chopper and Vega Squadron part ways

Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov has stepped down from Vega Squadron's roster shortly after the team's failed run at the IEM Katowice 2019 New Challengers Stage.

chopper and Vega Squadron part ways after more than two years, when the Russian player joined Vega with Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak and Pavel "⁠hutji⁠" Lashkov after their ALLIN team was picked up by the organization ahead of the first ELEAGUE Major's offline qualifier.

With Vega Squadron, chopper participated at three Majors and myriad events, including a second place run late last year at StarSeries i-League Season 6, where they lost the grand final to ENCE.

chopper's departure will mark the end of an era, as the original core of the lineup that upset NiP at the ELEAGUE Major's main qualifier in Atlanta will be no longer, with only hutji and jR left.

"Leonid's decision to leave was tough to accept, but I'd still like to thank him for the invaluable impact he's made on our team and all those amazing moments we've gone through for the last 2 and a half years. I wish him success and good luck in his new endeavors! I'm sure our paths will cross again!"

- Alexander "⁠Lk-⁠" Lemeshev, Vega Squadron manager

Following chopper's departure, Vega Squadron is now:

Anton "⁠tonyblack⁠" Kolesnikov
Dmytro "⁠jR⁠" Chervak
Pavel "⁠hutji⁠" Lashkov
Igor "⁠crush⁠" Shevchenko

Artem "⁠Fierce⁠" Ivanov (coach)