management inside VALVe (yet, idk if it's gonna keep like being that) and the game recieves a lot more attention in old media by being similar to LoL (way eaiser to understand) and having the biggest prize-pool. Why wouldn't it be bigger? Because we love cs:go? It's like I'm a NiP fan but NiP just sucks now and I know it. @edit 2nd not 2ns

2015-10-16 04:50

4 replies

defense of the ancients***

2015-10-16 11:43

1 reply

Well I can't edit it so yeah, guess you're right.

2015-10-16 12:08

tinypic.com/r/23ieyyg/8 Don't live in the past. Also the scene is bigger in csgo because of everyday leagues and tournaments. There is much more competition. I am not gonna argue with idiots whos only argument is a rude word, this is why I am replying to u.

2015-10-16 20:49

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I agree with you, the scene is actually bigger, but that doesn't mean the the game is bigger. Just to give you some weird that shouldn't happen, in mid presentation of the last 2 Majors, ESL did advertise the Dota 2 New York tickets for sale, IN A CS:GO MAJOR. That however doesn't happen on the reverse side, and probably won't ever happen because it's not worth it. And also abou the steam counting, I just got in and in total Dota 2 is still on the lead. prntscr.com/8s2t60

2015-10-16 22:12

bigger prizepool = bigger cheaters

2015-10-16 13:22

Lol here's to hoping lgb gets dumped with dolla bills as well. :D

2015-10-15 15:14

2 replies

LGB are owned by the people who own NiP and Copenhagen Wolves, so money is there.

2015-10-16 12:04

1 reply

Money is there, something else just as vital is missing though ;)

2015-10-16 21:42

Expected

2015-10-15 12:25

6 replies

definitely expected

2015-10-15 12:31

I am sure it was..

2015-10-15 12:33

10/10 would expect again

2015-10-15 12:38

Virtus.pro to start funding majors is also expected.

2015-10-15 13:26

First thing I thought of when I woke up

2015-10-15 17:23

yes

2015-10-15 17:56

wtf

2015-10-15 12:25

wow..

2015-10-15 12:25

2 replies

more like WOW

2015-10-15 19:36

1 reply

WoW

2015-10-16 01:53

how much?

2015-10-15 12:25

5 replies

100m

2015-10-15 13:36

3 replies

are you sure

2015-10-15 13:46

2 replies

sure

2015-10-15 13:50

1 reply

erus

2015-10-15 15:13

no $100

2015-10-15 18:40

salary boost incoming

2015-10-15 12:25

1 reply

lol ?not really

2015-10-15 15:20

wat

2015-10-15 12:26

Nice!

2015-10-15 12:26

Here comes the money

2015-10-15 12:26

definately a good thing for esports

2015-10-15 12:26

rest in pepperoni

2015-10-15 12:26

ez mony

2015-10-15 12:26

I just woke up and thought this was 100k. 100 fucking million holy shit

2015-10-15 12:26

1 reply

Yeah, same here - and it even says $100m+ :D sick shit right there, gr8 for eSport 4 sure.

2015-10-15 12:29

lol you can buy a football club with that money

2015-10-15 12:26

15 replies

Usmanov already has a football club. Actually two :). He is the biggest digital investor in Russsia and well-known philanthropist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisher_Usmanov

2015-10-15 12:36

12 replies

damn, so much money

2015-10-15 12:39

11 replies

Usmanov even bought the Nobel medal from the discoverer of DNA and sent in back to him via post

2015-10-15 12:41

10 replies

"philanthropist" HAHAHA, get all money from 90s when Russia was in shit, philanthropist. Hahahah, second Mavrodi. "Usmanov even bought the Nobel medal from the discoverer of DNA and sent in back to him via post" Such a PR, make roads better? Nope, give AMERICAN rich man nobel medal- YES! kp.ru/daily/26436/3307532/ Russian small towns are dying - nobody cares, cause Moscow - FTW!

2015-10-15 13:38

9 replies

Another Ukranian mad nazi fakeflagging as always?

2015-10-15 14:03

8 replies

I not even ukranian, i lived 17 years in Karelia, in Suoyarvi, now i live in Denmark. I have jewish and belorussian blood, but zero ukranian.

