Official: XTQZZZ leaves Vitality

21/12/2021 - 19:13

The French coach has parted ways with Vitality amid reports of his move to G2.

Vitality and Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam have officially gone their separate ways, with the organization breaking the news on its Twitter account.

The 32-year-old coach's departure comes as little surprise after it has become widely known that the team would be undergoing a big overhaul going into 2022, with reports from as far back as early November linking Vitality with the addition of Astralis trio Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen, Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen, and Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif.

Despite changes being on the horizon, the French side continued to compete at a high level over the past few weeks and ended 2021 on a high note, finishing runners-up at the BLAST Premier Fall Final, winning IEM Winter, and placing third at the BLAST Premier World Final.

Following Vitality's elimination from the last event with the current roster, in an interview on BLAST's official broadcast Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire said an emotional goodbye to XTQZZZ after having spent three years representing the French banner under the coach's tutelage.

In that time, XTQZZZ stood behind the team when they worked their way up from a completely new constellation in late 2018 to a title contender, when they won numerous titles, such as ECS Season 7 Finals, EPICENTER 2019, and BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Finals, and became the No. 1 ranked team on two occasions in late 2020.

The French skipper now leaves his first tier-one team and looks ahead to a new challenge. According to Monday's report by 1pv.fr, he is set to join G2 as part of an overhaul of the European roster.

wow....

2021-12-21 19:13

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Who would have thought?

2021-12-21 19:15

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Shocked, vitality in shambles. 😱😱😱

2021-12-21 19:16

he made zywoo into zywoo.congrats n good luck

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zywoo said he didnt learn anything when coming to vitality.

2021-12-21 19:34

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when it comes to his game, he learnt a lot about everything else though

2021-12-21 20:04

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Pros don't learn much about in game mechanics after one point I think. It's the strats, comms, timings, game sense, etc that improves if I'm not wrong?

2021-12-21 20:41

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+1 you can have the best aim in the world, but if you don't play well with your team you'll be more of a burden than a superstar. Its why Astralis were so successful during their era, Teamwork > aimstars although, if you have both great teamwork AND good aimers, god help everyone else.

2021-12-21 22:14

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ScreaM

2021-12-22 01:31

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exactly what i was thinking, amazing 1taps and 0iq

2021-12-23 10:57

although, if you have both great teamwork AND good aimers, god help everyone else. 2018 Astralis, 2015 Fnatic and 2021 Na'vi vibes xD

2021-12-22 04:50

+10z Look at Tenz, insanely gifted mechanically but he was abysmal in the tier 1 cs scene. Lucky for him that there's a perfect retirement home for all aim no brain former cs go players to continue to secure the bag.

2021-12-22 16:59

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That's unfair of yours. Tenz didn't even have the time required to prove what he was worth in CS when it comes to PRO Scene. IF he'd spend 2-3 years in a team then it would be different.

2021-12-22 17:33

You can't use TenZ this way because it was just his rookie year so it's expected that he will get nervous on the big stage, playing with his idols.

2021-12-23 18:03

sad :"(

2021-12-21 19:26

rip

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I’ve studied French and still don’t understand why his name is supposed to be “Ecstasy” 🤷‍♂️

2021-12-21 20:45

you as a holder of your name decide how it's spelled and pronounced, nothing to understand here

2021-12-21 20:48

Not always the case. For example Xyp9x was, by his own words, supposed to be pronounced completely different than we know nowadays. He just was late to tell everyone and casters made their own version of how it is pronounced, the version we know today. Source, maybe Anders spoke about it during a match or something, can't remember exactly.

2021-12-21 21:50

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yeah, isnt it supposed to sound like "zippex" ?

2021-12-21 22:15

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I thought that's how we called him nowadays

2021-12-21 23:12

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If I am not wrong, it is something like "xypnix"

2021-12-21 23:25

+1 zip-nix is how it phonetically looks and sounds in English, honestly he should have made an effort to clarify before this pronunciation took hold. doesn't matter all that much really.

2021-12-21 23:46

oh yea this one as well, I forgot

2021-12-22 07:30

There's a reason here though #112

2021-12-22 12:14

Because on the french keyboard the q key is a just like the w key is z So its actually XTAZZZ

2021-12-21 20:57

For understing this you have to look at a french keyboard, where it supposed to be a "Q" there's a "A". Sometimes french speakers voluntary missplelled words using US keyboard

2021-12-22 10:13

Sad

Damn

2021-12-21 19:14

man

sad

Deep or peak

Gamers2

Sad day today

unexpected

One of the Best Coaches in my books. Hope he has success wherever he goes.

hltv.org/news/32999/g2-set-to-bring-in-x..

