Ronald "Ron" "Rambo" Kim (born December 3, 1983) is a former professional
electronic sports player who competed in ''
Counter-Strike'' for
Team 3D and
Los Angeles Complexity
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. He is a content creator and owner of FPS Coach, which offers training for first-person shooter titles.
Career
Playing career
Kim began competing in ''
Counter-Strike'' in 1999, when he would attend various
LAN parties
A LAN party is a gathering of people with personal computers or compatible game consoles, where a local area network (LAN) connection is established between the devices using a router or switch, primarily for the purpose of playing multiplayer v ...
with his friends. He attended local LAN tournaments as a member of team Riot Squad. Riot Squad merged with rival team TRU to form the new team Syndicate in 2000. Kim next played with team Clan Killers 3; him and other members of the team broke off to form their own team named Xtreme3 in 2001. After X3's disbandment, Kim briefly played with a restarted Riot Squad team, this time led by Bobby "Sickness" Moyini. He then formed
Team3D in 2002 with
Kyle "Ksharp" Miller. After five years with Team3D, Kim joined team
compLexity
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in January 2007.
Complexity Gaming CompLexity rebranded to
Los Angeles Complexity
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after becoming a franchise of the
Championship Gaming Series.
After the CGS' first season Kim was selected as a protected player by the franchise.
In Summer 2010, his team got 5-8th place at Arbalet Cup Dallas. Soon afterwards he retired from professional gaming.
Coaching career
On October 14, 2016, MVP announced that Kim would become the coach of MVP Project.
He was a coach for
compLexity
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The term is generall ...
in 2018; the organization did not renew his contract for 2019. In March 2019, Kim became the head coach of
Cloud9 ''
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team. He parted ways with Cloud9 in May 2019.
Personal life
Kim grew up in
Dallas, Texas. He is of
Korean American descent. He was born on December 3, 1983.
Business ventures
ESEA
While a member of Team 3D Kim expressed an interest in having an organized system for providing ''Counter-Strike'' lessons for the public. 3D's manager Craig Levine formed the
ESEA League where Kim has been an instructor since the website's inception.
''The Art Of Counter-Strike''
Kim is co-author of a competitive guide titled ''The Art Of Counter-Strike'' (''TAO-CS'') along with ex-teammate
Ognian "steel" Gueorguiev and journalist
Duncan "Thorin" Shields. The guide, which is sold digitally as an
ebook
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, contains over 200 pages and 50 minutes of video footage.
, ''TAO-CS''
References
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American esports players
1983 births
Living people
People from Dallas
American people of Korean descent
Counter-Strike players
Counter-Strike coaches