n0rb3r7 returns to Virtus.pro starting roster

20-8-2023 20:58

The Russian rifler returns after being sidelined due to injury.

n0rb3r7 is back playing for Virtus.pro

Virtus.pro has announced the return of David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan to their active roster, replacing Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev. n0rb3r7 had suffered an injury and has been inactive since June, missing out on FiReLEAGUE Battle, Gamers8, and a handful of online tournaments as Qikert filled the gap.

Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov. who joined the organization on a long-term contract in July, was supposed to take Qikert's place, but n0rb3r7's injury forced the organization to continue fielding the Kazakh rifler while they waited for him to recover.

Virtus.pro sign mir on long-term contract

Virtus.pro have been struggling to return to form since they won the IEM Rio Major under the Outsiders tag, notably missing out on making the BLAST.tv Paris Major entirely after defeat at the Europe RMR. They have explored a handful of roster changes in their search for a solution, previously adding and subsequently parting ways with Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin, and recently added mir in hopes of righting the ship.

"Now we are going back to the variation of the roster with which we plan to work in the long term," Virtus.pro CEO Nikolai Petrossian said in a statement.

"Following the results of BLAST Premier [World Final] last year, we were at a crossroads. Initially, the club's management and the coaching staff (which at that time included Jame and dastan, and now PASHANOJ joined them) planned to replace Qikert, but at the last moment the coaching staff managed to convince the management that replacing David [n0rb3r7] would be more effective. It turned out to be an unfortunate decision, the one that caused us to lose more than six months.

"We highly appreciate Qikert, he is a great player. But we understand that, having played in the same line-up for many years, even professionals lose motivation, burn out and look for new challenges. Therefore, although Qikert is still linked to the club on a long-term contract, we are open to suggestions and are ready to consider various options for his transfer.”

Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali
Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev
Petr "⁠fame⁠" Bolyshev
Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov
David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan

Dastan "⁠dastan⁠" Akbayev (coach)

Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev (benched)

kair0n- >>>

2023-08-20 20:59

20 replies

coubeh

1 reply

goat

2023-08-21 06:08

didnt fit the team

2023-08-20 21:01

But they were never good with kairon? And they already won challenger katowice even while having both n0rb3r7 and qikert. Now they just have mir instead of qikert which is a clear upgrade.

2023-08-20 21:03

14 replies

I'm pretty sure its more of a n0rb3r7 instead of qikert and mir instead of n0rtb3r7

2023-08-20 21:16

7 replies

In a way yeah, but I mean they replaced kairon with n0rb3r7 and immediately became better and won the challenger katowice. Then qikert was upgraded to mir but qikert was a stand-in while n0rb3r7 was injured.

2023-08-20 21:26

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+1, excited for this new VP iteration but also a lot of respect for how well qikert performed since the mir addition.

2023-08-20 22:05

Fell seeing your nickname lmao

2023-08-22 13:13

They won challenger Kato bcs ence had the 2nd place poison

2023-08-21 00:03

romanian logic appears out of nowhere ig

2023-08-20 21:28

wtf did i just read ???? Romanian logic??????

2023-08-21 14:09

4 man roster ?

2023-08-21 14:12

they made katowice playoffs with kairon, thats pretty good no?

2023-08-20 21:27

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not really thanks to kairon though and he crumbled on stage unlike norbert who won the major on stage

2023-08-20 21:29

They were decent but clearly the team wasn't as good with him. Idk what was the issue exactly with him in the team but I think it's pretty obvious the change is reasonable.

2023-08-20 21:34

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i like this current roster for sure, i just think VP did kairon dirty

2023-08-20 21:36

How

2023-08-21 11:40

Idk if it's a 'clear' update. Definitely in the fragging department, but qikert is such a smart player and he really showed that in gamers8.

2023-08-20 21:53

Kairon is a fluke player, atleast for now.

Ez to be a fluke when you join a team and mostly their strats end with save save save

2023-08-22 14:24

2023-08-20 20:58

ez4norbert

we are so back!

2023-08-20 22:10

why

LOL gl vp

Xdddd

worst management, even worse than EG

?????????? norbert 1.06 rated rifler while qikert 0.97

2023-08-20 21:06

good he is the armenian goat

sus from flag

2023-08-21 10:36

fake flag

2023-08-21 18:16

still sus talking about armenia

2023-08-22 16:13

KEKW

Bout time

lol this vp is turning into eternal fire with all their roster moves.

2023-08-20 21:00

theyre pretty consistently top 10 tho unlike EF being top 40

EF 2.0

Norbert_1_Major_NiKo_0_Major never forget

proof nobert > niko

2023-08-20 21:08

conclude what you will, i state only facts.

yes yes

2023-08-20 21:33

+1 rush and qikert also >>>

2023-08-20 22:16

damn, i guess Qikert will be in contract prison for a year :((

3 months, no? hes been signed for close to 4 years..

