AdmiralBulldog

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Personal information
NameHenrik Ahnberg
Nationality Swedish
Career information
Games Dota 2
Playing career2012–2016
RoleOfflaner
Team history
2012–2013No Tidehunter
2013–2015 Alliance
2015Team Tinker
2015–2016Alliance
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers784 thousand
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers262 thousand [1]
Total views337.8 million [1]
Last updated: 3 May 2023

Henrik Ahnberg, better known as AdmiralBulldog, is a Swedish streamer and former professional Dota 2 player for Alliance, with whom he won The International 2013.

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Professional career

Ahnberg debuted with the mainly Swedish team No Tidehunter on 9 November 2012 against Team Empire.[ clarification needed ] [2] Even though they beat Team Empire in a best of 3, Team Empire went on to win the TPL III league. [3]

After beating teams such as Evil Geniuses, Natus Vincere, Fnatic, Team Liquid and winning nine tournaments in less than seven months, team Alliance decide to pick up the roster of No Tidehunter on 12 April 2013. [4]

Immediately after getting sponsored, Alliance won 6 premier tournaments in a row including The International 3. [5] After a disappointing 11th-place finish at The International 4, [6] and another bad 8th-place finish at XMG Captains Draft 2.0, AdmiralBulldog went inactive in the competitive scene and started full-time streaming on Twitch except for one tournament with Team Tinker. [7]

AdmiralBulldog returned to playing for Alliance for I-league season 3, in which they finished in 5th position. [8] In the WCA 2015 Europe Open Qualifiers, Alliance won 1st place and $8,000, the only gold medal since ASUS ROG DreamLeague season 1. [9] The team later went on to win the entire tournament. [10]

On 17 January 2016, Ahnberg won StarLadder i-League StarSeries. [11] As part of the annual post-The International 2016 roster shake-up, Ahnberg left team Alliance. [12] [13]

AdmiralBulldog also reached rank 135 EU at his peak, which is one of his most acclaimed accomplishments. As of 2023 he is rank 397 EU, and has still not lost his touch.

Broadcasting career

Ahnberg was invited to both The International 2017 and 2018 as an analyst. However, for The International 2017 broadcast, his visa was denied when he arrived to Seattle, where the event was to take place. [14] [15] The visa issues continued for The International 2018 in Vancouver, for which he failed to secure a visa in time for the event. [16]

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