TaZ

{{Short description|Polish professional Counter-Strike 2 coach}}

{{other uses|Taz (disambiguation){{!}}Taz}}

{{Infobox Pro Gaming player

| ID = TaZ

| name = Wiktor Wojtas

| name_trans =

| image = Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas closeup 2.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|06|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = Polish

| team = G2 Esports

| game = Counter-Strike 2

| role = Coach

| league =

| career_games = Counter-Strike 1.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2023

| coach_start = 2023

| coach_end =

| nickname =

| years1 = 2004–2007

| team1 = Pentagram G-Shock

| years2 = 2007–2009

| team2 = MeetYourMakers

| years3 = 2009

| team3 = Wicked eSports

| years4 = 2009

| team4 = Vitriolic

| years5 = 2009–2010

| team5 = AGAiN

| years6 = 2010–2011

| team6 = Frag eXecutors

| years7 = 2011

| team7 = AGAiN

| years8 = 2011–2013

| team8 = ESC Gaming

| years9 = 2013

| team9 = Universal Soldiers

| years10 = 2013–2014

| team10 = AGAiN

| years11 = 2014–2018

| team11 = Virtus.pro

| years12 = 2018–2019

| team12 = Kinguin

| years13 = 2019

| team13 = devils.one

| years14 = 2019

| team14 = Aristocracy

| years15 = 2019–2020

| team15 = ARCY

| years16 = 2020–2023

| team16 = Honoris

| cyears17 = 2023–present

| cteam17 = G2 Esports

| highlights =

• 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.polsatsport.pl/esport-news/2015-11-21/filip-neo-kubski-jeszcze-do-konca-nie-zwariowalem_1481509/|title=Filip 'NEO' Kubski: Jeszcze do końca nie zwariowałem!|first=Wojciech |last=Podgórski|website=Polsat Sport|date=November 21, 2015|accessdate=January 13, 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gloswielkopolski.pl/artykul/522865,poznaniak-filip-kubski-malysz-gier-komputerowych-zdjecia,id,t.html|title=Poznaniak Filip Kubski: Małysz gier komputerowych|first=Marcin |last=Kostaszuk|website=Głos Wielkopolski|date= March 4, 2012|accessdate=January 13, 2016}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/virtus-pro-win-eleague-season-one-tbs/|title=Virtus Pro decimates Fnatic in ELEAGUE grand final|website=dailydot.com|date=July 30, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://obozrevatel.com/blogs/91682-pashabiceps-myi-provodim-bolshe-vremeni-na-sorevnovaniyah-chem-doma.htm|title=Обозреватель Киберспорта: pashaBiceps: мы проводим больше времени на соревнованиях, чем дома|date=2 August 2016 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.championat.com/cybersport/news-2535202-viktor-taz-vojtas-my-nakonec-to-vernulis-v-stroj.html|title=Виктор "TaZ" Войтас: мы наконец-то вернулись в строй|publisher=}} As of October 2016, TaZ has won $476,809, the largest single prize being $80,000 from winning ELeague Season 1.

On december 11th 2023, TaZ entered the counter strike coaching space, and was unvailed as G2 Esports new coach.{{Cite web |title=TaZ becomes new G2 Head Coach |url=https://www.hltv.org/news/37742/taz-becomes-new-g2-head-coach |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=HLTV.org |language=en}}