Pengu
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Pengu
Player Information
Name:
Niclas Mouritzen
Nationality:
Born:
October 7, 1997 (age 27)
Status:
Role:
Team:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$372,503
Signature Operators:
Game:
Links
Achievements
History
| Join | Leave | Team[q] |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-26 | 2018-08-10 [1] | PENTA Sports |
| 2018-08-10 [1] | 2021-03-01 [2] | G2 Esports |
| 2021-03-01 [2] | 2021-12-20 [3] | G2 Esports (Inactive) |
| 2021-12-20 [3] | 2023-03-17 [4] | DarkZero (Content Creator) |
| 2023-03-17 [4] | Present | Caster |
| 2024-03-13 [5] | Present | PSG Talon (Content Creator) |
Retired:
2021-03-01
Upcoming Matches
No Upcoming Matches
Upcoming Tournaments
| Six Invitational 2025
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| 2025-02-03 00:00:00 UTC |
Niclas "Pengu" Mouritzen (born October 7, 1997) is a Danish Rainbow Six Siege caster and in-game leader who is currently working for PSG Talon as a caster.
He is often considered the best and one of the most successful players in Rainbow 6 Siege history, having won 4 Pro League titles, 2 Six Invitationals, 1 Six Major and a European Final. On March 1st, 2021, he announced his retirement from competive play following 5 years in the scene.[6]
Several months after his Pro League retirement, he joined DarkZero Esports as a content creator along side RyyFyy.[7] Following KiXSTAr's passing, Pengu joined Interro as his duo focusing primarily on colour commentating.
Gear and settings[edit]
| Mouse settings [8] (list of) | |||||||||
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| Mouse | DPI | In-game sens. | Optic settings | Multiplier | Polling rate | Mousepad | |||
| Fnatic | 400 | 9 9 | Green 100% | 0.020000 | 1000 Hz | Artisan Hayate Otsu | |||
| Last updated on 2022-08-08 (849 days ago). | |||||||||
| Hardware[9] (list of) |
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| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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Fnatic Bolt |  |
Artisan Hayate Otsu |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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Alienware AW2521HF | 240 Hz | 1920×1080 | 16:9 |
| Keyboard | Headset | ||
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Logitech G PRO X (Brown Switches) |  |
Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro (default EQ) |
| Last updated on 2022-08-08 (849 days ago). |
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Results[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024-08-04 | S-Tier |   | Esports World Cup 2024 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-05-26 | S-Tier |   | BLAST R6 Major Manchester 2024 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-02-25 | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2024 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-11-12 | S-Tier |   | BLAST R6 Major Atlanta 2023 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-05-07 | S-Tier |   | BLAST R6 Major Copenhagen 2023 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-02-19 | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2023 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-11-27 | S-Tier |   | Six Jönköping Major 2022 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-08-21 | S-Tier | | Six Berlin Major 2022 | Analyst Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-05-22 | S-Tier | | Six Charlotte Major 2022 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-02-20 | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2022 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-17 | 1st | A-Tier | | European League 2020 - Finals |   | 3 : 2 |  | $60,392 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-02-12 | 7th - 8th | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2020 | | 0 : 2 |  | $110,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-18 | 2nd | S-Tier |   | Six Major Raleigh 2019 | | 1 : 3 |  | $80,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-02-17 | 1st | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2019 | | 3 : 0 | | $800,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-18 | 1st | S-Tier | | Pro League Season 8 - Finals |  | 2 : 0 |   | $75,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-19 | 1st | S-Tier | | Six Major Paris 2018 | | 3 : 0 |   | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-02-18 | 1st | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2018 |   | 3 : 2 | | $200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-08-26 | 1st | S-Tier | | Pro League Year 2 Season 2 - Finals | | 2 : 0 |   | $75,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-05-21 | 1st | S-Tier | | Pro League Year 2 Season 1 - Finals | | 2 : 0 |  | $75,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-05-07 | 1st | S-Tier | | Pro League Year 1 Season 1 - Finals - PC | | 2 : 0 |  | $25,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For matches between Jun 03, 2023 and Nov 24, 2024:
