Ola Moum (born 24 June 1986), who plays under the pseudonym elemeNt, is a professional gamer from Oslo, Norway. Moum is specialized in Counter-Strike, and has been retired after being released from MeetYourMakers on 26 October 2007^[1]. He retired from professional gaming in order to pursue his education. However he has now recently made a comeback with the team CBTeam. The team participated in the World Cyber Games November 2008. Ola released the following statement on his comeback: "Opportunity knocked,lo3. WCG is one event I never got to go to in the past. This was an awesome chance for doing what I love doing and for all the fans and people who have followed and enjoyd gaming, the way it should be played. Furthermore its time to put Norway back on the map."^[2]. It's still unclear if this is only a temporary return to the professional CS scene.

Acting as captain of SK Gaming's Swedish Counter-Strike for almost a year in 2003 and 2004, Moum led his team to win every tournament they attended for one whole year, including two world championship titles. With Moum's leadership qualities, SK Gaming became a dominant team in 2003, winning nearly every major tournament in 2003. Their dominance continued until he left for Team NoA on May 18, 2004.

He was the first major Counter-Strike player being bought out of contract by a rival team. The transfer of Moum to intercontinental club Team NoA from SK Gaming was not immediately beneficial to NoA's results. However, SK Gaming were only able to win CPL Summer the following year. SK Gaming saw 2005 as a year to change and prove themselves, and they were back for real and won the Cyberathlete Professional League Summer and Winter events.^[3] However, their quest to become the "team to beat" again was short lived, and SK Gaming have been unsuccessful throughout 2006 and 2007.

Contents 1 Professional career 2 Notable achievements 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Professional career

• Meredia (2002-01-11 - 2002-04-10)
• GameOnline (2002-05-01 - 2002-09-01)
• eoLithic (2002-09-01 - 2002-10-12)
• GameOnline (2002-10-16 - 2003-01-29)
• eoLithic (2003-01-29 - 2003-06-15)
• MegaMice ~(_'> (2003-05-21 - 2005-10-25)
• SK Gaming (2003-06-15 - 2004-05-18)
• Team NoA (2004-05-18 - 2005-04-10)
• Made in Brazil (2005-04-10 - 2005-05-12)
• 4Kings Intel (2005-05-21 - 2005-10-25)
• United 5 (2005-12-08 - 2005-12-18)
• 4Kings Intel (2006-09-14 - 2006-09-25)
• Mousesports (2006-01-01 - 2006-08-07)
• MeetYourMakers (2006-11-02 - 2007-10-26)
• CBTeam (2008-19-7 - 2008-10-11)

[edit] Notable achievements

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Placing	Event	Team	Winnings
1.place	FXLan 2002	Meredia	(?)
1.place	GameSphere	Meredia	$4,000
1.place	TnG	Meredia	(?)
2. place	CPL Summer 2002	GameOnline	$15,000
1.place	CPL Europe 2002 (Oslo)	eoLithic	€4,000
2.place	Clikarena	eoLithic	€10,000
2.place	CPL Winter 2002	GameOnline	$20,000
1.place	ESWC Sweden Qual	eoLithic	Qualified for ESWC 2003
1.place	ESL Invite	eoLithic	ESL Premium Membership (?)
3.place	ESWC 2003	SK.swe	$15,000
* Captain for SK.swe Moum becomes the new captain / team leader after Tommy "Potti" Ingemarsson steps down.
1.place	CPL Summer 2003	SK.swe	$60,000
1.place	SEL season 4	SK.swe	$6,000
1.place	CyberXGaming-kval @ Nine 2003	SK.swe	$3,000
1.place	CPL Europe 2003 (Denmark)**	SK.swe	€5,000 + CPL Winter-Tickets
** elemeNt was the 6th member doing the pre game tactics due to a school exam before the event.
1.place	CPL Winter 2003	SK.swe	$30,000
5-8.place	OsloLAN 2003	It’s all good
1.place	The Gathering 04	Norsuo	$2,500
1.place	DigiLAB 2004	Cheat=1337	$3,500
2.place	OsloLAN 2004	NoA	$2,500
4.place	Nollelva 2004	NoA
9-16.place	ESWC 2004	NoA
1.place	CPL Winter 2004	NoA	$30,000
1.place	WEG Season1	NoA	$50,000
1-1	E3 Allstar match
3.place	WEG Season2	4 Kings	$10,000
17-24.place	ESWC 2005	4 Kings
3-4.place	WCG Qualifier	The Bad Guys Crew
13-16.place	CPL Winter 2005	United 5	$600
3.place	WCG Pre qualifier	Upset U
3.place	EuroCup XIII	4 Kings	$2,250
2.place	CSCL Season3	Mousesports	$2,500
1.place	Eurocup XII	Mousesports	Transatlantic Showdown Final Tickets
2.place	Transatlantic Showdown	Mousesports	$8,750
2.place	ESL Pro Series VIII	Mousesports	$10,000
5.place	Intel Summer 2006	Mousesports	$9,000
0-2	E3 Allstar match
2.place	CPL Winter 2006	mYm	$21,000
4.place	World Cyber Games 2008	CBTeam
7-12.place	Nations Cup	Team Norway
4.place	Nations Cup II	Team Norway
4.place	Nations Cup III	Team Norway
9-16.place	Nations Cup V	Team Norway
3.place	NationsCup VIII	Team Norway
9-12.place	NationsCup IX	Team Norway
2.place	ENC 2006	Team Norway	€7,500
3.place	NationsCup X	Team Norway
* Total known Team winnings #16 - 1.places, #9 - 2.places, #7 - 3.places and $339,800

[edit] Awards

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2002: Players of 2002 ESReality Counter-Strike Player of 2002: Ola "elemeNt" Moum (Schroet Kommando) Counter-Strike Leap of 2002: Ola "elemeNt" Moum (Schroet Kommando)

2003: CPL’s Frank Nuccio announced the new SK.swe captain Ola "elemeNt" Moum to the most valued player at the CPL Dallas 2003.

Players of 2003 ESReality Counter-Strike Player of 2003: Ola “elemeNt” Moum (Schroet Kommando)

2004: eSports Awards 2004: Nominated to Counter-Strike Player of 2004: Ola “elemeNt” Moum (NoA)

2006: ESL Pro-Series VIII: Rookie of the Season – Ola “elemeNt” Moum (Mousesports)

[edit] References

1. ^ MYM - MYM releases Ola 'eLemeNt' Moum - Beta
2. ^ elemeNt back in major CS one last time
3. ^ NoA köper loss elemeNt från SK

[edit] External links

• MeetYourMakers Website
• Current Gamesense stats