{"id":18850,"date":"2024-12-30T16:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=18850"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:30:57","slug":"icy-joins-virtus-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/icy-joins-virtus-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"ICY Joins Virtus.pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong> has announced the completion of their signing of Kazakh AWPer Kaisar <strong>&#8216;\u2060ICY\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Faiznurov from <strong>Cloud9<\/strong>. The 19-year-old has inked a contract that will bind him to the organization until 2028 and will assume the AWPing role from Dzhami &#8216;Jame\u2060&#8217; Ali, who was placed on the bench at the conclusion of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;ICY&#8217; <\/strong>is the second player to join<strong> Virtus.pro<\/strong> during the off-season, following the signing of Timur <strong>&#8216;FL4MUS\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Marev from <strong>GamerLegion<\/strong>. The Russian rifler has taken the spot left vacant by the benching of David <strong>&#8216;n0rb3r7\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Danielyan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously with <strong>AMKAL<\/strong>, <strong>&#8216;ICY&#8217; <\/strong>played for <strong>Cloud9 <\/strong>during the latter part of the season. Although the team&#8217;s performance was average, he made notable contributions, particularly in LAN matches, where he achieved an impressive average<strong> rating of 1.22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtus.pro <\/strong>has not disclosed what the future holds for the in-game leader position, but it is speculated that Denis <strong>&#8216;\u2060electroNic&#8217; <\/strong>Sharipov will be taking over. The Russian player is familiar with the role, having led during his time with <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> and <strong>Cloud9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;ICY&#8217; <\/strong>will join his new teammates for a training camp after the New Year in preparation for <strong>BLAST Bounty Season 1<\/strong>, set to commence on <strong>January 13<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VP Announcement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/virtuspro\/status\/1873430793218904335\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtus.pro roster is as follows:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Denis <strong>&#8216;\u2060electroNic\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Sharipov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evgenii <strong>&#8216;\u2060FL1T\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Lebedev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petr <strong>&#8216;fame\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Bolyshev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timur <strong>&#8216;\u2060FL4MUS\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Marev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaisar <strong>&#8216;\u2060ICY\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Faiznurov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pavel <strong>&#8216;\u2060PASHANOJ\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Legostaev (coach)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dzhami <strong>&#8216;Jame\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Ali (benched)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David <strong>&#8216;n0rb3r7\u2060&#8217; <\/strong>Danielyan (benched)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtus.pro has announced the completion of their signing of Kazakh AWPer Kaisar &#8216;\u2060ICY\u2060&#8217; Faiznurov from Cloud9. 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