Sander Kaasjager
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Sander Kaasjager, who also goes by the pseudonym
Vo0, is a former Dutch
professional
player of the first person shooter game Painkiller
, born in Naarden. He was formerly signed on to play for the electronic sports
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
. 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
, and one with the ESWC, 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. 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.
After retiring, he has been known to play Quake 3 CPMA
, Warsow,, QuakeWorld
and Quake Live
.
Pseudonym
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Vo0, is a former Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
player of the first person shooter game Painkiller
Painkiller (game)
PainKiller is a first-person shooter video game released on April 12, 2004. It was developed by Polish game studio People Can Fly and published by DreamCatcher Interactive . It attempts to replicate the "old-school FPS" gameplay of Doom and Quake...
, born in Naarden. He was formerly signed on to play for the electronic sports
Electronic sports
Electronic sports comprises the competitive play of video games. Other terms include competitive gaming, professional gaming and cybersports...
team Fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
. When the Cyberathlete Professional League
Cyberathlete Professional League
The Cyberathlete Professional League , founded on June 27, 1997 by gaming entrepreneur Angel Munoz, is a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video game competitions....
, 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...
, and other tournaments dropped Painkiller in favor of Quake 4
Quake 4
Quake 4 is the fourth title in the series of Quake first-person shooter computer games. The game was developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. Raven Software has collaborated with id Software, the creators and historical developers of preceding Quake games...
, Kaasjager retired from professional gaming on June 21, 2006 to pursue his studies for the upcoming college semester.
Originally starting with Quake II
Quake II
Quake II, released on December 9, 1997, is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game due to Id's difficulties in coming up with alternative names.The soundtrack for 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
Challenge ProMode Arena
Challenge ProMode Arena is a freeware modification for id Software's first-person shooter computer game Quake III Arena . CPMA includes modified gameplays that feature air-control, rebalanced weapons, instant weapon switching and additional jumping techniques...
. 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
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
competition 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...
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
Cyberathlete Professional League
The Cyberathlete Professional League , founded on June 27, 1997 by gaming entrepreneur Angel Munoz, is a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video game competitions....
, and one with the ESWC, both in 2004.
In 2005, Kaasjager competed in the 2005 CPL World Tour
2005 CPL World Tour
The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the CPL. This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of 9 international stops and a finals event held in the New York City, USA and televised by MTV....
, in which he won at five out of nine stops and earned $223,000. 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.
After retiring, he has been known to play Quake 3 CPMA
Challenge ProMode Arena
Challenge ProMode Arena is a freeware modification for id Software's first-person shooter computer game Quake III Arena . CPMA includes modified gameplays that feature air-control, rebalanced weapons, instant weapon switching and additional jumping techniques...
, Warsow,, QuakeWorld
QuakeWorld
QuakeWorld is an update to id Software's seminal multiplayer deathmatch game, Quake, that enhances the game's multiplayer features to allow people with dial-up modems to achieve greatly improved responsiveness when playing on Internet game servers...
and Quake Live
Quake 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...
.
2009
- 4th – Intel Extreme Masters season IV American Championship finals Quake Live – 1on1 (Edmonton, Canada)
- 1st – Dreamhack SummerDreamHackDreamHack 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 ...
CPM Quake III Championship – 1on1 (Jonkoping, Sweden)
2008
- 7th – QuakeCon Intel Quake Live 1v1 Championship – 1on1 (Dallas, TexasDallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
) - 8th – GameGune 2008 – 1on1 (Bilbao, Spain)
- 13th – Electronic Sports World Cup Masters – 1on1 (Paris, France)
- 2nd – Electronic Sports World Cup qualifier – 1on1 (Enschede, Netherlands)
2005
- 2nd – CPL World Tour Grand Finals – 1on1 (New York City, U.S.New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
) - 3rd – CPL World Tour Stop Chile 2005 – 1on1 (Santiago, ChileSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
) - 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Italy 2005 – 1on1 (Milan, ItalyMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
) - 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop Singapore 2005 – 1on1 (Singapore, SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
) - 1st – CPL World Tour Stop UK 2005 – 1on1 (Sheffield, UKSheffieldSheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
) - 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop USA 2005 – 1on1 (Dallas, U.S.Dallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
) - 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Sweden 2005 – 1on1 (Jönköping, SwedenJönköping-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...
) - 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Brazil 2005 – 1on1 (Rio de Janeiro, BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
) - 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop Spain 2005 – 1on1 (Barcelona, SpainBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
) - 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Turkey 2005 – 1on1 (Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
) - 1st – CPL World Tour Spain Qualifier 2005 – 1on1 (Istanbul, TurkeyIstanbulIstanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
)
2004
- 1st – CPL Extreme Summer Championships 2004 – 1on1 (Dallas, U.S.Dallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
) - 1st – CPL Extreme Winter Championships 2004 – 1on1 (Dallas, U.S.Dallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
) - 1st – Electronic Sports World Cup 2004Electronic Sports World CupThe 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...
– 1on1 (Poitiers, France) - 1st – Netgamez 2004B – 1on1 (Nieuwegein, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
)
Awards
- Most Valuable Player CPL World Tour 2005
- (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....
) eSports Player of the Year 2005 - (ESports Award) Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year 2005
- CPL World Champion 2004