ZywOo claims BLAST.tv Paris Major MVP medal

21/5/2023 - 20:16

Vitality's superstar was the best overall performer at the last CS:GO Major.

Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut has been crowned the Most Valuable Player by HLTV.org and 1xBet after a fantastic performance at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. The French superstar finally claimed a Major trophy and was the main star throughout his team's win on home soil.

Vitality's AWPer performed impeccably in the final and his output was enough to rise above the likes of Mihai "⁠iM⁠" Ivan and teammate Lotan "⁠Spinx⁠" Giladi in the race for the MVP medal. The only other contender for the award was Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund, but Heroic's loss in the semi-final put an end to his short-lived claim.

ZywOo claimed his 15th MVP medal, and his first one at a Major

The 22-year-old was a consistent performer throughout the tournament and secured his place at the top of several statistics such as rating 2.0 (1.39), KPR (0.89), and KAST (78%). ZywOo's numbers never saw the red at the Major, with his lowest map rating being 1.20 on Vertigo against Into the Breach before posting his highest score on the following map at 1.70.

He also topped the charts for KD-diff (+92) and
Damage diff per round (23.3) while also showing superlative numbers in categories such as a 86.7 DPR (#3), 54.2% of rounds with at least one kill (#2), and 1.47 impact rating (#2).

Vitality romp to victory on home soil in last ever CS:GO Major

ZywOo was also a key opener for Vitality as he registered a total of 44 opening frags (#2) with a 0.16 average per round (#4), showing that he could find impact in any phase of the game.

This is ZywOo's 15th MVP medal of his career, and the first one claimed at a Valve-sponsored event. The French sniper only has Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz and Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev above him in terms of total awards with 19 and 21, respectively.

Previous Major MVPs by HLTV.org:

DreamHack Winter 2013 - JW
EMS One Katowice 2014 - pashaBiceps
ESL One Cologne 2014 - friberg
DreamHack Winter 2014 - Happy
ESL One Katowice 2015 - olofmeister
ESL One Cologne 2015 - flusha
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 - kennyS
MLG Columbus 2016 - coldzera
ESL One Cologne 2016 - coldzera
ELEAGUE Major 2017 - Kjaerbye
PGL Major Krakow 2017 - AdreN
ELEAGUE Major 2018 - tarik
FACEIT Major 2018 - device
IEM Katowice 2019 - Magisk
StarLadder Major Berlin 2019 - device
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 - s1mple
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 - rain
IEM Rio Major 2022 - Jame

iM ROBBED

2023-05-21 20:17

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0.94 RATING "ROBBED" KEKW

2023-05-21 20:26

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1.58 against Heroic

2023-05-21 20:45

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And where is Heroic now?

2023-05-21 21:38

0.95 rating in the final. Look, IM played fantastic until the final. Then he had one good half out of 4. It's fine, and he deserves the credit he's due, but not an MVP at the end.

2023-05-21 21:40

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as a romanian i agree before the final i'd have given the mvp to iM tbh

2023-05-22 19:59

so what?

2023-05-22 00:26

Cry is free

+1 iM showed a masterclass with rifle and still robbed by this awp abuser

2023-05-21 20:18

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Cry + Cope some more We like it

2023-05-21 20:40

You sure know something about AWP abusing judging by you name and flair xD

2023-05-21 22:44

only 30% of kills with awp, jame had 67% for his major run lmao. s1mple had similar split of awp/rifle kills as zywoo in 2021 major

2023-05-21 22:47

Zywoo is no joke 2nd best awper and 2nd best rifler and his performance during the whole major from rmr to the final is just unreal. Haters always hate tho.

2023-05-22 00:00

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**best player currently

2023-05-22 00:29

Who is 1st?

2023-05-23 03:21

surely not s0mple

2023-05-24 13:11

2 kills on nuke Tside bro

2023-05-21 20:19

No you arent

2023-05-21 20:23

I laughed

2023-05-21 22:17

iM the 0.95 legend in final also known as ct abuser and overpass machine

2023-05-21 20:24

So easy to perform when Blast rigges ones audio for first map

2023-05-21 20:47

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wdym

2023-05-22 22:18

IM had audio issues at the start of the first map in final. IM being the best player in GL by big margin. Vitality got to 6-1 lead because of those issues. On GL map pick.

2023-05-22 22:21

2023-05-21 20:29

you removed your “<3 s1mple” before commenting to make your comment less delusional?

