The Story of Pengu

Niclas “Pengu” Mouritzen caught the esports fever and knew he had to work harder than everyone else if he wanted to live that dream. In his teens, he tried to break into the hottest games at the time.
And then, when Rainbow Six: Siege came out, he grabbed hold of his destiny.
This is his story.
Written and Narrated by: Josh Bury (@throwngauntlet)
Editing and Animations by: Christian Pearson (@chr.pearson)
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[@Overnight558]

Image being the friend who recommended seige to pengu

[@yanxnz5133]

Brandon Nguyen if that was me I would have demanded that penguin give me all of his money he earn from rainbow six siege because

[@doppelpunktdrei7650]

Juice MAN you might take the place for the worst friend ever to be alive on this Planet

[@kevinth1360]

Von und zu Reisfisch agreed

[@anthonyyou7512]

Von und zu Reisfisch agreed

[@anthonyyou7512]

Juice MAN you would take the place as the fakest friend in the world

[@fabianbosman8178]

he just won another pro league championship.

[@fst5349]

So excited for the invitationals

[@ilhamrifqy2]

*League

[@fabianbosman8178]

@@fst5349 same

[@yourclapped2948]

You sad sad man

[@michaelliu5845]

They*

[@balunchass]

"I wrecked him, he cried, he called ESL, and I got banned"

[@Bomboclaat010]

Good thing shaiiko got revenge

[@dhruvdahiyadhruv2166]

I felt bad for shaiko

[@lol-tp1yb]

​@@dhruvdahiyadhruv2166 i think we all do. he got banned and lost hes tallents. the tallents all the money he could win. but pengu is like a 12 years old boy in csgo if there better then me there must cheating. fuck pengu becouse he wastet shaiiko's tallents and destroyed shaiikos dream. pengu need to look at if it was pengu who was good as shaiiko and shaiiko was pengu what will pengu have done if he got 2 years ban for a crime he did not. he will probrealy stop play rainbow six but change to another game but shaiiko did not he played after he got ban he will get revenge. think that pengu won 3 championship after he got shaiiko banned

[@moosh7078]

@@lol-tp1yb 1. Multiple pro players reported shaiiko for cheating, not just pengu or penta players 2. They are not the ones who decide the ban. It was ESL's decision and there is more to it than what has been released to the public. 3. G2 has beaten BDS every time apart from once

[@lol-tp1yb]

@@moosh7078 yea ofc esl was the person that ban shaiiko no one else could ban him

[@tadhgmulvey9911]

Pengu has to get a new arm now due to Chinese censorship

[@Adrian-fo4kv]

tadhg mulvey I don’t get it, help

[@tadhgmulvey9911]

Adrian Ubisoft are removing all skulls and other design details like the knife symbol in the killfeed due to the game being released in China and their censorship is pretty strict

[@jesusduarte1271]

Hoepfully they dont censor it. I bought the skins for Halloween. They cant and should not take it away from us. China should get their own version of game, and realistically China has brought a lot of problems to competitive games (Many cheaters). We all know we dont need that.

[@ifluvio9676]

@@jesusduarte1271 Skins aren't even being changed...

[@warinaus]

Nope they relsed a postsaying tbey will make another vetsion of the game

[@kazeius]

Wait this dude has spent around 45%precent of time playing siege since it came out, that’s dedication right there

[@flowscs6835]

Yeah it really is. In year 1 I put in 3k hours so I was on route to get 10k by now but I got so worn out of the game I only have about 7k currently

[@oogyboogytom5677]

And he spent 40% of that time bitching about everything

[@iamjc988]

This dude learned an entire language from playing online games

[@aleboom8261]

I too

[@vale22fc86]

@@aleboom8261 lmaoooo guess it wasnt english

[@user-mf6cu5hd1b]

Just like me 🤣😂 Mother dutch Father french Gaming learning english School = spanish School = german

[@SincoolKira]

I learnt English from scratch playing games as well. First just trying to communicate with people online and then voice chatting with americans when I played on an NA Aion server. It only got better since then, and I worked and still work jobs which have English as a critical requirement. Before I got internet I was almost failing English classes in primary and middle school. Then, right after getting internet I started to learn until I was 1st in High School at English.

