YEKINDAR on his Twitter confirmed he had bought himself “a while back” but wasn’t released from VP until now due to a change of ownership. Just a few weeks ago, Armenian investor Aram Karamanukyan was appointed the CEO of Virtus.pro after obtaining the organization’s trademark.
The Dota 2 lineup has rebranded as VP, however, the CSGO team is still called Outsiders as of the Europe RMR. In March and April of this past year, both ESL and PGL announced that groups related to the Russian government would be banned in retaliation to the invasion of Ukraine, prompting the VP roster to take up the name Outsiders.
YEKINDAR hasn’t competed under the Outsiders name or with that squad since May when he and Timur “buster” Tulepov were placed on the bench. Since the month of July, YEKINDAR has been participating in matches with the North American Team Liquid lineup in the capacity of an extended stand-in.
Since joining the team, YEKINDAR has played a significant role in Liquid’s current run of success in international competition. YEKINDAR’s contributions have been significant across the board. Liquid reached the IEM Cologne playoffs, BLAST Fall Finals with a top seed, ESL Pro League Season 16 grand finals, and Rio Major with a Legends berth with YEKINDAR filling in.
YEKINDAR is now in a position where a prospective move to Liquid on a full-time basis is possible, however, it is not fully assured. In his announcement on Twitter, he intimated that he will be “looking forward to announcing (his) future very soon” as he enters a new chapter.
YEKINDAR thanked his colleagues and said he was looking forward to announcing his future intentions soon. He might join Team Liquid’s active CSGO lineup after playing four consecutive tournaments with them.
Prior to the RMR event at the IEM Rio Major 2022, Team Liquid finished second in ESL Pro League Season 16 after a rugged group stage. The North American team didn’t have great hopes, yet it took the best-of-five grand final to the last map.
Earlier, Steve “jokasteve” Perino – General Manager of Team Liquid, had revealed that they were trying to work on a “nice long-term” deal with YEKINDAR and will hopefully have something great soon.
Team Liquid’s lineup for the Rio Major is as follows:
- Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski
- Keith “NAF” Markovic
- Joshua “oSee” Ohm
- Nicholas “nitr0” Cannella
- Damian “daps” Steele (Head Coach)
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