Olofmeister

Olofmeister
Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson

Kajbjer playing at DreamHack Open Summer 2015
Status Active
Born (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992
Hometown Tyresö Municipality
Nationality Sweden
Current team Fnatic
Role Rifler, AWPer
Games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Career prize money $334,011.61[1]
Championships ESL One Katowice 2015
ESL One Cologne 2015
Nickname(s) olofm, olof
Professional career
October 2012–October 2012 H2k
February 2013–March 2013 Absolute Legends
June 2013–May 2014 LGB eSports
June 2014–present Fnatic
Competition record
Premier League Top 8 Placings
Representing LGB eSports
5th-8th DreamHack Winter 2013
3rd-4th EMS One Katowice 2014
Representing Fnatic
2nd ESL One Cologne 2014
5th-8th DreamHack Winter 2014
1st ESL One Katowice 2015
1st ESL ESEA Pro League Season I
1st ESL One Cologne 2015
5th-8th DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
1st FACEIT 2015 Stage 3 Finals
2nd ESL ESEA Pro League Season II
1st StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV
1st ESL Expo Barcelona
1st Intel Extreme Masters Season X – World Championship
3rd-4th Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals
5th-8th MLG Major Championship: Columbus
3rd-4th ESL One Cologne 2016
2nd ELeague Season 1
5th-8th ESL One New York 2016
Other Top 4 Placings
Representing Fnatic
1st 2014 FaceIT Season 2 LAN
1st ESWC 2014
1st ESEA Season 17 LAN[2]
2nd ESEA Season 18 LAN
1st DreamHack Open Tours 2015
1st Gfinity Masters Spring 2
1st DreamHack Summer 2015
3rd-4th Fragbite Masters Season 3
1st DreamHack Winter 2015
1st Fragbite Masters Season 5

Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson, (born January 31, 1992) better known by his in-game name olofmeister or olofm, is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who currently plays a rifler and secondary AWPer for fnatic.[3] He has previously played for H2k,[4] Absolute Legends,[5] and LGB eSports.[6] Olofmeister is widely regarded as one of the best CS:GO players in the world.[7][8][9] He has won two CSGO Majors, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015, as well as many other tournaments.

Early life

Olof grew up in Tyresö. He has a brother, Karl, and a sister, Hanna. He developed an interest in playing football at the young age of four and remained active in the sport until he sustained a knee injury at the age of fifteen.[10] The injury eventually became a catalyst for his transition from playing Counter-Strike casually, into taking it more seriously.

Career

2012–2013

Olofmeister quietly began his Counter-Strike: Global Offensive career in Absolute Legends[5] and H2k[4] without garnering much attention. It was not until teaming up with LGB eSports[6] that he began to rise to prominence.

2014

Kajbjer joined Stockholm-based fnatic in June.[11][12] There, he found immediate success, helping his team to a second place finish at the ESL One Cologne 2014 Major Championship.[13] During one of the games in this tournament against Team Dignitas, on the map de_overpass, he gained widespread attention after winning the 29th round, with some graffiti being added to the map to commemorate this.[14] In the months following, Fnatic saw tremendous success, and were favorites going into DreamHack Winter 2014, the following Major Championship.[15] After advancing from a second place finish in their group, Fnatic were seeded against rivals Team LDLC in the quarter-final. There, Olofmeister was a part of a large controversy when he was boosted by his teammates into an, unbeknownst to him, illegal position which helped his team to a win.[16] Fnatic later forfeited the game and withdrew from the tournament.[17] Following the event, he considered leaving Fnatic and the game all together,[18] but wound up staying after a successful run at the ESEA Invite Season 17 Global Finals.[19] His achievements on the map de_overpass during this year has led to many people in the CS:GO community referring to the map as "Olofpass".[20]

2015

In February, Fnatic won the IOS Pantamera tournament after beating Titan in the finals.[21] In March, Fnatic won ESL One Katowice 2015, the first Major Championship of the year. In August, Fnatic became the first team to win two consecutive Major Championships in a row, as they were crowned champions of ESL One Cologne 2015.[22] At DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, the third Major Championship of the year, Fnatic finished 5-8th.[23]

After Markus "pronax" Wallsten left Fnatic on the 12th of November 2015, they recruited Olof's long-time friend and former teammate Dennis "dennis" Edman.[24][25] The team proceeded to win all three remaining tournaments of the year: FACEIT DreamHack Winter 2015,[26] Fragbite Masters Season 5,[27] and ESL ESEA Pro League Season II - Finals.[28]

Olofmeister was widely regarded as the player of the year in 2015.[7][9]

2016

In January, Olofmeister and his team won the SLTV Starseries XIV over Natus Vincere.[29] On March 5, Olofmeister and Fnatic won the IEM Katowice World Championship 2016, beating Luminosity Gaming 3-0 in the finals.[30] Fnatic placed 5–8th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus in April.[31] Shortly thereafter on April 8, it was announced that Olofmeister would be taking a break from competitive play due to a repetitive strain injury of a hand and would be temporarily replaced by Niclas "Plessen" Plessen; whom was shortly replaced by John "wenton" Eriksson[32][33]

