mousesports

mousesports (often shortened to mouz) is a professional esports organization based in Hamburg, Germany. mousesports fields teams in many different games, and are particularly known for its Counter-Strike team. mousesports was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams.[2] mouz's League of Legends team currently competes in the ESL Pro Series, having formerly competed in the European Challenger Series (EUCS).

mousesports
Short namemouz
DivisionsCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Fortnite
League of Legends
FIFA 19
Paladins
Rocket League
Smite
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Street Fighter V
TrackMania
Unreal Tournament 4
Founded2002 (2002)
Based inBerlin
LocationGermany
ManagerStefan Wendt
PartnersVodafone Deutschland
ROCKSTAR Energy Drink
SNIPES
RAZER
NITRADO
noblechairs[1]
Websitewww.mousesports.com

History

mousesports was formed in 2002 in Berlin, Germany, as a Counter-Strike team. The team began to compete in small tournaments, which gradually lead to their progression in larger ones, as well. By 2006, when G7 Teams was created, mousesports was one of the greatest gaming organizations in Europe, consisting of Counter-Strike, Warcraft III, Quake 4, Battlefield 1942 and Unreal Tournament divisions.

On 13 May 2007, mousesports announced that it had acquired Nihilum, the officially recognized premiere worldwide World of Warcraft organization, with Nihilum recognized as a subsidiary of mousesports.[3][4] The guild was remade into a community called "Nihilum: mousesports MMO". Nihilum was mousesports' consistently strongest gaming team in the European competition.[5] However, the relations between mousesports and Nihilum grew uncertain in the fall of 2008 and finally, on 10 November, it was announced that the former PvE team of SK Gaming would be merging with the players of Nihilum, effectively ending the partnership that lasted for over a year and a half.[6] Despite this, however, mousesports continued to maintain the Nihilum brand and on 1 August 2009, launched a new community website to connect the World of Warcraft guild Method, along with the WotLK Wiki and the Nihilum brand under a single domain.[7]

On 20 April 2009, mousesports announced that it would be withdrawing its support for Defense of the Ancients despite the huge amount of success they were having.[8] In early 2010, the organization announced the addition of a star-studded StarCraft: Brood War roster, which originally consisted of several American, Canadian, German, Polish and Ukrainian players.[9] Since their original induction into the organization, the team completely switched focus to StarCraft II during the Wings of Liberty beta period and has since become one of the greatest-renowned teams.[10] In one of the greatest-known tragedies in electronic sports history, mouz Counter-Strike player Antonio "cyx" Daniloski died on 29 July 2010 in a car accident caused by tire failure after missing a flight to China to compete for his team.[11] The aftermath of his death featured numerous memorials, tributes, eulogies and a permanent dedication on the official mousesports website.[12] Several months following Daniloski's death, mousesports announced the retirement of remaining Counter-Strike players Fatih "gob b" Dayik, Navid "Kapio" Javadi and stand-in Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel, effective following the ESL Pro Series Season XVII Finals.[13]

In March 2012, mousesports announced that it would be ending its support of its Counter-Strike division, citing the organization's perception of the lack of market, considering the rising prominence of Dota 2 and League of Legends.[14] Mouz picked up a new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster later that year.

In April 2017, mousesports signed the roster of the former Dota 2 team, Ad Finem, marking the first return for the organization to the game in nearly two years.[15]

On 2 August, Christian 'loWel' Garcia was released from his contract with mousesports. On 4 August former Penta Sports player Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi was announced as his replacement. Less than a week later, on 8 August, mousesports released Denis 'denis' Howell from his contract and signed Martin 'STYKO' Styk to replace him, formerly of HellRaisers.[16]

In December 2017, the mousesports Dota 2 team disbanded.[17]

In March 2018, mousesports signed their first full roster for competition in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.[18]

On 27 June, mousesports announced the acquisition of Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski from Virtus.pro as a replacement for the benched Martin "STYKO" Styk.[19]

On 30 July, mousesports announced that they were acquiring the Rocket League team of Tigreee, Alex161, and Skyline.[20] Alex161 and Skyline previously played under Servette Esports, with Tigreee being acquired from Team Secret. This Mousesports team began play in RLCS Season 6, as Alex161 and Skyline retained their qualified spot won under Servette.

