ZywOo named MVP of IEM Rio 2023

The French superstar earns his 14th career Most Valuable Player (MVP) medal after powering Vitality to victory at IEM Rio.

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut has claimed the HLTV x 1xBet MVP award for IEM Rio following Vitality's 2-0 victory over HEROIC in the grand final.

Averaging a 1.31 rating across 15 maps, ZywOo was a pivotal factor across the entirety of the tournament for his team. He recorded 1.00+ ratings in all of the maps he played — eight of them being 1.30+-rated performances — and showed up when it mattered most in Vitality's lower bracket run and subsequent playoff matches.

His best overall series was against MIBR, where he averaged a 1.61 rating across two maps, while he had his most impactful map in the lower bracket final of Group B against OG, mustering an absurd 2.31 rating on Inferno (1.57 KPR, 2.29 impact, 155.8 ADR).

ZywOo earns his 14th career MVP medal, and his eighth on LAN

ZywOo has often had to be the sole driving force behind Vitality's victories, but that wasn't the case at this tournament: Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi also showcased superb form during the event (1.25 event rating) and was second in line for the MVP, while Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif also had their moments (1.12 ratings).

The Israeli rifler particularly shined in Vitality's elimination series against FaZe, dominating the European combine with 1.95 and 1.85-rated maps, but his level dropped off towards the latter half of the event while ZywOo remained ever-consistent.

The Frenchman also topped a number of categories on the statistics leaderboard, including K-D differential (+109), damage difference per round (+21.9), deaths per round (0.54), clutches won (9), and impact rating (1.33). He also scored the fourth-highest number of kills per round (0.80) and was tied for the third-highest KAST (76.4%) and total headshots (148).

This is ZywOo's 14th career MVP and eighth on LAN, with his last medal coming from Vitality's title-winning campaign at ESL Pro League Season 16 in Malta.

Previous HLTV x 1xBet MVPs in 2023:

IEM Katowice - Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač
ESL Pro League Season 17 - Estonia Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool

Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1559
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.66
France Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.27
Maps played:
1143
KPR:
0.84
DPR:
0.61
Denmark Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
2063
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.65
Estonia Robin 'ropz' Kool
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1246
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.61
Denmark Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1532
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
Israel Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
560
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.64
Deserved, look at these stats
2023-04-23 22:43
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#5
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Brazil ZerongBr
zywoo is so cute
2023-04-23 22:43
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10 replies
woo tang clan aint nuthin to fuck wit
2023-04-23 22:56
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8 replies
#59
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Costa Rica Wham!
Ghostface "ZywOo" Toiletto
2023-04-23 23:07
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7 replies
he's gonna celebrate with frog legs and snails for dinner
2023-04-23 23:08
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6 replies
#69
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France Telt
ah yes letsgo
2023-04-23 23:20
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1 reply
2023-04-24 14:15
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#80
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France Nanynoodle
Don't judge before tasting, that's delightful
2023-04-23 23:40
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3 replies
#82
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Slovakia HRK7
+1
2023-04-24 00:12
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i prefer breast milk cheese
2023-04-24 00:37
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+1, snails with garlic sauce is gorgeous
2023-04-24 00:38
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#119
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Poland mhu_
"and delicate, he's like a flower"
2023-04-24 08:13
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#148
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England isaah0426
What a beast!
2023-04-24 22:51
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easy for goat
2023-04-23 22:42
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2 replies
MY GOD HES A BYWOO
2023-04-23 22:43
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1 reply
THE BEST IN THE GAME
2023-04-24 18:07
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Goat
2023-04-23 22:42
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#4
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Brazil ZerongBr
GOAT
2023-04-23 22:42
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#6
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Europe HoxjE
GOAT
2023-04-23 22:43
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Zygoat coming back
2023-04-23 22:43
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2 replies
2023-04-23 23:14
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Zygote coming back
2023-04-23 23:34
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That's right
2023-04-23 22:43
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#9
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
Top 1 2023
2023-04-23 22:43
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ZywOo top 1 this year
2023-04-23 22:43
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3 replies
As a s1mple fan, must admit that Zywoo indisputably #1 rn
2023-04-24 00:54
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2 replies
True. I also believe he won't be #1 ever again in his career sadly
2023-04-24 08:34
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1 reply
I disagree based on how fast he’s recovering and how he was already a top player in Rio, but hard to say
2023-04-24 19:25
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#11
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Europe HoxjE
ALL MAPS > 1 rating, GOAT
2023-04-23 22:43
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#16
Faceit level 7 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Portugal dracø
even with a 6-16 loss, beast!!
2023-04-23 22:44
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GOAT
2023-04-23 22:43
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#13
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France magartos
goat
2023-04-23 22:43
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#15
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United States Apocasy
Goatwoo and vitality peaking at the right time
2023-04-23 22:44
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#17
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France Evalion
GOAT
2023-04-23 22:44
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not too bad for group stage merchant
2023-04-23 22:44
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My goat
2023-04-23 22:45
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MY GOD HE'S BYWOOOOO THE BEST IN THE GAME
2023-04-23 22:46
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#21
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Italy Karimk03
Ezzz
2023-04-23 22:46
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played like shit in final but does not matter when you have magisk in team
2023-04-23 22:47
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#25
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Europe HoxjE
2023-04-23 22:48
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27 replies
proves my point , that's what you call a bad performance from zywoo i need to see at least a +1.40
2023-04-23 22:49
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#32
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Europe HoxjE
i would still not call 1.25 bad even for zywoo
2023-04-23 22:52
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18 replies
if he is aiming for TOP 1 ? then he will have to deliver more in finals
2023-04-23 22:53
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#38
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Europe HoxjE
hltv.org/stats/players?startDate=2023-01.. or who is gonna still it from him ? xD
2023-04-23 22:54
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admit it or not , today's game was won on the merit of magisk,dupreeh/apex and a decent performance from apex , and offcourse heroic in final (easy win for any team ) in the future if they were to finals and meet actual decent teams then zywoo has to step up even more
2023-04-23 22:56
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#51
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Europe HoxjE
2023-04-23 22:58
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zywoo saving energy for major
2023-04-23 23:02
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2 replies
+1
2023-04-23 23:02
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1 reply
