Virtus.pro promote tO0RO from VP.Prodigy

1-9-2025 16:28

The 17-year-old will take up the anchor role.

Virtus.pro have announced that Vadim "⁠tO0RO⁠" Arkov will be promoted from the academy squad to fill the empty spot on their main roster, bringing the team quickly back up to full strength following the departure of Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov.

The announcement comes following the news that Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy will be taking up the leadership reigns, and Virtus.pro have said that tO0RO will be filling the anchor role.

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"Over the past few weeks, the club has been testing players from the academy roster in search of the best fit," a Virtus.pro statement read. "tO0rO impressed in the anchor role, and for now the choice has fallen on him."

tO0RO is being promoted from a VP.Prodigy squad that has impressed in recent times, beating the likes of Liquid and FUT in BLAST Premier Rising and winning back-to-back lower tier online events, ESEA League Season 54 Europe Elite Cup 1 and Myskill Pro League Season 2 Finals.

tO0RO has been a consistent presence for his team throughout their recent successes, sitting alongside Alexander "⁠AquaRS⁠" Kovalev as the best rifler on the team. The 17-year-old has averaged a 1.12 rating in 2025, the second-best rating behind AWPer Vladimir "⁠b1st⁠" Krasikov.

The young anchor will debut for Virtus.pro at FISSURE Playground 2, which kicks off September 12.

Virtus.pro are now:

Russia Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev
Russia Petr "⁠fame⁠" Bolyshev
Kazakhstan Kaisar "⁠ICY⁠" Faiznurov
Russia Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy
Russia Vadim "⁠tO0RO⁠" Arkov

Russia Ivan "⁠F_1N⁠" Kochugov (coach)

Russia Timur "⁠FL4MUS⁠" Marev (benched)
Russia Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov (benched)

Russia David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan (loaned out to HOTU)

