TaZ

For other uses, see Taz.

Wiktor Wojtas, better known as TaZ, is a Polish Counter-Strike player who was the in-game leader for Virtus.pro.^[1] He is one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish CS players who won many tournaments with a number of different esports teams.^[2] He has also played for AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Wojtas has been playing professionally since 2004.^[3]

TaZ
Current team
Team	Honoris
Role	In-game leader
Game	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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
Playing career	2004–present
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–present	Honoris
Career highlights and awards
CS:GO Major champion (Katowice 2014)

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.^[4][5][6] As of October 2016, TaZ has won $476,809, the largest single prize being $80,000 from winning ELeague Season 1.

Tournament results

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major

Pentagram

• 1st — 2006 Cyberathlete Professional League Championship Finals

PGS Gaming

• 1st — World Cyber Games 2006

AGAiN

• 1st — World Cyber Games 2009

Frag-Executors

• 3rd — World Cyber Games 2010

PGS Gaming

• 1st — World Cyber Games 2011

Universal Soldiers

• 9th-12th — DreamHack Winter 2013

Virtus.pro

• 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

1. "Profil Gracza CS:GO: Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas - ESPORT NOW". 22 July 2016.
2. Podgórski, Wojciech (November 21, 2015). "Filip 'NEO' Kubski: Jeszcze do końca nie zwariowałem!". Polsat Sport. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
3. Kostaszuk, Marcin (March 4, 2012). "Poznaniak Filip Kubski: Małysz gier komputerowych". Głos Wielkopolski. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
4. "Virtus Pro decimates Fnatic in ELEAGUE grand final". dailydot.com. July 30, 2016.
5. "Обозреватель Киберспорта: pashaBiceps: мы проводим больше времени на соревнованиях, чем дома". 2 August 2016.
6. "Виктор "TaZ" Войтас: мы наконец-то вернулись в строй".