About: Thor Aackerlund

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Thor Bjorn Thorlei Aackerlund (born 4 January 1977) is a competitive video gamer considered one of the first to go professional. As a child, he started playing computer games while waiting for a new school year to begin after having missed one due to his mother being hospitalized after a fire. He couldn't afford a Nintendo Entertainment System, so he bought a Game Boy but didn't have the money for any extra games, which put him on the path of playing Tetris as it was included for free. He was one of the winners of the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, for which he was bestowed a Mario trophy. Soon after the competition, Camerica, a producer of unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games, signed a deal with Aackerlund to make him the official spokesman for their games. Aackerlund then b

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