[@catherine6212]

From youtube , yes

[@monsterxpancake]

Wow, props to pengu. I remember watching him a while back when he was pretty toxic, I stopped after I became disinterested with R6. But it’s good to see he has changed his ways.

[@reaperofinsanity3370]

Not really

[@alberto8800]

@@reaperofinsanity3370 you really dont know lol

[@TerminalKitty]

​@@alberto88002 years later, just wanna say, he's still fucking toxic. I love it tho. It comes part and parcel with being the best.

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

NOOT NOOT

[@r3cks456]

Story of OpTic Scump is overdue

[@Arktes]

Scump defo

[@grislypats1013]

Ayy Lmao cod esports is a joke but scump does need one

[@Jack_Gibby]

The only thing worse than CoD eSports is Fortnite.

[@theamateurgamer_7675]

WAY OVERDUE i always hear so much about him but when I see him all he does is rage, complain and suck

[@phammo1]

@@theamateurgamer_7675 u clearly haven't been on the internet if you see scump as a bad player and guy who "complains"

[@chowdah9715]

Best r6 player hands down, will forever be remembered for his skill, aim, but most of all, his amazing personality

[@arep7771]

yeah. had to agree on that one. i know hes been improving on his personality alot now that he kinda a big deal in the community n his stream. cant really blame the guy who is very young, have no social life outside his game n still trying to be the best n stay as the best to have a little bit of attitude problem. i mean who never have been there right?

[@toniton9434]

@@arep7771 imo he is way better now in his latest streams, and boi they just won again yesterday

[@arep7771]

@@toniton9434 yeah, basically they just get frag carry by kanto the aim n clutch master :P

[@redwingjv]

Ever heard of a man called kantoraketti? lol. I can’t believe people actually forget about this guy

[@attilaantalffy-zsiros2034]

@@redwingjv yes he is the best fragger in the game but pengu was just as good of a fragger when he played that role before kanto came in and now pengu plays flex where he is the best pengu is way more versatile plus he won 6 out of the 11 premier championships the game had and he attended only 8 so he literally won 75% of the championships he attended

[@plawpy]

"It was on the 3rd map, Kafe..." *shows Bank footage*

[@salc1n380]

U can't be releasing r6 vids during the finals

[@asp3ct.r67]

wdym

[@benjaminliew5178]

R6 pro league finals

[@jaredwmac]

Khalid_ S4EVER wdym ‘wdym’? You can’t release these videos during the finals cuz he won another final

[@anvthema6fd]

Jared MacDonald wdym?

[@cosmit0522]

Thank you for shining a spotlight on the best player in an emerging game

[@redwingjv]

I’d like to argue kantoraketti is better but I’m glad he made the documentary still

[@whsitle]

RedwingJV ketti is a beast but pengu has the most tourney wins I’d rather hear that story

[@asherkurr5666]

Nah bro kanto is a fucking unit

[@SlimeyCraft]

RedwingJV kanto's the team main fragger, of course he's a beast. he's tasked to kill, but the Penguin can do it all. Remember when he used to main BB back in Y2? he was a god damn God. remember Gamescom finals? he got 24 kills as an ash main.

[@cosmit0522]

For everyone arguing Kanto is better I have one thing to say, can’t has better aim and has gone off more but pengu is the most impactful player on the best team in the world because he is the second to top fragger mainly and also plays the supportive roles of droning co-igl and anchor

[@BezzleNA]

I come back to this video every time I feel down to remember that my idol went through the same thing. Thank you Pengu for motivating me through the highs and lows.

[@GotYa]

After watching the finals tonight, you might wanna do one on Kantoraketti lol

[@tehjburz]

I do want to do one on Kantoraketti. Hopefully I get the chance at some point! -Josh

[@KingTupi]

Yes Kanto is a good story without his move to g2 I don't think he'd be the same player he is

[@jamesmccormack8903]

Yes, especially all the people who doubted him bc he came out of ranked.