2015-10-15 14:17

"Ukranian mad nazi" Let me guess, you from big city with 1+ mill people. So do you even lived in small russian towns with 5-10 thousand people? I lived in 6000 rubles in month, all month i eated shit, i lived in house without toilet, without shower, my internet was 1 mb/s maximum. So what about you, do you even been hungry?

2015-10-15 14:29

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You can cry a bit more. Yes I live in 1+ mil city, but spent my childhood in a village with zero cars and zero metres of asphalt. I spent 3 months in Karelia in Soortvala. The problem of this people that they still wait that government give them everything.

2015-10-15 14:51

1 reply

"The problem of this people that they still wait that government give them everything." +1 True.

2015-10-15 14:53

tbh no one gives a shit

2015-10-15 15:20

1 reply

Yo, i'm so sad what you lose it. Kappa en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

2015-10-15 15:38

he told the truth, lol it will be better if he send thats money on roads/healthcare/etc.

2015-10-15 23:47

1 reply

The biggest problems in Russia are fools and roads. The problem of fools that they always know how to rule the country, build roads, educate children and train national football team.

2015-10-16 08:10

He already owns a decent percentage of arsenal and wants to buy off the rest.

2015-10-15 12:47

why invest in the past ?

2015-10-16 08:04

Good news for eSports :) GJ!

2015-10-15 12:27

VP will win next tourney, paying ppl to throw

2015-10-15 12:28

ez money ez life

2015-10-15 12:28

ye its time to kick pasha and buy michu

2015-10-15 12:28

Inb4 no more pasha streams

2015-10-15 12:28

1 reply

Pasha is love Pasha is life!!! He is a legend man, big legend!!!

2015-10-16 01:57

youtube.com/watch?v=TeXatquVqAc :DDD

2015-10-15 12:28

wut

2015-10-15 12:28

Dont forget say thanks to Russia later. Bitchzzzz

2015-10-15 12:28

2 replies

Uzbek, not Russian xd

2015-10-15 14:08

1 reply

he said russia, not russian

2015-10-16 11:49

Taz,Neo and Pasha will never retire now FUCK YES

2015-10-15 12:29

1 reply

ye they dont but this alisher can retire them XD

2015-10-15 12:32

money laundring?

2015-10-15 12:29

VP are you kidding me, is that figure even practical? What will they even do with it.

2015-10-15 12:29

8 replies

it says so if you actually read it....

2015-10-15 12:33

1 reply

yeah i missed the arena/tourney part, hopefully it does go into these.

2015-10-15 13:19

Well they could feed half of India for that money, but PapaBiceps is more important.

2015-10-15 12:37

3 replies

true, true

2015-10-15 15:05

There is no profit in feeding poor people. Sadly this is how the world works, everybody wants money

2015-10-15 15:43

from* nt, we all know you're from a third world EU nation

2015-10-15 19:14

I suggest they will use the money for a proper english course for the Russains. Instead of saying cyka blyat all the game

2015-10-15 13:51

1 reply

funny considering 3 grammatical mistakes in your two "sentences"

2015-10-15 20:55

It's important to have diverse opportunities for money laundering in ones portfolio.

2015-10-15 12:30

And now imagine what Fnatic or Evil Geniuses/Na'Vi could do.. SICK!

2015-10-15 12:30

1 reply

What could they do? Nothing.

2015-10-15 14:53

wtf

2015-10-15 12:31

These 5 players are a big reason for the investment. If not a salary raise, I hope they get some kind of bonus.

2015-10-15 12:32

9 replies

It's not only CS squad, Dota2, and overs... and construction Cyber Stadium also :)

2015-10-15 12:46

4 replies

Dude, they can give all their players $1m and still have like $80m left over.

2015-10-15 14:48

3 replies

lol then start giving 1m$ when someone does something good in organization than tell me how long will u have this 100m$

2015-10-15 15:56

2 replies

r u stupid. I said they can give their players $1m each 1 time only, not everytime you retard kebab

2015-10-15 18:05

1 reply

LOLd, great logic

2015-10-15 19:39

This organization dates back to 2003. Polish guys are playing for VP just from 2014.

