Maciej Krzykowski
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Maciej Krzykowski who also goes by the pseudonym
av3k, is an active professional player of the first person shooter series Quake
. He has Polish
nationality and resides in Ostróda
. He has been activily competing in international Quake competitions since March 5, 2006 and is signed to Dutch electronic sports team Serious Gaming
. On July 8, 2007 he became the youngest Quake and Electronic Sports World Cup
champion ever after winning the annual Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris, France without losing a map. He won three professional Quake Series competitions at DreamHack
2008-2010 and is the current Electronic Sports World Cup & Intel Extreme Masters Europe vice-champion.
and was defeated by only four players in the game: Russian Anton Singov, Johan Quick, Swede Alex Ingarv and Swede Magnus Olsson. Notable as well is that he faced American professional gamer Johnathan Wendel
three times in competition and won all their encounters, this has garnered attention because the player is ten years older than he is and held five world champion titles at a time in which Krzykowski was not old enough to enter most professional competitions. One of Krzykowski's victories was considered the 6th biggest moment in professional gaming by gamepro
.
He is also considered a prodigy player due to his young age. In 2006 he was considered one of the players of the year and the Quake revelation of the year by competitive gaming media around the world In 2007 he was awarded the eSports Award
's 'Breakthrough of the Year' award in all of competitive gaming.
and GameGune) as well as take another third place at the Electronic Sports World Cup masters in Athens, Greece. He was unable to defend his Electronic Sports World Cup title as his visa to the United States was denied.
professional competition started focussing on the new game in hopes of attracting a new generation of players. It became the main game played starting in the 2009 season, a year in which no Electronic Sports World Cup
took place. This, combined with the previous cancellation of the World Series of Video Games
meant there were very few professional competitions that year. In 2010 the Electronic Sports World Cup is to take place again and the Extreme Masters has decided to use Quake Live as a main game of choice, making it a more active year for professional competition. Krzykowski proved himself one of the strongest players in the world in the new game, taking second place at the European championship of the Extreme Masters in 2010 and third place at the world championship as well as defending his DreamHack championship in 2009 & 2010. He is the current Electronic Sports World Cup vice-champion.
Prize money total: 3.100$
Prize money total: 10.981$
Prize money total: 2.400$
Prize money total: 8.220$
Prize money total: 23.950$
Prize money total: 8.970$
Pseudonym
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av3k, is an active professional player of the first person shooter series Quake
Quake (series)
The Quake series is a line of first-person shooter video games produced by id Software.-Overview:The Quake series is somewhat unusual in that its focus changes frequently; the story of Quake II has nothing to do with Quake, and Quake III Arena has little to do with either of its predecessors...
. He has Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
nationality and resides in Ostróda
Ostróda
Ostróda is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lake District and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.-History:...
. He has been activily competing in international Quake competitions since March 5, 2006 and is signed to Dutch electronic sports team Serious Gaming
Serious Gaming
Serious Gaming is a professional gaming team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 2004 by entrepreneur Bas Peeperkorn. Serious Gaming is known for their achievements in First Person Shooter Deathmatch tournaments, most notably those by Quake Series players Maciej Krzykowski and Alexey...
. On July 8, 2007 he became the youngest Quake and Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals...
champion ever after winning the annual Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris, France without losing a map. He won three professional Quake Series competitions at DreamHack
DreamHack
DreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
2008-2010 and is the current Electronic Sports World Cup & Intel Extreme Masters Europe vice-champion.
Quake IV
Krzykowski is widely regarded as the strongest Quake IV player ever alongside former Swedish professional gamer Johan QuickJohan Quick
Johan Quick, who plays with the pseudonym "Toxjq", also known as tox, toxic is a professional gamer from Norrköping, Sweden. Quick is currently signed by Jonathan Wendel's Free Player Organization and is specialized in Quake 4 competitions. During the 2006 season, he was signed to SK Gaming and won...
and was defeated by only four players in the game: Russian Anton Singov, Johan Quick, Swede Alex Ingarv and Swede Magnus Olsson. Notable as well is that he faced American professional gamer Johnathan Wendel
Johnathan Wendel
Johnathan Wendel , also known by the pseudonym Fatal1ty , is a professional electronic sports player, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Jonathan is considered the world's first prominent and accomplished professional gamer...
three times in competition and won all their encounters, this has garnered attention because the player is ten years older than he is and held five world champion titles at a time in which Krzykowski was not old enough to enter most professional competitions. One of Krzykowski's victories was considered the 6th biggest moment in professional gaming by gamepro
GamePro
GamePro Media was a United States gaming media company publishing online and print content on the video game industry, video game hardware, and video game software developed for a video game console , a computer, and/or a mobile device . GamePro Media properties include GamePro magazine and...
.
He is also considered a prodigy player due to his young age. In 2006 he was considered one of the players of the year and the Quake revelation of the year by competitive gaming media around the world In 2007 he was awarded the eSports Award
ESports Award
The eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
's 'Breakthrough of the Year' award in all of competitive gaming.
Quake III
Following Quake IV he focussed on Quake III competitions in 2008 as it became the main game of professional Deathmatch competition. He took third place at his first competition in the game, losing to Magnus Olsson and Belarusian Alexey Yanushevsky at the Masters event of the Electronic Sports World Cup. He would win two major LAN competitions that year (DreamHackDreamHack
DreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
and GameGune) as well as take another third place at the Electronic Sports World Cup masters in Athens, Greece. He was unable to defend his Electronic Sports World Cup title as his visa to the United States was denied.
