On the 26th of October Virtus.Pro announced that they will host a cup only for staff members of esports organisations. There will be 20 teams participating in this cup and among these teams we are one of the invited. We will share group with the two Ukraine teams 1GAME.ua & Gameinside.ua, the Serbian Efrag.net and the European Fnatic.

Our team-leader Petter “PRIESt” Nilsson  had this to say about our chances in the group and the competition.

”We’re of course in it for the fun but having HeatoN and Pita in the team makes for a strong base, allowing us to aim for a top placement in the cup. Looking at the groups it’s of course impossible to predict who will be the stronger teams to make it to the playoffs, but given our name is one of the more famous ones in there, we’re hoping to further strenghten that legacy.”

The games will be played in a best of one series in the groupstages and best of three in playoffs. The top three placing teams in the groups will get through to the playoffs. The tournament is played with a loser and winner bracket, the two teams who place first or second in the group stages proceeds directly to the winner bracket. The action starts on the 15th and 16th of November.

Group A
Fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas
1GAME.ua
Gameinside.ua
Efrag.net

Group B
Vakarm.net
Navi-gaming.com
Hitbox.tv
Game Show
Fraglider.pt

Group C
Trasgo.net
Skillz.lv
Fragbite.se
Goodgame.ru
99dmg.de

Group D 
Hltv.org
Russian e-Sport Federation
London Conspiracy
Virtus.pro
Starladder.tv

Ninjas in Pyjamas Staff lineup,

Emil “HeatoN”Christensen (Owner/Founder)

Faruk “Pita” Pita (Team coach CS:GO)

Petter “PRIESt” Nilsson (Assisting Editor in Chief)

Silvan “2Face” Nikolic (CS:GO Journalist)

Joachim “hofven” Rittfeldt Hofvenschiöld (Social Media Manager)

Kevin “Tweeday” Tweedale (Film Producer)

 

Virtus.Pro Staffcup#1 prize distribution:

$ 500 + 5 keyboard Tesoro Excalibur

$ 300 + 5 mice Tesoro Gungnir

$ 200 + 5 carpets Aegis X3 Virtus.pro