This could all change at Berlin as it will be ZywOo’s first time attending the Major with an elite team. He is a better force-buy player, has more versatility (he can play the wings), and is proven at the Majors. While it’s arguable as to who among them is number one, for now I give the nod to s1mple. In that sense, he is quite similar to s1mple and if you account for the number of maps he’s played, he’s shown better consistency than the Ukrainian did (given that Na`Vi skipped out or failed to qualify for multiple LANs this year). While Vitality’s primary plan revolves around getting him into trade frag scenarios where he can win the clutch or post-plant, he’s also brilliant at winning opening picks and duels. The numbers are fantastic by themselves, but what really puts ZywOo over the top is his versatility and impact as he is brilliant both with the AWP and rifles. Now he is on the second best team in the world and potentially the best player in the scene. ZywOo’s rise to the top is one of the fastest we’ve ever seen: he was playing in DreamHack Atlanta less than a year ago. They are now a far better unit tactically and strategically but ZywOo is still their superstar and polarizing player. Once Alex “ALEX” McMeekin joined the team and took over the in-game leadership role, the team found its shape. Their win conditions amounted to getting the right maps (Dust2 and Inferno) and hoping that either Nathan “NBK-” Schmitt or Dan “apEX” Madesclaire had a good game alongside ZywOo. ![]() The team was a mess in terms of tactics, strategy and skill. ZywOo has not only lived up to the hype of being the next superstar: he has exceeded it.įrom late 2018 to 2019, he has been the hard carry of Vitality. Since then though, the comparisons have been warranted. The analogies were overblown at the beginning as people tried to equate the Frenchman’s early LAN debut at DreamHack Atlanta to s1mple’s at DreamHack Winter Major 2014. ZywOo is the French prodigy that people crowned the moment they found him, comparing him to s1mple since the inception of his career. ![]() ![]() The two standouts of this generation are Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut and Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski. Now in 2019, the fourth generation has arrived to usurp the old gods. Each were era-defining talents and all three dominated the scene in unique ways. Then in 2016, the generation of miracles started to break into the top of the scene: Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, Nikola “NiKo” Kovac, and Marcelo “Coldzera” David. The next generation of stars came after them: Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer, Kenny “kennyS” Schrub, Nicolai “device” Reedtz, Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács and Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski. In the earliest days of the game, players like Christopher “GeT_RiGhT” Alesund and Richard “Shox” Papillon battled for the world. Each era of CS:GO has been defined by the best teams and their superstars.
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