2015-10-15 13:31

their dota 2 squad made more money than their cs one

2015-10-15 15:21

2 replies

dota2 vp won more than everyone from VP csgo made in 4 years from only 1 tournament :D

2015-10-15 17:17

1 reply

SumaiL is that you ? xD

2015-10-15 21:26

Get da money

2015-10-15 12:33

holy shit

2015-10-15 12:33

Is this real life? Like WHAT???

2015-10-15 12:33

VP is not only cs go ;p

2015-10-15 12:34

that's a lot of money

2015-10-15 12:35

Sick

2015-10-15 12:35

Alisher Usmanov? He is rich as fuck. Arsenal fans can confirm

2015-10-15 12:35

3 replies

Minority shareholder and doesn't put any money in.

2015-10-15 13:24

2 replies

He wanted to buy more shares several times, but stingy Kroenke refused.

2015-10-15 13:29

1 reply

indeed,even tho Gazidis in today's interview told that all club investors are looking forward to invest in club,i mean building new innovative training base that will be done by 2017 and transfres ofc,as always :)

2015-10-15 15:24

100 million is like 5 dollars to a billionaire, the guy who owns of usm holding is worth 15$ billion

2015-10-15 12:37

3 replies

More like 75 dollars :D

2015-10-15 14:03

When they pop some bottles yes. When they invest no.

2015-10-15 19:52

100 million is still 100 million. No rich guy just gives that kind of money away, they want to see return in investment. His net worth is €12 billion, that doesn't mean, that he has this money in cash. That means that he has the share in the companies he owns. Or that's usually the case. But because he has made off his after the fall of the Soviet Union and by being a long time friend with Putin, i guess You can triple his net worth with ease.

2015-10-17 11:55

I hope we are gonna have a BIG tourney in Moscow!

2015-10-15 12:37

as #58, vp is not only csgo, and i cant see a signle line there that this money will go to support their csgo division i mean... if so big money is invested there, its pretty obvious that they gonna kick this roster and will try to pick up a tier1 lineup like fnatic or tsm

2015-10-15 12:37

9 replies

Or they might pick up a second team.

2015-10-15 12:42

1 reply

team Uzbekistan confirmed

2015-10-15 21:27

They won't change this current lineup.

2015-10-15 13:27

6 replies

Dude, this is business. Big money got involved. If this lineup will fail, like they do now, and if they not gonna become a tier1 team again, I am pretty sure Virtus.org will tell them 'bye'

2015-10-15 13:34

5 replies

contracts

2015-10-15 13:47

how is having 2 top 4`s, 2 wins and 2 finals in the past 6 lans a fail ?

2015-10-15 13:50

you're so dumb xD

2015-10-15 13:58

To create this kind of business you need to entertain not dominate. I rather watch 2 equal teams fighting each other on like 28 rounds each map than one dominant making it on 20. With VP squads having fans all over the world there is no need to change this aspect. Using money into building new tournaments, arenas, ladders/matchmaking platforms, media is the way to go.

2015-10-15 17:20

more like they will hire russian team

2015-10-16 11:53

FUCKING 100M??? that is huge

2015-10-15 12:37

wow

2015-10-15 12:38

Thank you for your donation. I really appreciate it

2015-10-15 12:39

dafuck

2015-10-15 12:39

Putin taking over Polando

2015-10-15 12:39

all russian money is corrupt, i expect the entire organization will disappear in less than 1 year

2015-10-15 12:41

7 replies

u mad man :)

2015-10-15 12:48

2 replies

$50 billion for Sochi XDDDDDDDDDD

2015-10-15 12:50

1 reply

yes, we can! :) (not me)

2015-10-15 12:51

Almost all money is corrupt in a way, some just hide it better than others.

2015-10-15 12:50

2 replies

A better way of putting it would be All people are cunts in a way, some people are just much bigger cunts than others.

2015-10-15 12:52

1 reply

Some even have a cunt.

2015-10-15 13:25

u r right man. Not not all russian money but a big part of it.

2015-10-15 14:14

jesus, esport is huge

2015-10-15 12:42

CSGO International soon

2015-10-15 12:43

He's not russian :(

2015-10-15 12:43

13 replies

expected from Uzb

2015-10-15 12:46

His nationality - russian. His ethnicity - uzbek, whats wrong?

