![]() 2020 ĭuring 2020, many tournaments either transitioned to an online format or did not take place, due to COVID-19. In January 2020, Mathieu Herbaut was chosen as the World's Best Player of the Year 2019 by, thus becoming the first French and the youngest player to receive this award since its inception in 2010, and matching Marcelo 'coldzera' David's feat of receiving it in his first full year as a professional player. Mathieu's individual stats were impressive for that year: he finished MVP 5 times and had a 1.30 overall rating in LAN events. They still went on to win in two top-tier tournaments of the season, ECS Season 7 Finals and EPICENTER 2019, and finished second twice at ESL One Cologne 2019 and DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019. The results of ZywOo and his team were not that brilliant in the Majors: as they ended up finishing in 9-11th in Katowice Major 2019 and then a 5-8th place in StarLadder Berlin Major 2019. In the Minors, Vitality landed in second place, securing a spot for the Major in Katowice. The next month, he and his team qualified for the minor qualifier for the next Major, Katowice Major 2019. The results came quickly, as they won DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 in November. Career 2018 Īfter completing his baccalauréat, Mathieu was able to take up esports professionally, joining Team Vitality in October. But before allowing him to participate in esports, she demanded that he first finish his secondary education and acquire his baccalauréat, which he did. His mother also encouraged him to get into video games, and from time to time even played with him. After becoming a teenager, he still never "played in the middle of the night" or "did 4-5 hour sessions", his family always keeping an eye on what he was doing. ![]() He started playing at age 7 with his brother, but was only allowed to play for less than an hour per day by his mother. He is also sometimes nicknamed "The Chosen One" due to being born on the day of the original Counter Strike game's commercial release. He is considered one of the best players in Global Offensive history, having been ranked the No. Mathieu Herbaut (born November 9, 2000), better known as ZywOo, is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Team Vitality. ZywOo at the Intel Extreme Masters 2019 in Chicago ![]()
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