f0rest
Swedish Counter-Strike legend, considered one of the greatest players in history.
Patrik Lindberg (born June 10, 1988), known by the pseudonym f0rest, is a Swedish esports player who is considered to be one of the best Counter-Strike players in the world.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Carry (Position 1)
- Nationality
- Ukrainian
- Notable affiliations
- Natus Vincere, Team Spirit
- Major honour
- The International 10 Champion (2021)
- Playstyle
- Aggressive
- high-risk
- pick-diving carry
- Status
- Legendary; Retired-era icon
Lore & Background
Lindberg began his professional gaming career in early 2005, making his international debut at the global finals in South Korea for the World e-Sports Games with Begrip Gaming. Begrip defeated all opponents, including defending champions Catch-Gamers, and won the prize pot of 50,000 USD. He dropped out of high school to concentrate on his Counter-Strike career. In 2005, he was nominated for the eSports Award 2005 under 'Newcomer of the Year' and 'Best Counter-Strike Player'. In early 2006, he left Begrip with teammate Kristoffer 'Tentpole' Nordlund and signed with Fnatic. His first year with Fnatic was successful, with the team earning upwards of US$100,000. In 2006, Fnatic won the Cyberathlete Professional League Championship, the World Tour, and a silver medal at the Electronic Sports World Cup. Lindberg won the Counter-Strike Player of the Year Award. Fnatic faced a slump from 2007 through 2008, but regained form in 2009 after the retirement of Oscar 'Archi' Torgersen and Oscar 'ins' Holm and the recruitment of Christopher 'GeT_Right' Alesund and Rasmus 'GuX' Ståhl. In 2009, Fnatic was the single most-dominant team, winning gold at Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge, European Finals and World Championship, ESWC 2009, e-Stars Seoul, KODE5, and World eSports Masters. Lindberg was nominated for 'Regional eSports Player of the Year Northern Europe' in 2009 but lost to Alesund. Fnatic could not repeat its 2009 success in 2010, finding itself at odds with Natus Vincere. Lindberg, Alesund, and Ståhl attempted to replace Fnatic's in-game leader and captain with SK Gaming's Jimmy 'allen' Allén and Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström, but this was not approved, so Lindberg and Alesund left Fnatic and joined SK Gaming. Early 2011 was slow for SK, but they finished as the second highest-earning team of 2011. On July 26, 2012, SK Gaming went into disarray, with head coach Anton Budak resigning, along with Lindberg, Dahlström, and Alesund, due to SK refusing to send players to GameGune 2012. In August 2012, Lindberg transitioned to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive by joining Ninjas in Pyjamas, which included Alesund. NiP became the single most dominant team from 2012, maintaining an 87-map winning streak and winning most tournaments. NiP reached the grand finals of all major $250,000 CS:GO tournaments until ESL One Cologne 2015. In August 2014 they won ESL One Cologne.
Reader's Guide
Lindberg is best known for his four years on Fnatic, which he helped bring to prominence as the dominant team of 2009, breaking the record for the highest-earning team in Counter-Strike history. Near the end of 2010, he left Fnatic and joined SK Gaming, remaining until July 2012. He then transitioned to CS:GO and joined Ninjas in Pyjamas. In 2020, he left NiP to join Dignitas.
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