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Use code THORIN at https://gamersupps.gg/THORIN for 10% off an order of GamerSupps' delicious energy formula. ► Join the Scrilluminati to get exclusive perks and support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/Thooorin ► Check out a previous CS interview here: https://youtu.be/m0tMWEgDCMk Lars "Naikon" Olaisen, former eoLithic and NoA player, is the star of the 486th Episode of 'Reflections'. This is part one of two about Naikon's career. Naikon is a prime example of a player who let his game speak for him, famously media shy but a top competitor for a number of years in the 2000s. He won a CPL, a CPL Europe, WEG S1 and made the final of another big CPL. Naikon was in Norway's first top team, helping Massive Attack and Quake legend DarK place top four at CPL Winter 2001, hailed as CS' first ever major event. After that he played in bsl's Team Spacebar where results were not as good, but he got to compete internationally again. The formation of eoLithic came at the perfect time as they blew through CPL Oslo 2002 on home soil. Winning the CPL qualifier the core was expected to become world champions but shockingly fell down to an eighth place finish in the US. This spurred them making the Norwegian super-team and they would famously defeat HeatoN and Potti's SK Gaming only to have to disband months later due to financial concerns. During that time beating SK, eoLithic was able to finish runners-up at the now notoriously poorly run Clikarena in the spring of 2003. After XeqtR and elemeNt went to big name Swedish sides Naikon was left to wander the wilderness of playing for teams below his level to attend events. Late in 2003 he would become part of the experimental NoA project, which married Norwegian players with two NA stars. Despite entering CPL Winter 2003 with low expectations they shocked the world and made the final. Getting elemeNt into the line-up for 2004 seemed like the move to make NoA number one but they bombed the big events. Only when XeqtR joined their ranks, reforming the eoLithic core, did success on the biggest scale come and the team won CPL Winter 2004, the first team to ever win from the lower bracket, and the first season of the World Esports Games in early 2005. elemeNt decided to leave the team and NoA came unravelled shortly after. Naikon would go and play with bsl again in his Catch-Gamer project. They would find some success, but not on NoA's level. Naikon's activity levels dropped and he made a brief short comeback in MYM in 2006 before fully retiring. This interview was recorded on the 25th of March, 2025. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Being media shy 01:15 Early days beginning to compete 04:04 Financial reality 05:32 Massive Attack and CPL Winter 2001 09:11 DarK 10:55 NiP and X3 13:28 Playing American maps 14:35 meredia / Team Spacebar and bsl 20:26 eoLithic 22:09 CPL Oslo 2002 23:29 Himself as a team-mate 26:05 Beating Swedes 28:21 elemeNt 32:28 XeqtR and elemeNt being kicked 33:51 CPL Winter 2002 37:15 elemeNt and XeqtR together 38:27 XeqtR 39:50 Clikarena 41:05 eoLithic breaking up 42:08 Time in the wilderness 43:54 knoxville 46:27 Norwegian scene drama 47:52 NoA formation 53:46 Expectations for CPL Winter 2003 56:09 CPL Winter 2003 57:45 Playing SK in the final 58:57 Potti 59:55 bsl kicked 1:01:32 elemeNt joining Subscribe this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfeeUuW7edMxF3M_cyxGT8Q/join ► Check out bite-sized Thorin on my new clips channel: https://www.youtube.com/thorinclips ► Follow me on social media: https://twitter.com/Thorin https://facebook.com/Thooorin https://www.instagram.com/thooorinofficial/ ► My written content: https://iamesports.substack.com/ ► My stream: https://www.twitch.tv/Thorin ► You can discuss this content at my Discord server: https://discord.gg/rDKxKfM ► Want esports predictions? I have my own server to post them and share tips: https://discord.gg/T9bgaAQN4D ► This video was kindly supported by: THE c0ncept Matt, Pugnatio, Rajcula touken_ Jensen Goh Tosh Jasun Banediesel Animosity Special thanks go out to JerCkysMiNi0n. #Naikon #eolithic #Thorin