2015-10-15 13:49

10 replies

Some countries ppl, don't care about citizenship, but only ethnicity. So if I moved to US and lived there next 30 years and became US citizen, I will still be Estonian not 'murican

2015-10-15 14:13

1 reply

sad world right ?

2015-10-15 15:22

His nationality not russian. By your logic if I move to Russia and live there some time, then my nationality is russian?

2015-10-15 17:11

4 replies

yes, if you will move to russia you will become russian by nationality, but your ethnicy is still uzbek ps i.gyazo.com/a5f3421346797d4453ba75b386ab..

2015-10-15 18:14

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Nope. 1. Alisher - arabic name. 2. Usmanov - uzbek, tatar surname. 3. Burkhanovich - arabic patronymic. Where did he born? - In Namangan. Where Namangan is situated? - In Uzbekistan. How many years did he live in Uzbekistan and how many in Russia? If you understand, nationality it's not a thing that you can change in 1 or more years.

2015-10-15 19:36

2 replies

lol you can change your nationality very easily mate. it is you that doesn't understand

2015-10-15 19:42

He was born in Soviet Union..Russia is successor of SU... Noldlrldlrd watch his statement about his nationality and ethnicity on yt

2015-10-15 21:34

His nationality - uzbek, his citizenship - russian

2015-10-17 16:25

2 replies

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisher_Usmanov Nationality Russian Ethnicity Uzbek

2015-10-17 19:16

1 reply

in Russia Nationality = Ethnicity

2015-10-18 17:43

yeah but russian money

2015-10-17 16:23

Ez 2m league/cup. Fuck Valve and 250k major.

2015-10-15 12:45

Inb4 VP event with 10 million prize pool Major what?

2015-10-15 12:45

Lol pasza to say that he will build some new esport arenas for 50m amd then he will do the pita

2015-10-15 12:46

dame

2015-10-15 12:49

Pasha Richceps from 3rd world will get 10000x more money than all of you 1st worlders :(

2015-10-15 12:49

3 replies

Too bad he won't get anything from that 100m ):

2015-10-15 13:08

1 reply

players contract end soon, i'm sure the new contracts will increase their salary, the polish squad is good and popular

2015-10-15 15:19

Nope, this wont change their contract, this is for russian e-sport, not for the csgo team. VP is working hard to get the russian e-sport going :)

2015-10-15 13:27

Damn!

2015-10-15 12:50

Russia plays in another league. Big Putin!

2015-10-15 12:51

wow to plolskis

2015-10-15 12:52

"that could exceed the $100 million mark." "Virtus.pro gets $100m+ investment" so which? lmao

2015-10-15 12:52

here comes the money money money money money money money money cha ching cha ching

2015-10-15 12:56

$100 million = How much?

2015-10-15 12:56

4 replies

87.4 million euro (according to google, which might be a bit outdated)

2015-10-15 13:03

3 replies

VP>ESL ?

2015-10-15 13:11

2 replies

They didn't buy VP, they invested on them. Which is different.

2015-10-15 13:17

1 reply

investment means less shares than buy so yes, esl < vp

2015-10-15 18:48

sick shit

2015-10-15 12:56

Polish Mafia too strong

2015-10-15 13:03

1 reply

polish?mb russian?

2015-10-15 13:16

I wouldn't be surprised if Virtus Pro had a Virtus Mansion. Do they?

2015-10-15 13:04

looks like putin is trying to find some new ways for laundering money

2015-10-15 13:04

wowowowowoo

2015-10-15 13:09

must be a money laundering

2015-10-15 13:14

Closest the players will get to some money of that investment is getting a new gaminghouse. At least that's my guess.

2015-10-15 13:14

7 replies

i bet on new T shirts max

2015-10-15 13:19

1 reply

Haha yea, that as well.

2015-10-15 13:23

I think they might get a sensible raise. Like 250$ a month.

2015-10-15 13:23

3 replies

Don't think so. It's the organisation getting an investment, not the team itself. So the organisation gets (maybe) 100M to develop itself bigger and better!

2015-10-15 13:53

VP already has contracts. So maybe raise when time for new contracts

2015-10-15 14:16

1 reply

They can still get bonuses. Or something like new gear etc.

2015-10-15 14:38

and new mousepad

2015-10-15 14:42

Abramovich buying TSM. Just wait for it :D !!!

