Sander Kaasjager

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Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager (born June 21, 1985 in Naarden , Netherlands ) is a Dutch e-athlete . He currently plays Quake for clan fnatic .

In 2005 Kaasjager celebrated his greatest successes in the computer game Painkiller . He took part in the $ 1 million CPL World Tour and won five of nine World Tour stops. Although he had to admit defeat to Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel at the CPL World Tour Finals , he is still widely regarded as the most successful painkiller player of all time. Kaasjager earned a total of US $ 252,000 during the CPL World Tour.

Career

Sander “Vo0” Kaasjager's professional esports career began with Quake III CPMA , a particularly fast mod from Quake III, in which he was considered one of the strongest players in Europe. In Painkiller, the second game that the Dutchman played professionally, he dominated all competitions in 2004 and secured his first world title at the Electronic Sports World Cup .

In 2005 the CPL World Tour took place with Painkiller as the only tournament discipline. Kaasjager, who was under contract with fnatic the entire time, managed to maintain his position as the best player in the world against e-sports greats like Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel and Benjamin "zyz" Bohrmann. He won five out of nine World Tour stops and was ultimately voted Most Valuable Player of the CPL World Tour.

At the CPL World Tour Finals, which took place in New York City from November 20-22 , 2005 , Vo0 and Fatal1ty faced each other in the grand finale. The American lost to Kaasjager in the final of the upper bracket, which is why he had to win two best-of-three games. Wendel won both rounds 2-0 and 2-0 and was rewarded with US $ 150,000 for first place. Kaasjager received US $ 100,000 for second place. Despite losing in the crucial game, Kaasjager is considered the star of the CPL World Tour due to his initial dominance.

Kaasjager won two eSports Awards as Player and Breakthrough of the Year in 2005.

The media attention that Sander “Vo0” Kaasjager received during and after the CPL World Tour was very high. Articles about him have appeared in the New York Times , Wall Street Journal and De Telegraaf, and he has been filmed by MTV , VPRO and RTL 4 .

On his 21st birthday, Vo0 announced the end of his career. From now on he wanted to devote himself to his studies, which he had paused for a year in 2005. Furthermore, he could not make friends with the new tournament game Quake 4 .

In 2008, Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager returned to professional esports as a Quake player. He returned to his clan fnatic. At his first official tournament after almost three years, the Dutch qualification for the ESWC, he lost to Lemmy "IF-22" de Groot in the final. Shortly afterwards he took part in the ESWC Masters of Paris, the GameGune, the QuakeCon and the Electronic Sports World Cup 2008, but without making it into the rush for money.

successes

Painkiller

  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2004: 1st place
  • CPL Summer 2004: 1st place
  • CPL Winter 2004: 1st place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Turkey: 1st place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Spain: 2nd place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Brazil: 1st place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Sweden: 1st place
  • CPL World Tour Stop USA: 2nd place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Great Britain: 1st place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Singapore: 2nd place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Italy: 1st place
  • CPL World Tour Stop Chile: 3rd place
  • CPL World Tour Finals: 2nd place

Quake

  • ESWC Masters of Paris 2008: Top 16
  • GameGune 2008: 8th place
  • QuakeCon 2008: Top 8
  • Electronic Sports World Cup 2008: Top 16

World of Warcraft

  • WSVG China 2007: 2nd place

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b readmore.de: Vo0 declares his resignation
  2. ^ Vo0: "People will get bored of Quake Live easily"
  3. ↑ esports-award.org: eSports Award 2005 - Winners; by Nick 'Nickh' Hamilton August 21, 2005
  4. ↑ fnatic.com: Announcement - End of career of Vo0
  5. ↑ fnatic.com: Announcement - Return of Vo0
  6. ↑ sk-gaming.com: Vo0 becomes a Fnatic once more
personal data
SURNAME Kaasjager, Sander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vo0
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch e-athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Naarden , Netherlands