8W : 2L (80%) in matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Participant | Score | vs. Opponent | VOD(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2024 - 18:16 CET | Qualifier |  | Die Meisterschaft Season 2: Open Qualifier | 1 : 0 | |||
| Nov 24, 2024 - 16:41 CET | Qualifier | | Die Meisterschaft Season 2: Open Qualifier | 1 : 0 | |||
| Nov 24, 2024 - 15:22 CET | Qualifier | | Die Meisterschaft Season 2: Open Qualifier | 1 : 0 | |||
| Nov 24, 2024 - 14:17 CET | Qualifier | | Die Meisterschaft Season 2: Open Qualifier | 0 : 1 | |||
| Nov 24, 2024 - 13:05 CET | Qualifier | | Die Meisterschaft Season 2: Open Qualifier | 1 : 0 | |||
| Jul 02, 2023 | Qualifier |  | R6 Central Combine Open Qualifier #4 | 1 : 0 | |||
| Jul 02, 2023 | Qualifier | | R6 Central Combine Open Qualifier #4 | 0 : 1 | |||
| Jun 03, 2023 - 19:00 CEST | Weekly |   | BLAST Community Cup Europe - June #1 | 7 : 1 | |||
| Jun 03, 2023 - 18:00 CEST | Weekly | | BLAST Community Cup Europe - June #1 | 7 : 4 | |||
| Jun 03, 2023 - 17:00 CEST | Weekly | | BLAST Community Cup Europe - June #1 | 7 : 0 |
Awards[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-02-25 | Misc |  | SiegeGG Awards | Caster of Year 7 |  | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-02-25 | Misc | | SiegeGG Awards | Player of Year 4 - Honourable Mentions | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-18 | S-Tier | | Six Major Raleigh 2019 | SiegeGG's EVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-02-17 | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2019 | SiegeGG's EVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-18 | S-Tier | | Pro League Season 8 - Finals | SiegeGG's EVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-19 | S-Tier | | Six Major Paris 2018 | SiegeGG's EVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-14 | A-Tier |  | DreamHack Valencia 2018 | SiegeGG's EVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-02-18 | S-Tier | | Six Invitational 2018 | SiegeGG's MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-08-26 | S-Tier | | Pro League Year 2 Season 2 - Finals | SiegeGG's EVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-05-21 | S-Tier | | Pro League Year 2 Season 1 - Finals | SiegeGG's MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-05-07 | S-Tier | | Pro League Year 1 Season 1 - Finals - PC | SiegeGG's MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography[edit]
Pengu's esports career began with stints in League of Legends[10] and Heroes of the Storm[11]. With limited success in both titles, he pivoted towards Rainbow Six Siege during the early stages of the esport.
PENTA Sports[edit]
Year 1[edit]
His professional career started in December 2015 after he made a forum post about his desires to go pro titled "Looking to go pro or at least to the top".[Citation needed] He was contacted by A1GA and they ultimately formed a roster that became PENTA Sports for Season 1 of Pro League. The roster not only ended up winning the European split, but also went on to win the inaugural Pro League Finals without dropping a single map. Pengu achieved the highest rating (1.47), best K/D ratio (+18), highest KOST (79%) and received the MVP award.[12]
Despite their previous success, PENTA Sports finished 4th in Season 2 of the European Pro League. Thus, they failed to qualify for the Pro League Finals and were unable to defend their title. Pengu put up the 3rd highest rating and 2nd highest K/D and KOST.[13]
In preparation for Season 3 of Pro League, the PENTA Sports roster was reformed with A1GA, who left the team after the Season 1, returning to the team and with the addition of Fabian and jNSzki. The two of them, with Pengu, would form the core of what is considered as one of the greatest rosters in Siege esports history. However, PENTA Sports would once again fall short of the Pro League Finals in dramatic fashion - missing out due to the amount of Rounds Won, the third tiebreaker. Playing Ducks qualified instead due to winning 63 rounds compared to PENTA Sports' 60 rounds. This result also meant that PENTA had to play through the open qualifiers if they wanted to qualify to the inaugural Six Invitational. While they made a respectable lower bracket run with a new roster after dropping the new pick ups from Season 3, the team ultimately failed to qualify to the Six Invitational.
