bsl set to join ESL

12-6-2017 13:19

Former Made in Brazil and NoA player Jonas "bsl" Alsaker Vikan has announced that he has accepted a position at ESL.

In an interview with Medier24.no, the former player revealed that he will leave Trondheim-based newspaper Adresseavisen to work with ESL at the company's office, in Cologne, and on site at the various events the company hosts worldwide.

Jonas "⁠bsl⁠" Alsaker Vikan did not specify which role he will be responsible for, but HLTV.org understands that he has been offered an important position within ESL's esports staff.

bsl will be part of ESL's esports staff

The news marks the 35-year-old's return to esports, almost a decade after he retired as a player. During his career, he most notably played for Made in Brazil, Catch Gamer and NoA, attending multiple CPL events and also WEG Season 2.

After hanging up his mouse, he worked as General Manager of the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) franchise Berlin Allianz before he started reporting for Adresseavisen, for which he has since won several national awards. In 2013, he was the desk host at DreamHack Winter, the first Counter-Strike Major, where fnatic were crowned champions.

More details about bsl's appointment will be announced by ESL on August 1, when he will officially start working with the company. This means that the 35-year-old will not be involved in the $250,000 ESL One Cologne, which will run from July 7-9.

nice

2017-06-12 13:20

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GOD bsl. He is the true reason why Brazil teams became good at CS, not cogu.

2017-06-12 13:47

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Teach me more senpai. How is bsl responsible for it ?

2017-06-12 13:50

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He made MiBR relevant. Cause he's GOD bsl.

2017-06-12 13:56

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How?

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Cause he's GOD bsl.

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cause he teach the "meta" game of europe, he brought a lot of strategy, check this video of thorin with pava (former mibr), they talk about the relevancy of bsl: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=eDxf..

2017-06-12 15:12

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tyvm!

2017-06-12 18:36

It's bs imo Edit: he came here to learn with the Brazilians

2017-06-12 16:27

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bsl*

2017-06-12 16:35

yes pava would lie about that

2017-06-12 17:35

espn.uol.com.br/noticia/703133_bsl-o-hom.. ele veio para ensinar os brasileiros.

2017-06-15 01:55

he went to brazil and played with them for couple months.

2017-06-12 14:00

Is he brazilian tho?

2017-06-12 14:22

Norwegian

2017-06-12 14:39

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They communicated in english I assume?

2017-06-12 14:53

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just watch thorin reflections with pava mate

2017-06-12 15:01

Also gaulas with Others said similar stuff, in thooorin interviews

2017-06-12 15:17

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*Gaules

2017-06-12 16:07

yes :)

2017-06-12 16:12

WoHHHHHHHH LET'S GOOO!!!!!!!! Who said C9 couldn't beat immortals, fuck'em!! hahahahahahhaa. Gotcham8.

Still 9-1 in favor of Immortals on LAN... Calm down bud

2017-06-12 13:43

Nice

Nice headline lmao

he is a legend newfag

2017-06-12 14:06

"newfag" tells me ur about 13-19 y.o.. so stop calling other ppl "newfags".. Its the dumbest word ever, and you're looking weak. How do you know anything about old school scene? Besel is a cool guy, I remember him in Spacebar. We played him a few times too ^^ That was mainly when I played in gg.fr

2017-06-12 14:44

mibr bsl

Hope he takes off the Tee again ;PPP

2017-06-12 13:22

bESEL

2017-06-12 13:24

ok I guess Norwegian/Brazilian is an odd combination

2017-06-12 13:25

he's not Brazilian, he was just working/traveling out there and MiBr asked if he wanted to play for a few months, and had some success. helped the br scene grow to what it is today

2017-06-12 16:30

Thanks for the info. Did he speak Portuguese fluently?

2017-06-12 17:34

nope, think it was just english...

2017-06-12 18:34

elemeNt also played on mibr... so, there is a tradition.

2017-06-13 01:04

Gratz

youtube.com/watch?v=nYOr4Z1c8I4 minute 6 old school remember it

2017-06-12 13:27

That 16:0 on that SK lineup - sick old times!