On 15 October, mousesports announced the return of Martin "STYKO" Styk to the starting lineup.[21]

On 15 November, the coach of the Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege team announced the team was dropped by mousesports and he would not stay with the team.

On 10 January 2019, mousesports announced the acquisition of Linus "al0t" Möllergren from compLexity Gaming, replacing Skyline.[22]

On 13 February 2019, mousesports announced the signing of their second Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege team, the former ENCE esports Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege roster, as well as coach Michiel "oVie" van Dartel but later dropped the team on 1 July 2019.[23][24]

On 14 March, mousesports revamps their roster with the acquisition of woxic, frozen, and karrigan.[25]While oskar is released, suNny and STYKO is benched from the lineup.

On 22 June 2020, mousesports announced their withdrawal from the RLCS and competitive Rocket League as a whole and released their roster.[26]

Current rosters

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ID Name Nationality
acoR Frederik Gyldstrand  Denmark
ropz Robin Kool  Estonia
karrigan (captain) Finn Andersen  Denmark
frozen David Čerňanský  Slovakia
Bymas Aurimas Pipiras  Lithuania

StarCraft II
ID Name Nationality
HeRoMaRinE Gabriel Segat  Germany

FIFA
  • Mario "elast1Cooo" Pflumm

Street Fighter V
ID Name Nationality
Problem X Benjamin Simon  United Kingdom

League of Legends
ID Name Nationality
Tolkin Niklot Stüber  Germany
Obsess Patrick Englemann  Germany
LIDER Adam Ilyasov  Norway
Jeskla Jesper Strömberg  Sweden
promisq Hampus Abrahamsson  Sweden

Unreal Tournament 4
  • Dylan "Dylan`" Cunningham
  • Sean "w)v" Butcher
  • Mikael "znatch" Lindahl
  • Aleksandr "s1aY" Volkov

Former Teams

Dota 2
Nat. ID Name Join Date Leave Date New Team Current Team
Madara Omar Dabachach 2017-04-07[27] 2017-12-23[17] Mad Lads Ad Finem
Maybe Next Time Verros Apostolos 2017-04-07[27] 2017-12-23[17] Mad Lads Vega Squadron
SkyLark Kharis Zafiriou 2017-04-07[27] 2017-12-23[17] Clutch Gamers Ad Finem
SssaSpartan Giorgos Giannakopoulos 2017-04-07[27] 2017-12-23[17] Clutch Gamers Ad Finem
ThuG Dimitris Plivouris 2017-04-07[27] 2017-12-23[17] Ad Finem Ad Finem
SKANKS224 (Coach) Giannis Theodoridis 2017-04-07[27] 2017-12-23[17]

Heroes of the Storm
Nat. ID Name Join Date Leave Date New Team Current Team
Fightcamp David Bahjon 2014-08-22 2014-09-12 Retired
Ahli Christoph Ahlers 2014-08-22 2014-09-23 Retired
Blackmore91 Björn Gerstner 2014-08-22 2014-09-28 Playing Ducks Retired
KuKKi Carston Gedrat 2014-08-22 2014-11-20 Retired
Fabio Anton Gorelov 2014-10-08 2014-11-30 Circle of Mages Circle of Mages
StarZerg Kristoffer Georges 2014-09-15 2014-12-08 Ace Heaven Retired
APwny Dominic Hamustafic 2014-11-28 2014-12-18 Ace Heaven Retired
Careion Jan Hoffmann 2014-08-22 2015-03-05 Playing Ducks Fnatic
Kidagakash Jeremias Knehr 2014-08-22 2015-03-05 Playing Ducks Retired
Línu Marc Weber 2014-12-29 2015-03-05 Playing Ducks Retired

