TaZ

Polish professional Counter-Strike 2 coach

For other uses, see Taz.

TaZ

Current team
Team| G2 Esports
Role| Coach
Game| Counter-Strike 2
Personal information
Name| Wiktor Wojtas
Born|  (1986-06-06) 6 June 1986 (age 37)
Nationality| Polish
Career information
Games| Counter-Strike 1.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2
Playing career| 2004–2023
Team history
2004–2007| Pentagram G-Shock
2007–2009| MeetYourMakers
2009| Wicked eSports
2009| Vitriolic
2009–2010| AGAiN
2010–2011| Frag eXecutors
2011| AGAiN
2011–2013| ESC Gaming
2013| Universal Soldiers
2013–2014| AGAiN
2014–2018| Virtus.pro
2018–2019| Kinguin
2019| devils.one
2019| Aristocracy
2019–2020| ARCY
2020–2023| Honoris
2023–present| G2 Esports (head coach)
Career highlights and awards

* CS:GO Major champion (Katowice 2014)

Wiktor Wojtas, better known as TaZ, is a Polish Counter-Strike 2 coach and former Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, who is currently the head coach for G2 Esports. He is one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players who won many tournaments with a number of different esports teams.[1] He has played for Virtus.pro, AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Wojtas has been playing professionally since 2004.[2]

TaZ and Virtus.pro famously won EMS One Katowice 2014, which was the first major to be held in Poland. They defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas 2–0 in the grand final. Over the years, TaZ and co. would rack up many tournament wins, giving them the famous nickname of "Virtus plow", notoriously having the ability to chain rounds together against their opponents in a momentum-driven playstyle. TaZ is considered one of the greatest Polish players to play Counter-Strike, alongside NEO, pasha, Loord, and LUq. TaZ and Virtus.pro won ELeague Season 1 over fnatic in the finals on July 30, 2016, ending the slump Virtus pro had been in. This would be one of the final victories VP would enjoy, and the roster which had held together since late 2013 disbanded in early 2018.[3][4][5] As of October 2016, TaZ has won $476,809, the largest single prize being $80,000 from winning ELeague Season 1.

## Tournament results[edit]

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major

### Pentagram[edit]

* 1st — 2006 Cyberathlete Professional League Championship Finals

### PGS Gaming[edit]

* 1st — World Cyber Games 2006

### AGAiN[edit]

* 1st — World Cyber Games 2009

### Frag-Executors[edit]

* 3rd — World Cyber Games 2010

### PGS Gaming[edit]

* 1st — World Cyber Games 2011

### Universal Soldiers[edit]

* 9th-12th — DreamHack Winter 2013

### Virtus.pro[edit]

* 1st — EMS One Katowice 2014
* 3–4th — DreamHack Winter 2014
* 3-4th — ESL One Katowice 2015
* 3-4th — ESL One Cologne 2015
* 5-8th — DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
* 5-8th — Intel Extreme Masters Season X – World Championship
* 5-8th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus
* 3–4th — ESL One Cologne 2016
* 1st — ELeague Season 1
* 1st — DreamHack ZOWIE Open Bucharest 2016[citation needed]
* 3rd — WESG 2016 World Finals[citation needed]
* 2nd — ELEAGUE Major 2017
* 1st — DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017
* 7-8th — Intel Extreme Masters Season XI - World Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ Podgórski, Wojciech (November 21, 2015). "Filip 'NEO' Kubski: Jeszcze do końca nie zwariowałem!". Polsat Sport. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
2. ^ Kostaszuk, Marcin (March 4, 2012). "Poznaniak Filip Kubski: Małysz gier komputerowych". Głos Wielkopolski. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
3. ^ "Virtus Pro decimates Fnatic in ELEAGUE grand final". dailydot.com. July 30, 2016.
4. ^ "Обозреватель Киберспорта: pashaBiceps: мы проводим больше времени на соревнованиях, чем дома". 2 August 2016.
5. ^ "Виктор "TaZ" Войтас: мы наконец-то вернулись в строй".

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Poland