Russia Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Age:
21
Team:
Virtus.proB
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
433
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.70
Russia David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Age:
24
Team:
HOTU
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1431
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.68
Russia Petr 'fame' Bolyshev
Petr 'fame' Bolyshev
Age:
22
Team:
Virtus.pro
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
998
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.65
Russia Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy
Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy
Age:
25
Team:
Virtus.pro
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1020
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.60
Russia Vladimir 'b1st' Krasikov
Vladimir 'b1st' Krasikov
Age:
17
Team:
VP.Prodigy
Rating 1.0:
1.17
Maps played:
37
KPR:
0.79
DPR:
0.62
Russia Alexander 'AquaRS' Kovalev
Alexander 'AquaRS' Kovalev
Age:
18
Team:
VP.Prodigy
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
33
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
Russia Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov
Age:
26
Team:
Virtus.proB
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1785
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.67
Russia Vadim 'tO0RO' Arkov
Vadim 'tO0RO' Arkov
Age:
17
Team:
Virtus.pro
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
33
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.64
Russia Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Age:
24
Team:
Virtus.pro
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1729
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.64
Kazakhstan Kaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov
Kaisar 'ICY' Faiznurov
Age:
20
Team:
Virtus.pro
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
442
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.57
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Denmark gla1ve_4_majors_s1mple_1_major
LOL?
2025-09-01 16:28
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#10
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1.03 prodigy
2025-09-01 16:30
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#18
Gandalf | 
United States Dobie
33 maps played
2025-09-01 16:34
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#53
EmiliaQAQ | 
Taiwan Nightyz0r
1033 shawarmas sacrificed
2025-09-01 17:40
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#20
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
rating 1.0 hA hA hA
2025-09-01 16:38
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#55
huNter- | 
Poland Claymeister
why do the hover tooltips display rating 1.0 anyways?
2025-09-01 17:42
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#72
kl1m | 
Russia meson
ICY has a 1.10 rating 1.0. I knew he was a genius.
2025-09-01 20:00
0
3 replies
#73
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
its all time,he has 1.13 - 2.0
2025-09-01 20:01
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2 replies
#75
kl1m | 
Russia meson
ICY's 2.0 all time rating is 1.13. To0ros all time 3.0 rating is 1.12. There's still something weird about this with its 1.0 rating. He used to be smaller on average.
2025-09-01 20:06
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#76
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
to0ro all time 1.11 on 2.0 . Problem with 1.0 is that its very basic and includes kills deaths and impact only.2.0 on the other hand conciders oppening kills,clutches,KAST,ADR and multi kills
2025-09-01 20:11
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#29
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Palestine FreePolleChai|Carti
vp.prodigy
2025-09-01 16:44
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#33
shox | 
Sweden Alpacachino
100% win rate vs liquid
2025-09-01 16:46
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#88
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Denmark Triizz
His rating is 1.15 after the last 28 maps
2025-09-04 08:25
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#30
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Russia i0n1x
? young promising player
2025-09-01 16:45
1
#40
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Germany Sol1taire
No. NOT Lol. Fantastic Move. This is the kind of move I have been asking for VP to do since January... not sign PERFECTO. PErfecto is a below average anchor and the game has passed him by. He is not good at anchoring anymore. These young kids just grind harder and shoot harder. This is a good move for VP and they will gradually work their way into the top 10, IF they stop signing players like Ax1le, Jame, perfecto, and invest in HUNGRY players like Tooro and b1st. Fantastic Move. @Deamin and @keyboard_user --again:-- I know it sounds counter-intuitive because we know 2021 perfecto was a fantastic anchor, but now in 2024-25 and going forward, Perfecto is not a good anchor anymore. There are so many more options in TNL, vp academy, and other teams with players that are better and make more intelligent decisions in the mid-round than perfecto. Like I had said back in May
2025-09-01 16:55
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#47
donk | 
Argentina Aleeee
and do you think perfecto is not capable of reinventing himself?
2025-09-01 17:24
1
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#71
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Germany Sol1taire
