Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager

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Sander Kaasjager
Status Retired
Date of birth (1985-06-21) June 21, 1985
Hometown Naarden
Nationality Dutch
Games Painkiller
Quake 4
Quake II
World of Warcraft
Nickname(s) Vo0
Professional career
Fnatic
compLexity Gaming

Sander Kaasjager, who played under the pseudonym Vo0 (pronunciation: 'vu:), is a former Dutch professional player of the first person shooter games Painkiller, Quake 4, and Quake II, and also World of Warcraft.

Career

He formerly played for esports team Fnatic. When the Cyberathlete Professional League, World Series of Video Games, and other tournaments dropped Painkiller in favor of Quake 4, Kaasjager retired from professional gaming on June 21, 2006 to pursue his studies for the upcoming college semester.

Originally starting with Quake II, Kaasjager later rose to widespread popularity with the release of a self-made montage of highlight footage (or "frag video") from the game Challenge ProMode Arena.,[1] which showcases Kaasjager's unique aggressive style of playing.

He made a comeback to competitive gaming on April 30, 2007, participating in the World of Warcraft competition of the World Series of Video Games representing Fnatic once again.

Kaasjager has won more professional Painkiller tournaments than any other player. He has competed in multiple professional gaming tournaments around the world. Kaasjager won two world championship titles, one with the CPL,[2] and one with the ESWC,[3] both in 2004.

In 2005, Kaasjager competed in the 2005 CPL World Tour, in which he won at five out of nine stops and earned $223,000.[4] Kaasjager was named the Most Valuable Player of the tour. Overall, Kaasjager won over $250,000 in prize money at professional Painkiller tournaments, more than any other player.[5] Vo0 played in the finals of the CPL World Tour against Fatal1ty but ended up losing.[4]

After retiring, he has been known to play Quake 3 Challenge ProMode Arena (CPMA), Warsow,[6] QuakeWorld and Quake Live.

Tournament placings

2004

2005

2007

2008

2009

Awards

Personal life

Kaasjager was born in Naarden, Netherlands on June 21, 1985.[7] He enrolled at the in Delft as a student of mechanical engineering but dropped out to focus on gaming.[4][8] He attended the University of Texas at Dallas and is a member of the UTD Comets men's tennis team.[9] Vo0 has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.

References

  1. ↑ "CPMA Done by Vo0 @ own3d.tv" -
  2. ↑ "The CPL Announces Past 1v1 Champions" - the CPL
  3. ↑ "Painkiller Final Standing" - ESWorldcup
  4. 1 2 3 Funnekotter, Bart (16 March 2006). "Studeren of toch gamen?". NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 26 March 2006.
  5. ↑ "100.000 euro voor Nederlandse gamer". AD.nl. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "I-View With Vo0 By Mephist0" -
  7. ↑ "Sander Kaasjager". Asian Games. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bonger, Saskia (1 December 2005). "'Gamen wordt na een tijdje saai'". Delft University of Technology. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Roster". Retrieved May 6, 2015.

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