[@_________-_______]

0:06 ''esports fans are living in an era of humans''

[@skraymp]

Era of Heroes lol

[@jays6xx]

What

[@NubEv3r]

He said heros

[@bigtony2559]

lol it says hero’s but if I think the word human I hear him say humans

[@ajv5811]

Sad to see him leave the scene this year. Pengu's one that made me want to play siege and even play challenger or pro league one day.

[@nota_2526]

I play a lot of competitive games, but have never tried r6, is it to late or should I get it?

[@googlewontletmeuseacopypas5291]

You should. After 3 years of seasons, it's still going strong

[@olo_7503]

Plus it’s on sale on steam right now

[@ronaldomendoza7578]

AyeBuddy Its still growing so definitely

[@aj7267]

I have been playing it for a year never got bored, i highly recommended it but it takes time to become a veteran players, siege is not all about aim, u need map knowledge, know different strategies on different maps and different sites, learn the angles. How to adapt to certain play style against different teams etc i could keep going for a a whole paragraph but in conclusion its a great fps game that u will never get bored playing.

[@Simic890]

If I can tell you one thing....PEEK!

[@leeyon8057]

« ... and then, Shaiiko entered the game... »

[@andreaskvamme1442]

Wait, if he had 10 000 hours in 3 years. That means he played an average of 9 hours a day...

[@austinb]

not tfue doesn’t surprise me, he’s the best player in the world

[@uncleiroh9134]

@@austinb shaiiko is better

[@austinb]

Uncle Iroh whatever man u get my point🤷‍♂️

[@nsa6790]

Uncle Iroh ok kid sure your precious shaiiko hasn’t won any world championships so no he’s not

[@austinb]

Carter Spratlin because he got banned for 1 and a half years???

[@naturalpalyptic1371]

Not even gonna lie...this was one of the most inspirational videos I have seen. Goosebumps man, goosebumps. Especially at the end because Pengu IS my idol man like that hit me dude.

[@misha2351]

"When an animal is trapped against a wall thats when it has to fight it cannot flee anymore" Gave me shivers

[@DYNOTv]

Yeah, Pengu is my Role Model, there's no day when i dont dream of playing like pengu, i hope one day im gonna be in Pro scene too.

[@nickwaters8113]

DYNO Tv I believe in you, you can do it!

[@kosaken1207]

LOL “Shatta”

[@Stak0]

Kosaken Dude didn’t even mention Kanto’s enter into G2. He’s by far the greatest addition Penta/G2 Esports has made.

[@stahpg5430]

HavokTV Most impactful in the ways of fragging? 100%. Overall? That’s debatable as without the others including my man Goga, they wouldn’t nearly be as good

[@abhishek3667]

It means pubic hair in my language lmao

[@maleprincess62]

@@stahpg5430 he's the best player in PL currently.

[@stahpg5430]

Cameron Hagemaster Kanto? i’d disagree even as a G2 fan they have been playing very poorly as of late although they seem to be getting back to form. Hopefully they fully recover come Invitationals

[@Dragololo]

Wanna say Shatte. Said Shatta. Showed Wilkey. Lmao

[@ebrahimbayat5538]

KingDragoYT that was Fabian lol

[@alphariusomegon8507]

Justice for “Shaiiko" , ban "Pengu for two years

[@alphariusomegon8507]

@Harrypolk123 neither did Shaiiko but he got banned for two years from competitive games

[@alphariusomegon8507]

@Harrypolk123 didn't you watch thescore video about the ban of Shaiiko? They showed how he didn't cheat/use macro and was just repeatedly smash the button. And the bug that cause the false micro detection can be be reproduce multiple time with out a macro but just by smashing the same button.

[@hglupanih9590]

Upvote this.

[@run4walk]

@@alphariusomegon8507 Fake news gets views.

