Henrik Ahnberg, better known as AdmiralBulldog, is a Swedish

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and former professional ''

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'' player for

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, with whom he won

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Professional career

Ahnberg debuted with the mainly

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team No Tidehunter on 9 November 2012 against Team Empire. Even though they beat Team Empire in a best of 3, Team Empire went on to win the TPL III league. After beating teams such as

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and winning nine tournaments in less than seven months, team Alliance decide to pick up the roster of No Tidehunter on 12 April 2013. Immediately after getting sponsored, Alliance won 6 premier tournaments in a row including

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. After a disappointing 11th-place finish at The International 4, 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

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except for one tournament with Team Tinker. AdmiralBulldog returned to playing for Alliance for I-league season 3, in which they finished in 5th position. In the WCA 2015 Europe Open Qualifiers, Alliance won 1st place and $8,000, the only gold medal since ASUS ROG DreamLeague season 1. The team later went on to win the entire tournament. On 17 January 2016, Ahnberg won StarLadder i-League StarSeries. As part of the annual post-

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roster shake-up, Ahnberg left ''team Alliance''.

Broadcasting career

Ahnberg was invited to both

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and

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as an analyst. However, for The International 2017 broadcast, his

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was denied when he arrived to

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, where the event was to take place. The visa issues continued for The International 2018 in Vancouver, for which he failed to secure a visa in time for the event.

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