{"id":9283,"date":"2023-04-19T12:44:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/zywoo-were-not-going-to-overthink-play-our-game-thats-working-for-us"},"modified":"2023-04-19T12:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:44:34","slug":"zywoo-were-not-going-to-overthink-play-our-game-thats-working-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/zywoo-were-not-going-to-overthink-play-our-game-thats-working-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ZywOo: “we\u2019re just not going to overthink and play our game, that\u2019s what\u2019s working for us.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following Vitality’s qualification for the BLAST.tv Paris Major, BLIX’\u0099s Hugo ‘\u009cTheSwedishJoker’\u009d Nilsson Meier sat down with Vitality’s star Mathieu ‘\u009cZywOo’\u009d Herbaut<\/a> to discuss the team’s route to qualification, playing with JACKZ in ESL Pro League, and the team’s expectations for the upcoming Major on home soil, among other topics.<\/p>\n

Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: Congratulations on qualifying for the Paris Major. I wanted to start by going over your surprising loss against 9INE. What do you think went wrong in that game?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mathieu ‘\u009cZywOo’\u009d Herbaut: <\/strong>I guess 9INE actually played really well, and I think most likely they wanted it more than us, that’\u0099s why they upset. They wanted it more than us, we were stressed because of course we wanted to be qualified, but we just didn’\u0099t play our game, that’\u0099s what I’\u0099d like to say. <\/p>\n

We tried to play individually, but that didn’\u0099t work for the Major because for the Major the team that wants it more is going to win it. I think 9INE just wanted it more this time, so that’\u0099s it.<\/p>\n

BLIX: You’\u0099re going to be playing G2 or Cloud9 in the tiebreakers for a spot in the Legends Stage. What is the preparation like going into that game, and did it differ from the one you had against 9INE?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>We’\u0099re just going to prepare normally, we’\u0099re not going to prepare that much or overthink, we’\u0099re just going to play our game like we did against BIG. Okay, we lost Mirage but the beginning of Mirage, it wasn’\u0099t Vitality! <\/p>\n

But yeah, we’\u0099re just not going to overthink and play our game, that’\u0099s what’\u0099s working for us. We lost against 9INE because we didn’\u0099t play our game, but most likely when we feel it, when we want to game, we’\u0099re just going to play our game and destroy everyone. So, we’\u0099re not going to prepare that much, and that’\u0099s it.<\/p>\n

BLIX: Do you have any personal preference on who you’\u0099d rather play in the tiebreaker?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo:<\/strong> I don’\u0099t care because both of the teams are really good for the moment. Cloud9 showed a really good face, and G2 did as well. I think G2 was the best team in the world since the beginning of the year so actually, it doesn’\u0099t matter. <\/p>\n

Both of the teams have a good AWPer, good aimers, Ax1le and NiKo, Sh1ro, and m0nesy, so both teams are good. Either way, it’\u0099s going to be tough!<\/p>\n

BLIX: Going into the last CS:GO Major, you’\u0099ve always been compared to a Major MVP like Oleksandr ‘\u009cs1mple’\u009d Kostilyev, while you don’\u0099t have a medal. Does that put a little bit more pressure going into the last CS:GO Major, especially since it’\u0099s in Paris?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Actually, it doesn’\u0099t put me under pressure or stress, because this is the last CS:GO Major but we’\u0099re going to play CS2 anyways, this is almost the same game. But of course, what could put me under pressure is more likely [that] I want to play in front of the French crowd. <\/p>\n

That’\u0099s most likely what I’\u0099ll have more pressure for, not because it’\u0099s the last Major for CS:GO. I just want to play in front of my family, that’\u0099s all I want, and also for the French guys, just that.<\/p>\n

BLIX: You had to field Audric ‘\u009cJACKZ’\u009d Jug as a stand-in in Malta because Peter ‘\u009cDupreeh’\u009d Rasmussen became a father. Has this change in his life affected the preparation? How do you manage the time compared to before?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Actually, nothing changed, we have almost the same schedule. It’\u0099s not because he had a baby, we still have the same practice, and we still have the same schedule. So nothing changed, because of the baby or not, and even with JACKZ, it was the same schedule.<\/p>\n

BLIX: The goal for this French-Danish super team was clear from the beginning: winning the Major. You have a French organization behind you and the Major is going to be played in Paris. Are these factors putting even more pressure on you coming into the Major?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>No! Of course, it’\u0099s the Major and you have a bit of pressure, but not really, for me, this is a normal Major. I don’\u0099t have more pressure on this one than on the other ones. It’\u0099s hard to say because right now we qualified for Paris, but for me for the moment it’\u0099s fine, I don’\u0099t have that much pressure even for the next game, so no, not really. <\/p>\n

