- Emil Christensen
Infobox Pro Gaming player
playername = Emil Christensen
birthday =14 June ,1984
nickname = HeatoN
status = Active
hometown =Stockholm
country = Sweden
team =Stockholm Magnetik
role = Manager
leagues = The CGS
years = 2001-present
games =Counter-Strike
coach =
website = http://stockholmmagnetik.thecgs.com/Emil Pathric William Christensen (born
14 June 1984 inStockholm ), alias HeatoN, is a Swedish professionalCounter-Strike player, formerly playing as captain of the gaming teamNinjas in Pyjamas (NiP). He is currently the manager of Stockholm Magnetik, a part of The CGS. 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.The name HeatoN comes from a brand of equipment he used when he played
ice hockey .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 inelectronic sports history. [http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=1375] [http://pcgames.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/2951] Christensen led SK Gaming to theWorld Cyber Games Counter-Strike championship in 2003 and to 4th place in 2004. [http://www.worldcybergames.com/5th/statistic/Players/players_result.asp]Christensen was nominated for Best Counter-Strike Player of the Year in 2004, losing out to SK Gaming teammate, Tommy "Potti" Ingemarsson. [http://www.esports-award.org/eng/nominees2004.php#bcsp] He was selected for the Global Gaming League European Counter-Strike All-Star team in 2005. [http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/28281/]
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. [http://www.sk-gaming.com/scene/6874/] [http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=839] 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 .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.
In September 2007 HeatoN quit playing counter-strike to be coach of NiP but was then offered a chance to be a General manager for Stockholm in the CGS, NiP has now fallen apart due to the CEO having nothing to do with NiP and failing to pay players, renew contracts. HeatoNs CGS Franchise is called the Stockholm Magnetik and has a Counter Strike Source team, Dead or Alive 4 players, one male, one female, a fifa 08 player and two Forza Motorsport 2 players to represent him and his franchise.
Professional teams
Christensen has played professionally with the following teams:
*2001–2002:Ninjas in Pyjamas
*2002–2004:SK Gaming
*2005–2007: Ninjas in Pyjamas
*2007–2007 September: Ninjas in Pyjamas (coach)
*2007–Present: Stockholm Magnetik General ManagerExternal links
* [http://www.nip-gaming.com/ NiP Website]
* [http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/6433/ Interview] about NiP on GotFrag.com
*Christensen interviewed [http://www.fragbite.com/?newsID=10976#eng before] (by Fragbite) and [http://www.nip-gaming.com/index.aspx?newsid=2031&page=writeups after] (By NiP-Gaming.com) the Championship Gaming Invitational event in San Francisco
* [http://www.stockholmmagnetik.com/ Stockholm Magnetik where HeatoN is General Manager]
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