Reflections - Interview Series

Currently Playing: "I Always Say [launders] Is the Best BAD Caster in the Space!" - Reflections With Scrawny 1/3 - CS2

Use code THORIN at https://gamersupps.gg/THORIN for 10% off an order of GamerSupps' delicious energy formula. ► Join the Scrilluminati to get exclusive perks and support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/Thooorin ► Check out a previous CS interview here: https://youtu.be/P8YaNpAqwQA Conner "Scrawny" Girvan, famous play-by-play Counter-Strike comentator, is the star of the 518th Episode of 'Reflections'. This is part one of three about Scrawny's career. Scrawny got his break after posting a clip of him commentating a knife round to reddit. From there he managed to land work with some smaller online tournaments and NA LANs. Quickly finding and establishing a partnership with launders he was able to rise through the ranks over the coming years and most famously began to gain a strong foothold with BLAST during their Pro Series era. When the world went online in 2020, Scrawny was able to overtake some of the bigger names in the space and his brand is tightly aligned with BLAST as a circuit and he and launders are considered the premiere duo of that part of CS. Starting with PGL Antwerp, Scrawny has now commentated seven straight majors, a streak which is still on going as of now. In part one, Scrawny talks about getting his lucky break, parlaying that moment into real casting work, how he and launders operate, his philosophy on his style of commentating and the challenge of overcoming the established big name casting duos a decade ago. This interview was recorded on the 12th of April, 2026. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Background 01:35 reddit clip origin story 06:04 Rap god 07:34 Philosophy 10:19 Parlaying hype 17:50 Anders helping 21:16 launders 29:32 Luck 31:31 launders creating space and how they work together 34:16 Overcoming the big duos 41:13 Pressing schedule? 46:41 Work sustaining you Subscribe this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfeeUuW7edMxF3M_cyxGT8Q/join ► Check out bite-sized Thorin on my new clips channel: https://www.youtube.com/thorinclips ► Follow me on social media: https://twitter.com/Thorin https://facebook.com/Thooorin https://www.instagram.com/thooorinofficial/ ► My written content: https://iamesports.substack.com/ ► My stream: https://www.twitch.tv/Thorin ► You can discuss this content at my Discord server: https://discord.gg/rDKxKfM ► Want esports predictions? I have my own server to post them and share tips: https://discord.gg/T9bgaAQN4D ► This video was kindly supported by: touken_ Nicky Jasun Jensen Goh Special thanks go out to JerCkysMiNi0n. #scrawny #launders #Thorin