I was like where do I know him from

2017-06-12 13:33

beselbub :D

2017-06-12 13:37

Wtf, there was no news when I joined DreamHack :(

2017-06-12 13:38

2017-06-12 13:53

#justHLTVthings!

2017-06-12 13:55

Wtf, there was no news when I joined Maccas staff :( FeelsBadMan

2017-06-12 13:59

BSL >Nix0n <3 :D

2017-06-12 15:15

gg hltv didn't want you to leave

2017-06-12 16:15

2017-06-12 17:26

Mibr | BSL

2017-06-12 13:40

wfc

wasn't he also somehow involved with sk? anyhow, legend, glad to see him back in esports

2017-06-12 13:46

seems like everyone is a legend nowadays.

you probably weren't old enough to see him play back in the days .. ;)

2017-06-12 23:09

Expected

someone remember one of the first csgo memes "LBG"? what a legend :D

nice?

BSL - British Sign Language he is deaf PogChamp

2017-06-12 14:04

who?

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newfag

2017-06-12 14:08

2017-06-12 14:09

you

2017-06-12 14:31

There it is again, "newfag". Haha, stupid word. How about just noob?

2017-06-12 14:46

Yeah, the irony is, "newfag" is used by "noobs", trying to claim they've been around when they haven't. But everyone's been a noob, so don't get it...

2017-06-12 15:21

exactly bro. that was my entirely point=)

2017-06-14 20:02

or newbie?

Another thread about some old Brazillian who hasn't played for 30 years.

2017-06-12 14:20

He's not Brazilian....

2017-06-12 15:50

lol newfag detected

2017-06-12 16:01

My favorite player in 1.6!

2017-06-12 16:11

Wow!

lbj meme 2013 dh winter :D

2017-06-12 14:58

They only made this post to put "Bsl" and "ESL" next to each other. Who cares

2017-06-12 15:04

Never forget (16-0): youtu.be/nYOr4Z1c8I4?t=375 + youtu.be/nia9S1QK3xM?t=189 ofc

2017-06-12 15:11

worst host in major history

2017-06-12 15:20

it was not terrible but i was suprised when he took that job cuz he was not much into the scene at that time and in a role that he never done before, but seems like he wants new challenges and not afraid to take em.

2017-06-12 15:26

one of those threads where people will tell how good the player was even without knowing him, just like with cyx

2017-06-12 15:25

as a player he was never the best but as igl, leader with knowledge and dedication he was great, and did alot for and in the scene overall. i come from the same town and he was the hero back then :D

2017-06-12 15:29

But if you read comments it almost seems like every 1.6 player was best player.

2017-06-12 15:30

ye :D

Finally ESL doing something right. Great guy bsl...Good luck mate

2017-06-12 15:35

bESL

2017-06-12 15:48

Happy for him. I read adresseavisen every day, didn't know he reported for them

2017-06-12 15:52

mibr bsl the god

izi for bsl youtu.be/nYOr4Z1c8I4?t=366 nude at 6:15

I can't believe this guy is still alive

2017-06-12 16:23

YESS #bringbacknorwegianCS #norwaycsftw #eolithic Best Norwegian IGL of all time together with a slight edge over elemeNt and XeqtR

2017-06-12 16:44

legend

2017-06-12 16:57

Mibr bsl

2017-06-12 17:28

Max 2 weeks. Maybe 3 Cuz Maikelele is not part of team

2017-06-12 17:41

lol

2017-06-12 17:55

any clips of this guy in cs?

2017-06-12 18:40

his own made video Besel from the block this is pre 2003 so before 1.6 youtube.com/watch?v=nia9S1QK3xM Besel from the block fellowship of NoA youtube.com/watch?v=0ZC74x6-PGg

2017-06-12 20:28

thanks

2017-06-13 11:58

GOD bsl! Thank you for everything you've done to the brazilian scene, we own you most of our achievements. I bid you welcome back to e-Sports.

2017-06-12 19:16

Congratz Jonas, well deserve bro, I hope to see u again soon! big hug! Regards,

2017-06-12 19:52

Wow. I was literally wondering what had happened to him the other day. Great to hear, he was always really great to listen to (and watch, at one point).

2017-06-12 20:32