Rainbow Six Siege
Nat. ID Name Region Join Date Leave Date New Team Current Team
Neptunez Scott Webber NA 2019-03-19[28] 2018-08-03[29] Elephant Gang None
MarkTheShark Mark Arismendez NA 2019-03-19[28] 2018-06-26[30] Elephant Gang Tempo Storm
Beastly Jared Medeiros NA 2019-03-19[28] 2018-11-15[31] Rise Nation Beastcoast
Vandal Joshua Diaz NA 2019-03-19[28] 2018-11-15[31] Rise Nation Retired
VertcL Franklyn Andres Cordero NA 2019-03-19[28] 2018-11-15[31] Rogue Oxygen Esports
Hyper Paul Kontopanagiotis NA 2018-06-26[30] 2018-11-15[31] Rise Nation DarkZero Esports
England Terrel Lee NA 2018-09-06[32] 2018-11-15[31] Rise Nation None
morxzas (Coach) Julian Miculcy NA 2019-03-19[28] 2018-11-15[31] Team GamerLegion Retired
Willkey Niklas Ojalainen EU 2019-02-13[33] 2019-05-31[34] Team GamerLegion ENCE (Organization)
Bounssi Jouni Salo EU 2019-02-13[33] 2019-07-01[35] GiFu Esports Retired
Gomfi Santino de Meulenaere EU 2019-02-13[33] 2019-07-01[35] GiFu Esports Susquehanna Soniqs
SHA77E Ville Palola EU 2019-02-13[33] 2019-07-01[35] GiFu Esports Team Secret
SlebbeN Alex Nordlund EU 2019-02-13[33] 2019-07-01[35] GiFu Esports Susquehanna Soniqs
jNSzki Joonas Savolainen EU 2019-06-12[36] 2019-07-01[35] GiFu Esports Retired
oVie Michael van Dartel EU 2019-02-13[33] 2019-07-01[35] GiFu Esports None

Pro Evolution Soccer
ID Name
El_Matador Mike Linden
GoooL Matthias Winkler
wiDe Dennis W.

Rocket League
Nat. ID Name Join Date Leave Date New Team Current Team
Skyline Kevin Carvalho 2018-07-30[37] 2019-01-10[38] The Rightovers
Alex161 Alex Ernst 2018-07-30[37] 2019-06-11[39] Big Brained Gamers
Tigreee Maik Hoffmann 2018-07-30[37] 2019-08-25[40] Fadeaway Fadeaway
al0t Linus Möllergren 2019-01-10[38] 2020-02-02[41] The Boys Sauce
Scrub Killa Kyle Robertson 2020-02-01[42] 2020-03-18[43] Girls Team Singularity
Lethamyr (Coach) Treyven Robitaille 2019-09-06[44] 2020-06-12[45]
kuxir97 Francesco Cinquemani 2019-09-05[46] 2020-06-22[47] Team Liquid SWAG
Speed Jack Packwood-Clarke 2019-09-05[46] 2020-06-22[47] Team Liquid Team Liquid
arju Ario Berdin 2020-03-18[43] 2020-06-22[47] Galaxy Racer

Tournament results

Counter-Strike

2012

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020
  • 1st — ICE Challenge 2020[85]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Tournament Date Location Placement Prize
Former Finnish Roster
Pro League Season 9 - Europe 2019-04-26 Europe 6th $13,250
Former American Roster
Pro League Season 7 - North America 2018-04-09 North America 5-6th $4,500
DreamHack Austin 2018 2018-06-02 Austin, Texas, USA 13-16th $0
OGA PIT Season 1 - North America 2018-07-21 North America 5th $0
United States Nationals 2018 - Stage 1: Eastern Conference 2018-08-03 United States 2nd $500
DreamHack Montreal 2018 2018-09-08 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 5-8th $1,000
United States Nationals 2018 - Stage 3: Western Conference 2018-10-19 North America 2nd $45,000
Pro League Season 8 - North America 2018-10-22 North America 5th $4,500
United States Nationals 2018 - Wild Card: Western Conference 2018-10-26 United States 1st Finals

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