AdreN Made the Astralis Train Outer Call Not Zeus! - Reflections with Dosia - CS 1.6 / CSGO

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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

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