2023-05-21 20:32

0/8

2023-05-21 20:38

0.95 rating 2 kills on T side, cry

2023-05-21 20:43

mofo lost the grand final and take a look at his stats in the first map. zywoo did enough to compete with IM for that top spot and also took the W in the grand final. its an easy decision. id agree with you if gamerlegion had won and they gave the mvp to zywoo. because at that point IM would have played great in map 1 as well but he sucked there. also kick keoz

It should have been done ages ago imo. Always the weakest link. He must really bring something in the team/calls/atmosphere because his fragging is awful

2023-05-21 22:45

2023-05-21 20:59

2023-05-21 21:58

0.49 T side beast

2023-05-21 22:46

2023-05-21 22:58

+1000000 iM robbed. zywoo better player overall, but iM this major was insane... i hope faze buys him tbh. zywoo gets mvp because major was in france and vitality won it.

2023-05-21 23:03

Flag lol Zywoo was better, iM disappeared in the final, apart from that CT Nuke half

2023-05-22 10:39

IM the ghost of paris

2023-05-25 13:51

Expexted

ZywOo would always

lol

that smile 60% gums and 40% teeth

Equal to 100% mvp

Lol

2023-05-21 20:37

lmao you bastard

2023-05-21 21:03

Hahahahahhahahahaha

im robbed

GOAT

Imagine having to hold that horrible Trophy and to smile.

ZyGOAT

call the police then

2023-05-21 21:13

0.95 robbed

2023-05-22 05:41

IM robbed, because he carried his team to the final

Let's be honest, 0.95 vs 1.54 rating in the finals

2023-05-21 20:36

bro choked on so much cock on t side nuke especially, 2-12

2023-05-21 22:59

T side of nuke is one of the hardest sides of all maps, especially if your team is not doing shit. Zywoo had much better team mates.

2023-05-22 07:24

yeah and zywoo also has the capability of using his brain

2023-05-22 07:38

IM's play style is all about using his brain

2023-05-22 08:03

no it's about aim pushing smokes and pre-firing

2023-05-25 14:03

light shows darkness

Congrats zywoo with deserved mvp, but guys wtf is that trophy lmao?

Looks like the kind of plastic topping you put on cakes for people's birthday. That major was almost flawless bare these trophies

2023-05-21 22:48

flag checks out

2023-05-23 00:34

Splatoon major

2023-05-22 02:29

2023-05-24 13:56

THE REVENGE OF THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CSGOAT

best ever

I love you ZywOo

Congrats and deserved

MVP and number 1 2023

2023-05-21 20:20

Agree, number 1 of 2023 is pretty much sealed now.

2023-05-22 01:56

GOAT /closed

Congrats ZyWoo. You guys deserved it. Also Dup and Mag both have 5 major wins, insane. Poetic ending for CSGO. Zywoo wins the last csgo major in paris.

2023-05-21 20:21

mag has 4 dupreeh is the only one with 5

deserved

At least Zyw0o humble. Apex was so disrespectful... so angry after winning a major... feel sorry for the guy... i get it, haters exist but why ruin your crowning moment thinking about ur haters and cussing them in public? so low class

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He never said anything disrespectfull to others after major final bro? He even had post winner interview and everything he said was respectfull infact he did say he was a problem last year for Vitality

2023-05-21 20:25

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He said Fuck you to my haters

2023-05-21 20:28

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Well i mean, in a way even though it was unnecesary he kinda was right don't you think that HLTV immediately after Major win was disrespectfull towards apEX and Vitality? saying Mickey Mouse major, apEX bot carried by ZywOo,Spinx,Magisk, dupreeh carried always etc

He just ruining his own moment and joy thinking about his haters and cussing them... low class in victory

Man other players did it too after victory. It's not only apEX who did smth like this there was s1mple and others who said something similiar mby not fuck you but def similiar words came out

2023-05-21 20:30

ya but this his crowning moment in his career as igl in front of home crowd and the way he said it just left a bad taste... to angry at a moment of joy

2023-05-21 20:31

I get the frustration. He just probably was too much controlled by emotions and wanted to address this issue.

2023-05-21 20:33

it means he is the same as his haters lmao

2023-05-21 21:29

Exactly. Finally someone who gets my point. Ur putting ur self down to their low class lvl but acting the same... in other words ur not any different or better than them

2023-05-21 21:32

Big difference to be the aggressor. He’s better for sure.

2023-05-22 06:30

And why is that disrespectful?

really dude? Didn't ur mum ever teach u cussing is disrespectful?

2023-05-21 21:08

I just don't see why calling out his haters is as bad as you claim it is.

2023-05-21 21:09

ever heard of the saying, "humble in victory and gracious in defeat"? Its your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or a loser.

