HOW ONE MERCEDES COOKED A TEAM

#shorts #csgo #esports #counterstrike

Imagine breaking up a team over a CAR.

Written and hosted by: Dimitri Pascaluta
Edited by: Sara Phillips
Produced by: Bernard Malijan

Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

[dooderman]

I mean wtf did they think was gonna happen? Let’s give one player a car and the rest nothing?

[BoinkBlonk]

That’s a dick move. I’d lose all motivation to play too if I had a fucking Mercedes ripped out of my hands

[alksi]

Its not Taz accepting the car, its the CEO clowning on everyone else but Taz.

[vernonwatts]

Virtus plow was actually so insane to watch

[heku]

What they didn't say is TaZ offered to pay the rest of the team the equvalent value of the car splited between them but they refused. Snax told it in some podcast. Also bigger part of the team was okay with taz taking the car bcs Taz was doing all the interviews and doing most of the work behind the scenes. U can learn it in Podcast Natarczywych with Snax but unfortunatley it's in Polish and i don't think there are eng subtitles.

[VezeTech]

I get they want to show appreciation for Taz, but this is why teachers in school say “if I give you special treatment then I have to give everyone special treatment”

[Dan-fefv]

“Guys, if you give it all you got and win - I will give your captain a new car, good luck”
“What about us boss?”
“Cookies”

[panmagda]

The Mercedes Curse still haunts polish CS scene, since then full-polish team attended major only once, only to exit in their first stage

[shin]

Taz got that car but neo will still be more remembered and respected than him. Dude didn't really thought what would happen if he had accepted that car

[hukutka]

I was watching every match of VP at that time. They were so competitive and consistent, like another level of CS team. Always a pleasure to watch their matches. And the moment the news came out about Taz being gifted a car I knew that is the end of their era. Such a brutal kick into all the teams effort to make one player standing higher than the others.

[lHawkel]

Yea, give out a single item as prize for a team of multiple people. What could ever go wrong? Top tier CEO

[polishhockeyfan]

These guys were a HUGE point of Polish pride. I remember when they were playing a Major during the Pulaski Parade in NY and me and my buddy got our whole section at MSG signing drunken Polish fight songs. I miss VP dearly.

[kacidy]

There's no 'I' in team. If you want to win you need to give up your ego and put the team as a whole first. This doesn't just apply to team sports, but any time you are trying to organize people. Every win is a shared achievement, every failure falls on all shoulders equally. Leaders and mvps: forget this time honored wisdom at your own peril.

[Mateusz-lico]

Holy fuck. Please make full video or something beacuse this is so flat surface its crazy. It wasnt what started it (its a fun rummor) but neo wasnt mad because of the merc ot was overall vibe team wise. Also VP was already in bit kf decline since they rathered do anything else than grind cs like astrallis for example. Mercedes thing is a polish "turning point" but all of them CLEARLY STATED it wasnt the reason the rift began. Also the pasha clip is so put of context its crazy D:
Expected better from this channel :/

[Blitzkit]

Yep blame Taz when obviously it's CEO's fault.
In no way Taz should decline a reward, everybody needs money and assets, he offered a 1/5 split, but his teammates declined they probably hoped for a car for each member instead.

[leonardonm]

Instead of giving everyone 5 k or something let's give one guy of the team 60 k, genius decision

[mrtz]

gotta love corporate people thinking of amazing ideas like gifting one person from a team an amazing car after the TEAM won a tournament and the rest get a pizza party 🥳

[tukangtipu]

This actually got some crossover with their dota squad, during that same period, VP dota squad were winning, a lot. And some of their winning tourneys give them Mercedes (hence the mercedes e class meme) as MVP prize (i think 3/5 vp dota squad got their own mercedes), and this influence the whole VP as org i believe

[vengeancebyvenom]

I wish the team would have collectively said no to the car and split something equally. I don't know how it would have worked, but this was indeed sad. What an unique team, unbelievable comradeship

[SesshyLover]

I used to work on Liquid and Joka told me that every day as a CS manager was spent keeping the team together. This just proves it 🤷🏼‍♀️