2015-10-15 13:19

1 reply

He is not really interested as of now

2015-10-15 21:35

so much moniz i shat my pants

2015-10-15 13:19

He owns 30% of Arsenal shareholdings as well

2015-10-15 13:19

Nice!

2015-10-15 13:20

Why did you put up a picture of CSGO lineup when it's the organization that receives the investment and not just one of the teams sponsored by them?

2015-10-15 13:20

1 reply

Because hltv is CS site, and if there was no VP cs team, you wouldn't even read about 100m investment on HLTV news

2015-10-15 14:17

what a great day for esports, i would say.

2015-10-15 13:22

holy shit, thats a lot of money

2015-10-15 13:24

i guess that's mean no one in VP is going to retire any time soon.

2015-10-15 13:25

Isn't Usmanov the guy who owns a part of Arsenal?

2015-10-15 13:27

1 reply

yes, 20-30% i think =)

2015-10-15 13:29

5mln prize event only for Virtus.pro inc

2015-10-15 13:27

so much money

2015-10-15 13:27

shouldve put that money into arsenal instead

2015-10-15 13:27

1 reply

Nope, Arsenal forever 4th confirmed

2015-10-15 14:19

Amazing! Cs go is growing like crazy

2015-10-15 13:30

4 replies

Its nothing about csgo.. Its an esport thing...

2015-10-15 16:19

3 replies

virtus pro cs go

2015-10-15 17:16

2 replies

Its an investment in the organization.. And not for the csgo team

2015-10-15 17:18

1 reply

also cs go

2015-10-15 23:25

And this is why we need more russian billionairs

2015-10-15 13:32

lol..

2015-10-15 13:32

LOL all teams bought by VP VP1 VP2 VPblue VPred -> all cashprizes for VP

2015-10-15 13:33

3 replies

VP starcraft 2 incoming. XD

2015-10-15 13:39

that would be interesting

2015-10-15 13:57

Hahahahaa

2015-10-15 14:00

hooly madafakin fck, thats a lot of money

2015-10-15 13:34

The richest man in poland Pasha is about to get even richer!! Russki powa!!

2015-10-15 13:34

this is it ! pls 1% for me :)

2015-10-15 13:35

omg

2015-10-15 13:38

That's what happens when an e-sport company is ruled by a serious businessman instead a bunch of nerds.

2015-10-15 13:40

Really nice, congratz Virtus.PRO!

2015-10-15 13:42

papa pasha and taz gonna be rich nao

2015-10-15 13:46

no more Virtus.Throw nice

2015-10-15 13:50

Imagine that this guy is motar2k

2015-10-15 13:52

3 replies

pay debt

2015-10-15 14:10

2 replies

Won't bother arguing with a brainless kid It's pointless.

2015-10-15 22:05

1 reply

pay debt

2015-10-16 07:03

btw VirtusPro will kick polish players if Putin will know about this shit (they are good mates with Usmanov). NoKappaKappa Big politics inc in CS GO community =(

2015-10-15 13:58

1 reply

fuck this policy, it fucks everything

2015-10-15 14:29

Money laundering.

2015-10-15 13:59

1 reply

lmao

2015-10-15 15:24

Thats just sick..sick I tell ya n00bs!

2015-10-15 13:59

New era.. I'm really proud for that. For E-Sport, for Russia. For VP. Peace!

2015-10-15 14:04

Russia's richest man is a muslim, take that boys

2015-10-15 14:12

1 reply

russia's richest man is vladimir potanin not usmanov

2015-10-15 15:12

I dont think its a good sign for esports because where people talk enormous amount of money like 100m dolars,it a sign corruption and greed will grow in there too. its a begining of end of pleasure like in football.

2015-10-15 14:12

4 replies

How is football crumbling when its at a high point in the history of its game? Players we get to witness in football: Hazard/Neymar/Suarez/Ronaldo/Messi/+ 50-100 more and you are crying about money ruining things.

2015-10-15 14:55

3 replies

how old are you? Do you think FIFA and UEFA is totally clean and blanced with all of theese astronomic money funds? cheats,mafia,illagals bets,blackmoney,match throws by players,sold referees...they will ruin esports in future too with theese acts. If there is money,there is no fair pleasure,Only rich's.