Not Perfecto--not at all., and not ax1le, no. And VP is a big team in cs, they cant wait for the guy to re-invent himself. You can see from his mid-round decisions, his frantic comms, reactions, predictable holds in pit inferno for example... no signs of reinventing himself. Maybe ARCRED or TNL or Parivision, FUT, B8 should sign him and hope for him to re-invent himself. And also benefit from his reputation and star-name. But I don't see him finding his 2021 major-winning form again. The game has evolved, for better or for worse, and so many have gotten so good so young at the positions he plays. For a team like VP, they should invest in players like TOORO, Bist, cairne
2025-09-01 19:38
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#69
Vanuatu keyboard_user
Damn lil bro. You really don't want to let this go, do you?
2025-09-01 19:32
1
1 reply
#90
Hong Kong Deamin
exacly ,... tagging me and you , and not even good arguments... Perfecto joined a dead team where only FL1T plays cs2 well.... no awper , no rifflers.. only fl1t and he wants a anchor to make this team good.. lmao thats not his job. anchor is stactionary , and will not make star rifflers or the awper kill more magicly
2025-09-06 20:40
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#56
turboxgirl | 
Europe add_anubis_remove_inferno
Flamus???????? Hello??????
2025-09-01 17:42
6
#2
Magisk | 
Spain il_Fenomeno
Anything is better than electronic
2025-09-01 16:29
84
4 replies
#14
Faceit level 8 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
zont1x | 
Russia shoras
Meanwhile flamus rotting in contract jail
2025-09-01 16:31
181
3 replies
#48
donk | 
Argentina Aleeee
he should've stayed in GL, they were quite good with him
2025-09-01 17:25
8
2 replies
#61
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Europe 079peek
He should've accepted liquid/g2 offer lol
2025-09-01 18:15
3
1 reply
#74
kl1m | 
Russia meson
I'm not sure Liquid wouldn't have done the same thing to him, lol
2025-09-01 20:01
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#3
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Finland xyrt
liquid is fucked
2025-09-01 16:29
115
#4
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Egypt BomberMan_
how many events until aqua gets promoted
2025-09-01 16:29
10
1 reply
#22
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
after major
2025-09-01 16:38
0
#5
mir | 
Russia M31F
why
2025-09-01 16:29
0
#6
ultimate | 
Poland roland_pilled_individual
-icy +b1st next
2025-09-01 16:29
73
#7
MachineWJQ | 
China the9005
wtf
2025-09-01 16:29
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#8
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United States TacticalSanta
icy survives another day
2025-09-01 16:30
13
1 reply
#82
United Kingdom Antimony2333
I couldn't believe Electronic let Icy survive longer than he did
2025-09-02 09:40
1
#9
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Poland BlackAliceMatters
flamus 😭
2025-09-01 16:30
19
#11
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
NEO | 
Poland ScR1337
have flamus and norbert and bring this guy lol
2025-09-01 16:30
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#87
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United States Ice_Irion
RU Jimpphat
2025-09-04 05:46
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#12
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Moldova Suicide
omg GG VP. Enjoy CCT.
2025-09-01 16:30
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#13
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Finland Fintoto
Anything but flamus
2025-09-01 16:31
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#15
based | 
Korea axel_Xd
so they promote an anchor/lurk? who the fuck gonna be the entry, perfecto wtf they cooking
2025-09-01 16:32
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#16
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
meh
2025-09-01 16:33
0
#17
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Kazakhstan Allcash98
Who cars, nothing can be worse at this point...
2025-09-01 16:33
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#19
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Mongolia ShadowMind
interesting might upset
2025-09-01 16:36
0
1 reply
#54
EmiliaQAQ | 
Taiwan Nightyz0r
The kebab place owner, maybe
2025-09-01 17:41
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#21
KovuTheHusky | 
Other Hom3b4s3
Can vp just at least get a proper tier 2 igl.... Alpha is on pari bench...
2025-09-01 16:37
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7 replies
#26
gr1ks | 
Denmark Qikert_fanboy
alpha is insanely bad individually, when i watched PARIVISION at Shanghai RMR, he was even worse than karrigan individually somehow
2025-09-01 16:41
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#60
KovuTheHusky | 
Other Hom3b4s3
Virtus pro literally has the best riflers russia can provide, they only need an igl that can at least steer the ship
2025-09-01 18:12
1
#62
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Ukraine Lud0_
don't tell me you think that perf is any better individually
2025-09-01 18:18
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#64
gr1ks | 
Denmark Qikert_fanboy
I dont, but I was just answering that guy, and alpha is not good individually, not at all
2025-09-01 18:35
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#37
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Egypt BomberMan_
Their academy igl Aqua beat suihy surely worth a chance
2025-09-01 16:52
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#67
gr1ks | 
Denmark Qikert_fanboy
Most importantly he is great individually, which is a rarity in 2025, only bLitz comes to mind
2025-09-01 19:15
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#83
Qikert | 
Spain Eichiki_Onizuka
even nafany and qikert are 10 times better than alpha
2025-09-02 11:07
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#23
