Pro changes over at Virtus.

The most renowned Russian counter-strike 1.6 team has for years been the one and only Virtus.Pro. Their success of the team was down to a few major factors, the most prolific of these is the fact that the teams lineup has been stable since July 2005 and each member knew the other's game style inside and out. Despite the success of Virtus.pro with this lineup it was announced yesterday that the long run without lineup changes had finally come to an end.

Yesterday Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov, one of the clans star players announced his departure from the clan, although he has stated he will not be leaving counter-strike as a whole and has sighted his departure as being due to personal reason and the need to focus more of his time upon his personal life.

His successor is without question going to have to be able to play some top-quality counter-strike and perform against some of the best clans in the world, nobody knew who exactly would replace hooch in the Virtus.Pro lineup and speculation was rampant among the scene, but as of a few hours ago the organisation put our speculation to rest. Viktor "Sally" Filimonchenko former Virtus.Pro player has left his current team CSKA and is set to return to the Virtus.Pro lineup as the 5^th memeber within the coming days.

Virtus.Pro is now:

Alexey "LeX" Kolesniko
Boris "Snoop" Podvalshchikov
Ivan "F_1N" Kochugov
Aleksey "HEL1" Novikov
Viktor "Sally" Filimonchenko