Hans Eli Sebastian Fors (born 16 December 1990),[1] known by the pseudonymForsen, is a Swedish Twitchstreamer who initially gained popularity for having competed in StarCraft II, but is best known for competing in Hearthstone and for streaming a variety of popular games.[3] He is also known for his rowdy fanbase, who call themselves "Forsen Boys" or "Forsen Bajs" and have had a hand in popularizing a number of internet memes.[3][4] Since December 2018, Forsen has had over one million followers on Twitch, and as of May 2023, has more than 1.7 million followers.[5]
In 2011, Forsen won first place in the E-Sport SM May Qualifier and was the runner-up in the E-Sport SM October Qualifier, earning a total of 3,500 Swedish krona ($382.50) and qualifying for the Swedish National Championships in StarCraft II.[6] In 2012, Forsen garnered attention by advancing to the final group stage of the 2012 DreamHack Stockholm StarCraft II tournament.[3]
Hearthstone
In Hearthstone, Forsen won his first tournament in the May 2015 HTC Invitational,[7] and won a Play it Cool streaming marathon in October 2015, achieving the highest rank among the competitors after 24 hours of play.[8] In 2015, Forsen was one of the top four Hearthstone streamers, streaming to up to 45,000 viewers on his live stream on Twitch.[9] He was once known as one of the game's most skilled experts at the Miracle Rogue deck, having piloted it to achieve the highest rank in the game's ladder system on both the North American and European servers in June 2014.[10][11][12] In 2017, after spending much of his Hearthstone career as a free agent, Forsen signed with American esports organization Cloud9 as a streamer.[12]
Streaming career
As of January 2023, Forsen had been a livestreamer on Twitch for over a decade.[13] His stream has been lauded as "genuinely... fun and entertaining" for its tightly knit community and inside jokes, as well as for Forsen's tendency to stream "Lidl" games, a term coined by Forsen to describe games of low production value.[14]
In February 2018, Forsen captained his four-player team to first place in a $100,000 Twitch RivalsPlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) Invitational tournament, winning $13,600.[15][16] The following month, he also participated in the Darwin Project Invitational tournament, taking first place and winning US$20,000.[17] In December 2018, he achieved a personal all-time high viewer count of 80,860.[18]
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.[19] As of May 2023, xQc has a personal best of 16:38, 92 seconds faster than Forsen's best time.[20]
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. He was unbanned after a month.[21]
On 20 April 2023, Forsen was banned again from Twitch. No immediate reason was apparent, nor was the duration known, however, on 24 April he revealed that it was due to watching a "dubious asmr youtube video", and that the ban would last for one week.[22][23]
Community
Forsen's stream community, known as the "Forsen Boys" or "Forsen Bajs", has gained notoriety of its own through its practice of stream sniping, especially in games like PUBG.[4] Stream snipers in Forsen's community are noted for locating Forsen in-game and playing loud music and audio through voice chat, and represent a point of appeal for Forsen's audience.[24] In 2018, the Darwin Project Invitational tournament was disrupted by the infiltration of a match lobby by Samme1g, a stream sniper in Forsen's community.[25]
The community is also known for its practice of spamming, and its resulting popularization of internet memes and Twitch emotes.[3] The spread of notable emotes such as "MonkaS" and "PepeHands" (images of Pepe the Frog) have been attributed to Forsen's community on Reddit.[26] Their references to Ugandan action-comedy film Who Killed Captain Alex? have also helped popularise the Ugandan Knuckles meme.[27] In January 2018, a warped image of Fors' face ("forsenE") became the most-used emote on Twitch worldwide.[3]
Forsen's moderation of the community has been described as "permissive" and "laissez-faire", and in 2015, he distanced himself from their actions and the "Forsen Boys" label.[4][9] That year, streamer Katy Coe became the target of sexual harassment from members of Forsen's community, culminating in Forsen banning links to her channel after Coe posted to Reddit denouncing the behavior.[9] In 2017, Forsen received a 24-hour ban from Twitch after members of his community spammed the n-word in the 2017 Awesome Games Done Quick chat room.[4]
^"Forsen Starcraft 2 Profile". GosuGamers. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^"Hearthstone News: Forsen grabs first tournament win in HTC Invitational". GosuGamers. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^Leslie, Callum (19 October 2015). "Forsen wins in yet another controversial Play it Cool marathon finish". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
^ abcLeslie, Callum (11 February 2015). "Meet the Forsen Army, the vanguard of Twitch's dark side". Dot Esports. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^Clark, Tim (9 October 2015). "Forsen: "I haven't been happy playing Hearthstone in a long time"". PC Gamer. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^PCGamer (3 July 2014). "Hearthstone Help: Six of the best streamers to learn from". PC Gamer. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ abSapho (31 March 2017). . DBLTAP. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^Fisher, Carver (January 15, 2023). "AI Twitch stream perfectly emulates Forsen's speech and likeness while answering chat". Dexerto. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
^de Wit, Jan; van der Kraan, Alicia; Theeuwes, Joep (2020). "Live Streams on Twitch Help Viewers Cope With Difficult Periods in Life". Frontiers in Psychology. 11: 586975. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586975. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC7714943. PMID 33329243.
