Jensen (video game player)

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Jensen
Nicolaj Jensen
StatusActive
NationalityDanish
Current team Team Liquid
RoleMid Laner
Games League of Legends
Professional career
Oct 2012 - Jan 2013Team Solo Mebdi
Jan 2014 - Nov 2014 SK Gaming (Coach)
May 2015 - Nov 2018 Cloud9
Nov 2018 - Present Team Liquid

Nicolaj Jensen, usually known by his in-game name as simply Jensen, is a Danish professional League of Legends player who currently plays in the mid lane position for Team Liquid. [1] Earlier in his career he was known as Veigodx and Incarnati0n. [2] In early 2013, Jensen, then known as Incarnati0n, was indefinitely banned from League of Legends servers and the LCS after allegedly verbally abusing and performing DDOS attacks against other players online. [3] After his ban was lifted, Incarnati0n joined North American LCS team Cloud9, replacing founding mid-laner and strategist Hai on the roster, who had announced his retirement. [4] He has also served as a coach for SK Gaming. [5] He is currently considered one of the best League of Legends mid-laners on the western servers. [6]

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Tournament results

DateEventPlacingTeam
2013-11-28—2013-12-01 DreamHack Winter 2013 Med 1.png 1st SK Gaming
2014-09-18—2014-10-19 2014 League of Legends World Championship 9-11thSK Gaming

Cloud9

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As coach

SK Gaming

Known as the slasher

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References

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  2. "Jensen's Esportspedia Page" . Retrieved June 29, 2018.
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  6. http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/16367046/just-jensen