Quake Live
Following the beta launch of Quake LiveQuake Live
Quake Live is a first-person shooter video game by id Software designed to run on x86-based computers running Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X or Linux that is downloaded and launched via a web browser plugin. It is a variant of its predecessor, Quake III Arena .Quake Live is free to download and play...
professional competition started focussing on the new game in hopes of attracting a new generation of players. It became the main game played starting in the 2009 season, a year in which no Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals...
took place. This, combined with the previous cancellation of the World Series of Video Games
World Series of Video Games
The World Series of Video Games was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. The total prize purse of the season was US$750,000...
meant there were very few professional competitions that year. In 2010 the Electronic Sports World Cup is to take place again and the Extreme Masters has decided to use Quake Live as a main game of choice, making it a more active year for professional competition. Krzykowski proved himself one of the strongest players in the world in the new game, taking second place at the European championship of the Extreme Masters in 2010 and third place at the world championship as well as defending his DreamHack championship in 2009 & 2010. He is the current Electronic Sports World Cup vice-champion.
2011
- 5th - Dreamhack Summer - QuakeLive - Jonkoping, Sweden
- 5th - ESL Intel Extreme Masters V World Championship Finals - QuakeLive (Hanover, Germany) - 600$
- 2nd - ESL Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship Finals - QuakeLive (Kiev, Ukraine) - 2.500$
Prize money total: 3.100$
2010
- 5th - DreamHack Winter Kaspersky QUAKE LIVE Championships - QuakeLive (Jonkoping, Sweden)
- 5th - BEAT IT Finals - QuakeLive (Jonkoping, Sweden)
- 3rd - ESL Intel Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Gamescom - QuakeLive (Cologne, Germany) - 850$
- 2nd - Electronic Sports World Cup - QuakeLive (Paris, France) - 4.000$
- 1st - DreamHack Summer Kaspersky QUAKE LIVE Championships - QuakeLive (Jonkoping, Sweden) - 3.881$
- 3rd - ESL Intel Extreme Masters IV World Championship Finals - QuakeLive (Hannover, Germany) - 1.600$
- 2nd - ESL Extreme Masters IV European Championship Finals - QuakeLive (Cologne, Germany) - 1.500$
Prize money total: 10.981$
2009
- 1st - DreamhackDreamHackDreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
Winter - QuakeLive (Jonkoping, Sweden) - 2.400$ - 9th - QuakeConQuakeConQuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty...
- QuakeLive (Dallas, USA)
Prize money total: 2.400$
2008
- 1st - Dreamhack WinterDreamHackDreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
- Quake III (Jönköping, Sweden) [seeded #1] - 985$ - 3rd - Electronic Sports World Cup Masters - Quake III (Athens, Greece) [seeded #3] - 2.000$
- 1st - GameGune 2008 Professional Competition - Quake III (Bilbao, Spain) [seeded #4] - 4.235$
- 3rd - Electronic Sports World Cup Masters - Quake III (Paris, France) [seeded #16] - 1.000$
Prize money total: 8.220$
2007
- 2nd - Multiplay i32 $20.000 Quake IV Cup - Quake IV (Newbury, United KingdomNewbury, BerkshireNewbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings. Newbury is best known for its racecourse and the adjoining former USAF...
) [seeded #2] - 3.500$ - 4th - World Series of Video Games, Toronto - Quake IV (Toronto, Canada) [seeded #8] - 1.200$
- 1st - Electronic Sports World Cup - Quake IV (Paris, France) [seeded #1] - 10.000$
- 1st - World Series of Video GamesWorld Series of Video GamesThe World Series of Video Games was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. The total prize purse of the season was US$750,000...
, Louisville - Quake IV (Louisville, USA)Louisville, KentuckyLouisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
[seeded #5] - 5.250$ - 1st - Electronic Sports World Cup, Poland - Quake IV (Poznan, Poland)
- 1st - Multiplay i30 & Belkin Tournament - Quake IV (Newbury, United KingdomNewbury, BerkshireNewbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings. Newbury is best known for its racecourse and the adjoining former USAF...
) [seeded #3] - 4.000$
Prize money total: 23.950$
2006
- 1st - Poznan Game Arena - Quake IV (Poznan, Poland) - 1.500$
- 3rd - World Cyber GamesWorld Cyber GamesThe World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
All-Stars 2on2 - Quake IV Monza, Italy - 5th - World Cyber GamesWorld Cyber GamesThe World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
All-Stars 1on1 - Quake IV (Monza, Italy) [seeded #5] - 2nd - Digital Life Expo - Quake IV (New York, USA) [seeded #7] - 7.470$ for DigitalLife, QuakeCon, The Gathering & Netgamez
- 4th - QuakeConQuakeConQuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event with a competitive tournament held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty...
- Quake IV (Dallas, USA) [seeded #14] - 1st - The Gathering - Quake IV (Hamar, Norway)
- 1st - Samsung Netgamez - Quake IV (Nieuwegein, NetherlandsNieuwegeinNieuwegein is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital...
) [seeded #2]
Prize money total: 8.970$
Online
- ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #90 (100€)
- ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #64 (100€)
- ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #54 (100€)
- ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #18 (100€)
- ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #7 (100€)
- G Data QuakeLive Cup #27 (100€)
Awards
- (Global Gaming League) Player of the Year / Quake Player of the Year (runner-up) 2007
- (ESports AwardESports AwardThe eSports Award is an annual award ceremony held since 2004 by Turtle Entertainment in which individuals, teams and organisations are recognized in several categories for their contribution or achievements to or in the field of competitive gaming....
) Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year 2007 - (Global Gaming League) Player of the Year / Quake revelation 2006