Sander Kaasjager (; born 21 June 1985), who plays under the
pseudonym Vo0 (pronunciation: ), is a Dutch
professional player of the
first-person shooter games ''
Painkiller'', ''
Quake II'', ''
Quake III '', ''
Quake 4'', ''
Quake Live'' and ''
Quake Champions
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'', as well as the
MMORPG
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As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a Player charac ...
''
World of Warcraft''. He has won the most titles and prize money from professional ''Painkiller'' tournaments out of all other players, having won over US$250,000.
Career
Originally starting with ''Quake II'', Kaasjager later rose to widespread popularity with the release of a self-made highlight montage (or "frag video") from the game ''
Challenge ProMode Arena
''Challenge ProMode Arena'' (''CPMA'', formerly ''Challenge ProMode'' 'CPM'' unofficially ''Promode'') is a freeware modification for id Software's first-person shooter computer game ''Quake III Arena'' (''Q3A''). ''CPMA'' includes modified gamepl ...
'', which showcases his unique aggressive style of playing.
Kaasjager played ''Painkiller'' for
esports
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team
Fnatic. Kaasjager won two world championship titles in 2004, one with CPL and one with
ESWC
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,. In 2005, Kaasjager competed in the
2005 CPL World Tour
The 2005 CPL World Tour was a year-long gaming competition held by the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). This competition took place throughout 2005, with a total of nine international stops and a finals event held in the New York City, Unite ...
, in which he won at five out of nine stops and earned $223,000.
Kaasjager was named the Most Valuable Player of the tour. He played in the finals of the CPL World Tour against
Fatal1ty but ended up losing.
When the
Cyberathlete Professional League,
World Series of Video Games, and other tournaments dropped ''Painkiller'' in favor of ''Quake 4'', Kaasjager took a break from professional gaming starting from June 21, 2006, to pursue his studies for the upcoming college semester. 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.
After retiring, he has been known to play ''Challenge ProMode Arena'', ''
Warsow'', ''
QuakeWorld,'' ''
Quake Live,'' and evading Thunderfury binding drops.
In 2017, at age 32, Kaasjager returned from retirement and finished in second place at the Quake World Championship 2017.
Tournament placings
2004
* 1st – CPL Extreme Summer Championships 2004 – 1on1 (
Dallas, U.S.)
* 1st – CPL Extreme Winter Championships 2004 – 1on1 (
Dallas, U.S.)
* 1st –
Electronic Sports World Cup 2004
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– 1on1 (
Poitiers, France)
* 1st – Netgamez 2004B – 1on1 (
Nieuwegein,
Netherlands)
2005
* 2nd – CPL World Tour Grand Finals – 1on1 (
New York City)
* 3rd – CPL World Tour Stop Chile 2005 – 1on1 (
Santiago,
Chile)
* 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Italy 2005 – 1on1 (
Milan,
Italy)
* 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop Singapore 2005 – 1on1 (
Singapore)
* 1st – CPL World Tour Stop UK 2005 – 1on1 (
Sheffield)
* 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop USA 2005 – 1on1 (
Dallas)
* 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Sweden 2005 – 1on1 (
Jönköping)
* 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Brazil 2005 – 1on1 (
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil)
* 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop Spain 2005 – 1on1 (
Barcelona)
* 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Turkey 2005 – 1on1 (
Istanbul)
* 1st – CPL World Tour Spain Qualifier 2005 – 1on1 (Istanbul)
2007
* 2nd –
World Series of Video Games, China – 3on3 (
Wuhan,
China
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)
2008
* 7th –
QuakeCon 2008
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Intel ''Quake Live'' 1v1 Championship – 1on1 (
Dallas,
Texas, USA)
* 8th – GameGune 2008 – 1on1 (
Bilbao,
Spain)
* 13th –
Electronic Sports World Cup Masters of Paris
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– 1on1 (
Paris,
France)
* 2nd – Electronic Sports World Cup qualifier – 1on1 (
Enschede
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,
Netherlands)
2009
* 4th –
Intel Extreme Masters Season IV American Championship finals, ''Quake Live'' – 1on1 (
Edmonton,
Alberta,
Canada)
* 1st –
Dreamhack Summer
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CPM, ''Quake III'' Championship – 1on1 (
Jönköping,
Sweden
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)
2017
* 2nd – Quake World Championship 2017: Duel Tournament finals, ''Quake Champions'' – 1on1 (Dallas, USA)
Awards
* Most Valuable Player CPL World Tour 2005
* (ESports Award) Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year 2005
Personal life
Kaasjager was born in
Naarden,
Netherlands on June 21, 1985. He enrolled in
Delft
Delft () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, ...
as a student of
mechanical engineering but dropped out to focus on gaming.
He attended the
University of Texas at Dallas and was a member of the Texas-Dallas Comets men's tennis team.
Vo0 has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.
References
External links
Team Fnatic
{{Quake series
Living people
1985 births
Quake (series) players
Painkiller players
World of Warcraft players
Dutch esports players
People from Naarden
University of Texas at Dallas alumni
Delft University of Technology alumni
Fnatic players
CompLexity Gaming players