Virtus.Pro have launched a second CS:GO team. It is named VP.Prodigy and will be an academy for young and promising players. She will compete alongside the main squad, which is currently ranked twenty-ninth in the world. Thus, Virtus.Pro follows the example of other top teams from the CIS: back in 2019, NAVI and Gambit Esports formed their youth squads. Their squads are known as NAVI Junior and Gambit Youngsters respectively.
Virtus.Pro manager Sergey Glamazda said that the success of the second DOTA2 team prompted him to make this decision. Now the cybersports organization has decided to extend the practice of coexistence of the youth and main team to CS:GO. Glamazda commented on the prospects of the youth team as follows: «now there are many competitions in which the second roaster will be able to participate without competing with the first. The ecosystem is such that two teams can successfully coexist in it». Vladislav «Flash_1» Bykov will become the leader and coach of the team. Mikhail Artemiev, head of CS: GO at Virtus.Pro, notes that the team's task – is to find not just promising players, but those who can work together. It was made up of 18-20 year old cyber athletes who have not yet accumulated much experience.
