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| Name: | Rickard Bergman |
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| Birth: | July 24, 1993 |
| Country: |  Sweden
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| Race: | Zerg |
| Team: | Western Wolves |
| Alternate IDs: | SortOf |
| WCS Rank (Points): | #28 (350 points) |
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Rickard "SortOf" Bergman is a Zerg player from Sweden, currently playing for Western Wolves.
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[edit] Overview
He joined inFerno eSports in March 2011, and on the 7th of May 2012, he left to join Team Infused.[1] On the 29th of June 2012, he was transferred to Western Wolves, together with a sizable portion of the Infused roster.[2]
[edit] Biography
SortOf participated in the main tournament of DreamHack Winter 2011. His group was arguably one of the hardest ones in the first group stage, consisting of SaSe, merz and Adelscott. SortOf lost to all three of them, and was knocked out of the tournament.
In April 2012, he attended DreamHack EIZO Open: Stockholm, where he made an impression after defeating players such as LaLuSh, Satiini, and even the eventual third place finisher, Ret. He was knocked out in the third group stage (Ro32) after losing against ThorZaIN, SjoW and Roll.
In June 2012, he attended the E-Sport SM 2011-2012, where he made the finals. In the group stage he managed to take down Cytoplasm, ViPro and ThorZaIN. In the semifinals he took down Sjow and narrowly lost in the finals 2-3 against ThorZaIN, he took second place and 20,000 SEK.
In June 2012, SortOf won the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Summer/Qualifier/Invite/Europe for MLG taking down Haypro, Nerchio, roof and ReaL along the way to secure him a spot in New York City on the 20th-22 July.
In July 2012, SortOf qualified for Assembly through the online qualification taking down Satiini, NaRa and Lalush to secure his spot in Helsinki, Finland.
In July 2012, SortOf qualified for IEM Cologne through the online qualification going through all 3 stages taking down notable names such as LucifroN, Ret, Grubby and Elfi in the process.
In July 2012, SortOf attended the 2012 MLG Summer Arena in New York. In his first game he took down South Korean Protoss First 2-0. He then proceeded to lose to GanZi 0-2, and then after a nail biting game lost to Daisy 1-2, finishing 19th overall.
In July 2012, SortOf competed at NärCon 2012, he would go on to win the tournament, taking down NaNiwa 3-1, Bischu 3-2 and Naugrim 3-1 in the process to earn 7000 SEK and the right to represent Sweden at IeSF 2012 World Championship in Korea
[edit] World Championship Series
[edit] 2012 WCS Sweden Nationals
On July 28, 2012, SortOf participated in the World Championship Series 2012 Sweden. SortOf defeated viPro in the first round, but fell to the losers bracket because of NaNiwa. SortOf went on to tear through the losers bracket though by overcoming Cytoplasm, Bischu, SaSe, got his revenge against NaNiwa with a score of 2-0, took down Seiplo, and went on to face ThorZaIN in the finals. SortOf had to settle for 2nd place after he lost to ThorZaIN by a score of 2-1, 1-2.
[edit] Trivia
- Was a part of the Swedish national team in the ESL Country Championship 2012, where he played 1v1 and also 2v2's with Seiplo.
- Earned the nickname "The Direwolf" after his legendary run at World Championship Series 2012 Sweden
[edit] Achievements
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| 2012-12-03 | 
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4th | North American Star League Season 4 | 0 : 4 |  Polt
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$5,000 |
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | |
| 2012-09-01 | 1st | SCAN Invitational #6 | 4 : 1 |  JonnyREcco
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£350 |
| 2012-07-28 | 2nd | 2012 World Championship Series: Sweden Nationals | 2 : 1 1 : 2 |
ThorZaIN
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$3,000 + Paid Trip |
| 2012-07-17 | 1st | NärCon 2012 | 3 : 1 | Naugrim
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7,000 SEK |
| 2012-06-17 | 2nd | E-Sport SM 2011-2012 - Championship Finals | 2 : 3 | ThorZaIN
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$2,950 |
| Complete Results in any Tournament |
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[edit] Interviews
[edit] 2013
- 2013-04-13 | Interview with SortOf about his GSTL debut, Korea and WCS by Khaldor
- 2013-04-13 | WW.SortOf Interview by Teamliquid.net
[edit] 2012
- 2012-12-09 | SortOf Interview at NASL4 Finals by HotBid of TeamLiquid.net at NASL 4
- 2012-07-20 | Interview with SortOf by HotBid of TeamLiquid.net at 2012 MLG Summer Arena
- 2012-06-16 | Dreamhack Summer 2012: SortOf Interview by GameluxNL at Dreamhack Summer 2012
[edit] VODs
- Esport SM #1: Sortof vs. Forsen, Final (2011-10-09)
[edit] Gallery
[edit] References
- ↑ SortOf Joins Infused
- ↑ StarNaN & Co Leave Infused SC2 Team-Infused.net. June 29th 2012.
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