Anders Blume

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Anders Blume
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Anders Blume in 2018
Born (1985-12-07) December 7, 1985 (age 40)
Denmark
Occupation Counter-Strike: Global Offensive commentator
Years active2013–present

Anders Blume (born December 7, 1985) is a Danish Counter-Strike commentator and co-founder of RoomOnFire. [1] [2] He has worked for a variety of tournament organizers including Electronic Sports League (ESL), DreamHack and Gfinity. He has worked frequently with fellow RoomOnFire co-founders Auguste 'Semmler' Massonnat and Jason "Moses" O'Toole. [3] In 2015, he won the Golden Joystick award. [4]

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Career

Blume (left) at IEM San Jose 2015 IEM 2015 San Jose Day 1 - 86.jpg
Blume (left) at IEM San Jose 2015

Blume stated an early motivating factor for his involvement in commentating was dissatisfaction with the level of analysis provided by existing Counter-Strike commentators. [5]

Blume's first live-streamed cast was in January 2013 on a Twitch channel called pugcasts. [6] He later joined NiPTV, part of Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP). [7] His first major appearance as a commentator was at DreamHack Summer 2013. [8]

RoomOnFire

In July 2014, Anders officially left NiPTV to build his own brand, RoomOnFire, alongside Massonat. Initially, the only other member of the organization was Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl. In the beginning they ran their own weekly online cups, CaseKing of the Hill. These cups ran weekly featuring a variety of different top teams. The series of cups culminated with an eight team online invitational tournament called the Caseking King of Kings. [9]

RoomOnFire signed an exclusivity deal with Twitch in April 2015 as part of a larger acquisition of talent. [10]

In 2019, Blume and others alleged mistreatment by the NIP organisation. [7]

Notable Events

Reputation

Blume's prevalence in Counter-Strike commentary has lead him to be referred to as the voice of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. [6] Blume has drawn particular attention for his deliverance of the phrase "Are you kidding me!". [22]

In 2015, Blume won the Golden Joystick award for esports icon. [4] In 2018, Blume was nominated for Best Esports Host by The Game Awards, losing to Sjokz. [23]

Criticism

Early in his career, Blume received criticism "for not living up to the high standards set by Counter-Strike stalwarts Joe Miller and Paul Chaloner". [24]

Personal life

Blume is married and has a son and a daughter. [25] He attended the University of Copenhagen to study Physics before transferring to Biology and then English but he did not graduate [26] citing indecision around his education as a factor that lead him to commentating. [27]

Early life

Blume lived in Farum for some time during his childhood. There, he played Counter-Strike with his friends at internet cafes. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Milovanovic, Petar. "Anders, Semmler make RoomOnFire". HLTV.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Nordmark, Sam. "NiPTV becomes RoomOnFire, interview with Anders 'Anders' Blume about the move". onGamers. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sources: CS:GO's Semmler to join Blizzard as caster". ESPN.com. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  4. 1 2 "Golden Joysticks 2015: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wins five gaming awards". BBC News . 30 October 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Ehrnberg, Björn (26 November 2014). "Anders Blume: "Next year we will see the game elevate to a whole new level"". Aftonbladet . Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 O'Neill, Patrick Howell (11 December 2015). "Meet Anders Blume, the voice of Counter-Strike". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 Malinowski, Kamil (25 July 2019). "CS:GO: Anders to open up about his time on NiP, following player mistreatment allegations". Dexerto. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. 1 2 Mira, Luís (10 June 2013). "DH Summer casters announced". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Kovanen, Tomi (8 October 2014). "Caseking King of Kings announced". HLTV.org. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Mira, Luis. "Twitch signs CS:GO talent". HLTV.org. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Mira, Luís (7 August 2014). "ESL One Cologne casters revealed". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ↑ Mira, Luís (18 November 2014). "DH Winter casters revealed". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Švejda, Milan (28 June 2016). "ESL announce Cologne talent". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  14. ↑ Mira, Luís (12 January 2017). "ELEAGUE Major talent revealed". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  15. ↑ Mira, Luís (23 June 2017). "PGL Major Main Qualifier talent unveiled". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  16. ↑ Clark, Ben (18 January 2018). "n0thing joins ELEAGUE Major talent lineup". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  17. ↑ VoltiX (13 February 2020). "IEM Katowice talent revealed". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  18. ↑ Švejda, Milan (14 January 2021). "BLAST Premier Global Final talent announced". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  19. ↑ Dempsey, Arron (4 October 2021). "Sadokist and ddk among talent revealed for PGL Major Stockholm". HLTV.org. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  20. ↑ Rizzo, Marco (3 November 2021). "BLAST Premier Fall Final talent announced". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  21. ↑ Švejda, Milan (30 June 2022). "IEM Cologne talent lineup announced". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  22. ↑ Peter Vallsten (2014-11-30). CSGO: Anders Blume - "Are you kidding me?!" Compilation . Retrieved 2026-02-08– via YouTube.
  23. ↑ Crowd, Dan (2018-12-07). "The Game Awards 2018: All the Winners". IGN. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  24. ↑ Lewis, Richard (May 4, 2015). "There's no such thing as too much talent". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Anders Blume er Danmarks anonyme Counter-Strike-stjerne" (in Danish). DR. 23 September 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019. I blandt dem 32-årige Anders Blume, der udadtil har en stille og rolig tilværelse med sin familie. Her er ingen rockstjernenykker, det er villa, vovse og sønnike Walther på tre år.
  26. ↑ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  27. ↑ Blume, Anders. "Blog: Choices". HLTV.org. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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