2015-10-15 15:26

1 reply

+100000000... End of esports... Cheating will get bigger and bigger... Ita not like cologne had no cheaters but in near future there will be almost 100% cheaters... Like this usmanov wont call ko1n or this german guy and say.. "listen! 10mio dollar for you, you are fulltime coding for us and youll always make 100% sure the cheat is up to date! Offline tournament bypass guaranteed?" ko1n "sure boss not a big deal for me"

2015-10-15 16:26

Hazard/Neymar/Suarez wtf? Nonamers by comparison. Please don't mention them in the same sentence as Ronaldi and Messi.

2015-10-15 18:27

DAYUM

2015-10-15 14:17

"E-sport is a joke" K then ;)

2015-10-15 14:19

if the make a esports arena in russia, who will go there ?? once you cross the border into russia, putin`s army will draft you and send you to siria :( no kappa

2015-10-15 14:20

3rd word rekt rest again

2015-10-15 14:20

puh thats alot of skinssssss

2015-10-15 14:22

it's raining money!!!!

2015-10-15 14:26

Hmmm... so thats why Usmanov doesnt spend too much money on Arsenal ?! LOL

2015-10-15 14:26

1 reply

he is not allowed. He cannot even enter the directors board, he wants it..but current owners don't want to sell anything, and him to be in the team.

2015-10-15 21:39

soon Putin will be fixing results in majors

2015-10-15 14:28

Im Vlad these guys got the money to Putin the bank

2015-10-15 14:35

finnaly pasha can afford his new house :D

2015-10-15 14:42

2 replies

next idiot who cant read... ops

2015-10-15 14:51

1 reply

read again my post KAPPPA

2015-10-15 15:37

eSport going to a new level! :)

2015-10-15 14:48

100M or 100m?

2015-10-15 14:49

1 reply

Repeat ten times as fast as possible: 1 billion in gold bullion

2015-10-15 15:04

no more throw by VP :) all in on them everytime !

2015-10-15 14:51

2 replies

next idiot who cant read... ops

2015-10-15 14:52

1 reply

wave flag

2015-10-15 15:02

Pasha can now buy even more sport energy drinks, to train his biceps

2015-10-15 14:55

Can they clone 5 snax now?

2015-10-15 14:57

Lucky pasha , cyka blayt

2015-10-15 15:02

What up now Fabio Capello?

2015-10-15 15:06

Pasha probably is the luckiest guy in esport.

2015-10-15 15:13

1 reply

this money isn't invested so their players get millions themselves

2015-10-15 15:26

And why do we only have 250k prize pools?

2015-10-15 15:25

1 reply

coz gaben need to eat

2015-10-15 15:32

dat money

2015-10-15 15:30

You guys should read the article first "that could exceed the $100 million mark." "The investment will be used by Virtus.pro to launch new tournaments, support new games, create media channels and build new esports arenas" Its not even clear he will invest 100m and the article says nothing about csgo. He will probably support russian esports with bigger, better organized events and support russian newcomers, making it easier to become a professional. And in some years, he will profit with money from sponsors etc.

2015-10-15 15:32

In Soviet Union you don't win money, money wins you

2015-10-15 15:37

What up now USA/EU? MUHAHAHAHAH

2015-10-15 15:39

you guys think each of their players will get 20 millions right ?

2015-10-15 15:41

1 reply

kek

2015-10-15 18:00

byali, taz, neo, pasha and snax dont get anything out of the money. Its true?

2015-10-15 15:43

4 replies

They were the highest paid players as of Febuary I think but it all changed. Theyy still get alot of cash..

2015-10-15 15:46

Not directly for sure. They are not the reason why Virtus.pro organization/company got 100+ million investment. Byali, taz, neo, pasha and snax are just regular employees in Virtus.pro. They do their job, they are getting paid for their job. But they can "feel" this money indirectly - Virtus.pro management can decide to increase CS:GO team quarter/yearly budget, for example, they will invest $10 000 more so players will be living in better hotels during tournaments. Hope you got it.

