{"id":65347,"date":"2024-07-08T05:28:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T05:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/mezii-gg-chronicles-profile"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T06:01:00","slug":"mezii-gg-chronicles-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/counter-strike-2\/mezii-gg-chronicles-profile","title":{"rendered":"mezii Player Profile: Taking a Gap Year to Go Pro | GG Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The crowd couldn’t take their eyes off William “mezii” Merriman at the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2024<\/a> in London. Team Vitality’s Rifler entertained us with some great 1vX plays in front of his home crowd.<\/p>\n

The British Counter-Strike 2 (CS2)<\/a> player grew up in Birmingham as one of three brothers who all played Counter-Strike: Source. His father even took them to big LAN events. Yes, mezii’s father and brothers introduced him to Counter-Strike!<\/p>\n

Read More: GG.BET & Blast are building memorable fan experiences in esports arenas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

You might not have heard this before and wonder how we came by this info. Well, we learned a lot about mezzi thanks to the GG Chronicles video series from BLAST and GG.BET. <\/p>\n

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Merriman brothers discussing Counter-Strike. (Picture: GG.BET \/ BLAST)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the GG Chronicles player profile focusing on mezii, you’ll meet one of his brothers and fiancé and learn how he rose to fame, eventually joining Team Vitality. <\/p>\n

Thanks to the video, we also learned how, just after finishing up his accountancy degree, instead of going further or looking for work in the field, William “mezii” Merriman took a gap year in the hopes of going pro, explaining:<\/p>\n

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I felt like if I didn’t go for this now and try to push myself to make it, it was never really going to happen – Maybe I finish this year and none of this ever happens but, I finished university and within a couple of months I’d signed for GamerLegion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That was definitely a well-calculated (sorry!) risk that paid off!<\/p>\n

Read More: BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 Tickets Are Now Live<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out the full video below and get a bit closer to “king mezii” in the process.<\/p>\n

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