{"id":39482,"date":"2024-11-08T21:56:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T02:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=39482"},"modified":"2024-11-08T21:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T02:56:12","slug":"patrik-f0rest-lindberg-retires-from-competitive-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/patrik-f0rest-lindberg-retires-from-competitive-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrik &#8220;f0rest&#8221; Lindberg retires from competitive play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Ninjas in Pyjamas announced the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> legend Patrik &#8220;f0rest&#8221; Lindberg who rejoins the esports organisation as a brand ambassador and content creator.<\/p>\n<p>Besides confirming his new role, the 36-year-old, who has spent the last two decades competing in the Counter-Strike esports scene, announced his retirement from pro play.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\" responsive-embed responsive-embed-16x9 embed-youtube\"><iframe title=\"THE GOAT IS BACK?!\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QOEiGyI38mg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>Throughout his two-decade-long career, the Swede has made a name for himself as one of the greatest players in the game&#8217;s history across Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Early into his esports career, f0rest played for Begrip Esports, Fnatic, and SK Gaming before signing for Ninjas in Pyjamas upon transitioning to CS:GO.<\/p>\n<p>F0rest was a member of Ninjas in Pyjamas for eight years, between 2012 and 2020, and won eight MVP medals and 23 LAN trophies, including the 2014 ESL Cologne Major.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Swede was a part of the iconic NiP roster, which holds the longest win streak on LAN in CS:GO history with 87 consecutive maps won.<\/p>\n<p>As Ninjas in Pyjamas&#8217; brand ambassador, f0rest will co-stream NiP&#8217;s Counter-Strike matches, including the team&#8217;s upcoming road to <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/perfect-world-shanghai-major\/\" title=\"Perfect World Shanghai Major betting guide\">Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024<\/a> through the Regional Major Rankings qualifiers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seeing all the love, i just couldnt push thru with stream, im overwhelmed with emotions right now, but i love you all and thank you \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Patrik Lindberg (@f0rest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/f0rest\/status\/1854916649939288175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Besides co-streaming, f0rest will continue streaming his FACEIT games on his Twitch.tv channel, where the fans can participate in NiP-sponsored community events.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Ninjas in Pyjamas plan to launch merchandise, including digital collectables and jerseys, to celebrate the player&#8217;s 87-0 streak.<\/p>\n<p>The fans will be able to claim physical merchandise and virtual cosmetics on the NiP fan platform, The Dojo.<\/p>\n<p>The transition to brand ambassador makes sense for f0rest, who said he has no plans to become a coach.<\/p>\n<p>However, his new role will allow him to partially play that role within the Counter-Strike team, helping the players with the experience he has gained over a long and illustrious career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Showmatch med svenska CS-legendarer!<\/p>\n<p>Inf\u00f6r Svenska Cupen-finalen anordnar vi en showmatch med n\u00e5gra av Sveriges fr\u00e4msta CS-spelare genom tiderna. H\u00e4r \u00e4r stj\u00e4rnorna som representerar laget Living Legends: <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Xizt<br \/>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea friberg<br \/>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea f0rest<br \/>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Get_RiGhT<br \/>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea Lekr0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea pita (coach) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gNfPFpMuBw\">pic.twitter.com\/gNfPFpMuBw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Svenska Cupen (@SvenskaCupenGG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SvenskaCupenGG\/status\/1852063995483820122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Swede will make his first appearance as NiP&#8217;s brand ambassador this weekend at the local Svenska Cupen 2024 Counter-Strike tournament, when he will participate in a show match before the final.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">Esports news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninjas in Pyjamas announced the return of Counter-Strike legend Patrik &#8220;f0rest&#8221; Lindberg, who re-joins the organisation as a brand ambassador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":27514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3111,2988,428,994],"class_list":["post-39482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-counter-strike-global-offensive","tag-ninjas-in-pyjamas","tag-patrik-f0rest-lindberg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39482"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39484,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39482\/revisions\/39484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}