[@folx312]

you do realise that would be banning a player for no reason lmao. It was ubisofts decision to ban shaiiko not pengu. He just voiced his opinion

[@BM-gd7vj]

0:40 every member on this roster has an off white aj1

[@chloewinnaa1515]

0:43 I. I just fucking cant anymore, this shits a curse

[@fungus_bungus]

10,000 hours is more than you would get by playing for a year straight without any breaks. That's some dedication.

[@kannonfps]

or 3year with 10h a day (10 950h ecactly)

[@tinytim3590]

My Man. You make amazing documentaries. Just. Wow. Well Done.

[@argamesh4590]

Next please: The Story of KiXSTAr 😍

[@flowscs6835]

The story of KiX: the lost potential. Started off as an insane pro player but moved to commentating.

[@moisealexandru3016]

@@flowscs6835 He switched off from playing pro to casting because he wasn't earning any money and casting was payed. Also he did not like his team from what I heared

[@Kitbats]

I love Pengu man. Watching his vids and streams I learned so much not just about game, but about life too cuz he shares his.

[@ntrmtt]

Every CS:GO player really wants SKADOODLE. We want SKADOODLE

[@JJ-pl5gj]

Not me. :p

[@flickgamehes1e591]

Skadoodle ass

[@kosaken1207]

Did u mean Skadaddy

[@nobutto3352]

Pengu is actually an old British children show(Pingu) which focused on a penguin and was very popular in Denmark

[@meow7348]

They need to do the story of squishy muffins

[@jawsh2137]

yessir, perfect since he's a worlds champ now

[@Mociee]

rocket league, I’m surprised many people know about it

[@itskc2261]

He kinda just went and did it himself

[@wolfyzs4593]

One of my favourite videos on KZbin. Always an inspiration of mine. Sad to see he's leaving the Pro scene

[@gohan8958]

Everytime I watch these video makes me wanna work harder & grind to claim to the top to become pro

[@tag4663]

Imagine calling someone a beta when you’re literally its definition

[@bespi2284]

Tag your it

[@nsa6790]

So yourself?

[@banginbadger75]

Actually, you're the beta for throwing around that word like it's nothing. True alpha males always bring others up, and never puts anyone down.

[@tag4663]

Bangin' Badger I see your point, but this also applies to Pengu then...

[@citron248]

@@tag4663 Pengu is a such an alpha male now, you should watch some of his video, he gives good advice in life

[@n3ar47]

Pengu is definitely my role model, i remember watching so many of these moments.

[@epps8686]

b4nny has over 10k in tf2 its an achievement in anygame. massive respect to pengu

[@abdouzefo7951]

Except pengu did 10k in less than 3 years

[@Stak0]

Pengu averaged 11+ hours everyday consecutively for 3 years.

[@flowscs6835]

@@abdouzefo7951 I did 3k in year 1, 2.5 in year 2 and I was obviously bored of the game so I only did about 1.5 in year 3.

[@geechuthepichu2292]

I’m a competitive smash and player and I have 1000 hours in ultimate

[@mrbloxo5693]

I watch the the R6 tournaments a lot. But Pengu is the only person I remember.

[@Tysoon12341]

I really appreciate these videos that you guys make. And I feel as though you're one of few channels who legitimately understand eSports, as well as a bunch of different games and what makes them exciting

[@dinocayden]

"The story of Pengu" >shows a clip of coldzera

[@Fuzely]

The Invitational matchup between Penta VS EG was the best Pro League finals I've ever watched!

[@tmm_yo]

pengu is literally me, in terms of school and everything and wanting

[@starcow17]

The story of Pengu, when he was a baby he cried far more than any other baby alive, and still to this very day. He still cries more than any other baby alive.

[@run4walk]

Weird. I see idiots in KZbin comments crying over something that happened 2 years ago more than I see Pengu crying.

