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Video games have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It’s not the only thing I am interested in. I have played football for my whole life, along with some table tennis and the very Swedish sport of Floorball. But gaming was always my number one hobby. I have always had fun playing games. When I was a kid it was Pokemon on the Nintendo, either playing it myself or watching my brother be much better at it than me. We made the move to PC gaming together, and some of my friends came along [...]

League of Legends

When Fnatic won the Summer split, I found myself in fulfilling a role that could do anything, as a substitute. Maybe that’s overstating it. That’s what I was aiming for anyway, and I felt like I fulfilled that. I played two positions: Filling in for sOAZ in the top lane when necessary, and playing a lot in the bot lane instead of Rekkles when the meta changed. At the end of the split, in the playoffs, we lost almost every single game that I played in. But when sOAZ played instead of me, they won. I think that was probably [...]

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Overcoming The Introvert

When I first installed League of Legends, the thought of being paid to play it professionally never crossed my mind. It was a long journey to get to where I am: Representing Schalke 04 in the LEC. I always felt like I was pretty good at the game once I got the hang of it, and I had no problems going into ranked when I reached level 30. My professional aspirations started to appear right around the time I got to Master tier, and shortly after, Challenger. Once it became my goal, I was pretty willing to do anything to [...]

League of Legends

Video games have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It’s not the only thing I am interested in. I have played football for my whole life, along with some table tennis and the very Swedish sport of Floorball. But gaming was always my number one hobby. I have always had fun playing games. When I was a kid it was Pokemon on the Nintendo, either playing it myself or watching my brother be much better at it than me. We made the move to PC gaming together, and some of my friends came along [...]

League of Legends

When Fnatic won the Summer split, I found myself in fulfilling a role that could do anything, as a substitute. Maybe that’s overstating it. That’s what I was aiming for anyway, and I felt like I fulfilled that. I played two positions: Filling in for sOAZ in the top lane when necessary, and playing a lot in the bot lane instead of Rekkles when the meta changed. At the end of the split, in the playoffs, we lost almost every single game that I played in. But when sOAZ played instead of me, they won. I think that was probably [...]

League of Legends

Overcoming The Introvert

When I first installed League of Legends, the thought of being paid to play it professionally never crossed my mind. It was a long journey to get to where I am: Representing Schalke 04 in the LEC. I always felt like I was pretty good at the game once I got the hang of it, and I had no problems going into ranked when I reached level 30. My professional aspirations started to appear right around the time I got to Master tier, and shortly after, Challenger. Once it became my goal, I was pretty willing to do anything to [...]

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Where I Want To Be

The difference I see in myself between now and before I joined Cloud9 is huge. When I was coming up…

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