2021-12-21 19:48

ok bby

you made zywoo into zywoo.Congrats..good.luck

rip eggman

Voldemord never forget<3

2021-12-21 20:34

that would be jw

2021-12-21 20:47

you mean prof x

2021-12-22 04:57

Mr X from resident evil would be better

2021-12-22 06:52

bye

Gl remy :_(

sadge, we'll miss you in vitality

2021-12-21 19:17

sheesh

Welcome in G2

Sadly vitality has no future, ceo will cry in 2022

Litterally any1 : this is a dumb move, dont do it Neo : Let's do it then

2022-01-03 17:51

sadge

2021-12-21 19:18

xqcL

COME TO G2 I BEG OF THEE

he will

2021-12-21 20:08

welcome to G2

ura, I hope G2 will be a competitive team on tier-1 stage with Monesy and XTQZ

They wont, they gonna bring in Aleksib it Will mess the whole project Up for sure

2021-12-21 21:26

+1 AleksiB = Alexsi Beeline for early T1 tourney exits

2021-12-22 03:27

top2 coach

good, had prime zywoo and won nothing also involved with shit roster changes

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0 iq

2021-12-21 19:19

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explain?

2021-12-21 19:20

“Prime” zywoo lol it was his rookie years

2021-12-21 19:22

lmaooo only 21 years old, has years to play

nice excuse imagine being back to back top1 and winning shit

2021-12-21 19:41

One player alone cant win tournaments

2021-12-21 20:09

he can if he has good support xtqzzz getting praises like he won 4 majors watch him getting exposed in g2

2021-12-21 20:18

He made vitality to a top team several times, developed apex from an entry to a top IGL. He is one of the best coaches for sure.

"he made" zywoo made not him whenever he had peak form they were starting to play good again

2021-12-21 20:36

He coached Zywoo, whats your point? He is a good coach, deal with that

2021-12-21 20:37

zywoo was good before vitality maybe he's a good coach but he gets so much hype for nothing

lol so full of yourself.. bye

2021-12-21 22:39

involved with shit roster changes because he was actually handed out 0 money from the vitality ceo apparently. thats why they took kyojin.

2021-12-21 19:38

could've took maka or someone from dbl poney for free

2021-12-21 19:42

the dbl poney guys wanted to stick together from what i heard.

Boddy said they want to have the least ammount of changes possible and the guys in the team follow his vision.

2021-12-21 22:40

NaVi had prime s1mple + electronic as well and barely won something in the last few years, what about that ?

2021-12-21 19:33

yes winning 4 lan trophies during prime astralis what did vitality won? 0 relevant trophies besides iem winter

They've won 4 lan trophies in 2018 but other than cologne and maybe blast it s nothing that important.They've won a single tournament in 2017 and again, it s Dreamhack OW, nothing that big.In 2019 they've won 1 tournament again, this time Astralis didn t played so it makes sense, and in 2020 they've won 2.Does this sound that good to you ? For a normal team, yes, for a team who has the best player of all time in it, no.I'm not hating them, i m a NaVi fan as well, but you are hitting Vitality for no reason.NaVi is one of the biggest e-sports orgs, and they had the money and the players to make something more big out of this.Vitality is/was not that big and France kinda sucked ass when it came to players from a certain point.It's hard to win and probably the best for s1mple is and was NaVi, but they kinda wasted a lot of s1mple prime years.Lucky for them he is made for this game and he is not gonna stop anytime soon.

2021-12-21 23:31

And they did have a bad coach back then. Starix was mediocre, Kane was literally useless (drinking addict) and brought nothing to the team. Only after bringing in b1ad3 after mid-2019, their problems were solved one at a time. Scouting and bringing in Boombl4, instead of zeus, finding Perfecto and replacing edward - they became Top1 before online era hit. And when online era Navi failed to win, then removing flamie and bringing in B1T, developing extremely detailed strats from scratch and micromanaging all aspects to bring the entire team at the same level of understanding, proposing to build a Navi Academy, finding m0nesy, etc. Don't forget b1ad3 built the Gambit lineup by discovering and putting together nafany, sh1ro, ax1le, and interz. Don't forget b1ad3 himself found and nurtured electronic, and took it on his own risk to bring s1mple and train him in 2015. Ensuring that the mental aspects of the team is the 1st priority, hiring a dedicated psychologist for them, making sure that players stay focused and confident, but never complacent, etc. Great coaches like zonic, b1ad3, etc go a long long way.

2021-12-22 08:05

+1 well said, b1ad3 is not appreciated enough

2021-12-22 07:59

device only won trophies cuz he had insane team around him. That team around device is still far better than s1mples, but he doesnt need that much to win tournaments...

