Today, It’s a Battle Between the Two GOAT’s, s1mple and ZyWoo.

We have waited a long time for S1mple to return to CS2. Even more now, when he’s got a team built around him.

It’s forever going be a debate who’s the Greatest Of All Time in the counter strike. Vitality are the number one beast in our beloved game. S1mple for sure has the individual brilliance and he could not be more hyped up for this clash against his rival ZyWoo today 31th January at IEM Krakow Stage 2 Opener.

s1mple - Career Achievements

🏆 Major & MVP Achievements

• 1× Major Champion (PGL Stockholm 2021)

• 1× Major MVP

• 21× HLTV MVP medals (2nd most all‑time)

• Multiple Elite Tier‑1 event MVPs including:

  • ESL Pro League

  • IEM Cologne

  • BLAST World Final

  • StarSeries & i‑League

  • DreamHack Masters

S1mple is considered the most mechanically gifted player ever and the greatest influence for Counter-Strike.

ZywOo — Career Achievements

🏆 Major & MVP Achievements

• 3× Major Champion (BLAST Paris 2023, Blast.TV Austin 2025, Starladder Budapest 2025 )

• 3x Major MVPs (All-Time Record)

• Total MVPs28 (All-Time Record) — the most in Counter‑Strike history

• MVPs across every major tournament circuit:

  • IEM

  • BLAST

  • ESL Pro League

  • DreamHack

  • Gamers8

• Highest rookie impact in CS history (2019)

ZyWoo's CS2 Legacy & Records

• ZyWoo is known to be the most consistent superstar ever

• Holds the highest career average rating across LAN events

• Broke s1mple’s MVP record in 2025

• Dominated the CS2 transition with the best stats in the game while s1mple left the game for a long while.

The matchup at IEM Kraków is important for Counter-Strike history.

It will be the first time that the best players in Counter-Strike battle against each other. The teams are maybe very equal, so s1mple starts a long way back. If s1mple is even close to ZywOo’s stats, the Ukrainian CS2 player can be happy. We think it’s more on s1mple’s shoulders to keep fighting for the GOAT title.

Our very pragmatic analysis has Vitality absolutely smashing BC.Game out of the server. apEX and ZywOo won’t give anything to s1mple here, and they’re going to enjoy it.

Our main CS2 Betting pick here is Vitality win and -1,5 maps.