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
Qikert | 
United States Balto70
Actual good signing. Now we need -defecto -ICY +Qikert IGL +b1st AWP
2025-09-01 16:39
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#52
RIPablo Escobar | 
Germany ballsgamer
qikert sucks as an igl
2025-09-01 17:38
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1 reply
#84
Qikert | 
Spain Eichiki_Onizuka
he did good on pari
2025-09-02 11:07
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#24
Dagger | 
Russia cannot_be_intercepted
Huge promotion for the guy, wish him all the best
2025-09-01 16:39
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#25
Jame | 
Russia VALERAR
why not fl4mus?
2025-09-01 16:40
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#27
gr1ks | 
Denmark Qikert_fanboy
I just hope they promote AquaRS and b1st later
2025-09-01 16:42
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#28
donk | 
Algeria shatteredpvp
next donk
2025-09-01 16:43
1
#31
Dosia | 
Finland I_Make_Wrong_Decisions
Why so serious?
2025-09-01 16:45
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#32
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Russia moorlize
-perfecto -icy +jame rifle +b1st
2025-09-01 16:46
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#34
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Europe YkZz
next donk prepare for cinema
2025-09-01 16:47
1
1 reply
#85
m0NESY | 
Netherlands TastyMalone
real
2025-09-02 21:47
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#35
Latvia D1pl0m
VP is so trash with what they are doing for the last 2 years. Every single upcoming and existing russian talent will avoid this trashbin of an org
2025-09-01 16:48
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#36
EliGE | 
Europe coniasty
what the hell wasn't that something like "sky is the limit in terms of transfers"?
2025-09-01 16:49
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#38
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Finland VAROKARHU
-icy +b1st pls
2025-09-01 16:52
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#39
dav1deuS | 
Chile 1cristiaan
oh him
2025-09-01 16:52
0
#41
hades | 
Australia izutsumi
free fl4mus
2025-09-01 17:02
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#42
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Russia _Mike_Hunt_
dsmn this team
2025-09-01 17:06
0
#44
Gabie | 
Canada QuantumDeathCat
Omg its Alex Kovalev! Montreal should sign him!
2025-09-01 17:19
1
#45
Russia tookY
His mother bought him PC on money from bank
2025-09-01 17:21
0
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#46
Russia tookY
I believe in him
2025-09-01 17:21
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#49
NiKo | 
Philippines NiKozerain_BGods
omegalul
2025-09-01 17:30
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#50
miLo | 
Asia vsly
tbh young riflers r the future and they're cheap worth a try and i think Jame don't wanna come back the insult he faced kicking him coz of electronic
2025-09-01 17:34
0
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#80
ropz | 
Other HeroPanty
Probably Jame is earning more in tier2 events just by betting against themselves lmao
2025-09-02 08:22
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#51
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Russia kinsley
Better than electronic
2025-09-01 17:34
0
#57
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Latvia Bouncy2370
related to yatoro?
2025-09-01 17:49
1
#58
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Iran BRICS
I almost got it right, I said that Triborg was promoted
2025-09-01 17:52
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#59
NiKo | 
United States Imsasquatch
"bringing the team quickly back up to full strength following the departure of Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov." lol
2025-09-01 17:57
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#63
Jame | 
Latvia SeriousJacksson
They forgot b1st
2025-09-01 18:27
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#65
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United States tysaal3498
Bro, they actively have Fl4mus just chillin there.
2025-09-01 18:35
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#66
910 | 
Spain Ecoplaste
-ICY next
2025-09-01 18:41
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#68
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Sweden Vrede
who?
2025-09-01 19:20
0
#70
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United States kamenator
Watch out Liquid
2025-09-01 19:34
1
#77
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Turkey ColdZer00
ez toro rosso
2025-09-01 20:27
1
#78
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Denmark astsince2017
This is like Astralis before hooxi. At least -electronic is a good change, although it would be curious to see him in his old non-igl roles again, just to see if he's washed or not. And there are a lot of worse changes they could have done like this one. I haven't seen much of perfecto, but if he can be stabile in the bad anchor rules I'm assuming he's in, then there's potential. Just need an actual IGL lol
2025-09-01 22:31
0
#79
ropz | 
Other HeroPanty
Defecto IGL VP dying by the end of 2025
2025-09-02 08:20
1
#81
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
dennis | 
Ukraine IMSOALPHA
This hole is over
2025-09-02 09:21
0
#86
gla1ve | 
Argentina SV_TheUnknown
Good luck tO0RO!!!!
2025-09-03 18:49
0
#89
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
ropz | 
Finland wormi
Now -fame +FL4MUS they have still aggro riflers but no one wants to go in first, FL4MUS would fix that
2025-09-04 08:27
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