Christopher Alesund

Christopher Carl Albin Alesund
Player information
Full name	Christopher Carl Albin Alesund
Nickname	GeT_RiGhT
Date of birth	May 29, 1990
country code	Sweden
game	Counter-Strike , CS: GO
team	Team Dignitas (since 2020)
Former teams	Ninjas in Pajamas (2012–2019) Begip Gaming (2007) Ninjas in Pajamas (2007) SK Gaming (2007–2008) fnatic (2009–2010) SK Gaming (2010–2012)

Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund (born May 29, 1990 in Stockholm , Sweden ) is a Swedish e-athlete who became known for his achievements in the professional counter-strike scene. He played with the Swedish esports clan Ninjas in pajamas until the summer of 2019 . Alesund is a two-time winner of the eSports Award .

Career

Alesund was admitted to the Ninjas in pajamas on August 14, 2007 after initial local successes . However, the team broke up again after a short time. From September 2007 to March 2008 GeT_RiGhT was a substitute player at SK Gaming . During this time it was used at the Extreme Masters Season II Finals . The team finished fourth. On January 19, 2009 Alesund became part of the fnatic lineup around Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg and Patrick "cArn" Sättermon . During the course of 2009, the Swede celebrated winning the Global Finals of Extreme Masters III in Hanover , the Electronic Sports World Cup in Cheonan , KODE5 in Moscow and the World e-Sports Masters in Hangzhou and was thus part of the most successful team in Counter -Strike 1.6 in 2009. GeT_RiGhT won two eSports Awards in 2009 in the categories Best Counter-Strike Player and eSports Player of the Year 2009 for its achievements . In 2010, Alesund won with fnatic at the IEM V - Shanghai, among others . GeT_RiGhT won the 2010 ASUS European Nations Champions with the Swedish national team . In December 2010, the Swede moved to SK Gaming together with Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg . With this team he won the Electronic Sports World Cup 2011 and events from DreamHack and Intel Extreme Masters .

On August 10, 2012 Alesund was conducted as part of the new team of the new game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive again launched Ninjas in Pajamas presented. The new team quickly became dominant in the new game. In 2012 GeT_RiGhT contributed to victories at the Electronic Sports World Cup and at the DreamHack Winter with the best K / D rate of his team in the respective competition . The team was able to win a total of 87 maps in a row at LAN events by March 2013 , setting a new record. GeT_RiGhT showed a special performance at the events of the E-Sports Entertainment Association , of which NiP won two in 2013. Alesund's team won over twenty tournaments in 2013 , but NiP did not win the first major DreamHack Winter 2013 . GeT_RiGhT was voted best player of 2013 by HLTV .org. Although the Swede also received this honor in 2014, the team lost the dominance of the first few days. However, the ninjas in pajamas were able to hold their own in the majors. The highlight was winning the ESL One Cologne 2014 . It wasn't until the ESL One Cologne 2015 that Alesund and his team missed the final for the first time. On April 17, 2016, Christopher Alesund's team was able to secure 1st place in the Dreamhack Masters Malmö 2016.

Successes (excerpt)

The following table lists the greatest tournament successes of Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund. The stated prize money relates to a fifth of the total prize money of the team, since Counter-Strike is always played professionally in teams of five:

