s4 (video game player)

s4
Gustav Magnusson
Status Active
Born (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992
Hometown Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Current team Evil Geniuses
Role Offlane, carry
Games Dota 2
Championships The International 3
Boston Major
Kiev Major
Professional career
2013–2014 Alliance
2014–2015 Team Secret
2015 Alliance
2016–2018 OG
2018–present Evil Geniuses

Gustav Magnusson (born April 1, 1992), better known as s4, is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player who currently plays for Evil Geniuses. As a member of Team Alliance, Magnusson won The International 2013.[1][2] In 2013, Magnusson was the highest earning eSports player in 2013.

Professional career

Magnusson's Dota 2 career started in early 2012 where he played at Dreamhack Summer 2012 with his team The Tough Bananas, however the team did not make the playoffs. In the fall of that same year he, along with AdmiralBulldog, created No Tidehunter. Shortly after their formation they won their first tournament, the Revenge #1. At the DreamHack Winter 2012 Tidehunter defeated Evil Geniuses in the grand finals and secure first place in the team’s first major tournament together.

In 2013, Alliance won several tournaments such as the "StarLadder Season 5 LAN" and Dreamhack Summer 2013. They won the year's biggest tournament, The International 3, and without losing a series and only losing 3 games; two of which in the final best of 5 game series. As a result, Magnusson was the highest earning eSports player in 2013.[3]

After The International 2014 he decided to part ways with Alliance.[4] He went on to create Team Secret with Clement "Puppey" Ivanov. Team Secret won the ESL One Frankfurt 2015.[5][6] After Secret's disappointing placing in The International 2015 and the subsequent disbanding of the squad Magnusson rejoined Alliance.[7][8][9]

Alliance qualified for The International 2016 as the runner up to the Regional qualifier winners. They finished 3rd in Group A with 3 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses. However, Alliance lost successive bracket stage matches to EHOME and Fnatic and ultimately finished 9th. As part of the annual post-The International roster shake-up, Magnusson left Alliance.[10][11] On August 31, Magnusson joined OG[12] and later won the Boston Major[13] as well as the Kiev Major. In May 2018, he left OG to join Evil Geniuses.[14]

Achievements

Alliance

Team Secret

  • 1st — ESL One Frankfurt 2015

OG

EG

References

  1. ↑ Pirzada, Usman (August 12, 2013). "Dota 2 Ti3 (The International 3) Full Overview - Ends with Alliance Taking Home 1.4 Million Dollars".
  2. ↑ "There and back again: Clement "Puppey" Ivanov and Team Secret". ESPN.com. March 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ O'Neill, Patrick (December 28, 2013). "The brains behind esports' $1 million winning team". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  4. ↑ "S4 and EGM officially leave Alliance". joinDOTA.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ "s4 says Team Secret is scared of a patch before TI5". Archived from the original on May 29, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ "S4 om Team Secret: Vilken dag som helst får vi ett namn". October 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ "'Dota 2' The International 2015 news: Kuroky and S4 leave Team Secret, replaced by Cloud9's Misery and EternalEnvy". www.ecumenicalnews.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ "TI5 Interview: s4 on Techies picks, keeping tabs on EG". Archived from the original on July 29, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ "nTh becomes the Alliance". joinDOTA.com.
  10. ↑ "Alliance parts ways with s4, AdmiralBulldog, and Akke". Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Dota 2 roster shuffle guide: Evil Geniuses, Team Secret, Alliance and more".
  12. ↑ "OG picks up JerAx, s4 and Ana".
  13. ↑ "Boston Major: OG triumphant in third Major title". Archived from the original on December 11, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ "A Shift in OG". Facebook. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
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