f0rest

Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (born June 10, 1988) is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and former professional Counter-Strike player who currently plays for Dignitas. He is known for his long-standing performance and has gained a reputation as one of the greatest Counter-Strike players of all time.

He is best known for his four years of tenure with Fnatic which he helped bring to prominence as the dominant team of 2009 and broke the record for the highest-earning team in a calendar year for Counter-Strike at the time as well as his almost decade-long stint with Ninjas in Pyjamas that saw the team creating an invincible dynasty in the early days of CS:GO with a record 87-map win streak.

Professional Career[edit]

See also: f0rest's Professional Career

Gear and Settings[edit]

Mouse Settings ^[1] (list of) Advanced
Mouse	eDPI	DPI	Polling Rate	Sensitivity	Zoom	Raw Input
Logitech G Pro	1240	400	500 Hz	3.1	1	On
Last updated on 2020-04-19 (356 days ago).

Mouse Settings ^[1] (list of) (calculate) Simple
Mouse	Curvature	Circumference	Mouse Setup	Sensitivity	Zoom	Raw.
Logitech G Pro	1637 MPI 1.074 deg/mm	13.2 in/rev 33.5 cm/rev	400 DPI @ 500 Hz	3.1	1	On
Last updated on 2020-04-19 (356 days ago).

Hardware ^[1]

Mouse		Mousepad
	Logitech G Pro (Wireless)		HyperX FURY S (Speed Edition)

Monitor		Refresh rate	In-game resolution	Scaling
	ZOWIE by BenQ XL2546	240 Hz	1280×960	Stretched

Keyboard		Headset
	HyperX Alloy Origins		HyperX Cloud Alpha S
Last updated on 2020-04-19 (356 days ago).

Crosshair Settings ^[2] (list of)
Style	Size	Thickness	Sniper	Gap	Outline	Dot	Color	Alpha
`5`	`1`	`0`	`1`	`-2`	No	Yes (`1`)	Green (`1`)	`255`
Last updated on 2020-07-15 (269 days ago).

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`cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 1; cl_crosshairgap -2; cl_crosshairsize 1; cl_crosshairstyle 5; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;`

Achievements[edit]

Date	Placement	Tier	Type		Result	Prize
2017-11-19	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	Intel Extreme Masters XII - Oakland	3 : 2	$129,000
2017-07-15	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Valencia 2017	2 : 0	$50,000
2016-11-20	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	Intel Extreme Masters XI - Oakland	2 : 1	$128,000
2016-09-11	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2	2 : 0	$130,000
2016-04-17	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016	2 : 0	$100,000
2015-03-15	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL One: Katowice 2015	1 : 2	$50,000
2014-08-17	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL One: Cologne 2014	2 : 1	$100,000
2009-03-08	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	Intel Extreme Masters III	16 - 13	$50,000
2006-12-20	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	2006 CPL Winter	2 : 0	$30,000
2005-07-01	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	WEG 2005 S02	13 - 7	$50,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Trivia[edit]

Got engaged to longtime girlfriend Sandra on January 14, 2017. ^[3] The couple married on August 5, 2017. ^[4]
Was named the best Swedish player of 2007 by Fragbite. ^[5]
Was ranked the 6th best player of 2010 by HLTV. ^[6]
Was ranked the 5th best player of 2011 by HLTV. ^[7]
Was ranked the 2nd best player of 2013 by HLTV. ^[8]
Was ranked the 7th best player of 2014 by HLTV. ^[9]
Was ranked the 16th best player of 2015 by HLTV. ^[10]
Was ranked the 7th best player of 2016 by HLTV. ^[11]
Was ranked the 10th best player of 2016 on Thorin's Top 10 CS:GO Players ranking.
Was named the MVP of StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2 by HLTV. ^[12]
Was named the MVP of Intel Extreme Masters Season XI Oakland by HLTV. ^[13]
Was named the MVP of DreamHack Valencia 2012 by the HLTV community. ^[14]
Considers RobbaN and Xizt two of the best players he's been under the leadership of, due to their unique way of in-game leading. ^[15]
f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, and Xizt form one of the longest standing Global Offensive player trios ever. Their first period together was under Ninjas in Pyjamas' banner and lasted 5 years and 187 days, from August 10th, 2012 to February 13th, 2018 (when Xizt was replaced by dennis). The trio then reunited on January 20th, 2020 in the new Dignitas line-up.
f0rest and GeT_RiGhT form one of the longest partnerships of all time in Counter-Strike. Their first stint of partnership lasted 3,902 days, from the time GeT_RiGhT joined Fnatic on January 19th, 2009 to when he stepped down from NiP on September 26th, 2019. The duo then extended their time together when they reunited on January 21st, 2020 under the Dignitas banner.
Is one of the three players who has been a permanent member of all three historical Swedish teams Ninjas in Pyjamas, SK Gaming and Fnatic. The other two are GeT_RiGhT and Tentpole.