year	space	competition	team	Personal prize money
Counter-Strike 1.6
2008	4th	Extreme Masters Season II - Global Finals	SK Gaming	000$ 2,000
2009	1.	Extreme Masters Season III - Global Finals	fnatic	00$ 10,000
2009	1.	ESWC 2009	fnatic	000$ 4,000
2009	1.	CODE5 2009	fnatic	000$ 5,000
2009	1.	WEG e-Stars 2009: King of the Game	fnatic	3,000,000 ₩
2009	1.	IEM IV - Dubai	fnatic	000$ 2,000
2009	2.	WCG 2009	fnatic	000$ 3,600
2009	1.	WEM 2009	fnatic	000$ 4,500
2010	2.	IEM IV - European Championship Finals	fnatic	000$ 2,000
2010	2.	IEM IV - World Championship	fnatic	000$ 4,000
2010	1.	Arbalet Cup Europe 2010	fnatic	000$ 3,000
2010	1.	GameGune 2010	fnatic	000€ 2,400
2010	1.	IEM V - Shanghai	fnatic	000$ 2,800
2010	1.	Complete Gamer Challenge # 2	fnatic	0020,000 DKK
2011	1.	GameGune 2011	SK Gaming	000€ 2,400
2011	2.	WEG e-Stars 2011	SK Gaming	2,400,000 ₩
2011	1.	IEM VI - New York	SK Gaming	000$ 3,200
2011	1.	ESWC 2011	SK Gaming	000$ 2,400
2012	1.	3rd generation Intel Core Challenge	SK Gaming	000$ 2,000
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
2012	1.	ESWC 2012	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2012	1.	DreamHack Winter 2012	Ninjas in pajamas	0030,000 SEK
2012	1.	AMD Sapphire CS: GO Invitational	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2012	1.	THOR Open 2012	Ninjas in pajamas	0020,000 SEK
2013	1.	Copenhagen Games 2013	Ninjas in pajamas	000€ 3,300
2013	1.	RaidCall EMS One Spring Season	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,400
2013	1.	ESEA CS: GO Season 13 Global Invite Division	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 3,500
2013	1.	DreamHack Summer 2013	Ninjas in pajamas	0014,000 SEK
2013	1.	E-Sport SM 2012–2013 Championship Finals	Ninjas in pajamas	0020,000 SEK
2013	1.	ESEA CS: GO Season 14 Global Invite Division	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 4,000
2013	2.	DreamHack Winter 2013	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2013	1.	Fragbite Masters 2013	Ninjas in pajamas	0014,000 SEK
2013	1.	Svenska E-sportcupen 2013 Grand Finals	Ninjas in pajamas	0030,000 SEK
2014	2.	EMS One Katowice 2014	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2014	1.	Copenhagen Games 2014	Ninjas in pajamas	000€ 2,800
2014	1.	DreamHack Summer 2014	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2014	1.	IronGaming Finals 2014	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2014	1.	ESL One Cologne 2014	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 20,000
2014	2.	DreamHack Winter 2014	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2015	2.	MLG X Games Aspen CS: GO 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,500
2015	1.	ASUS ROG CS: GO Winter 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,400
2015	2.	ESL One Katowice 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2015	2.	Gfinity 2015 Spring Masters I.	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 3,000
2015	3.	CCS Finals Season 1	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2015	1.	ESPORTSM 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	0020,000 SEK
2015	2.	Gfinity 2015 Summer Masters I.	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 4,000
2015	5th - 8th	ESL One Cologne 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2015	3rd - 4th	ESL ESEA Pro League Dubai Invitational 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 5,000
2015	3rd - 4th	Gfinity Champion of Champions 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 2,000
2015	3rd - 4th	DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 4,400
2015	2.	Fragbite Masters Season 5	Ninjas in pajamas	0025,000 SEK
2016	5th - 8th	MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 7,000
2016	1.	DreamHack Masters Malmo 2016	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 20,000
2016	1.	ESL Pro League Season 3 EU Division	Ninjas in pajamas	-
2016	3rd - 4th	ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 8,800
2016	2.	DreamHack Summer 2016	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 4,000
2016	5th - 8th	Eleague Season 1	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2016	1.	Star Ladder i-League StarSeries Season 2	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 26,000
2016	3rd - 4th	ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 9,000
2016	1.	IEM XI - Oakland	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 25,600
2016	5th - 8th	Eleague Season 2	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2017	1.	DreamHack Valencia 2017	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 10,000
2017	3rd - 4th	DreamHack Masters Malmo 2017	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 4,400
2017	1.	Hellcase Cup # 6	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 4,960
2017	1.	IEM XII - Oakland	Ninjas in pajamas	00$ 25,800
2018	9-11	Faceit Major: London 2018	Ninjas in pajamas	000$ 8,750

Awards

• 2009: eSports Award in the categories Best Counter-Strike Player and eSports Player of the Year 2009
• 2010: 2nd place on the HLTV.org best list
• 2011: 2nd place on the HLTV.org best list
• 2013: 1st place in the HLTV.org best list
• 2014: 1st place in the HLTV.org best list
• 2015: 11th place on the HLTV.org best list
• 2016: 18th place on the HLTV.org best list

Web links

• Player profile video about Christopher Alesund on Valve's official YouTube channel

Individual evidence

1. ^ NiP: Changes in NiP ( Memento of October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ SK release GeT_RiGhT. hltv.org, March 23, 2008, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
3. ^ SK announce new squad. hltv.org, December 7, 2010, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
4. ^ NiP returns for CS: GO. hltv.org, August 10, 2012, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Statistics from GeT_RiGhT at the ESWC 2012 on hltv.org
6. ↑ Statistics from GeT_RiGhT on the DreamHack Winter 2012 on hltv.org
7. ↑ What if the "87-0 era" never came to on end? esport.aftonbladet.se, March 26, 2015, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Christopher Alesund's list of achievements on esportsearnings.com
9. ↑ eSports Award 2009: An overview of all award winners. urtle-entertainment.com, September 22, 2009, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Top 20 players of 2010: GeT_RiGhT (2). hltv.org, January 19, 2011, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Top 20 players of 2011: GeT_RiGhT (2). hltv.org, January 19, 2012, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Top 20 players of 2013: GeT_RiGhT (1). hltv.org, January 20, 2014, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Top 20 players of 2014: GeT_RiGhT (1). hltv.org, January 20, 2015, accessed December 28, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Top 20 players of 2015: GeT_RiGhT (11). hltv.org, January 20, 2016, accessed September 26, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Top 20 players of 2016: GeT_RiGhT (18). hltv.org, January 3, 2017, accessed September 26, 2018 .