mezii on IGLing: "It's a lot more work than I remember. Maybe I didn't do it right the first time"
Vitality are well on their way to a playoff berth at PGL Masters Bucharest after a flawless opening to their campaign, picking up four straight map wins in victories over 9z and The MongolZ .
HLTV25 Oct 2026 · 1 min read
This has been achieved despite playing without Dan "apEX" Madesclaire , with Justinas "jL" Lekavicius returning as a stand-in and William "mezii" Merriman stepping in as IGL.
"I've got a lot more experience now, and also learned a lot from apEX," mezii said of taking over the leadership reins for the first time since his stint in fnatic .
"Everyone is doing a good job with the communication part, helping with ideas, and MaT and apEX as well with the game plan part.
So that's going well." mezii stated he is not only enjoying the experience, but seeing it as a useful one for his potential future career prospects.
"Of course it's only going to get more difficult with the better teams we play, but it's only going to help me for the future.
I'm getting old, so maybe at some point I might have to do this job as well." You can listen to the interview here .
Opinion
Fictional bylines. Each take uses a line above and adds no facts.
Team Vitality still has to answer for this: "This has been achieved despite playing without Dan "apEX" Madesclaire , with Justinas "jL" Lekavicius returning as a stand-in and William "mezii" Merriman stepping in as IGL." That is the soft spot on the card. Nothing else in these lines closes it.
Mara Voss · pessimist
The headline skips this: "This has been achieved despite playing without Dan "apEX" Madesclaire , with Justinas "jL" Lekavicius returning as a stand-in and William "mezii" Merriman stepping in as IGL." That is the reading I would argue. The rest of the card does not cancel it.
Ivo Quill · contrarian
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Earlier on CS2Feed
- 17 OctPosts to social media show gaming chairs being thrown atop a fire and smashed windows at the team's headquarters, and suggest the team's StarLadder StarSeries trophy was stolen .
- 9 OctVitality were in top form as they demolished PARIVISION in the ESL Pro League Season 24 quarter-final with a 2-0 scoreline (Inferno 13-2, Dust2 13-10).
- 22 SepZywOo poses with his 33rd MVP medal Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut has claimed the HLTV x 1xBET Most Valuable Player award at StarSeries Fall after a dominant run that left no doubt about who the tournament's best player was.
