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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 interview here: https://youtu.be/1U-yVDIhB5Q Jonas "Johnny R." Bollack, former star AWPer of mousesports, is the star of the 482nd Episode of 'Reflections'. Johnny R. began as a notorious online player with demos farming noobs in public servers. By 2002 he had already proven himself on LAN with his new mousesports team. By the latter part of 2002 mouz were dark horses to win tournaments featuring even the best Nordic squads. mouz finished 3rd at CPL Oslo 2002 and 3rd at CPL Cannes 2003. Domestically mouz were dominant during Johnny R.'s era, but a notable period was when he left mouz to join a-Losers and talents Blizzard and neo (the German one). The team won GameGune and finished fourth at CPL Summer 2003. Rejoining mouz meant creating a super-team (Johnny R., Roman R., Blizzard, neo and gore) which was able to finish third at CPL Winter 2003, notably beating vesslan's Adrenaline. 2004 was less successful and Johnny R. retired from competitive play not long after the end of the year. He would return to stand in for an EPS victory but essentially finished his playing career at the age of only 20! He has since worked for Logitech and in the gaming sector for many years. This interview was recorded on the 15th of February, 2025. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Reputation as an onliner 04:44 mousesports 07:49 Roman R. 09:00 Early CPLs 10:20 CPL Oslo 2002 13:09 World Cyber Games 2002 15:31 EPS Germany 18:12 CPL Cannes 2003 22:33 AWPing 25:35 gore and impi 26:57 a-Losers 30:09 CPL Summer 2003 31:37 Practicing top teams 33:13 Blizzard and neo 35:57 mouz super-team 38:14 third or fourth place curse 40:59 Life and support 45:44 Stigma around FPS games in Germany 47:48 SSV Lehnitz LAN facing NEO's Pentagram 49:44 mouz shakeup due to World Esports Games invitation? 52:18 Retiring as a player young 57:44 How far esports has come in Germany 1:00:16 Staying in the gaming industry and getting recognised 1:04:00 Legacy 1:06:53 His favourite AWPer 1:08:19 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 ► Want esports predictions? I have my own server to post them and share tips: https://discord.gg/T9bgaAQN4D ► 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. #Johnnyr #mousesports #Thorin