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Biography[]
He started playing video games with World of Warcraft at the age of 12. He eventually started playing League of Legends because his teacher at primary school introduced him to the game. He is still currently in school, as he strives to become a computer programmer in the future.
Season 3[]
Originally playing under the alias Stæhr during his time at Hoang5, he changed his name to Niels HD when he moved to Tricked eSports. He made this move along with compatriot Jesiz, as Tricked acquired the roster of Hoang5. The first big LAN event that he competed in with Tricked was the Copenhagen Games 2013. With the team, he also competed in the SCAN & NVIDIA EUW Invitational, where they were knocked out in the semifinals by a strong Eternity Gaming lineup.
He left Tricked later on in the year, joining CJ Gaming. After a short time on the team's roster, Niels moved to Intellectual Playground, where he played with Santorin and NeeGodbro. During his time with the team, he accomplished a 2nd place finish at the WePlay LoL Invitational, losing in the final to an LCS-hardened SK Gaming outfit. He also competed at DreamHack Winter 2013, where he and Intellectual Playground finished 3rd, losing in the semifinals again to the same strong SK Gaming team, which happened to feature his former teammate, Jesiz.
2014 Season[]
After leaving Intellectual Playground, he joined Team Kappa Prime, changing his name to Phlow. He and the team came competed in the SCAN EUW Winter Invitational, but were knocked out by Gamers2 in the semifinals. However, the team's lineup impressed, and were picked up by SK Gaming Prime soon after. Under his new alias, Zvanillan, the first tournament he played with the team was the FACEIT Challenger Invitational. SK Prime came in 2nd, losing to Ninjas in Pyjamas in the final. Zvanillan and the team also competed in Challenger Spring Series #1, where SK Prime were knocked out in the quarterfinals by the same NiP team.
SK Prime also played in the 2nd FACEIT Challenger Invitational. The tournament was another success, with Zvanillan and the team finishing 2nd behind Gamers2. His last tournament with the team was at the Copenhagen Games 2014, where SK Prime couldn't make it out of their group. The team's roster then disbanded, and with this Zvanillan decided to take a break from the competitive scene.
2015 Season[]
On December 17, 2014, it was announced that Niels had joined xPeke's new team, Origen, along with Amazing and mithy.[25]
With Origen, Niels qualified for the EUCS Spring Qualifier via the Challenger Ladder, where they beat Millenium Spirit in their bracket final, securing their qualification to the EUCS Spring Season. Origen were unbeaten until their penultimate game of the split, against LowLandLions.White, and despite dropping that one game easily secured first place in the regular season. Origen also placed highly in tournaments throughout this period, winning the ESL MWC Challenge and Gamers Assembly 2015. The Spring Playoffs saw Origen beat Reason Gaming in the semifinals 2-1 and then going on to sweep Copenhagen Wolves Academy (the team formerly known as LowLandLions.White) in the final to win the tournament and secure automatic qualification to the LCS Summer Season.
Throughout the EU LCS Summer Season, Origen jostled for 2nd position with H2k-Gaming, while Fnatic sat far ahead in an undefeated 1st place throughout. Impressive individual performances including Niels's Kalista and Corki helped the team to a 2nd place regular season finish, and with it a bye past the Summer Playoffs quarterfinal round. Niels himself was awarded the title for Outstanding Rookie of the Split. In the semifinals, Origen faced off against rivals H2k and won 3-1; perhaps even more impressively, they took two games off Fnatic in the finals despite ultimately losing the series. Their second-place overall finish earned Origen 90 Championship Points, enough for the second seed in the 2015 Season Europe Regional Finals. There, they beat Team ROCCAT in a 3-2 series and then Unicorns of Love in an easy 3-0 and successfully qualified for the 2015 World Championship, where they would play as Europe's #3 seed.
At the 2015 World Championship, Origen were drawn into Group D along with Team SoloMid, KT Rolster, and LGD Gaming. Origen went 3-0 in the 1st week of the round robin and ended the group with a 4-2 record, meaning they would advance to the knockout stage of the tournament. Origen won their quarterfinal series 3-1 against the Flash Wolves, becoming the first Western team to win a best-of-five at a World Championship, but were later knocked out by SK Telecom T1 in the semifinals.
2016 Season[]
Origen and Niels competed at IEM San Jose, and were given a bye to the semifinals due to Fnatic's withdrawal from the tournament. The team fielded their roster from the previous season, but with PowerOfEvil in the mid lane and xPeke taking a coaching role. They took down Team SoloMid in the semifinals, and went on to beat Counter Logic Gaming in the final - winning the tournament without losing a single game. In January 2016, Niels renamed to Zven.
