Emil Christensen

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Emil Pathric William Christensen (born 14 June 1984 in Stockholm), alias HeatoN, is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike player, currently playing as captain of the gaming team Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP). He is widely regarded as one the best Counter-Strike players in the world and is well known for his mastery of the "spray technique", which involves controlling the recoil of the gun by precise mouse movements rather than allowing the recoil to settle. He is currently on the bench of team NiP.

The name HeatoN comes from a brand of equipment he used when he played ice hockey.

[edit] Career

Christensen was part of the original Ninjas in Pyjamas team of 2001 which won the Cyberathlete Professional League World Championship that year. He and the other members of Ninjas in Pyjamas went on to become the foundation to the highly successful SK Sweden, one of the most successful teams in electronic sports history.[1][2] Christensen led SK Gaming to the World Cyber Games Counter-Strike championship in 2003 and to 4th place in 2004. [3]

Christensen was nominated for Best Counter-Strike Player of the Year in 2004, losing out to SK Gaming teammate, Tommy "Potti" Ingemarsson. [4] He was selected for the Global Gaming League European Counter-Strike All-Star team in 2005.[5]

At the beginning of 2005 he and the rest of SK Sweden chose not to renew their contracts with SK Gaming and re-formed NiP.[6][7] Since then some of the NiP players moved back to SK Gaming but Christensen and others have stayed on at Ninjas in Pyjamas. NiP are now competing at professional LAN tournaments again, after a hiatus in which SpawN joined after HeatoN decided to take time off for personal reasons.

Christensen, along with the other members of Ninjas in Pyjamas, assisted in the design of the SteelSound 5H (USB) Headphones produced by Steel Series. [8]

In December 2006 he traveled to New York and Dallas to provide support for his teammates as they competed in the WSVG world finals and CPL winter respectively. NiP were expected to be strong contenders in both tournaments, however bowed out uncharacteristically early.

[edit] Professional teams

Christensen has played professionally with the following teams:

[edit] External links

  • NiP Website
  • Interview about NiP on GotFrag.com
  • Christensen interviewed before (by Fragbite) and after (By NiP-Gaming.com) the Championship Gaming Invitational event in San Francisco
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