ZywOo
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Mathieu "Zywoo" Herbaut (born 9 November 2000)[1] is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who currently AWPs for Team Vitality.[2] He has twice been voted player of the year by HLTV, in 2019 and 2020,[3][4] and has therefore often been considered one of the greatest players to touch the game.
Early life
ZywOo was born on the 9 November 2000. He began by watching his brother play Counter Strike when he was around 7, and later began playing on a shared PC with his brother Thomas, with whom he played 23 LANS until ZywOo began playing with nevermind in 2016[5][6][7].
Career
2017
Zywoo won his first LAN against well-known opponents in 2017 at the age of 16, beating out players such as Scream and DEVIL for a $9000 prize pool at Pasino Gaming Days.[8]. In March, Zywoo joined Wysix, where he was noticed by journalists in eSports media.[9] At Gamers Assembly 2017, Zywoo turned heads with a K/D of 159/47, including that of maLeK, then the EnVyUs coach, who offered ZywOo a place on the team.[10]. However, Zywoo's studies of electrical engineering got in the way and he turned down the offer to finish his education. [9]
2018
In 2018, Zywoo stepped down from aAa (who had bought out Wysix) once his studies had been completed, moving to Team Vitality to join renowned French players RpK_(gamer)|RpK, Happy_(gamer)|Happy, apEX and NBK-.[11] He would go on to win his first A-Tier tournament in November of 2018, beating luminosity_gaming|Luminosity to win Dreamhack|Dreamhack Atlanta.[12]
2019
In 2019, Zywoo came into his own on the Tier 1 Stage. Aside from a win at CS_Summit 4 in May and ECS Season 7 in June, Vitality had mediocre showings in the two Counter-Strike:_Global_Offensive_Major_Championships|Majors during the year, Zywoo put up outstanding numbers consistently (a 1.32 HLTV rating) and took away 4 tournament MVPs.[3] Vitality found success in the final event of the year, EPICENTER, beating mousesports in the grand final.[13] Once again, ZywOo won MVP for the tournament and earned HLTV's #1 place for that year, surpassing household names such as S1mple and dev1ce in his first year of Tier 1 play. [3]
2020
After a sequence of lost grand finals in 2020, ZywOo and Team Vitality found their groove and won two Tier 1 events at the end of the year: IEM Beijing-Haidian in November and the Blast Premier finals in December. ZywOo earned MVP in both of these events, as well as 4 more MVPs in the events that Vitality came second in.[14][15] The spurt of good results at the end of the year led to ZywOo signing a four year contract with the organisation, an event that was broadcast across major buildings in Paris.[16] For the second time in a row, ZywOo was crowned #1 player by HLTV, becoming the third person to do so after coldzera and GeT_RiGhT
Individual awards
HLTV Rankings
MVP
- CS_Summit 4 2018
- ECS Season 7 Finals 2018
- ESL One Cologne 2019
- Dreamhack Masters Malmo 2019
- EPICENTER 2019
- Blast Premier Spring Europe Finals 2020
- CS_Summit 6 2020
- ESL One Cologne Europe 2020
- Dreamhack Open Fall 2020
- IEM Beijing-Haidian Europe 2020
- Blast Premier Fall Finals 2020
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/rpktankk/status/1325791509099253762
- ↑ "Vitality announce ZywOo contract extension until 2024". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Top 20 players of 2019: ZywOo (1)". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Top 20 players of 2020: ZywOo (1)". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "ZywOo, la première révolution de l'e-sport". www.20minutes.fr.
- ↑ aAa, Against All Authority-. "La famille de ZywOo nous répond". Team aAa.
- ↑ "HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "One for the future: ZywOo". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "Interview maLeK - Coach Team EnVyUs (Gamers Assembly 2017)" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ "ZywOo leaves aAa". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "Vitality outclass Luminosity to win DreamHack Atlanta". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "EPICENTER 2019". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe". HLTV.org.
- ↑ "BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals". HLTV.org.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TeamVitality/status/1340751477724352513
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