weak b8 reported
2023-04-24 01:13
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his vertigo was meh, but his t site on inferno was super important for the win
2023-04-23 23:37
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2 replies
Yeah that spin in T on 14-12 or something?!? Barely had time to see the shot on guy peeking from long corner, so quick even the casters didn’t register it I think. Unreal
2023-04-24 10:49
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yeah this round was insane as well but all those entries did go a long way)
2023-04-24 19:26
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xd
2023-04-24 00:40
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Heroic is one of the very best teams right now without an apparent weak link player or glaring tactical / mental weakness. They're easily capable of beating any other team in any given match. Incredibly biased, very stupid comment.
2023-04-24 02:11
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4 replies
One glaring weakness: Stavn goes missing in finals
2023-04-24 10:49
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3 replies
Well, he had the 2nd best rating in this matchup.
2023-04-24 14:57
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well yeah but second map where he went completely missing was shorter and he went 0.78 idk if that 2nd best rating is a "good" second best rating, especially since even during the first map he only went 1.14
2023-04-27 19:12
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You can try to look at this 100 different ways, at the end of the day, what you said ain't true. He wasn't able to perform to his best, but he wasn't the reason the team lost. Actually, I don't think the match was lost because of any one single player. Heroic was just outclassed.
2023-05-02 16:05
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#41
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Canada Anthobot
I don't think he's "Aiming" For top 1, I think he;s just playing the game my guy
2023-04-23 22:55
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#47
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United States penialar
genuinely, who else is actually providing consistent performances like zywoo right now? like maybe sh1ro but his team is taking fat L's right now so he's not even in these finals. s1mple has been getting 1.25 ratings on a good day lately. faze guys switch places on whos performing well all the time so its definitely not any of them except maybe ropz. same goes for heroic guys.
2023-04-23 22:57
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#37
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Romania garcea89
so if magisk is better then zywoo, magisk should have had at least 1.80 rating in the final, good logic sir!
2023-04-23 22:54
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dont put words in my mouth magisk is not the star player , zywoo is but nt
2023-04-23 22:55
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#43
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Romania garcea89
u just said magisk > zywoo, now u say u didnt, again great logic sir
2023-04-23 22:55
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4 replies
where ?? lmao
2023-04-23 22:57
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#49
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Romania garcea89
in the other threads, dont be hypocrite pls, dont make me call fbi/cia
2023-04-23 22:58
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2 replies
link
2023-04-23 22:58
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1 reply
#54
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Romania garcea89
everybody on this site knows ur zywoo hater and u have the audacity to ask for link? shame on u sir
2023-04-23 23:02
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I've never seen you bait , what a shitty take and arrogance of talking, talking about ratings when ZywOo was literally open fragging on T side as well
2023-04-24 04:38
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2 replies
everything checks out , no need to argue
2023-04-24 14:02
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1 reply
I bet you didn't watch yesterday's game
2023-04-24 14:32
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zywoo english soo good now
2023-04-23 22:47
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#24
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France Uexo
Again and again, the best in the world
2023-04-23 22:47
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#26
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
flusha | 
Pakistan sanos
Mvp
2023-04-23 22:49
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#27
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Denmark slacking
goated
2023-04-23 22:49
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bywoo so cute
2023-04-23 22:50
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He's a bywoo, the best in the game!
2023-04-23 22:50
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The best to ever touch this game
2023-04-23 22:53
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#31
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Poland sabacikk
GOAT
2023-04-23 22:50
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Insane stats
2023-04-23 22:54
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Mvp
2023-04-23 22:54
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#39
ZywOo | 
Denmark Fr0th
goat
2023-04-23 22:55
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EZ for GOAT
2023-04-23 22:55
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The best to ever touch the game
2023-04-23 22:56
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#55
zboub | 
Algeria SWEEZ
GOAT fr
2023-04-23 23:03
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#56
JW | 
United States JW_belly
hes a bywoo!
2023-04-23 23:03
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#57
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England BobDude65
Dupreeh robbed
2023-04-23 23:05
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s0mple 0 mvps in 2023 kekw
2023-04-23 23:05
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Deserved. So proud of Zywoo.
2023-04-23 23:09
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Xi Wu pog mvp
2023-04-23 23:10
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Well deserved 😍
2023-04-23 23:11
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The woo
2023-04-23 23:16
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#66
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
France jeanclaude10
Goat He is Bywooo The best in the game
2023-04-23 23:16
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mby finally he will be top 1 again as should be before...
2023-04-23 23:16
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deserved
2023-04-23 23:18
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GOAT in my unbiased opinion
2023-04-23 23:20
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that smile is lovely im in love
2023-04-23 23:22
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He just looks like a capybara
