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Counter-Strike: Tentpole steps down after CPL Winter

By: Luis Mira - Published December 17, 2006 at 1:39 PM EST - Writer Archive
Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund has confirmed that he is retiring after CPL Winter.
Following a piece on rakaka.se that suggested heavy roster changes in Sweden's best teams after the CPL World Finals, Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund, a player in fnatic, said the following on a Fragbite forum.

"You don't have to worry about how bad I am either, I am quitting gaming at a high level this new year," Nordlund said.

This decision came to public right after a third place in the WSVG 2006 CS Finals but it seems to have no relation with this tournament and with the CPL event that has just begun.
Kristoffer
Kristoffer "Tentpole" Nordlund

Nordlund joined fnatic in January following a sensational time in Begrip Gaming's Swedish team, which achieved, among others, a first place in the second edition of the World Esports Games.

It is still unknown who will replace him, but Fragbite confirmed that fnatic may be leading the chase for icsu's former member, Emil "Striker" Westerberg.

Since the split up between Check-Six and the Swedish team, the European players decided to revive the ICSU name, which no success, though. Some weeks later, Louis "Red`" Nyberg joined 4Kings to fill the shoes of Marc Mangiacapra and no more news were heard from this team. Michel "speedi" Gewargis told GotFrag that the team engaged in talks with several organisations but things didn't work out.

"ICSU was never alive, after we left Check-Six, we were just tagging for fun, so there is no team in ICSU. I don't know if striker is leaving for fnatic, haven't talked to him for some days. I don't know how my future looks like, there aren't any available teams at the moment, I will basically wait for CPL to end and see if something happens," Gewargis said.

With the departure of Nordlund, fnatic's roster is as follows:

Sweden Harley "dsn" Örwall
Sweden Patrik "cArn" Sättermon
Sweden Patrik "f0rest" lindberg
Sweden Oscar "Archi" Torgersen

Source: Fragbite.com

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:/ suks for fnatic
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oh my god :( sad news
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IsKall or gudeN will join fnatic
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sad news altough he looks kinda nerdy for a swede
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good luck
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#5 he can look what ever he likes the thing is that hes the second best there with f0rest ..... but i hope they dont make the mistake picking up striker they need speedi or Archis last team mate hyrule !
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he was the best bye and goodluck at real life dude :)
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Too bad it's Striker that may replace him =(
wNv - coL 16:1 WEG finals 2006.
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too bad for fnatic and Tentpole. I think strikke (or striker) is really good.
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good luck
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Bring on Olof "archie" Ekdala! Imagine that, archie and archi on fnatic!
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I think only Fnatic and SK will have big changes.
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fnatic.Hyper LoL~
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good luck
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GG tentpole, great player, gl with life.
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quite alot of players out of contract atm, should be some good pickups in 2007.

bad for fnatic though, tentpole is a great player.

This comment was edited at 12/17/2006 3:32 PM
AMIRITE??
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=O...good luck.
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LATERZ GOOSE FACe.. :(
OptiMus: Those ps3 controllers better be rechargeable or this is going to be ridiculous.

gl tentpole, one of those quiet but solid team players that gets overlooked.

striker is a beast so im looking forward to see if hes their man, wouldnt mind seeing some EYE players in there though, or even calippo.
another one bites the dust
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that's hard for fnatic.
Head of the www.readmore.de demo section. Your POV demo resource on the net (12000 and counting...)
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:*( 2 bad 4 fnatic
-(Bravo)-Jan1uX
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People don't realize how good Tentpole is simply because he's not a flashy player like f0rest. But the guy is extremely good and has been playing really well since he joined fnatic. I hope they can find a good replacement, wont be easy filling Tents shoes. <3 Tent.

This comment was edited at 12/17/2006 2:08 PM
löl
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picking me up so they can have 3 players with the same first name
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maybe heaton will join
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Fnatic won't be the same without Tentpole.
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speedi would be a good pick for fnatic
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gl Tentpole.
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Good luck Tentpole in real life (this time i wish you)
i've been a "tent" fan a little before he joins Begrip.se and i'm still one of his due to his very solid and stable play in EVERY tournament he has participated :)

GL

dimitris "mitseuler"
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late
#LostProphets #51
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Great player, doesnt actually say his reasons for quitting though? :S
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yeah tentpole is top for many years just that ppl didnt know him doesnt mean he was bad and never did anything good actually hes the most consistent guy in fnatic and in begrip and before that in many teams Pole is great player and superB person ~ gl dude
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Good luck tentpole ;)
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No, tentpole. :( I hope they win the CPL this year.

just imagine fnatic with Hyper? that would kick some serious @ss
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Ah, my favorite player :'(
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sad... wish you luck tent
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humpf
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gl tentpole :(
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fnatic.speedi or fnatic.hyper ftw ;D
xeslan;o
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loLz, why do sites even post a thing he wrote in a forum thread.

oh wow :(
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HEATON !!!!!!!
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that sucks, tentpole was one of fnatics best player along with f0rest.

fnatic.hibb maybe?

This comment was edited at 12/17/2006 3:15 PM
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#12 that would be the best ^_^
GL to fnatic on whoever they pick up
I would love to see Iskall or Calippo come back to gaming. To bad bullen will never come back

This comment was edited at 12/17/2006 3:17 PM
I Started the FURY craze!
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O.O why? :(
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maybe a fnatic.miniw???
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Tentpole nooooooooooooo
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[b]Hyper[/b] could be a very good substitution. Only if he can get into the same shape as before though.
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HEATONNNNNNN


lol

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