Contract prison while receiving money, consider it a paid vacation, meanwhile I'm pretty sure he will still be able to find new options for him

2023-08-24 18:27

what a disaster lol

Qikert: But I got no injury?

i believe qikert decided to leave on his own Probably joining spirit or something of the sort

2023-08-20 21:51

no, i dont think anyones bought him hes gonna be sitting on the bench, like he already wouldve been if norbert wasnt injured

2023-08-21 13:48

+ n0rb3r7 -n0rb3r7 + n0rb3r7 -n0rb3r7 + n0rb3r7

2023-08-20 21:02

took notes from Eternal fire

New ChrisJ

2023-08-20 21:05

they only tried to kick him the first time, this time he was injured

2023-08-21 13:49

yeah ik

2023-08-21 13:50

major winner!!

when im in a terrible management competition and my opponents are eg and vp

He’s Armenian, not Russian

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Has Russian citizenship, speaks perfect Russian so you can call him Russian

2023-08-20 21:31

he has armenian ancestry but is russian

2023-08-20 22:28

I have a Russian Armenian in my uni. He was born in Russia, lived for a long time in Russia, but visits his relatives in Armenia frequently, and really loves Armenia seems like. Same with Norbert I suppose, so he is both russian and armenian

2023-08-21 05:07

also if you look up n0rb3r7 on liquipedia it says he is a russian pro gamer with armenian descent.. maybe google first and then act like you possess all knowledge

2023-08-21 05:36

Wow chill. Qikert not Kazakh too but he has citizenship

2023-08-22 13:20

top 5 rifler one of the most dangerous rifler i have seen ever

you aint seen shit

2023-08-20 21:13

man has reflexes like fleas very fast

2023-08-20 21:18

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

norbert should have left these bots after they kicked him for no reason

2023-08-20 21:12

Twice

2023-08-21 02:25

no, once he was injured the 2nd time

atleast he'll be on a good team

2023-08-22 15:00

-norbert+norbert-norbert+norbert what a shitshow, holy

VP mgmt is dumb AF - When they kicked SANJI they said it’s due to “attitude issues”. snake move - During the Kairon kick they flip-flopped on reasons between visa and attitude never really 100% confirmed why / timing - This whole Qikert/Norbert flip-flop press-release is passive-aggressive in blaming coaching staff for the Norbert kick. You m0th*rf*ckers are mgmt and you are in charge, show some balls.

i mean ig but also you dont really know how they do things in vp so you cant really know if they make those things up or not

2023-08-21 05:35

Good move for VP let’s see if it works out for them!

Norbert is a man of great willpower, after he was kicked for no reason, he returned and showed excellent cop, but injured his arm and missed the tournament in Saudi Arabia, I hope he will succeed in the future

2023-08-20 21:23

he was with the team at gamers8, by the way

what a joke lol

2023-08-20 21:21

if norbert played against G2 then VP would beat 2.0

bad

2023-08-20 21:24

his kills are very impactful and brings good mood to team... vp second major inc

2023-08-20 21:25

lmao

2023-08-20 21:42

-n0rb3r7 +n0rb3r7 -n0rb3r7 +n0rb3r7

2023-08-20 21:43

gl aRa

2023-08-20 21:44

3rd time he joins the active roster? what a joke management. worse than any 15 year old on-off teenie couple.

major winner norbert is back nice

2023-08-20 22:04

They are playing ping pong with this guy

He was curing his arm, it is not like -norbert +norbert this time. gl)

actually this is delayed -qikert +mir

2023-08-20 22:25

oh no, norbert in the team, will probably win major again

2023-08-20 22:18

Congrats on the recovery Norbert, hope we can see a more agressive VP now :)

2023-08-20 22:23

idk why are people acting suprised lol also people seemed hype about this idea not too long ago and now everybody saying L???

2023-08-20 23:07

Isn't this like the third time he comes back after getting benched?

2023-08-20 23:12

He was benched once, 2nd time it was due to arm injury

2023-08-21 00:24

wtf is this statement? clown org

2023-08-20 23:10

+norbert -norbert +norbert -norbert +norbert vp thinking that they are mix xd

2023-08-20 23:20

Norbert russian/armenian chrishJ confirmed

2023-08-21 10:26

Hoping that VP can pick up donk soon tbh, that would be insane

2023-08-20 23:22

Why? Doing fine with mir :)

2023-08-20 23:29

I'm expecting him to be kicked in the next 2-3 months 100% )))

-dastan :D :D

2023-08-20 23:30

if i was VP i wouldnt sell qikert so fast. They have to see at what level norbert returns because that hand injury was pretty serious

2023-08-20 23:32

They aren’t that stupid, they already saw everything

2023-08-21 05:58

Finally

2023-08-20 23:36

Bot

2023-08-20 23:37

Norbert = all of OG

2023-08-21 00:36

Clown org ever since snax the goat left.

2023-08-21 00:08

Norbert bacc

2023-08-21 00:14

ol' classic +norbert -norbert +norbert -norbert +norbert

2023-08-21 00:18

Political change for having all rus squad. Vp's owners are going hard.

2023-08-21 00:19

People don't understand that jame it's a big rat nobody enjoy playing with him 2 faces personality

2023-08-21 00:40

leave this guy in peace lol

2023-08-21 01:55

More like in place, dude is straifing from bench to team and vice versa, must be tired

2023-08-23 01:36

Finally Qickert got Qicked

2023-08-21 02:28

tbh Qickedkert and player of this type (underwhelming support players in hot seat, who always has to wonder if his team would vote kick him mid game and take a bot instead) are always fun to watch. you could tell the stress on their faces

2023-08-21 05:17

in before it was -chrisj +chrisj. now it is -norbert +norbert

2023-08-21 04:04

unless qikert left on his own, it seems like fellas simply don't know what to do as they keep switching between having and not having norbert

2023-08-21 06:52

They kicked him after winning a major just to add him back Maybe they should have just sticked together when things seemed to be working lmao

2023-08-21 09:11

VPs choices since they're able to use their brand name again are so weird

2023-08-21 10:57

-major winner +major winner = 0 major winner

2023-08-21 11:39

VP roster changes looking like Eternal Fire kicking player bringing back old player kicking other player bringing back the first kicked player Kicking the back old player bringing back the second kicked player repeat xD

2023-08-21 13:28