2023-04-24 00:40
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goat of csgo
2023-04-23 23:23
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sigma player
2023-04-23 23:26
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Spinx choked the final, so LOOTan "MVP" Giladi not happened
2023-04-23 23:35
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wtf look at the numbers
2023-04-23 23:38
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good tourney
2023-04-23 23:39
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Zyw00 using game deficit on PRO scene ,ON BIG Events.Maybe everyone dont knows him trick.He incredible....I want to ask his where is the comming of your skill's ?
2023-04-23 23:57
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gz
2023-04-24 00:14
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#84
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France d0py
revenge of the WOO
2023-04-24 00:26
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pure talent here, congratz GOAT
2023-04-24 00:44
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How close was Spinx from that MVP?
2023-04-24 00:45
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#93
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flusha | 
Pakistan sanos
After final not close He played very mediocre in playoffs His faze performance was the only thing that carried his chances
2023-04-24 01:10
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if youll read the article - it says that spinx had avg 1.25 event rating, being 2nd contender for mvp after zywoo with avg 1.31 event rating
2023-04-24 01:16
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That's my point, 'cause we know rating is a important factor such but not the only factor for a MVP.
2023-04-24 02:00
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#97 guy above is clueless
2023-04-24 01:16
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Top 1 this year Futur major mvp
2023-04-24 00:48
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3 replies
I believe
2023-04-24 01:56
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#137
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France Guilsz_
prayge
2023-04-24 16:13
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Inchbouddah
2023-04-25 17:45
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beast
2023-04-24 01:14
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GOAT
2023-04-24 01:45
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His IEM Rio stats are ridiculous, but the funny thing is that it's not even exceptional by his standards
2023-04-24 01:56
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His overpass against c9 is one of his all time greatest performances imo. 5 clutches in a last map of a semi final, it was insanity. But then again, it's zywoo, amazing as it was it might not even be in his top10
2023-04-24 07:08
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Yes, that map was insane. His CT AWPing prowess was insane and he single handlely won them the match with that 1v4 on the second pistol
2023-04-24 19:27
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So proud of him
2023-04-24 03:12
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Does anyone think that with this tournament win from ZywOo the race for being the best in 2023 is settled ? I think it's pretty unlikely he doesn't get it, even if S1mple wins the Major... Should ZywOo keep putting these impressive numbers, I don't think there's much S1mple can do. Since ZywOo became a pro, I don't recall there being such a big gap betwwen these two players! Maybe a little more of a difference in 2019 because that was ZywOo prime year, but this year it tells much more about S1mple "underperforming". What do you guys think ?
2023-04-24 03:30
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Imo S1mple can absolutely still get it, but he's never had such a disadvantage Also imo zywoo best year was 2020, just a shame it was online, but he was godlike that year, never seen such impossible plays in one year from just one guy
2023-04-24 07:10
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I don't know about the numbers, but through the eye test and memories I have from those days, I still think 2019 was his best version. 2020 was great and till this day is remembered for those insane clutch rounds against NaVi.
2023-04-24 18:34
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Yeah same I'm going off eye test and feel, 2019 seemed too easy for him, in 2020 he had to step up and do impossible stuff But yeah, even now, this might be his absolute prime we'll see
2023-04-24 18:47
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#107
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Poland Ryunar
it was the gucci
2023-04-24 03:47
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Couldn't have happened to a nicer player.
2023-04-24 04:46
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#111
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China threo333
Deserved. Most probable GOAT in CS2, let’s gooooo zywooooo
2023-04-24 05:48
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GodwOo true GOAT of CSGO
2023-04-24 06:09
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Zywoo beastttt
2023-04-24 06:55
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Zi wu the chinese diety
2023-04-24 07:23
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#118
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Romania Mavericckk
Yes
2023-04-24 07:47
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TOP 1 2023 confirmed
2023-04-24 10:07
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zywoo struggled a lot with low performing team for while now when chemistry is good and mates steps up its team is progressing insta
2023-04-24 10:51
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Gz, well deserved
2023-04-24 11:19
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deserved. Could anybody please tell me what is the word by woo means? I Don’t know this meme
2023-04-24 12:52
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youtu.be/xxzZdc5Gwj8?t=14669 It sounds like he is saying Bywoo
2023-04-26 01:09
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Le roi !
2023-04-24 13:57
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zywoo : thank buster and nafany sh1ro 77 kill but we won
2023-04-24 14:23
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deserved
2023-04-24 16:10
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#138
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France Guilsz_
deserved hopefully the major is next
2023-04-24 16:14
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inzejn !
2023-04-24 17:09
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#149
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Argentina Dan193pk
MY GOD HE'S A BYWOO
2023-04-25 01:26
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#150
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Kosovo Kush9
deserved
2023-04-25 08:48
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deserved
2023-04-25 15:25
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