Forsen
| Forsen | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 16 December 1990 |
| Occupation | Video game streamer |
| Partner | Nina Heichou |
| Organization | Cloud9 |
| Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Games | |
| Followers | 1.5 million (5 April 2021) |
Last updated: 5 April 2021 | |
Sebastian Hans Eli Fors (born 16 December 1990), known by the pseudonym Forsen, is a Swedish Twitch streamer who is known for competing in Starcraft II and Hearthstone.[2] He is also known for his rowdy fanbase, who call themselves "Forsenboys" or "Forsen Bajs" and have had a hand in popularizing a number of controversial internet memes.[2][3][4] In January 2018, a warped image of Fors' face ("forsenE") became the most-used emote on Twitch worldwide.[5] As of April 2020[update], he is the 33rd largest streamer on Twitch by subscriber count.[6]
In Hearthstone, he won his first tournament in the May 2015 HTC Invitational,[7] and won a Play it Cool streaming marathon in October 2015.[8] Forsen was one of the most popular Hearthstone streamers in 2015, streaming to between 2,000 and 30,000 viewers on his live stream on Twitch.[9] He was once known as one of the game's most skilled Miracle Rogue experts.[2] In February 2018, Forsen led his four-player team to victory in a $100,000 Twitch Rivals PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Invitational tournament, taking home $13,600.[10][11] The following month, he also participated in Darwin Project Invitational tournament, taking first place and winning US$20,000.[12] In December 2018, he achieved a personal all-time high viewer count of 80,860.[13] In late 2020, Forsen began a friendly rivalry with fellow streamer xQc, the pair competing to achieve the fastest time in a speedrun of Minecraft.[14][15] As of April 2021, Forsen has a personal best of 20:38, which is seven seconds faster than the 20:45 best time of xQc.[16]
On 26 November 2020, Forsen received an indefinite suspension from Twitch after he accidentally showed a GIF sent to him by a viewer displaying a sexually explicit interaction between a woman and a horse on stream.[17] He was unbanned after a month.[18]
References
- ^ Forsen Daily Corona Check (Full Timeline) [With Chat]. YouTube. 29 minutes in. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Clark, Tim (9 October 2015). "Forsen: "I haven't been happy playing Hearthstone in a long time"". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Grayson, Nathan (9 February 2018). "Twitch's New Policies Are Worrying Some Provocative Streamers". Kotaku. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ Parker, Jason (10 September 2020). "Forsen Has Been Banned for a Second Time on Twitch in 2020". EsportsTalk. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (29 January 2018). "How Twitch's most popular emote, forsenE, took over". Polygon. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Real sub count". Twitchstats. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Hearthstone News: Forsen grabs first tournament win in HTC Invitational". GosuGamers. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Forsen wins in yet another controversial Play it Cool marathon finish". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Fans of one of Hearthstone's biggest streamers are organizing harassment raids in his name". 11 February 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ Grayson, Nathan (1 March 2018). "Star-Studded Tournament Can't Transcend PUBG's Esports Problem". Kotaku. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Forsen triumphs at Twitch Rivals". PUBG.ac. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "10 High Profile Personalities Battled it Out in the $50k Darwin Project Invitational - Final Placements and Results". Dexerto. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ "forsen - Twitch statistics, analysis and predictions - SullyGnome". Twinge. Twinge.tv.
- ^ Koepp, Brent (14 October 2020). "xQc calls out Forsen after setting his record Minecraft speedrun time". Dexerto. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Galloway, Ryan (23 February 2021). "XQc and Forsen's Minecraft rivalry continues as xQc breaks record". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Forsen beats xQc in Minecraft speedrunning, taunts on Twitter". WIN.gg. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- ^ Periwal, Saahil Agnelo. "The Forsen Horse GIF ban on Twitch is being called out for its double standards ft. Pokimane". Sportskeeda. Absolute Sports Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Periwal, Saahil Agnelo. "Twitter rejoices as Forsen gets unbanned on Twitch, a month after being suspended for a Horse GIF". Sportskeeda. Absolute Sports Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 26 December 2020.