2021-12-21 20:17

Then why did he not win more in that period?O.O

2021-12-21 21:27

Lmao..they won 2020 fall finals and IEM Beijing 2020 with numerous grandfinals finishes.

online doesn't count 0 relevant trophies before iem winter where they played without pressure with loose style which is coach have nothing to do with

2021-12-21 19:44

yeah too much credit is given to him. Good coach but vitality's tactics has always been the worst in top 5. Imagine winning less than budget mouz. Even ropz has more trophies than zywoo

2021-12-21 19:51

lmao a russian Navi fan show once again they don't understand CS and have no idea of what they are talking about ...

2021-12-21 20:24

+1 overrated af.

2021-12-21 20:31

shaped him into what he his

2021-12-21 22:38

merci

:'( not like that

+rep for apEX and all of vitality that ending was soo sad

2021-12-21 19:21

Gl in g2 mens

Good luck for the future, legend

2021-12-21 19:23

Overrated anyways voldemort is no more

2021-12-21 19:25

LOL you gotta be jokin

2021-12-21 22:53

top 3 coach atm

ZONIC INCOMING LESGO

Vitality to tier 2 now

2021-12-21 19:27

how to pronounce his nickname?

2021-12-21 19:28

Extazz

kekkonen

2021-12-21 19:29

He can speak English

Kicked in 2 weeks, Niko to player/coach.

2021-12-21 19:31

lmao

2021-12-21 22:17

legend

2021-12-21 19:32

only man that can replace him is zonic

*Pretends to be shocked*

Here it starts

Goodbye:(

2021-12-21 19:35

Rip!

2021-12-21 19:37

farewell my paradise

Welcome to NIP :D Kappa

I'll miss you voldy

Yo les noobs, And so it ends... Tysm to CSGO's very own Pep Guardiola for everything you've done for Vita and you will smash it with G2!

2021-12-21 19:39

You truly are a pillar of the French scene.

2021-12-21 19:49

where was this guy before vitality? why didn't g2 picked him up in 2018, he is an insane coach

Caster on 1pv and all big events

2021-12-22 12:18

he was a caster? no way

2021-12-22 12:43

Yes

2021-12-22 15:51

2021-12-21 19:50

who

2021-12-21 19:54

KEK

2021-12-21 19:55

It begins

2021-12-21 19:58

adios

2021-12-21 20:03

Great Coach imo! All the best for the future! <3

Merci le divin chauve <3

2021-12-21 20:20

Merci XTQZZZ, that was incredible.

rip :(

2021-12-21 20:27

Finally

2021-12-21 20:32

Sad because he leaves Vitality But happy because he's probably gonna join G2

Professor X will be missed in VIT That being said his move to G2 is awesome and his replacement is zonic so both parties seem like they got a good deal

2021-12-21 20:39

RIP apex, this guy made him a decent igl

2021-12-21 20:40

Vitality CEO is going to cry in 2022

2021-12-21 21:02

Banks is a fucking G. For real

2021-12-21 21:18

BANKS <3

2021-12-22 06:13

2021-12-21 21:19

So he really is going to G2.

2021-12-21 21:23

oui oui

2021-12-21 21:25

gl next

Please, Lord Voldemort's come back in your real identity. I know u took another identity with random nickname "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" (not meaningful), but u have to come back for us & conquer WB. JK Rowling creating new movie for Lord Voldemort.

2021-12-21 21:28

bye :(

2021-12-21 21:31

Any Tier 1 org should be fighting to get this man on their team. He 180 no scoped french ego scene and brought prosperity to the land of croissant. That's top 5 coach performance of all time.

2021-12-21 21:40

He will probably be going to g2 so there you go!

2021-12-21 22:37

lmao love your second sentence

2021-12-22 12:19

For the stupid dumb nickname he has ESIC should remove him from CSGO.

2021-12-21 22:46

ohhh now i see, this makes sense because 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts'

2021-12-21 22:49

the egg

2021-12-21 22:56

rip Vitality

2021-12-21 23:20

What exactly is Vitality trying to do? This man has been doing great things for 3 years. I think they are making a big mistake. Finding a better replacement for Kyojin was enough for Vitality.

2021-12-21 23:37

2021-12-22 00:06

Best coach in the world is joining vitality Nice. Vitality is going to be stronger Now :)))

2021-12-22 00:53

He was motivational psychological and tactical coach. He was doing everything. In a team that basically had no grounds happy was supposed to be igl then Alex the team had no dedicated igl only transitioned player. Many times in 2020 after Alex left everyone said its gonna be dead team. They proven, themselves they brought rookie in form of misutaaa then nivera as they hand crafted 1st 6man roster (without this theory navi and Vitality wouldn't be where IT is today) they struggled to win tournament and they still did iT in IEM Beijing. People call him overrated,but i call him Underrated he stood to challange, he pushed a rock against the obstacle and started what was Vitality future No wonder why they all have emotional Bond exc maybe kyojin. He brought them here, they stood with him for 3 great years

2021-12-22 01:28