^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.
^"Darwin Project в Twitter: "After taking first place in the last ..." Twitter (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^Galloway, Ryan (23 February 2021). "XQc and Forsen's Minecraft rivalry continues as xQc breaks record". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^Shrivastava, Aarnesh (7 May 2023). ""16:38!" - xQc finally dethrones Forsen and sets a new Minecraft speedrunning record". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^Samples, Rachel (26 December 2020). "Forsen's Twitch channel reinstated after month-long ban". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^"Twitch Has Banned Forsen". Game Rant. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^Horetski, Dylan (24 April 2023). "Forsen reveals Twitch ban was for watching "dubious" AI VTuber content". Dexerto. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^Grayson, Nathan (7 September 2017). "Battlegrounds Streamer's Audience Loves His Loud, Obnoxious Stream Snipers". Kotaku. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^Grayson, Nathan (14 March 2018). "Forsen Can't Get Away From Stream Snipers, Even In Private Tournaments". Kotaku. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^Alexander, Julia (14 May 2018). "A guide to understanding Twitch emotes". Polygon. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^Grayson, Nathan; Myers, Maddy (24 January 2018). "Racist Jokes Keep Showing Up In Overwatch League Broadcasts". Kotaku. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^Miceli, Max (22 February 2022). "All nominees for QTCinderella's Streamer Awards". Dot Esports. Gamurs.
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For other uses see Forsen disambiguation Hans Eli Sebastian Fors born 16 December 1990 1 known by the pseudonym Forsen is a Swedish Twitch streamer who initially gained popularity for having competed in StarCraft II but is best known for competing in Hearthstone and for streaming a variety of popular games 3 He is also known for his rowdy fanbase who call themselves Forsen Boys or Forsen Bajs and have had a hand in popularizing a number of internet memes 3 4 Since December 2018 Forsen has had over one million followers on Twitch and as of May 2023 has more than 1 7 million followers 5 ForsenPersonal informationBorn 1990 12 16 16 December 1990 age 32 1 Umea Sweden 2 OccupationTwitch streamerPartnerNina Wagner 1 OrganizationCloud9Twitch informationChannelforsenYears active2011 presentGenreGamingGamesStarCraft II Hearthstone PlayerUnknown s Battlegrounds Minecraft Counter Strike Global OffensiveFollowers1 7 millionLast updated 2 May 2023 Contents 1 Esports career 1 1 StarCraft II 1 2 Hearthstone 2 Streaming career 3 Community 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External linksEsports careerStarCraft II In 2011 Forsen won first place in the E Sport SM May Qualifier and was the runner up in the E Sport SM October Qualifier earning a total of 3 500 Swedish krona 382 50 and qualifying for the Swedish National Championships in StarCraft II 6 In 2012 Forsen garnered attention by advancing to the final group stage of the 2012 DreamHack Stockholm StarCraft II tournament 3 Hearthstone In Hearthstone Forsen won his first tournament in the May 2015 HTC Invitational 7 and won a Play it Cool streaming marathon in October 2015 achieving the highest rank among the competitors after 24 hours of play 8 In 2015 Forsen was one of the top four Hearthstone streamers streaming to up to 45 000 viewers on his live stream on Twitch 9 He was once known as one of the game s most skilled experts at the Miracle Rogue deck having piloted it to achieve the highest rank in the game s ladder system on both the North American and European servers in June 2014 10 11 12 In 2017 after spending much of his Hearthstone career as a free agent Forsen signed with American esports organization Cloud9 as a streamer 12 Streaming careerAs of January 2023 Forsen had been a livestreamer on Twitch for over a decade 13 His stream has been lauded as genuinely fun and entertaining for its tightly knit community and inside jokes as well as for Forsen s tendency to stream Lidl games a term coined by Forsen to describe games of low production value 14 In February 2018 Forsen captained his four player team to first place in a 100 000 Twitch Rivals PlayerUnknown s Battlegrounds PUBG Invitational tournament winning 13 600 15 16 The following month he also participated in the Darwin Project Invitational tournament taking first place and winning US 20 000 17 In December 2018 he achieved a personal all time high viewer count of 80 860 18 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 19 As of May 2023 xQc has a personal best of 16 38 92 seconds faster than Forsen s best time 20 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 He was unbanned after a month 21 On 20 April 2023 Forsen was banned again from Twitch No immediate reason was apparent nor was the duration known however on 24 April he revealed that it was due to watching a dubious asmr youtube video