I feel good, we won, so for the moment, I’\u0099m not thinking about the next game.<\/p>\n

\"ZywOo <\/span><\/div>\n

Credit: BLAST\/Michal Konkol<\/p>\n

BLIX: The Major is only one month away. Have you seen yourself on any advertisements or posters around France, like the ones we saw in Katowice in the past?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Yeah, like Rio for example! But no, I work in Paris and nothing happened, even on Twitter. I’\u0099m not going on Twitter often but I didn’\u0099t see anything. Maybe now that we’\u0099ve qualified, they’\u0099re going to do something in Paris, but for the moment nothing changed. <\/p>\n

There are no posters, nothing on the Eiffel Tower or the big monuments, there’\u0099s nothing! Maybe when we’\u0099re gonna be closer.<\/p>\n

BLIX: In the previous Majors the Vitality core never made it to the top four. Do you think there is some kind of mental block preventing you from making it through the quarterfinals of the Major? If not, why do you think you have been unable to make a semifinal?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Actually, I have no good answer for that because if I had it, I would be in the final! But yeah, what I like to say is ‘\u009cIt’\u0099s the Major’\u009d, you have all the pressure, and if you don’\u0099t deal with that it’\u0099s going to be hard anyways… I have no perfect answer for that because it’\u0099s so tough. <\/p>\n

Anytime you play a Major you have to be 100%, you have to play every game at 100% because the team that wants it more is going to win it. That’\u0099s what I think because you can have the best aim, the best In-Game Leader, and the best AWPer, but the team that wants it the most is going to win it. That’\u0099s my new mindset now, I want to fucking win every match I go to now!<\/p>\n

BLIX: I wanted to talk a little bit about JACKZ. We have always seen him in G2 as a positive influence on the team, a hype man. How was he for you guys, was he the same? How did you guys welcome him into the team?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Actually, apEX and, we knew him before he joined the team because he’\u0099s French, so we played some FACEIT with him. We saw him at small LANs in France, so we kind of knew his personality before he joined Vitality. We kinda knew how to deal with him, so it was really easy to manage to deal with him. Having him, his personality, to put him on his good roles, fucking easy. <\/p>\n

I don’\u0099t know how to say it but [snaps fingers] it was really like this. One day I feel like he was playing with us for two months because he was really good at listening. We put him in a good situation, and I think he was feeling good as well with us. It was really easy.<\/p>\n

BLIX: Was he your first choice, or did you have some other players in mind, even in case he wouldn’\u0099t play with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>No, actually he was our first pick, because we knew what we missed with a few other players, and we felt like he could be a good soldier for us. Actually, we kind of knew really fast who to pick, and he was our first choice.<\/p>\n

BLIX: Talking about CS2, have you been able to play the beta yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Not really, I did one matchmaking, but I didn’\u0099t play a lot. I don’\u0099t know if something changed or anything, I have no clue! I’\u0099m just focused on CS:GO right now.<\/p>\n

BLIX: Have you been able to at least gather some thought by watching clips online, as they were all over CS Twitter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>Actually I have seen nothing! [laughs] Nothing! I’\u0099m really focused on CS:GO right now, so I didn’\u0099t see any clip or anything. Oh yeah, I saw a clip on Dust2 with the spam from CT to Short with the AWP! It was a crazy thing, but only that.<\/p>\n

BLIX: You are qualified for the Major, but you still have to play a tiebreaker. How do you think you’\u0099ll celebrate tonight?<\/strong><\/p>\n

ZywOo: <\/strong>It’\u0099s not over for us so we’\u0099re not really going to celebrate, we’\u0099re going to focus on the next matches against G2 or Cloud9. So yeah, we’\u0099re going to be focused, we’\u0099re not going to celebrate or anything.<\/p>\n

Feature Image Credit: BLAST<\/a>\/Michal Konkol<\/a><\/p>\n

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Following Vitality’s qualification for the BLAST.tv Paris Major, BLIX’\u0099s Hugo ‘\u009cTheSwedishJoker’\u009d Nilsson Meier sat down with Vitality’s star Mathieu ‘\u009cZywOo’\u009d Herbaut to discuss the team’s route to qualification, playing with JACKZ in ESL Pro League, and the team’s expectations for the upcoming Major on home soil, among other topics. Hugo “TheSwedishJoker” Nilsson Meier, BLIX.GG: Congratulations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":9284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9283","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}