2023-05-21 21:18

what a loser mentality

2023-05-25 14:14

how can you be salty when he just cussed at his haters? like he doesn't addressed anyone directly?

cussing is not a nice thing... he said it with so much anger... ruining his own moment thinking about his enemies

2023-05-21 20:50

you feeling called out or smth?

2023-05-21 20:54

no... i love apex... one of my favorite igls... just sad to see him be so classless at his crowning moment

2023-05-21 20:55

If people waste their time hating on someone they didn't even know, i say completely deserved. And i say this as someone who considers apex too much of a showboat at times

2023-05-21 21:16

dude that was perfect lol. Best moment for it as well

2023-05-22 01:21

I agree with you. I was hoping better from my captain apex.

2023-05-22 07:27

iM robbed

flair….cry is free

deserved king. the best to play this game

Nice name bro

yours too bro lets go

GOATttt

well done Mr.ZywOo

DESERVED such a god

zonic robbed

greatest csgo player in history of the game

Best player

2023-05-21 20:27

how? it shouldve been iM

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0.95 vs 1.54 rating man, let's be real

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1.34 zywoo vs 1.32 iM rating whole major and 10 maps vs 12 maps. iM shouldve been the mvp anyday

2023-05-21 20:39

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you literally just said zywoo had better rating even if by a small margin bro

2023-05-21 22:51

flair you cant be better when you are .04 rating above a player whos played 2 more maps than you

2023-05-21 22:57

flag me too? bro be realistic yes, iM carried his team way more than ZywOo carried Vitality But that's not how it works

youre the type of guy to say 2 matches 1.6 rating player is better than 6 matches 1.5 rating player XDDD

2023-05-21 23:01

I think you mean 1.39 zywoo 1.35 im, plus i'm shit his pants in the final clown take

2023-05-21 23:02

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10 maps vs 12 maps and iM just 0.04 rating down. iM > Zywoo clearly

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if im wasn't so shit at t sides they might've only had to play 10 maps, but we saw how bad he was in the final 2-12 on t side nuke, they would've easily locked in that map

2023-05-21 23:04

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10 maps vs 12 maps

2023-05-21 23:05

So what? You think zywoo couldnt keep 1.39 rating? It could be possible that he couldve gotten even a higher rating

2023-05-21 23:12

2023-05-21 23:49

Stop using this pointless argument

2023-05-21 23:53

you cant be serious in saying that a person who played fewer maps, but has 0.05 rating more, performed better than a person who played more maps, but had 0.05 rating less. statistics doesn't check out

2023-05-22 00:09

Well zywoo did perform better though?

2023-05-22 00:17

Just take the L bro

2023-05-22 12:45

lets not talk about overpass and t rating on nuke. Dud has litteraly a worse rating than the worse vitality player during the final

2023-05-22 04:36

yea no...

#77

2023-05-21 20:42

hltv.org/stats?event=6793 why do you lie...? also zywoo had 0.04 or 0.05 higher play off rating, freaking 0.6 higher final rating and won... you are clearly completely delusional

sry said it from my head, still 1.39 vs 1.35 but 2 map difference. should go to iM anyday

0/8 keep trying tho...

2023-05-21 20:48

so according to your logic, if you put up 1.7 rating but played only 5 maps, then the major mvp should go to him, instead of guy who put 1.6 rating over 10 maps? 0/8

2023-05-21 20:49

its not award for most map played lmao. zywoo won major and mvp. you have to deal with it... QQ btw, try harder

Bro stop crying and sleep lmao

2023-05-21 21:12

flair

2023-05-21 21:19

Lmao no

-8/8

2023-05-22 04:02

gratz

nt iM but ZyWoo deserved

deserved.

Lets go Tarik USA

deserved great talent

deserved. Don't even cry about iM plz

2023-05-21 20:35

Deserved GOAT, washed s1mple watching from sidelines, how humble godwoo takes everything from him as he becomes the true GOAT and he will cement it in CS2

godwoo > s0mple

His smile is painful

goat

Deserved! Legend!

2023-05-21 20:41

COONGRATZ GOAT!

Congrats GOAT!!!

2023-05-21 20:46

Im robbed :( Dont get me wrong Zywoo was good but honestly IM was best player of the tournament they had a harder way to final so his stats should mean more But gg to Zywoo awesome guy

IM got robbed by himself, if he played anywhere close to other games they would have won a map

2023-05-21 21:04

I really hate the "chosen one" term everyone seems to be using. Maybe its just me. Anyway, deserved mvp for Zywoo.

its bcs he was born the same day when counterstrike had official release date...:D its kinda funny to me tbh

I thought it had something to do with something. I didn't mind the "prodigy" term they used few years back, I thought thats abstract enough while still giving huge respect to his story. And it doesn't indicate that he is the one and only that ever can be as good as him like "chosen one" does. While he is great, in time there will be someone better than him. There can be multiple "prodigies", but there cannot be multiple "chosen ones". Also prodigy is much shorter. But thats my opinion and I understand the meaning.