2015-10-15 15:50

they already have contract until 2017 i think so nope, no need to renew contract either

2015-10-15 15:57

1 reply

I think contracts last until january 2016 (it was 2 years, and they joined in january 2014)

2015-10-15 16:52

soon: "Virtus.Pro to host 10.000.000 tournament"

2015-10-15 15:55

100 millions holy moly

2015-10-15 15:58

Instead of supporting Virtus.pro they could try to buy Valve. wouuld be better imo

2015-10-15 15:58

4 replies

+1 ib4 update valve adds shield

2015-10-15 16:08

I'm pretty sure valve is worth more than 100 million

2015-10-15 17:05

1 reply

its been valuated in the multi billions I believe.

2015-10-15 18:51

GabeN will never sell Valve or even make it a public company because investors would ruin it. They have an awesome and unique way of thinking and doing things that must not be changed.

2015-10-16 13:58

yeah country's economy and citizens are fucked by those old fuckers who run all the shit and give half of Russias money to shitSports i love this moron country. putin is love.

2015-10-15 16:17

And still no 1 mln $ majors, this is a joke.

2015-10-15 16:20

$100,000,000 is just 0.68% of Usmanov's net worth i know he didn't front this from his own pocket, but damn it puts into perspective how fuckin rich that guy is

2015-10-15 16:25

lol this Arsenal guy wants to buy VP xDDDDDDDDDDD

2015-10-15 16:31

This is not good at all my friends. Dota2, league of legends will make a step forward while in csgo cheating will get bigger and bigger! Im 100% sure some people cheated at cologne.. People saying its super good anti cheat control should fuck themselfs... You dont see these hacks! Its a small aim assist and you cant see it with human eyes. And im sure that with more and more money in the business, people like this russian usmanov will call some of the best coders and tell them "yo, need a lan aproved cheat, here is your 10milllion dollar, fulltime coder, can you guarantee there will be no problems?" coder "10mio dollar? Youll get the cheat tonight boss!"

2015-10-15 16:32

1 reply

hello mak0r aka top ranking. fucking trash. esl have publicized all the steps they take to prevent cheating. it's not possible there. but of course you believe in santa without any reasoning or facts whatsoever.

2015-10-15 18:23

holy molly

2015-10-15 16:35

"that could exceed the $100 million mark." Oh Jesus...

2015-10-15 16:35

this guy owns like.. 20% of arsenal football club

2015-10-15 16:43

russia too strong

2015-10-15 16:47

Whaaat? Worst TOP10 team and it gets those money, omg :D

2015-10-15 16:52

great news for cs go but i have one question? Why they dont fund russians only MM servers,so finaly csgo MM becomes playable?

2015-10-15 16:56

LIKE IT

2015-10-15 17:01

Such big news this day! :D

2015-10-15 17:11

just try not to criticize him, or all of HLTV will be taken down by his Law firm.

2015-10-15 17:17

2 replies

hahahha, what a moron. this isn't russia. a russian law firm will never have any impact whatsoever in the west, and especially not on a danish company. they will be mocked - not even taken seriously.

2015-10-15 18:21

1 reply

Way too tired, meant "Legal Team" in referrance to him taking on the time magazine and others.

2015-10-15 18:25

when ur son loves dota2 and wants you to invest into his favorite team :D

2015-10-15 17:18

goood

2015-10-15 17:20

you know these oligarchs are all crooks. maybe he buys VP for $100m to launder money/international tax evasion...

2015-10-15 17:20

Valve is dissapointing the world. Team flags must belong to the organization, not to the country that players are from.

2015-10-15 17:31

4 replies

fuck the flags, only logo

2015-10-15 17:47

1 reply

2015-10-15 17:58

WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? That's the most shitty, obvious nationalistic trashpost I've seen today. The organization doesn't mean shit to ANY followers of VP's CS:GO division. It means less than nothing. The only reason they have a single fan is because of their players, and so it should show that. The bitterness over not having any good Russian teams and barely any players, and therefore wanting 'your' pride of Virtus Pro having the freaking Russian flag, is so pathetic. You're making yourself look like a bitter little Russian.

2015-10-15 18:20

1 reply

thats why eSports is not quite a sport still.. we're rooting mostly for players, not for teams..

2015-10-16 00:19

GazProm is the most Corrup Company in Russia, it already uses Football Teams to Wash money (Zenith), now that UEFA put some Financial Fairplay rules in Footbal they will change to E-Sports...

2015-10-15 17:35

1 reply

Good point.

