Things you might not know:
- Østervold chose to remain in high school rather than going to Korea after his big StarCraft win.
- Østervold became a celebrity due to the documentary "Alias: Slayer that was shown widely on Norwegian television.
- Østervold preferred Terran, but was a racepicker that usually played TvZ, ZvP and TvT.
- Østervold was considered one of the fastest players of his era with APM.
- Østervold was active at TeamLiquid and friends with Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Dan 'rekrul' Schreiber, Victor "Nazgul" Goossens, Iain "TillerMaN" Girdwood and others.
- Østervold's last major tournament was WCG 2004, as StarCraft took too much time to compete at the highest levels.
- Østervold went to University to study Economics but dropped out to play poker where he could make more money.
- Østervold's initial $150 deposit was all he needed to launch his career that has made hundreds of thousands over the years. He ran well initially playing .25-.50 NL.
- Østervold's parents supported his StarCraft immediately but took time to accept his poker career.
- Østervold claims that many traits from StarCraft translate well to poker, and since most StarCraft players are lazy, it's a better fit with poker where you can play a few games a day and make a living.
- Østervold played as "kirderf" online on some sites, winning around $180k, within the first 5 months of 2007.
- Østervold also was quite successful on the Crypto network.
- Østervold is known for being a disciplined non tilting player with a solid ABC game but having a very good read of his opponents.
Fredrik "slayer/kirderf" Østervold still keeps in contact with his StarCraft friends but enjoys the relative low key lifestyle that online cash game poker affords.
Østervold three part old documentary of his KBK200 StarCraft trip and win:
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