and that the ban would last for one week 22 23 CommunityForsen s stream community known as the Forsen Boys or Forsen Bajs has gained notoriety of its own through its practice of stream sniping especially in games like PUBG 4 Stream snipers in Forsen s community are noted for locating Forsen in game and playing loud music and audio through voice chat and represent a point of appeal for Forsen s audience 24 In 2018 the Darwin Project Invitational tournament was disrupted by the infiltration of a match lobby by Samme1g a stream sniper in Forsen s community 25 The community is also known for its practice of spamming and its resulting popularization of internet memes and Twitch emotes 3 The spread of notable emotes such as MonkaS and PepeHands images of Pepe the Frog have been attributed to Forsen s community on Reddit 26 Their references to Ugandan action comedy film Who Killed Captain Alex have also helped popularise the Ugandan Knuckles meme 27 In January 2018 a warped image of Fors face forsenE became the most used emote on Twitch worldwide 3 Forsen s moderation of the community has been described as permissive and laissez faire and in 2015 he distanced himself from their actions and the Forsen Boys label 4 9 That year streamer Katy Coe became the target of sexual harassment from members of Forsen s community culminating in Forsen banning links to her channel after Coe posted to Reddit denouncing the behavior 9 In 2017 Forsen received a 24 hour ban from Twitch after members of his community spammed the n word in the 2017 Awesome Games Done Quick chat room 4 Awards and nominationsAwards and nominations for Forsen Year Ceremony Category Result Ref 2022 The Streamer Awards Best Minecraft Streamer Nominated 28 References a b c Sebastian Fors Hitta se in Swedish Retrieved 18 March 2022 Anglerfjord Sofie 9 October 2020 Guide Sa blir du en streamer pa Twitch allt du behover veta M3 se in Swedish Retrieved 9 April 2021 a b c d e Alexander Julia 29 January 2018 How Twitch s most popular emote forsenE took over Polygon Retrieved 15 February 2019 a b c d Grayson Nathan 9 February 2018 Twitch s New Policies Are Worrying Some Provocative Streamers Kotaku Retrieved 22 January 2022 forsen Streamer Overview amp Stats TwitchTracker Retrieved 5 October 2022 Forsen Starcraft 2 Profile GosuGamers Retrieved 22 January 2022 Hearthstone News Forsen grabs first tournament win in HTC Invitational GosuGamers 18 May 2015 Retrieved 13 June 2015 Leslie Callum 19 October 2015 Forsen wins in yet another controversial Play it Cool marathon finish Dot Esports Retrieved 15 June 2016 a b c Leslie Callum 11 February 2015 Meet the Forsen Army the vanguard of Twitch s dark side Dot Esports Retrieved 22 January 2022 Clark Tim 9 October 2015 Forsen I haven t been happy playing Hearthstone in a long time PC Gamer Retrieved 14 January 2018 PCGamer 3 July 2014 Hearthstone Help Six of the best streamers to learn from PC Gamer Retrieved 11 February 2022 a b Sapho 31 March 2017 Legendary Hearthstone Player Joins Cloud9 DBLTAP Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 Retrieved 23 January 2022 Fisher Carver January 15 2023 AI Twitch stream perfectly emulates Forsen s speech and likeness while answering chat Dexerto Retrieved February 11 2023 de Wit Jan van der Kraan Alicia Theeuwes Joep 2020 Live Streams on Twitch Help Viewers Cope With Difficult Periods in Life Frontiers in Psychology 11 586975 doi 10 3389 fpsyg 2020 586975 ISSN 1664 1078 PMC 7714943 PMID 33329243 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 Darwin Project v Twitter After taking first place in the last Twitter in Bulgarian Retrieved 4 November 2021 forsen Twitch statistics analysis and predictions SullyGnome Twinge Twinge tv Galloway Ryan 23 February 2021 XQc and Forsen s Minecraft rivalry continues as xQc breaks record Dot Esports Retrieved 19 March 2021 Shrivastava Aarnesh 7 May 2023 16 38 xQc finally dethrones Forsen and sets a new Minecraft speedrunning record Sportskeeda Retrieved 7 May 2023 Samples Rachel 26 December 2020 Forsen s Twitch channel reinstated after month long ban Dot Esports Retrieved 12 February 2022 Twitch Has Banned Forsen Game Rant 20 April 2023 Retrieved 20 April 2023 Horetski Dylan 24 April 2023 Forsen reveals Twitch ban was for watching dubious AI VTuber content Dexerto Retrieved 24 April 2023 Grayson Nathan 7 September 2017 Battlegrounds Streamer s Audience Loves His Loud Obnoxious Stream Snipers Kotaku Retrieved 5 February 2022 Grayson Nathan 14 March 2018 Forsen Can t Get Away From Stream Snipers Even In Private Tournaments Kotaku Retrieved 5 February 2022 Alexander Julia 14 May 2018 A guide to understanding Twitch emotes Polygon Retrieved 5 February 2022 Grayson Nathan Myers Maddy 24 January 2018 Racist Jokes Keep Showing Up In Overwatch League Broadcasts Kotaku Retrieved 12 February 2022 Miceli Max 22 February 2022 All nominees for QTCinderella s Streamer Awards Dot Esports Gamurs External linksForsen on Twitch Forsen on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forsen amp oldid 1177491916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
