VP Wouldn't Have Removed TaZ if One Player Said No - Reflections with TaZ 1/2 - CS 1.6 / CSGO

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Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, former in-game leader of Pentagram and Virtus.pro and retiree this year, is the star of the 304th Episode of 'Reflections'.

TaZ is one of the most decorated players in Counter-Strike history, boasting an incredible record-setting six or seven CS 1.6 majors won - depending on how you count those unofficial majors - and famously winning the EMS One Katowice CS:GO major dropping only a single map. TaZ's ranks fifth in 1.6 prize winnings and 54th for CS:GO.

In 1.6 TaZ's teams were famed for not changing players, except the famed LUq for pasha swap, and peaking to win majors, despite often being the underdog or facing the highest ranked teams in the world in the final. In CS:GO, TaZ's VP was legendary for their oppressive 'plough' style of play and making some of the hardest matches for opponents in the game's history and most entertaining for fans.

TaZ and NEO are the only starting players in both eras and TaZ is one of Counter-Strike's best ever players in his own right.

In Part one, TaZ discusses the early days of competing and making teams with the names he is best associated with now. He also discusses his development as a leader and the issues that led both to the downfall of Virtus.pro and his eventual removal.

This interview was recorded on the 30th of September, 2023.

► Time-line of topics discussed:
00:00 Intro and early days of TaZ battling NEO
03:05 Trash talking style
06:42 Being the media lightning rod for his teams
09:20 How good the other Polish players were compared to NEO
11:10 NEO in 1.6
17:06 IGLing in 1.6
21:12 Powering up
24:27 LUq
28:05 Loord
29:52 kuben
33:02 Responsibilities
39:24 Leadership
43:21 How it ended in VP
50:02 NEO and VP's underperformance
51:50 Issues with younger players and not winning enough
1:00:27 Mercedes topic
1:07:26 Getting kicked/betrayed by his team-mates
1:10:16 Contrasting old school with new school

Part two:
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