Origen's performance at IEM San Jose resulted in their qualification to the IEM World Championship. At the tournament, they first lost to Royal Never Give Up in the upper bracket of their group before then losing to Team SoloMid in the lower bracket, resulting in the team's elimination from the tournament.
Zven and Origen had a decent spring split but didn't manage to win it. In the playoffs they made it to the finals but lost 1-3 to G2 Esports. In May of 2016, Zven along with Mithy left OG and joined G2. The move ended up being successful as the team won the Summer Playoffs with a 3-1 victory over Splyce and qualified for the 2016 Season World Championship.
G2 was placed in Group A along with ROX Tigers, Albus NoX Luna and Counter Logic Gaming. Although expectations for them were fairly high, the team only won 1 game and finished 4th place in their group which knocked them out of Worlds.
2017 Season[]
G2's Spring Season was fairly dominant. The team won their group in the regular season and only dropped one series. In the playoffs they defeated Unicorns of Love 3-1 in the finals to capture their third LCS title and qualify for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational. At MSI although G2 had some struggles and finished 4-6 in overall record, they still made it to the knockout stage. In the semifinals they took down Team WE 3-1 but then lost 1-3 in the finals to SK Telecom T1 and finished 2nd place.
The Summer Season was much more of a struggle for G2. They were very shaky throughout the regular season and finished 2nd in their group below Fnatic. In the playoffs G2 defeated Splyce in the Quarterfinals 3-2 in a hard fought series. Although they were expected to struggle more in the following rounds, G2 swept H2k Gaming 3-0 in the semifinals. Then in the finals they swept Misfits Gaming 3-0 and won their fourth LCS title in a row. This also qualified them for the 2017 Season World Championship.
At Worlds G2 was place in Group C along with 1907 Fenerbahçe, Samsung Galaxy, and Royal Never Give Up. G2 performed much better than last year but their group was very hard. With their 3-3 record they were unable to advance any further and finished 3rd in their group. In November of 2017 Zven along with Mithy left G2 and moved over to North America to join Team SoloMid.
Trivia[]
- Favorite dish is Kebab.
- Was the only non-LCS player to be named in gaming.dk's team of the year.
- Was introduced to WhiteKnight108 and HawkDon through solo queue.
- Outstanding Rookie of the 2015 Season EU LCS Summer Split.[26]
Pentakills[]
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-15 | North America | LCS 2022 Lock In |  |  | Ziggs | Bot | W | 6/1/9 | Link | Link |
| 2021-08-01 | North America | LCS 2021 Summer | |  | Aphelios | Bot | W | 11/2/3 | Link | Link |
| 2021-01-30 | North America | LCS 2021 Lock In | |  | Miss Fortune | Bot | W | 7/0/4 | Link | Link |
| 2021-01-30 | North America | LCS 2021 Lock In | | | Miss Fortune | Bot | W | 12/1/8 | Link | Link |
| 2019-08-10 | North America | LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs |  |  | Xayah | Bot | W | 9/1/7 | Link | Link |
| 2018-08-25 | North America | NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs | |  | Kai'Sa | Bot | W | 9/2/6 | Link | Link |
| 2017-06-10 | Europe | EU LCS 2017 Summer |  |  | Twitch | Bot | W | 14/3/6 | Link | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results[]
| Zven 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2022-04-11 | 2 | CQ 2022 Spring Split 2 | $8,000 |  C9 | |
| 2022-04-11 | 1 | CQ 2022 Spring | $25,000 | C9 | |
| 2022-03-07 | 5 | CQ 2022 Spring Split 1 | $4,000 | C9 | |
Interviews[]
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- February 7, TSM Zven: “I should be with Mithy no matter where I go.” with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- February 28, TSM Zven compares EU to NA solo queue and why LCS is so random right now with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- January 22, "Fnatic is our biggest competitor" with Sport1
- April 4, Zven's playstyle: "Win lane if you can, but don't cost your team the game. Don't try to be a star." with Blitz Esports
- April 24, Zven says MSI success could flip perceptions of G2 with Slingshot Esports
- May 11, G2 Zven on Nunu pick: "We've actually practiced it, and it always worked for us." with Inven Global
- May 20, [MSI2017] G2 Zven: "Doing scrims against SKT, WE, FW allowed us to learn and catch up" with LoLEsports, transcription by Inven Global
- June 3, Zven: "PerkZ had to go to the hospital with Sport1
- June 11, Post-Game Lobby: G2 Zven’s Power Rankings with LoL Esports
- July 4, G2 Zven on UOL and Fnatic at Rift Rivals: “(They) are pure best-of-one teams. They are much better in best-of-ones than best-of-fives, in my opinion.” with Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
- July 22, Zven: “We started to treat our opponents with respect. We go “Would we play this against SKT?” and if the answer is no, we don’t pick it” with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