[@KSB20106]

run4walk thank you

[@GiammiTheBest]

He's still the best player in the world and not shaiiko tho🙄🙄

[@rileywilliams4662]

Who’s here after pengu announced his retirement

[@xattius4954]

Seeing how far this game has come is mental

[@kaanmizrakli9915]

It’s the finals and you post this

[@florianpriessner9340]

G2 won the finals anyways lmao

[@MrSheathknight]

YES theScore IS MOVING INTO SIEGE IM SO HAPPY

[@talal3c]

this dude is like a side character

[@bytwig9802]

*yells out aah a few times* greatest entertaining streamer ever

[@Katso]

YES. THANK YOU.

[@flowscs6835]

I love how pengu realized that continuum really was one of the best teams this game will ever see.

[@pierreboulos2827]

Pengu is the best siege player in the world and he's my idol

[@chaosknighthd3138]

Pengu is definitely my rolemodel for siege and I am trying to get started into E-sports too now that I'm 18 and have a year of proper dedicated practice under my belt. I intend to follow in pengu's footsteps from zero to hero. With my undergraduate year in university, I have the flexibility to start scrimming and streaming on a daily basis in the near future. I could play siege all day no joke, I have a burning passion for this choice of career and I'm ready to make my family proud. Wish me luck Pengu.

[@superplushvideos7968]

Well… what happened?

[@ncieeee]

How is Pengu not blind from playing so much I have 600 hours and I’m already blind

[@johnmcgregor7309]

hes just got strong eyes

[@zywf3896]

YES FINALLY, I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG. LOVE YOU GUYS

[@defaultreviews]

can you guys do a story about Canadian?

[@brianhung123]

Vincent Crisostomo or Yung

[@axel1913]

Why? He is trash

[@popeitachi]

Shroud is Canadian go watch “The story of Shroud”

[@trimmy8461]

@@popeitachi lmao he ment Troy 'Canadian', the EG player. Canadian is his nickname

[@popeitachi]

Oh, omegalul I didn’t know that. Ty for telling me tho

[@Chloe-xm9vp]

It hurts my brain to remember that house was in ranked and ESL.

[@levimillar1146]

I don’t like pengu he just brags On stream about how he got someone banned for being good

[@nsa6790]

TheKowalla Gamer or the fact they were cheating you know either way

[@konohakiller1235]

@@nsa6790 but he banned a person who didn't even cheated and the guy who got ban nearly lost his career because of him

[@banginbadger75]

Pengu is a respectable player, but damn he's unlikable.

[@kanzleribrahim6596]

But at that time he didnt know. He Made a mistake yes, but everyone those.

[@Jaydee_12]

Carter Spratlin he got banned for a keyboard bug

[@BogdanMadeIt]

pengu has been my role model for quite a while now he is just so inspirational

[@yumyumshrimpseiei6033]

The story of Beaulo would be nuttzzzzzz

[@SlimeyCraft]

damn. I think you guys might be my absolute favorite esports channel because of this video alone.

[@blazetray7782]

SOMEONE IS BETTER THAN ME AT SOMETHING WHATTTTTT? He’s hacking.

[@ethanoh9415]

Thank u so much for making this video

[@AtoMatik]

I remember watching that comeback game penta vs eg that game was amazing

[@flezz8664]

Who's here 5 years later where it all started and now he retired

[@coollaadose]

18:03 "We gonna keep moving up till about the bicep ..." Pengu, mate...what "bicep" are you talking about? :D

[@quitsendymion8619]

I love pengus channel sm right now I’m just binge watching it

[@Jordan19309]

I actually found out about pengu through the podcast with Canadian.

[@thesauce4718]

Jordan link?

[@valven8087]

Jordan Same.

[@Yiusna_]

his friend which introduced Pengu to siege just gave birth to a legend

[@terrybanks426]

Now that u think about it, if he wasn't friends with the guy that recommended it he wouldn't be here

[@zido2064]

Nah, who knows

[@eonshuriken4448]

Pengu's clutch was unbelievable. Its just stuck in my head every time I am in a position like that.