2023-05-21 20:53

i get your point but i dont mind those nicknames at all...same goes for m0nesy and baby goat for example:)

well fucking deserved ... "THE CHOSEN ONE" my godddddddddddddddd HES A BYWOOOOO

Deserved, he dominated the game in his short career and it's only fair for his name to remain in the games history with this achievement.

2023-05-21 20:52

Im deserved more, first appearance on major and carry GL to the finals. Zywoo has magisk, dupreeh, apex, and spinx, players with experience on LAN and some with majors won. What Im had? Acor? This mvp award is bs Also the oponnents that GL faced to reach this finals were way more difficult than Vitality at least on individual level if its what we are talking about

when zywoo was carrying vitality without single top30 player 3 years str8 to top3 team of the year: he cant do the job done. when zywoo has finally team mates that can step up, won major, had the highest overall rating, play off rating and final rating: iM deserved it more bcs he was alone yea no. MVP isnt consolation prize

2023-05-21 21:02

when i see comments in this thread, i realize how stupid are some hltv users, even simple things are difficult for them to understand

2023-05-22 14:18

ZywOo really had to wait to play 3 tier2 teams to win a Major 😭😭😭

Just remember that those tier 2 teams also beat tier 1 teams to play agains the goat so you really dont have a valid point here. I guess kinda salty cuz FAZE lost but its okay.

Great work!

Deserved!

allu robbed.

especially

2023-05-21 21:10

Very deserved, haters malding rn

2023-05-21 20:58

Gamerlegion iM deserved it more.

No he didn't. lol no one knows whether iM can stay consistent after this tournament but we know zywoo is consistent and he's been absolute carry for Vitality lol. Just some player showing crazy kills doesn't mean he is mvp and his stats were lower than zywoo's after major so Zywoo's mvp is deserved lol. You guys are favoring iM bcuz he showed godly performances but u can't ignore zywoo's performance too lol

2023-05-21 21:17

You do realise that a tournament MVP is solely based on the performance within that one particular tournament?

2023-05-21 22:11

And exactly that's why ZywOo deserved it, best rating throughout the whole major, and 0.95 vs 1.54 rating in the final, THATS INSANE

2023-05-21 23:00

And that is just the reason ZywOo won it. :D highest rated player in whole tournament + best performance in finals where im ghosted except nuke first half. Can't really make up any argument why ZywOo should have not gotten it.

2023-05-21 23:23

True, but what Beatlesses said was simply not relevant

2023-05-22 12:26

Lol do u even understand what im saying? When did i mention other tournaments?

2023-05-23 15:02

'lol no one knows whether iM can stay consistent after this tournament but we know zywoo is consistent and he's been absolute carry for Vitality lol' .. lol

2023-05-23 15:38

Thats just my opinion lol. Also zywoo's rating in this major was better than iM's so?

2023-05-23 15:49

MVP without winning the event is rare but not impossible, iM is just not performing well enough to overshine the loss of the team. hltv.org/events/3486/starseries-i-league..

2023-05-21 23:40

Deserved from goat

2023-05-21 21:23

true GOAT

2023-05-21 21:25

What an ez major.

2023-05-21 21:49

2023-05-21 21:52

Let's be realistic man, come on

EZ FOR GOATWOO

2023-05-21 21:54

Deserved

2023-05-21 22:00

That plastic trophy is really ugly... But congrats to ZywOo he was not in his peak form but still was enough

2023-05-21 22:05

zywoo at pro league last year was a spectical, wish he always played like that

that was one time high honeymoon as well. He needs to play more in line with his team now. Obvious he won't be playing that insane or required to also he doesn't even need to pracc insanely for games anymore knowing his teammates are dependable

2023-05-22 01:00

GOATWOO

Well deserved

im had more maps

it sounds weird to say for the first time but ZywOo is major winner, winner gets the mvp always on major otherwise b1t would have taken Antwerp MVP and s1/elec would take London Major MVP

2023-05-22 01:02

So? Im lost more maps while zywoo didn't lost any

2023-05-22 01:37

ye it means that im didn't have a great team which he still was able to lead to the final

2023-05-22 03:45

sad for im, i think if vit would have won 2-1 and he put up better numbers on overpass, he had a chance, but 2-0 and underdelivering on the first map, wasn't meant to be this time around

2023-05-22 00:13