Year 2[edit]
After failing to qualify for any international event despite winning the inaugural Pro League season, Pengu was considering retirement. However, he was contacted by Fabian regarding the reformation of the PENTA Sports roster in preparation for Pro League Year 2 Season 1. The new PENTA Sports would end up fielding a six-man roster of Pengu, Fabian, Goga, jNSzki, KS and Falko. The new roster made an immediate statement by winning both the European season and the Pro League Finals for Year 2 Season 1, with Pengu receiving another MVP award for his performance during the Finals.[14] While they failed to defend their European title in Year 2 Season 2 to longtime rivals ENCE eSports, they still managed to qualify to the Year 2 Season 2 Finals in Cologne. They defended their Pro League title without dropping a single map, with Pengu receiving an EVP award.[15] In Season 3, they managed to regain their European title by beating ENCE eSports in the finals but failed to defend their Pro League title for a second time - this time losing to the brazilian roster of Black Dragons e-Sports in the semi finals. However, thanks to their results during the year, PENTA Sports qualified to the second ever Six Invitational as one of the favourites of the tournament. They had an easy sailing towards the Grand Finals of the event, losing only 1 map to North American rivals and eventual Grand Final opponents Evil Geniuses. In the Grand Finals, PENTA Sports faltered against defending Six Invitational champions Evil Geniuses going down 2-0 in the Bo5 Grand Final. In what is now considered one of the greatest comebacks in Siege history, PENTA Sports went on to win the next 2 maps, bringing the score to a 2-2 going into the final map. To shut the door on Evil Geniuses, Pengu clutched a 2v1 post plant situation in the final round, making PENTA Sports the second ever PC world champions in Rainbow Six: Siege. During the event, Pengu also achieved the best K/D among the players attending the event with a +41 K/D and was named the MVP of the event.[16]
Year 3[edit]
Year 3 spelled more successes for Pengu and the PENTA Sports roster, as they went on to keep their dominant form. Winning the European stage of Season 7 would eventually prove to be the final major trophy under the PENTA Sports banner, as they lost the Season 7 Pro League Finals to Team Liquid in the Grand Finals. The next appearance of Pengu at a major tournament was at Dreamhack Valencia 2018, where despite losing to i don't know in the semi-finals and only achieving 3rd place finish, Pengu received another EVP award for his performance.[17]
The PENTA Sports roster was picked up by G2 Esports ahead of the inaugural Six Major in Paris.
G2 Esports[edit]
Year 3[edit]
Playing with the new jerseys on their shoulders, the talented EU roster continued their reign of terror over Siege esports. The team went on to have one of the most dominant Six Major performances at the Six Major Paris, having won all but one map they played during the event. Pengu himself recorded the highest K/D ratio at the event and received another EVP award for his troubles.[18] G2 kept their dominant form going into Season 8 of Pro League, losing only 1 map during the European season and not dropping a single map during the Season 8 Finals, helping them reclaim the Pro League title. While his teammate Kantoraketti lead the effort in stunning home favorites in Rio, Pengu earned his 3rd EVP award in a row from majors he attended.[19] G2 was considered as the biggest favourites going into the Six Invitational 2019 after having won 3 out of the 4 qualifying events (Six Major Paris, Season 8 Finals and Dreamhack Winter 2018) in a dominant fashion. The Europeans proved the believers right by not losing a single match and only losing 1 map out of the 12 they played. Their path to victory hit a speedbump with Team Empire putting up a valiant fight against them - the first map of Coastline turned out to be one of the longest maps in Siege history during the first map of the Grand Finals. G2 ended up winning said map with a 10-12 scoreline leveraging the newly introduced infinite overtime system (regular maps without overtime were first to 7 with normal overtime rules changing it to first to 8 if both teams reached 6 rounds) and went on to clean up their shutout victory. Pengu picked up yet another EVP award for his performances at the event.[20] This win made Pengu, alongside with Fabian, Goga and jNSzki the only two time Six Invitational champions at the time, thus solidifying their place among the best ever players of Siege esports.
Year 4[edit]
In Season 9, despite the dominant performances of the previous year, G2 Esports failed to qualify to the Pro League finals after finishing 3rd in the regular season. This also meant that for the first time in over 2 years Pengu failed to qualify to another high level international LAN event. Despite their failure to qualify to the Season 9 Pro League Finals, the team was invited to Six Major Raleigh due to their win at the 2019 Six Invitational. This event was a return to form for G2 who reached the Grand Finals of the event where they were again facing Team Empire. The Russian squad got their revenge for the loss at the previous Six Invitational and despite G2's loss, Pengu went on to win another EVP award for his performance during the event.[21] In the months following, G2 Esports continued to struggle during the Pro League season only finishing 3rd and missing out on the Pro League Finals again. This, combined with failing to win the Dreamhack Montreal 2019 or the OGA PIT Season 3 events meant that Pengu's prospects of attending the 2020 Six Invitational after winning the previous two editions were minimal. In the end Ubisoft decided to invite G2 Esports for the Six Invitational 2020 due to their historic performances at the event and due to them being the title holders. G2 managed to win their group beating Team Reciprocity and Team BDS but then failed to beat Fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas in the playoffs of the event.
