I think the whole 'sweaty tryhard' narrative for EU Pavlov is a big misnomer. If people were tryhard, you would hear people reacting. People would be frustrated when they lose an encounter or a round. People would be happy when their team makes a good play and wins, giving their round-winning team-mate a verbal pat on the back. People would be mad when their teammates squander rounds by standing around like lemons with the bomb, then moving towards the bombsite with little time remaining only to go stand in an alleyway and wait for an enemy they heard, rather than plant the bomb with the precious seconds remaining. They'd ask them what they were doing and let them know that /we have to win, we cannot lose/. But this never happens. Nobody reacts to anything, nobody is happy about winning and nobody cares if their teammate screws up to lose them the round. So it's not tryharding. 

People just don't connect. Everyone is silent, not because they're tryharding, but because they aren't really invested in the game or community on a competitive nor social level.