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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 Reflections here: https://youtu.be/q3kRFkzf_IQ Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov, former star of Moscow Five and Virtus.pro, is the star of the 459th Episode of 'Reflections'. Dosia is arguably Russia's best ever Counter-Strike player and was one of the best players in the professional scene from the latter days of CS 1.6 around 2009 on and through to the first years of CS:GO, perhaps until 2014. After that period he continued on as a veteran presence and helped guide Gambit to what was at that time the first and only major a team from the CIS region had won. Rising up playing in teams with Fox, his brother, Dosia quickly made a name for himself as one of the most skilled players in his region. His teams began to show competitive form at the big international events, though they could not break through to score a big win. Back in regional play his sides were some of the very best and could even take down world beaters like NAVI. At the end of 1.6 and particularly with the addition of forge, a map his Moscow Five team excelled on, Dosia's squads made a few deep runs culminating in a third place finish at IEM VI Kiev, the European finals of ESL's circuit. Dosia continued to be one of the best players in early CS:GO and his VP team was the first to ever defeat the then 87-0 NiP on LAN and deny them a LAN title at StarSeries V in April of 2013. Taking in Slovakian AWP star GuardiaN the VP team again produced meaningful wins, beating NiP again at EMS One Summer before losing to shox's VeryGames. In the latter part of 2013 Astana Dragons was formed as a CIS super-team with Dosia one of the big names. Despite showing some huge potential, again beating NiP and finishing runners-up at StarSeries VII, the team failed to crack top four at Dreamhack Winter 2013, the first ever major. Dosia and his teams' level would go down over the coming years but he would get one last chance at the top as part of the Gambit project from 2016 on. The zenith for the team was shocking the world and winning the PGL Krakow major in 2017. You can watch Dosia stream at https://www.twitch.tv/dosia_csgo This interview was recorded on the 22nd of January, 2024. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Mystique and memes 02:41 Rise 03:45 Playing with his brother, Fox 05:45 HEL1 06:47 WCG 2009 08:00 Facing NAVI 2010 09:16 Moscow Five economy management 10:39 MSI Beat It 11:08 tuscan 12:14 Star player 13:35 Pressure? 15:29 Transitioning to CS:GO 16:39 Upsetting NiP 17:50 VeryGames 18:59 GuardiaN 20:03 Astana Dragons 21:19 Dreamhack Winter 2013 23:08 s1mple 25:12 HLTV ranking for 2014 26:20 Style of play 27:00 Gambit 27:50 Motivation 30:12 Self-conception 31:34 Zeus 34:42 Winning PGL Krakow 37:05 AdreN 38:06 Grenade graffiti 39:08 HObbit 39:44 Pro status now 40:23 Perspective on teams 41:20 Any players he didn't get to play with? 42:11 How does he see his career? 43:15 Styles he found strange 44:40 Jame 46:09 Speaking English 48:58 Final words 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 ► This video was kindly supported by: Matt, Pugnatio, Rajcula THE c0ncept Animosity Banediesel Ben Glass Jasun Jensen Goh Tosh touken_ Special thanks go out to JerCkysMiNi0n. #Dosia #Jame #Thorin