Henrik Ahnberg

Admiralbulldog
Henrik Ahnberg
Status Active
Date of birth (1990-12-19) December 19, 1990
Nationality Swedish
Current team Alliance
Games Dota
Dota 2
Career prize money $422,848.75
Championships The International 2013
Professional career
2012–2013 No Tidehunter
2013–2015 Alliance
2015 – 2015 Team Tinker
2015 – Present Alliance

Henrik Ahnberg, better known as Admiralbulldog, is a Swedish Dota 2 eSports player who currently plays for Alliance. Admiralbulldog has supposedly earned $422,848.75 from eSports tournament prize money.[1] He won The International 2013 Dota Championships with Alliance.

History

Admiralbulldog debuted with the mainly Swedish team No Tidehunter on November 9, 2013 against Team Empire.[2] Even though they beat Team Empire in a best of 3, Team Empire went on to win the TPL III league.[3]

After beating big names such as Evil Geniuses, Natus Vincere (who won The International 1 and were runner ups for the second), Fnatic, Team Liquid and winning 9 tournaments in less than 7 months, Alliance decide to pick up the roster of No Tidehunter which was fully Swedish on April 12, 2013.[4]

Immediately after getting sponsored, Alliance won 6 premier tournaments in a row including The International 3.[5] The last moments of the game were noted by the community as 'the most interesting,' because of Admiralbulldog's rat victory[6] and his teammate, S4, '1 million dollar dream coil'.[7]

After a disappointing 11-12 finish at The International 4, Alliance announces roster changes.[8] After another bad 8th place finish at XMG Captains Draft 2.0, Admiralbulldog went inactive in the competitive scene and started full-time streaming on Twitch.tv except for one tournament with Team Tinker.[9]

Admiralbulldog returned to playing on Alliance for I-league season 3, in which they got 5-6th place.[10]

In the WCA 2015 Europe Open Qualifiers, Alliance won 1st place and $8,000, the only gold medal since ASUS ROG DreamLeague season 1.[11] The team later went on to win the tournament.[12]

On January 17, 2016, Alliance won StarLadder i-League StarSeries.[13]

Playstyle

Ahnberg's playstyle tends to focus on game objectives, such as destroying towers and other enemy buildings. His hero pool is considered small because of his liking towards heroes such as Lone Druid and Nature's Prophet, two heroes that assist with Ahnberg's objective based playstyle. Alliance's victory at The International 3 was half attributed to Ahnberg because of his decision to attack Natus Vincere's base instead of defending his own.

Streamer Persona

In his Twitch.Tv livestream, both Ahnberg and his fanbase have created humorous nicknames for many gaming or stream related things. His non-subscribed viewers are referred to as 'Plebs'. He also refers to female gamers as 'grills', which is gaming jargon for girl. In his stream, he goes by the aliases of Bulldong, Dongerino, The Dongmeister, and El Donger. His subscribed viewers are referred to as being in the 'Kappa Club', a reference to both the titular underground club in the film 'Fight Club', and the popular Twitch emoticon. He has over 207,000 followers on Twitch and over 55,000 subscribers on Youtube.

Achievements

With No Tidehunter

With Alliance

With Team Tinker

With Alliance

Awards

Team Liquid Awards

Best Dota 2 Hard Laner

Team of the Year (with Alliance)

Breakthrough Player of the Year

Best Play (with No Tidehunter)

JoinDota Awards

Best Hard Laner

Best Team (with Alliance)

GosuAwards

Best Hard Laner

Community's Choice : Best Hard Laner

Community's Choice : Most Improved Player

Best Team (with Alliance)

Community's Choice : Best Team (with Alliance)

Community's Choice : Newcomer of the year

OnGamers Awards

Player of the Year

Team of the Year (with Alliance)

References

  1. ↑ "Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg – Dota 2 Player Profile :: e-Sports Earnings". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  2. ↑ "datdota: Match 60324184". www.datdota.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. ↑ "datdota: TPL%20III". www.datdota.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Alliance picks up NTH and Naniwa". Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  5. ↑ "The International 2013 | Dota 2". blog.dota2.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  6. ↑ "ALLIANCE WINS ALLIANCE WINS | Dota 2". blog.dota2.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  7. ↑ "Guys, it wasn't a million dollar dream coil...". www.teamliquid.net. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  8. ↑ "Farewell to EGM, S4". farewell.thealliance.gg. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  9. ↑ "AdmiralBulldog to take a break from Dota 2". www.liquiddota.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  10. ↑ "Dota 2 Event: i-League #3 | GosuGamers". Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  11. ↑ "WCA EU Open Qualifier (Dota 2)". WCA Europe. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  12. ↑ "TI3 Alliance best Alliance: Swedes become WCA 2015 champions « News". joinDOTA.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  13. ↑ "LIVE UPDATES: StarLadder iLeague StarSeries Grand Finals results, commentary, analysis – Dota Blast". Dota Blast. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
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