Year 5[edit]
G2 elected for a roster rebuild for the new season which saw Pengu switching to the hard support role. The team returned to form with a 2nd place finish during the European stage of Season 11 of Pro League. The subsequent LAN Finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which left Pengu ending the ESL Pro League era of Siege with 4 Pro League titles (the most of any single player). After a revamp of the Siege Competitive Circuit, G2 Esports was invited to the newly formed European League but remained in 3rd place despite the new format, just 1 point behind the 1st place. As a personal accolade, Pengu ended up recording the most clutches among any players in the European League that stage. This placement also meant that G2 qualified to the Six Major, originally supposed to be held in the US but to the COVID-19 outbreak it was turned into an online and regional event. At this online Six Major event G2 Esports finished 2nd behind Team BDS. The second stage was a disappointment for G2 and Pengu, only finishing 7th and missing out on the November Six Major. Despite this 7th placement, G2 qualified to the European League Finals at the end of the year as the 2nd seed team. At the European League Finals, Pengu helped his team to win the event, taking revenge on Team BDS in the Grand Final for the August Six Major. G2's performances during the year and at the Six Major August earned them a qualification spot for the Six Invitational 2021, but the event was moved from Montreal to Paris due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then delayed from February to May because of French border closures. Pengu would end up announcing his retirement on March 1st, 2021.[6] Throughout his 5 year professional career, he won 4 Pro League titles, 2 Six Invitationals, 1 Six Major and a European Finals title, making him one of the most successful players to ever play Rainbow Six: Siege.
Retirement and Casting career[edit]
After retiring from professional play, Pengu decided to play in multiple smaller events including the European Challenger League qualifiers in 2021 as a stand-in for Delta Project a team created by his longtime teammate Fabian. On December 20th, 2021 he announced that he was leaving G2 Esports and joining DarkZero Esports as a content creator.[7]
Following the passing of KiXSTAr, he announced that he would be partnering with Interro as a colour commentator focusing on North American and international events. The first event he went on to cast was the Six Sweden Major 2021. Since his transition to casting, he has casted multiple high level events and games such as the Grand Finals of Six Invitational 2022, Six Charlotte Major, Six Invitational 2023 and BLAST R6 Major Atlanta 2023. He was also named as Caster of the Year at the SiegeGG Year 7 awards.[22]
During the Six Invitational 2023, Ubisoft named Pengu as the MVP of 2022.[23]
On March 17, 2023, it was announced that he would leave DarkZero Esports to focus solely on his commentating career.[24]
Media[edit]
Highlights[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Pengu at the Six Invitational 2020
Pengu at the Pro League Year 2 Season 2 Finals
Pengu while in G2
Statistics[edit]
Earnings Chart[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Transfer reference". 2018-08-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Transfer reference". 2021-03-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Transfer reference". 2021-12-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Transfer reference". 2023-03-17.
- ↑ "Transfer reference". 2024-03-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pengu (2021-03-01). "Its been FIVE years".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 DarkZero Esports (2021-12-20). "Who doesn't love a good power couple?".
- ↑ Twitch stream
- ↑ "Channel Summary".
- ↑ G2 Esports (2018-08-21). "Get to Know: Pengu".
- ↑ theScore esports (2018-11-17). "The Story of Pengu".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2016-05-07). "Year 1 Season 1 Finals statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2016-07-14). "Year 1 Season 2 Europe statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2017-05-21). "Year 2 Season 1 Finals statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2017-08-26). "Year 2 Season 2 Finals statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2018-02-18). "SI 2018 statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2018-07-14). "Dreamhack Valencia 2018 statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2018-08-18). "Six Major Paris statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2018-11-18). "Season 8 Finals statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2019-02-17). "Six Invitational 2019 statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2019-08-18). "Six Major Raleigh statistics".
- ↑ SiegeGG (2023-03-03). "SiegeGG Caster of the Year".
- ↑ Ubisoft (2023-02-19). "Niclas "Pengu" Mouritzen".
- ↑ DarkZero Esports (2023-03-17). "Saying farewell to an ICON".
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