[@nahhfam7678]

I'm sad that Pengu's name isn't a reference to Pingu the penguin.

[@GiammiTheBest]

It is actually, his intro is literally noot noot

[@saviosoares2212]

It's about time to have a R6S playlist on the channel ^^ love youor videos

[@bymurphy8741]

no way really. love it

[@Metaphix]

Such a good time to be a young competitive gamer. Back in my day it was just Halo 2 and CS.

[@notaprogamer7282]

Pengu just won the Year 3 Invitational ❤️

[@neverbackdown1918]

It’s G2 and no they didn’t. They just won the season 3 championship. Invitational already happened

[@GODLYN1X]

This story makes me want to cry 😢

[@lavishcole]

I think it would be awesome if you guys did like an hour long video of 5 best wins/moments in esports. You could give us like 5-10 mins of backstory and then show the moment itself. I know it would take tons of work but I think it would be so worth it. :)

[@jalfyg6978]

Nobody: Pengu: *I'm a window player*

[@wolfyzs4593]

I watched this the day it came out and I still watch it every now and then. Easily my biggest inspiration.

[@hm-wf9jz]

0:40 look at dem offwhites

[@dylanthesloth9171]

pengu is the reason I want to do siege pro league from watching the Penta vs EG when I saw him do what he did I was in shock and instantly fell in love with his style

[@tortole503]

*imma be one hundo witchu chief, this is neat*

[@Tranlock]

Thank you, finally a Siege Pro who is featured! ❤️

[@tyxamo6920]

Please make more Videos about Rainbow Six!!😁

[@wigidevil4405]

Pengu nice start in pro league uuno hat a good Start good luck for this season #loveG2

[@basi21]

at like the 10th minute... why would he get disqualified?

[@elvarleon5970]

I dunno

[@Gambino.-]

controversial stuff he said on stream/twitter about twitch's guidelines about racism, etc., etc.

[@Stak0]

He was controversial on twitter. He got into tons of arguments with players and calling them out and exposing them; being an asshole, which is what he was looked down upon as by many people in the Siege community that didn’t like him and Penta/G2. Eventually the controversy went viral and got on the front-page of the RainbowSixSiege subreddit and that’s when Ubisoft confronted the team and the manager.

[@Aimighty98]

@@Stak0 plus he was being hella toxic

[@alistairhenderson2531]

Just incredible toxicity. He’s an incredibly immature guy whose biggest years of personal growth are being spent on online video games. The guy just doesn’t know when it’s not worth saying something. I think when he got threatened with the disqualification it was because he tried apologizing for racists and accusing depressed people of basically faking it. There’s been plenty of other moments of absolute immaturity since then, like when he shat all over how Dreamhack events are run in the least mature tone he could have taken. He may be a fantastic player on one of the best teams in the world, but the kid needs to grow up.

[@karrdess6494]

I thought this video was gonna fully ignore his arrogance, but I'm happy it has been addressed

[@TUMPPI981]

You should do story of ence serral

[@minihercules317]

this dudes inspiring asf

[@m1stakes815]

Now do one on Canadian

[@alessiozanetti9998]

I knew, R6 video, still coldzera jumping awp

[@LeafGreenwood]

And G2 won the championship!!!

[@tysonr6674]

pengu just OG of Siege

[@ben-uc5ts]

Do a story on xQc

[@davidponce-medina9930]

YES

[@marcolapel4640]

please do

[@tylerwardwell597]

I would have expected them to already.

[@phloppywhoppy7476]

JUST CLICK ON HER HEAD LOOOOOOOL

[@furinaluvr81]

The ban tho FeelsBadMan But minecraft has more viewers than overwatch when xQc's playing OMEGALUL

[@vice.6048]

He is my real inspiration, probably the best siege player I've ever seen. We love you Niclas ❤️

[@pearlfactmrsmbaling2019]

PLEASE DO A STORY ON XQC BEING BANNED AND LEAVING OVERWATCH AND PURSUING MINECRAFT PLSSS