Andreas Højsleth

Andreas Højsleth
Born Aars, North Denmark Region, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Other names Xyp9x
Occupation Professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as rifler/support.
Years active 2011-Present
Notable work

Holds the record for most 1vX wins in a single international LAN tournament (Achieved at IEM Katowice 2017).

2x World Champion winning ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017 Major Championship[1] and FACEIT Major: London 2018.[2]

Andreas Højsleth, better known by his online alias Xyp9x (pronouned ZIP-nix or ZIH-pix), is a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and member of the team Astralis.[3][4]

Højsleth is from Aars in North Denmark Region, and grew up there.[5] He is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and currently a member of Astralis and former member of Team Solomid and Team Dignitas. He got his name Xyp9x by typing something random on his keyboard.[6] He was voted the 13th best CS:GO player of 2017 by HLTV.org.[7]

Teams

Period Team
2012-10-26 – 2012-10-27 Ildal Lions
2012-10-27 – 2013-01-08 CPLAY
2013-01-08 – 2013-07-09 Fnatic
2013-07-09 – 2013-12-08 Copenhagen Wolves
2013-12-08 – 2014-02-16 über G33KZ
2014-02-16 – 2015-01-25 Team Dignitas
2015-01-29 – 2015-12-03 Team SoloMid
2015-12-03 – 2016-01-18 Team Question Mark
2016-01-18 – Present Astralis

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ELEAGUE Major 2017". HLTV.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "FACEIT Major 2018". HLTV.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "How to become a Counter-Strike GO pro". redbull.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Chalk, Will (24 March 2017). "YouTube to help gamers build their audiences - BBC Newsbeat". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Henriksen, Christian. "Nordjyske Andreas tjener millioner på at spille computer". tv2nord.dk. TV2 Nord.
  6. ↑ https://.twitter.com/EL/status/734473973585567745
  7. ↑ "Xyp9x's player profile". HLTV.org. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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