Teams

H2k

In H2k, Olofmeister played with Joel "emilio" Mako, André "keiz" Carlsson, John "wenton" Eriksson, and Hugo "huggan" Lopez.[4]

Absolute Legends

In Absolute Legends, Olofmeister played with Andreas "schneider" Lindberg, Markus "pronax" Wallsten, Dennis "dennis" Edman, and Alexander "rdl" Redl.[5] Following the teams break up in 2013, Andreas "schneider" Lindberg and Markus "pronax" Wallsten eventually joined Fnatic,[34][35] the team Olofmeister later joined in 2014, then replacing Andreas "schneider" Lindberg.[36]

LGB eSports

In LGB eSports, Olofmeister played with his current Fnatic teammates Dennis "dennis" Edman and Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson, as well as Simon "twist" Eliasson, who now also plays in Fnatic and Isak "cype" Rydman.

Fnatic

Olofmeister joined his current Fnatic alongside Freddy "KRiMZ" Johansson on June 30, 2014.[11][12]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer". e-Sports Earnings.
  2. ↑ Mira, Luis. "fnatic beat Virtus to win ESEA S17". HLTV. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "FNATIC.com: olofmeisteR, Counter Strike: Global Offensive Player".
  4. 1 2 3 "H2k Gaming unveil CS:GO team". HLTV.org.
  5. 1 2 3 "Absolute Legends disband". HLTV.org.
  6. 1 2 "The story of LGB eSports". HLTV.org.
  7. 1 2 "The most important people in esports in 2015". The Daily Dot.
  8. ↑ "Fifflaren: "Olofmeister is the best player in the world"". E-sport.
  9. 1 2 "Top 20 players of 2015: olofmeister (1)". HLTV.org.
  10. ↑ CS:GO Player Profiles - olofmeister - fnatic. 29 October 2015 – via YouTube.
  11. 1 2 "FNATIC.com: Fnatic CS:GO Welcomes krimz & olofm".
  12. 1 2 "KRiMZ and olofm join fnatic". HLTV.org.
  13. ↑ "CS:GO News: Ninjas in Pyjamas are your ESL One Cologne 2014 champions! - GosuGamers".
  14. ↑ Magnusson, Dennis. "The Hidden Easter Eggs in CS:GO". Team Dignitas. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  15. ↑ PCGamer. "DreamHack Winter 2014 CS:GO preview: the top teams". pcgamer.
  16. ↑ "CS:GO News: DreamHack Winter 2014: Controversial boost spot helps Fnatic advance to semi-finals over LDLC - GosuGamers".
  17. ↑ "FNATIC.com: UPDATE: Fnatic Statement on DHW 2014".
  18. ↑ thorin. "'Reflections' with JW (2nd appearance)". Youtube. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "FNATIC.com: Fnatic Crowned ESEA 17 Champions".
  20. ↑ Lewis, Richard. "Following DreamHack Winter controversy, a patch will update Overpass map". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "CS:GO News: Fnatic: Winners of Inferno Online Pantemera Challenge - GosuGamers".
  22. ↑ "Fnatic Makes CS:GO History by Grabbing Second Major Title at ESL One Katowice".
  23. ↑ "CS:GO News: DH Cluj-Napoca: Team EnVyUs on top of Fnatic - GosuGamers".
  24. ↑ "Fnatic, G2 Esports, and Dignitas in major CS:GO roster shift". The Daily Dot.
  25. ↑ "Fnatic replaces pronax with dennis; G2 acquires aizy". theScore esports.
  26. ↑ "Fnatic end Luminosity's dream run to win FACEIT Finals". The Daily Dot.
  27. ↑ "CS:GO News: Fragbite Masters S5: Fnatic are the champions! - GosuGamers".
  28. ↑ "Fnatic end dominant year in Counter-Strike with Pro League victory". The Daily Dot.
  29. ↑ "Fnatic drops Na'Vi at StarSeries". ESPN.com.
  30. ↑ Lüthje, Thomas. "Fnatic over Luminosity to win IEM Katowice 2016". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  31. ↑ "Astralis eliminates Fnatic in 2-0 upset at MLG Major, move on to face Na`Vi". theScore esports.
  32. ↑ Kelly, Will. "Fnatic CS:GO - Official Update". fnatic. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  33. ↑ "Wenton latest replacement for Olofmeister as Fnatic drops PlesseN". The Daily Dot.
  34. ↑ "fnatic sign ex-Epsilon". HLTV.org.
  35. ↑ "fnatic sign pronax; MODDII out". HLTV.org.
  36. ↑ "schneider disappointed at fnatic exit". HLTV.org.

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