fnatic entered the "counter-strike" competitive scene in 2004, when the team was founded by freek "frak" tammeling. the initial roster, led by benjamin "digital" hildén, managed to win cpl singapore 2005 but struggled to make much of an impact at other international events. at the beginning of 2006, fnatic released the entire lineup except for sniper harley "dsn" örwall, who was tasked to assemble a new roster. örwall recruited patrik "carn" sättermon, the in-game leader of eyeballers; oscar "archi" torgersen, from team gon; and begrip duo patrik "f0rest" lindberg and kristoffer "tentpole" nordlund. this lineup would go on to win many major events in 2006, culminating with a 1st-place finish at cpl winter 2006. in 2011, fnatic's "counter-strike" team placed top three in many events with their newly acquired player, michael "friis" jørgensen. this simultaneously led to dropping many uncontracted players such as qet ("counter-strike"), lauke ("ut") and vo0 ("q3").