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Unlike markeloff, however, f0rest also enjoyed a successful career in CS:GO, especially in the first years of the game. Take a trip down memory lane with us and remember f0rest's most notable achievements in Counter-Strike esports now that he retired and has become a Ninjas in Pyjamas ambassador.


While it's impossible to determine exactly how much prize money f0rest accrued because his career dates back from a time in which esports wasn't totally professional, sites like and give us a good notion.

According to EsportsEarnings, f0rest earned $763,991 from 275 tournaments. Liquipedia, on the other hand, says f0rest earned approximately $739,104 before retiring.

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These sites calculate the prize money earned by equally splitting the total between the players and coaches, which may not be accurate. It's also important to notice that f0rest made much more money from salaries, sponsorships, and later on sticker money from CS:GO Majors.

f0rest played his first CS: 1.6 tournaments in 2003 and would land on Embrace, his first big team, in December 2004. From there, f0rest and other legends such as Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström and Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund moved to Begrip in May 2005.

On July 26, 2012, it was reported that SK Gaming had gone into a state of disarray, with the head coach, Anton Budak, resigning from the organization, along with Patrik Lindberg and his teammates Robert Dahlström and Christopher Alesund. According to Budak, this came as a result of SK refusing to send the players to GameGune 2012. The following August, it was announced that Lindberg would be making a transition over to , by joining the team , which included Alesund in its roster. From the beginning of the competitive scene in 2012, Ninjas in Pyjamas became the single most dominant team, having won the vast majority of the tournaments they attended, as well as maintaining an 87-map winning streak for a time. Ninjas in Pyjamas has maintained their dominance for the years of 2012 and 2013. Ninjas in Pyjamas reached the grand finals of all major $250,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournaments until ESL One Cologne 2015. In August 2014 they won ESL One Cologne. At where they were ousted by NaVi in the semi-finals.

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The 36-year-old had been competing in Counter-Strike esports for over 20 years, mainly playing for all-Swedish teams. Many fans consider f0rest one of the best CS: 1.6 players ever alongside the likes of Filip "NEO" Kubski and Jeghor "markeloff" Markelov.

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f0rest left Fnatic in December 2010 as one of the best players to ever represent the organization and joined SK Gaming right away. The Swedish continued to lift big trophies in his new home such as DreamHack Summer in June 2011, and IEM Global Challenge New York and ESWC Paris in October 2011.

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Before CS:GO fully launched in August 2012, f0rest joined alongside Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund, Richard "Xizt" Landström, Adam "friberg" Friberg, and Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson. This quintet went on to dominate the competitive scene between 2012 and 2013 with an unforeseen and still unbeaten 87-0 map win streak.

f0rest's real name is Patrik Lindberg.

Then, this iconic NiP lineup slowly disbanded over the years as the organization parted ways with Fifflaren, friberg and Xizt to welcome players from the new generation to play with f0rest and GeT_RiGht.

f0rest's birthday is on June 10.

Although NiP never reached the same heights again, f0rest did win several tournaments after 2014 such as DreamHack Masters Malmö in April 2016 and IEM Oakland twice in November 2016 and November 2017.

f0rest uses the with a DPI of 400 and in-game sensitivity 3.5.

His partnership with GeT_RiGhT lasted 3,902 days as they joined forces in Fnatic in 2009 and separated in 2019 when GeT_RiGhT left NiP's lineup. The most iconic Swedish duo would reunite in January 2020 for a little over six months in Dignitas until GeT_RighT left and eventually retired from competition.