2015-10-15 18:19

nice for vp

2015-10-15 17:36

rip pasha

2015-10-15 17:46

Haha, one guy stole billion dollars to give a part of it to the esports organization. That's so sweet.

2015-10-15 17:49

w0w , nice :) but plz - pasha + michu.

2015-10-15 17:54

jeesssuuuuuuss chriiisssssttttt :O

2015-10-15 17:57

100million what? USD? or japanese yeng or whatever or the Zimbabwean Dollar???? If it is 100million zimbabwean dollars that is about 24242,42 euros. try to look it up :P Zimbabwean dollar is worth nothing.

2015-10-15 17:58

1 reply

rly? $ <- this is usd americana

2015-10-15 18:10

pasha smiling my friend

2015-10-15 18:01

Finally VP tier 1 team :) reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013..

2015-10-15 18:09

3 replies

??? That has nothing to do whatsoever with it. A teams tier is based on their play and results, and nothing else. That's why SHIT organizations with 100 dollars in savings like SK were considered t1 back in the day.

2015-10-15 18:18

1 reply

It's sarcasm, bro. You are right and I agree with you. You need 5 t1 players hired by professinal organization to be become top world team. :)

2015-10-15 23:18

lol? who said about cs:go?

2015-10-15 18:45

Great day for esports

2015-10-15 18:20

Also, it's pretty obvious from this post is that what it means is: IF the financial reward is there for the investor, he will continue to fund it with upwards of 100m$. But that's only IF he is convinced he will make more back. This is a very long term project and he could drop it all after like 10m$ if he sees too little financial reward. This is how business works.

2015-10-15 18:26

Damn

2015-10-15 18:42

Bro, Just DO It

2015-10-15 19:07

Hmmm... so thats why Usmanov doesn't spend too much money on Arsenal soccer club ?!

2015-10-15 19:14

holy fuck

2015-10-15 19:21

LMFAO REKT POORTAR2K

2015-10-15 19:23

alisher usmanov, arsenal shareholder enters esports god damn this is exciting

2015-10-15 19:32

Inb4 all spent on skins

2015-10-15 19:38

it might be bad for VP players this guy is a close friend with Putin and he might not like the fact that the main team is from Poland :D

2015-10-15 19:48

100m for someone worth 13.2B usd is nothing. for virtus pro this will be huge and inb4 virtus.pro become top 1 because they stop throwing

2015-10-15 20:03

A big step for e-sports

2015-10-15 20:18

doubt the players will see much of this but great for the org

2015-10-15 20:19

lmao how much?

2015-10-15 20:23

100m. wow..

2015-10-15 20:28

money, money, money.... youtube.com/watch?v=Igi1xClurcI

2015-10-15 20:36

the guy who has 15 bilions, 100milions is like a $10 for a avarage man. But still huge for e-sports!

2015-10-15 21:29

1 reply

He was jailed for six years on fraud charges. He's more like a disgrace to e-sports.

2015-10-15 22:55

This is the guy who invested. Fucking 58th richest man in the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisher_Usmanov

2015-10-15 22:50

Nice click bait title Mira Please fuck off.

2015-10-16 00:10

What a waste of money ROFL

2015-10-16 01:20

Get motar2k with u too and its all cool then

2015-10-16 02:45

100M, do the CS players get a cent of that?

2015-10-16 04:19

the CS squad gets two year contracts, now they have a $100m nest egg. VP is looking pretty attractive these days.

2015-10-16 06:45

Is it $USD or other currency unit?

2015-10-16 08:22

Obvious money laundering, but even if only 40% of that money will actually be spent on improving e-sports in Russia, it's all good.

2015-10-16 10:41

this good news, esports>other sports

2015-10-16 13:21

Waiting for Motar's answer

2015-10-16 14:34

62-year-old Russian

2015-10-16 14:40

Putin is gonna buy fnatic

2015-10-16 15:58

I bet he has children or grand children who encouraged him to invest.

2015-10-17 07:36

inb4 taz retires and buys a fucking island to live in

2015-10-17 07:52

bigger esport = more ppl more ppl = more cheaters no vac = vac

2015-10-17 13:56

ST M9 Crimsonweb FN giveaways on VP player streams incoming

2015-10-17 16:27

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