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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/UHzqzAmtTIo Christer "fisker" Eriksson, former 2easy and SK Gaming player, is the star of the 455th Episode of 'Reflections'. This is episode two of two about fisker's career. fisker came up as part of the 2easy crew who, along with more famous team-mate ahl, went on to become mTw.se/team9 and finished 2nd at LAN Arena 7, 2nd at CPL Oslo 2002 and then, with SpawN, placed fourth at CPL Winter 2002. That earned fisker a spot in SK Gaming with HeatoN and Potti for 2003. They won CPL Cannes immediately, but struggled to 3rd at Clikarena and 3rd at ESWC. With elemeNt brought in and implemented as IGL the team went on an unbeaten run for almost the rest of the year. They won CPL Summer 2003, WCG 2003, CPL Copenhagen 2003, CPL Winter 2003 and domestic Swedish League tournaments. elemeNt's departure the following year saw the team again struggle at ESWC and finish 2nd at CPL Summer 2004. Picking up Hyper from the EYE team that had beaten them at the CPL allowed them to win Nolellva and reassert themselves as a top team. Disputes with the org meant they didn't attend the Winter CPL that year. For 2005 the players moved to a newly resurrected NiP to make a super-team which fisker was benched for. The team failed and fisker and some of the other players went back to SK. There they would win back-to-back CPLs in the USA, though the summer one had limited competition due to clashing with ESWC. In 2006 the team's result went downhill and fisker's time at the top had largely come and gone. A last hurrah came in 2007 winning the Samsung European Championship as underdogs over NEO and TaZ's Pentagram squad. fisker retired from professional play later in the year. In part two, fisker explains the make-up of the back-to-back CPL winning SK Gaming of 2005, why SpawN almost never had a bad game, vilden's impact on his AWPing, the grind of losing, winning SEC on the way out of the door and his thoughts on esports now. This interview was recorded on the 21st of September, 2024. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Snajdan 01:43 SpawN as a carry 04:03 CPL Summer 2005 05:11 vilden 06:57 Tactical team 08:29 CPL Winter 2005 10:40 Winning without HeatoN and Potti 11:14 Why didn't the success continue? 13:14 Line-ups and motivation 14:08 Handling periods without success 15:15 Perspective 16:46 Grind 18:06 SEC 2007 20:05 Salary levels 23:47 RobbaN 25:07 Inferno Online and LAN cafe culture 30:43 Keeping up with CS? 32:27 Other offers? 33:43 Personality 35:02 SK Gaming legacy 36:38 Favourite opponent 38:12 Skill of NA players 39:12 Playing on low ping 41:24 Shuttle PCs 42:44 Professionalism 44:03 bds 45:51 Kicking people 47:57 Esports 48:52 CS thought to be dying 50:19 Losing the identity of being a player 51:20 Most skilled team-mate 52:07 Most clutch 53:34 Funniest 54:49 Best team-mate 55:13 Smartest 55:30 CS IQ vs. real life 56:28 Most under-rated 58:38 nuke 1:00:21 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. #fisker #vilden #Thorin