fame signs four-year extension with Virtus.pro

10-10-2023 15:33

VP is making a significant step in its long-term CS2 strategy with fame's extension, according to the organization.

The 20-year-old has committed to Virtus.pro for a further four years

Petr "⁠fame⁠" Bolyshev has signed a new four-year contract with Virtus.pro, the organization has announced.

The 20-year-old joined Virtus.pro from K23 when the team played under the Outsiders moniker and famously won the IEM Rio Major under the tag. fame was a crucial component of their run at the Brazilian event and averaged a 1.24 rating, which put him just behind the 1.30-rated Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali, who secured the MVP.

The team went through a turbulent time after their shock Major victory as the signing of Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin failed to work out, and later added Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov in place of Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev during the offseason.

fame has shown an admirable level through the team's struggles, as he put up a 1.10 rating and helped Virtus.pro secure two titles during 2023 despite their lackluster results at tier-one events. The Russian squad won ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 before the player break and secured the CCT 2023 Online Finals 2 title in August.

"fame has been showing a good level of play and championship ambitions for quite some time now, and he only turned 20 this year," said Nikolai Petrossian, Virtus.pro's CEO. "Petr demonstrates professionalism not only with in-game matters but also in terms of work ethics, always ready to listen to advice from more experienced teammates.

"Re-signing the contract with him is a significant step in our long-term strategy regarding the CS2 lineup."

fame also made a statement of his own. "With the help of the club's management, coaching staff, and our captain, I have been able to flourish in Virtus.pro and continue to progress," he said. "We are still hungry for victories and believe in each other. VP is the club I want to play for and win with."

Up next for Virtus.pro is this year's Roobet Cup, starting on October 25, and their next LAN appearances are set to come at FiReLEAGUE 2023 Global Finals and ESL Challenger Jönköping 2023 in November.

Virtus.pro have the following roster:

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

Dastan "⁠dastan⁠" Akbayev (coach)

XD?

2023-10-10 15:33

2 replies

nice robbery

2023-10-10 15:35

Good for him, hopefully comes with a nice bonus too

2023-10-10 15:56

Wow, that's long

who

2023-10-10 15:34

W for both sides

4 year extensions are a curse. Didn't work out for furia or astralis (iirc).

13 replies

+1 this is actually true, i wouldnt recommend any org to sign anyone for that long, as much as i like fame

2023-10-10 15:58

furia still has the core that signed a 5 years contract extension, considering how long this is I'd say it worked out for them

2023-10-10 16:23

11 replies

they havent had basically any success besides covid era so dont know about that

2023-10-10 17:49

10 replies

they are definite top contender team and def tier1, not many teams can keep up or have already fallen

2023-10-10 19:26

9 replies

are u talking about vp ? i was talking about furia

2023-10-10 19:52

6 replies

i am talking about furia but they are both on the same lvl

2023-10-10 22:40

5 replies

bad bait

2023-10-10 23:26

furia and vp on same level XD

2023-10-10 23:33

They both have bad results but vp got lucky and won the major in the other hand furia fanbase is huge they probably make a shiton of money with their merch especially now that fallen is playing there

2023-10-11 04:39

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yeah furia has more fans/selling more merch thats fact, but in game furia not even close to vp level, if they would play 10 bo3s, vp wins 8 or more

2023-10-11 16:34

AXAXAXAXAXAX

2023-10-11 15:20

way too obvious bait

2023-10-11 08:47

so whos tier 1?

2023-10-11 17:26

VP going downhill in CS2

4 years? Slavery!

2023-10-10 15:36

KKKKKKKKK

2023-10-10 15:37

Lol

2023-10-10 15:38

Four years of dropping Awp to Jame.

2023-10-10 15:39

Ahahahaha couldn't say better myself

2023-10-11 02:06

2023-10-11 08:37

That is literal contract jail.

Fame kinda good ngl

2023-10-10 15:40

7 replies

Best player in the team..

2023-10-10 15:51

that would still be jame

2023-10-10 15:57

Disagree

2023-10-10 17:30

Jame is massively overrated, he puts insane numbers while being igl, hes the most consistent awper in the world

2023-10-10 16:54

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Underrated*

2023-10-10 17:11

Yes, thanks for the correction, meu amigo

2023-10-10 17:15

he doesnt put up insane numbers. He just dies very rarely so his k/d difference is massively inflated compared to his k/r and impact rating

2023-10-10 18:47

bruh its 2023 and there`s history of players still suffering because of contract jail (and maybe even an org or two) , why would you go for this ? 4 years in competitive landscape is a pretty long time , some youngsters dont even last a half of that on Tier 1 anymore.

2023-10-10 15:41

Wow

Very underrated player. Not very flashy, but always calm, methodical, has good work ethic, and you rarely see him having a trash game. Unsung hero of their major victory

2023-10-10 15:45

Their best player easily

he is a perfect fit for vp, really cant see him playing in any other team,

2023-10-10 16:55

Furia flashbacks

why would anyone in their right mind sign a contract for that long, at least make it like 2 years instead. And there's literally going to be dozens of new names across the world making their breakthroughs over the next 4 years, so this is just outright stupidity.

2023-10-10 15:47

deserved

2023-10-10 15:48

4 years too much

W W W W W W W the GOAT

2023-10-10 15:52

Good news) lesgo legend

2023-10-10 15:53

100 major winrate in cs go, unbeatable now what a goat =)

2023-10-10 17:13

4 year contract? I wonder who is behind the camera lol. Better hope there is no % decrease (or small) when you get benched otherwise this just doesnt make sense.

2023-10-10 15:55

He's 20, 24 when His contract expires Imo a great move for both him and VP. I Always loved his Playstyle and calmness, one of the most underrated players in the Game rn

congratulations, you just signed up for contract jail lol

2023-10-10 15:59

When will orgs learn...

2023-10-10 16:08

Despite vp’s latest performance I still have faith in them.. except cs2 is so different so it’s hard to say if any good team will stay good

2023-10-10 16:11

Jame will thrive in CS2

2023-10-10 19:23

4years i hope fame read the contract properly or else its gonna be slavery at its finest

2023-10-10 16:16

RIP

2023-10-10 16:40

2023-10-10 16:56

All in all this line up of Virtus,pro do not have future ; watching them lately was real cancer ; fact they won a Major with such a disgusting game is nothing but misery about CS:GO itself that touched the bottom In my prediction CS2 skill gap & mechanic will eliminate them from competition very fast. CS2 recquires skill, its not even close to game like CS:GO consisted of run & shoot fullfied with robotic plays ; same and same every round.

2023-10-10 17:29