Team Vitality have released a new vlog, “IT’S STILL THE VITALITY ERA | Budapest Major Vlog,” offering a behind-the-scenes look at their championship run at the StarLadder Budapest Major — from the tension of BO1s, early mistakes, and post-match debriefs to the confident playoff rhythm, apEX’s motivational speeches, and the team’s core message: don’t play on emotions or force decisions, but stick to the plan and team synchrony.
“We could have been the first since Astralis”: the main goal — a back-to-back Major
In the vlog, Vitality openly state what this tournament meant to them: a chance to do something only a few teams in history have achieved — winning two Majors in a row. They call it a potentially “crazy” accomplishment and repeatedly return to the idea: the trophy, the vacation afterward, and the feeling “like after Austin,” only on a bigger scale.
This narrative serves as the internal engine of the run — not a “good result” or a “top-four finish,” but a concrete historical objective that sets the tone for most of the team meetings shown on camera.
How Vitality prepared: bootcamp, fixing mistakes, and controlling pressure
The team describe their preparation in a very pragmatic way: a bootcamp, full commitment, and a clear effort not to repeat the mistakes from the first half of the season. The vlog shows many small details usually kept behind closed doors — short timing instructions, flashbang agreements, and above all a constant emphasis on disciplined communication. This comes through most clearly in apEX’s speeches. He repeatedly drives home one idea: a Major isn’t about panic, it’s about standing “for each other” and not letting emotions break your game.
BO1 as a trap: loss, review, and an instant reset
There’s a moment where Vitality acknowledge that BO1s are always a danger zone. Even if the “mentality was fine,” they admit they fell short in the details. They point out specific CT-side situations that “shouldn’t have happened” and missed chances after losing the pistol — and then immediately draw a line under it:
F*ck that one, now. We move on to the next.
It’s an important psychological detail: the video shows that Vitality’s stability isn’t about never making mistakes, but about how quickly they stop living in the previous map.
“Don’t give away the advantage”: a recurring problem Vitality keep highlighting
Another message runs through the vlog like a red thread — Vitality don’t want to win a round and then lose it themselves. On camera, they talk about “getting lost after the first frag” or “throwing away advantageous situations.” This directly leads to the central phrase of the vlog:
We’re not rushing things. We make plans together. We do things together.
In other words — not hero plays, not “pushing five seconds earlier,” not pure aim battles, but structure and synchrony.
The road to the title on camera: from nerves to “it felt easy”
The vlog portrays the Major as a sequence of psychological states:
- early tension, with moments where players admit they’re starting to feel stressed;
- a phase where the team finds its rhythm and becomes “cleaner” in decision-making;
- playoff mode, where “job isn’t done” starts to dominate the mindset;
- and finally the triumph, where ZywOo says it feels strange because “it actually felt easy — like you could feel it coming.”
Alongside this, the vlog adds a strong human element: mini golf, small jokes, fan interactions, and scenes where players simply release tension between matches. It’s not a “movie about champions,” but rather an honest diary of a team that knows how to be ruthless at work and normal in everyday life.
apEX as the team’s main voice: “today, we are rocks”
If there’s one clear narrator of the video, it’s apEX. His speeches aren’t about hype, but about managing the team’s state:
- reminders of the cost of mistakes (“we know how expensive this can be”);
- demands for communication even in 3v3 situations (“two people cannot stay silent”);
- and a final psychological shield: “today, we are rocks — nothing will get through us.”
This feels like Vitality’s internal code in 2025: the team isn’t chasing a perfect game, but the right decisions under pressure.
Community reaction
The vlog quickly drew a wave of positive feedback in the comments. Fans praised the players’ full focus, apEX’s charisma and emotions, and the light, almost family-like atmosphere within the team. Some viewers joked that Vitality’s vlogs help them learn French, while others thanked the team for the “pleasure of watching greatness,” calling Vitality the best team in history and once again underlining ZywOo’s GOAT status. Overall, the tone of the reaction is admiration, gratitude, and a clear sense that the team is living in its own, special era.
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The Vitality era formula
In the end, the vlog works not just as a celebration of the title, but as a manifesto of the current Vitality: a team that wins not through chaos or individual flashes, but through cold heads, shared decisions, and the ability to withstand maximum pressure. In this context, “We’re not rushing things” doesn’t sound like a line from a video — it sounds like the formula of an era, an era in which Vitality aren’t chasing the moment, but methodically building history.
