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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 Reflections here: https://youtu.be/X4jLotoJOgc Andreas "KK" Andreassen, former in-game leader of The Titans and now retired 1.6 pro, is the star of the 453rd Episode of 'Reflections'. This is episode two of two about KKs career. KK is a player most famously associated with The Titans, the Danish team he took to a major win at ESWC. In typical Danish CS fashion they were a side playing tactical CS and their star, whiMp, was both mechanically excellent and a team player. KK himself was a fragging IGL who was the primary AWPer and had a great desert eagle. The Titans broke out shocking casual viewers by winning ESWC in 2004, but they had already tested the EYE core that was elite tier at a Rendezvous LAN. The team would attend the two NA CPLs that year but were forced to settle for sixth place both times as whiMp was too young to play in the team and they had to use their sixth player spx. whiMp could play at the World Cyber Games and the team would win the silver medal, losing in the final to Rambo's Team3D, to prove they were one of the best teams of that year. Alas the team would not survive long into 2005 and shortly after the break-up a number of the core, minus KK, would wind out in the SK.dk line-up that finished second place at the next ESWC. For 2005 KK was just playing with friends of his in the Danish scene. In 2006 he gave playing at the top level another chance, though without being as committed as before, playing in AllTheRage but without significant results. Towards the end of 2006 came KK's second wind. His H2k team finished second to NiP, arguably the team of the year, at Dreamhack Winter and in March of 2007 would shock the world by finishing runners-up at the first ever IEM finals. During that run they beat Pentagram, the eventual champions, and f0rest and cArn's FNATIC. The rest of the squad's results, going into their time as Gravitas Gaming, were nothing to write home about. KK remained active but largely for competition and without living and breathing the game as he had before. KK continued to play at Danish LANs for years to come, with and against some of the best players, going through to 2012. In part two, KK talks about his second crew of players that became H2k, finishing runners-up at the first ever IEM Finals, playing NEO and the great AWPers of his era, latter day adventures with top players at Danish LANs and the other directions his career could have taken. This interview was recorded on the 16th of September, 2024. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Morf4r 02:07 AllTheRage and attending tournaments without good results 04:35 Great AWPers 08:00 AWPing as an IGL 11:30 Facing NiP at Dreamhack Winter 2006 13:42 Danish style vs. Swedish style 17:38 Runners-up at the first Intel Extreme Masters 21:57 NEO 23:40 zone 26:25 Gravitas Gaming with karrigan and woodi 29:08 Status in the Danish scene 32:04 Surprised at karrigan becoming IGL? 34:27 Activity level in latter years 38:44 trace 40:48 mTw's tactical success 43:28 Could he have been in mTw? 46:19 What if he'd been more mercenary? 52:57 Final words 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 ► This video was kindly supported by: Ahmed Hadjou Matt, Pugnatio, Rajcula Adam Tomlin Animosity Jensen Goh Tosh touken_ Special thanks go out to JerCkysMiNi0n. #KK #ESWC #Thorin