EPTClassic joined Virtus.pro
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[Svall]Granis
Sweden94 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1542 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1542 Posts
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lechatnoir
384 Posts
On April 22 2025 04:55 CicadaSC wrote: i will be interested to see if sOs gets a good team Is he playing again then? | ||
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CicadaSC
United States1542 Posts
No idea if he is playing but he posted on x he is looking for a team. If I had to guess - if he can find a sponsor he will compete? Not really too sure. I would have expected to see him laddering or competing in weekly cups by now. https://x.com/SC2sOs/status/1913266604693188887 | ||
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geokilla
Canada8230 Posts
https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/south-korea-imposes-new-sanctions-on-russian-entities-for-military-cooperation-with-north-korea/ | ||
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CicadaSC
United States1542 Posts
On April 22 2025 06:47 geokilla wrote: Wait how? Korea has sanctions on Russia. He's not supposed to do business with Russians. https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/south-korea-imposes-new-sanctions-on-russian-entities-for-military-cooperation-with-north-korea/ I'm guessing it's probably done on the down low. Taking down video gamers money is probably not big on the governments priority list. | ||
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Balnazza
Germany1124 Posts
On April 22 2025 06:47 geokilla wrote: Wait how? Korea has sanctions on Russia. He's not supposed to do business with Russians. https://sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com/south-korea-imposes-new-sanctions-on-russian-entities-for-military-cooperation-with-north-korea/ Virtus.Pro has done a lot in the last few years to work around sanctions. They had to compete as "Outsiders" (which was hilariously childish btw, going with a crossed-out VP-logo and what not) in Counterstrike and DotA2 because of sanctions. Dunno exactly why they were specifically sanctioned, had something to do with their owner if I recall. But they have been using the Virtus.Pro name for some time now, having changed their structure/ownership, so they are no longer in the direct crossfire of sanctions. As a general rule of thumb: Except for Riot, the war does not influence Esports much anymore. There are no big tournaments in Russia as far as I know, but beyond that it is pretty much a non-issue - if that is a good thing or not is of course an entirely different debate I wouldn't indulge here. | ||
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dysenterymd
1195 Posts
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Luolis
Finland7103 Posts
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CicadaSC
United States1542 Posts
On April 22 2025 10:24 Luolis wrote: Being a Starcraft fan in 2025 is sorta awful. 80% of the money comes in from questionable sources and the only real cups we have are weeklies, BGE Stara Zagora and HSC. Sorta wish EWC didn't have SC2 so we could build this scene on a healthier foundation. what a country does does not represent it's people. It's as simple as that. Virtus pro, EWC, havent done anything wrong. | ||
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Philippe
351 Posts
On April 22 2025 10:24 Luolis wrote: Being a Starcraft fan in 2025 is sorta awful. 80% of the money comes in from questionable sources and the only real cups we have are weeklies, BGE Stara Zagora and HSC. Sorta wish EWC didn't have SC2 so we could build this scene on a healthier foundation. You should blame the "cleaner" sponsors for no showing and leaving space for these ones. It's always easy to finger point while forgetting to put the money where the morals are. If the "healthier" foundation means no foundation at all, I guess I know where the priorities are. EDIT : also virtus.pro might have originated from Russia, but the organization itself has become international enough that lazy jibe is invalid. On April 22 2025 08:52 dysenterymd wrote: According to counterstrike liquipedia, Virtus Pro has relocated to Armenia. . Guess that's why Classic can join. The Apex Legends division has a North American roster (previously an Ausralian one) | ||
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Blitzball04
191 Posts
On April 22 2025 10:24 Luolis wrote: Being a Starcraft fan in 2025 is sorta awful. 80% of the money comes in from questionable sources and the only real cups we have are weeklies, BGE Stara Zagora and HSC. Sorta wish EWC didn't have SC2 so we could build this scene on a healthier foundation. No EWC = no sc2 Majority of the things in the world is not build on a “healthy” foundation. Shouldn’t be too naive | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland24879 Posts
On April 22 2025 22:39 Blitzball04 wrote: No EWC = no sc2 Majority of the things in the world is not build on a “healthy” foundation. Shouldn’t be too naive Cheers for the memo, I’m sure this was all news to us naive folks | ||
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geokilla
Canada8230 Posts
On April 22 2025 22:39 Blitzball04 wrote: No EWC = no sc2 Majority of the things in the world is not build on a “healthy” foundation. Shouldn’t be too naive In addition to this, we also have the US Air Force sponsoring IEM and ESL. I love how the Internet gets up in arms about Saudi Arabia, but it's fine for the US military to be a major sponsor and advertising to young adults to join the army and kill people. E-Sports is sustained by big corporations doing shady things. There's nothing we can do about it. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10324 Posts
On April 22 2025 05:54 CicadaSC wrote: No idea if he is playing but he posted on x he is looking for a team. If I had to guess - if he can find a sponsor he will compete? Not really too sure. I would have expected to see him laddering or competing in weekly cups by now. https://x.com/SC2sOs/status/1913266604693188887 Holy SHIT i am hyped I remember when he was coming back to SC2 after his military service he said he was sick or had something he was recovering from (it was vague though if he was referring to coming back to SC2 or BW but without specifying i assumed he meant SC2) And then he started doing pretty ok in ESL cups and stuff but then stopped playing again... understandably cus GSL was ending and all that... I guess he was totally up for playing more but obviously it's hard to stay motivated/interested with a waning scene (and lack of financials) Really cool that he's interested enough to keep playing if he gets signed on Similarly i love when Keen just randomly competes when you think he'd gone from the scene, but even he is pretty much fully retired now besides the random gig if a team signs him Maybe sOs can do OK with the protoss patch | ||
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