- August 2, Zven: “I think Ocean Drake, if you get it in the laning phase (like 6, 7, 8 minutes), is the strongest Drake by far.” with Slingshot Esports
- August 31, Zven: “We play the meta until it’s in our comfort zone. We don’t want to have a deficit in the draft like the Unicorns had against Misfits.” with Alexander Hugo on The Shotcaller
- October 12, G2 Zven: "I think it is the EU buff and it is the second week. It just keeps happening right?" with Inven Global
- October 18, G2 Zven - AMA with reddit
- December 7, Mithy, Zven, and MikeYeung talk about why they joined TSM, respond to their critics with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- December 8, Zven and mithy Fill Team SoloMid's Bot Lane: "This year, TSM has it all." with Miles Yim on chhopsky
- December 11, TSM Zven: 'I can't imagine playing with anyone else other than Mithy' with Emily Rand on ESPN
- December 12, Mithy & Zven talk about the first time they wore their TSM jerseys and excitement to face off against Doublelift with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
- January 14, Ask the Pros: Origen's Zven with LoL Esports
- January 29, Zven: "Better if bottom-Lane, the pressure point of the team's" with SPORT1
- February 2, Origen's Zven: 'Not going 2-0 this week would have been bad for us' with theScore Esports
- March 10, Zven: "Wollen Vitality auf jeden Fall meiden" with SPORT1
- March 24, Zven on facing UoL in the playoffs: 'UoL is the weakest team of the other five in the playoffs' with theScore Esports
- April 11, Zven on H2K's performance: 'I'm really disappointed in Vander and Jankos overall' with theScore Esports
- April 30, Zven In The Spotlight with Origen
- June 17, Zven: Kikis was good, but with time Expect ‘will be as good or better than him’ with theScore Esports
- July 4, Zven talks outdrafting Fnatic and not having to 'micro-manage' Expect anymore with theScore Esports
- August 19, Zven: 'If we won the split, we would make up for the G2 fiasco at MSI...that would be a nice thing' with theScore Esports
- August 29, Zven: 'It's nice not to be known as that guy who lost every final he's played in' with theScore Esports
- September 25, Past to Present: The Story of Zven with theScore Esports
- October 3, Niels efter segern över TSM with Fragbite
- October 4, Niels on going undefeated at Worlds, Hermit's coaching, and Origen's winning mentality with The Daily Dot
- October 5, Niels on Origen's start: 'I don’t feel like there’s pressure on me to perform [but maybe there is now that we’re 3-0'] with theScore Esports
- October 16, "We got lucky" Niels on Origen's amazing quarter finals performance with PC Gamer
- December 11, Niels: "Everyone wanted to win against NA, and then win the 1v1 tournament" with theScore' Esports'
Articles[]
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- April 23, Yahoo Esports' EU LCS 2017 Spring MVP: Zven by Kelsey Moser on Yahoo! Esports
- May 29, Cursed - Why winning Rookie of the Split may spell doom by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- September 28, Niels - The Shining Star of Origen from Gold Per 10
- October 16, The Rookie Titan Attacks: Origen's Niels takes over in London by Tyler "Fionn" Erzberger on theScore
Videos[]
- 2018
- January 26, The Top 10 Zven & Mithy Plays in Competitive League of Legends by theScore esports
Player Content[]
- 2016
- April 29, Facebook Post about 2016 Spring Split on Facebook
- October 21, Hey guys, here is my "Reflecting on the Year" post. I apologize for it being... on TwitLonger
External Links[]
Gallery[]
OG Niels 2015 Summer
OG Zven 2016 Spring
G2 Zven 2016 Summer
G2 Zven 2017 Spring
G2 Zven 2017 Summer
TSM Zven 2018 Spring
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 HOANG5 gets tRICKED tricked.dk
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Intellectual Playground's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 SK Gaming Prime disbands sk-gaming.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 SK Gaming welcomes League Amateur Team sk-gaming.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Changes in Origen origen.gg
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Origen's Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Welcome Zven and Mithy tsm.gg
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Vacation is over. youtube.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Farewell Doublelift tsm.gg
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Zven's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Cloud9's Stream twitch.tv
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Cloud9's Stream twitch.tv
- ↑ Zven's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Zven's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-11-24
- ↑ Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-02-09; after change - NA - 2021-02-10
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-20; after change - NA - 2021-11-21
- ↑ Zven's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Origen's Twitter Posttwitter.com
- ↑ LCS 2015 Summer Split awards presented on PTL and LCS Finals lolesports.com
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