In the just-concluded IEM Katowice event, Australian jks as a firefighter to help FaZe win the championship, many friends do not know this player very well, we may wish to briefly review JKs's professional resume.
Show promise
Like many Australian children, JKS has been obsessed with video games since childhood, World of Warcraft, and StarCraft. By chance, he came into contact with CS and has been out of control ever since. In 2014, his talent was discovered by a local team called Vox Eminor, and soon he was invited to join the team, and in the following time represented the team in the 2014 ESL One Cologne Major Qualifier and the 2015 ESL One Katowice Qualifier, but due to poor strength, he was unable to qualify, but this experience also laid a solid foundation for JKS's next career path.
JKS was particularly prominent in Gfinity 2015 Spring Masters 2, the last event for Vox Eminor, with he played 1.34 races, second among all players. After the match, Renegades, the largest esports club in Oceania, issued an invitation to Vox Eminior to buy, and JKS and his friends readily agreed and successfully passed the qualifiers for ESL One Cologne Major. However, in Cologne, in the face of the obstruction of the world's giants, Renegades, who did not participate in many international competitions, obviously lacked competition experience and ultimately failed to pass the group stage.
Wait for the opportunity
The time came to 2017, with the many adjustments of the team lineup, Renegades' strength has been incomparable, at this time, renegades, who have two North American strongmen Nifty and NAF, have been unable to find opponents within the Oceania range, and the increasingly full-fledged Australian team has begun to look overseas. In the 2017 Stars League tournament held in Shanghai, Renegades defeated all the giants, and in the final, he pulled down the Virtus.pro at that time, and JKS won the first weighty championship in his career. But JKS also knew that the absolute big brother in the team at that time was not him, and he needed to be patient if he wanted to take naf's place.
Soon, JKS waited for his own opportunity, after NAF transferred to Liquid, JKS was helped by Renegades to enjoy the treatment of stars, all the team resources were slowly tilted towards him, and he did not live up to the expectations of the team.
A brother in Australia
In 2018, Renegades completely transformed from an Australian homegrown team into an internationally influential team, and the stability of the team lineup also provided the soil for playing results, and JKS also completed the transformation of the role and became the absolute core of the team. At the end of 2018, Renegades finished 5-6 in the EPL S8 competition, followed by a record reach of the quarter-finals in the IEM Katowice Major at the beginning of 2019. After the end of Major, JKS and his friends did not stop moving forward, they continued to soar in the next Star League S7 tournament, and finally won the 3-4 place, while JKS also won the EVP title of this tournament with a 1.28 Rating, an ADR of 86.4 and an Impact of 1.35.
Renegades of 19 years
For the rest of 2019, Renegades have been regulars in the knockout rounds, with The Berlin Major, where Renegades made another success, reaching the final four in one go and eventually losing to Astralis in the final. And that tournament was also the representative work of JKS's career, he played 1.13 Rating, 79.1 ADR and 1.15 Impact, and was elected the EVP of that competition.
Join 100T
It was also after the end of the Major competition that Renegades' excellent performance attracted the attention of the North American esports organization 100T, which soon acquired Renegades at a high price, and Jks and his friends also moved to 100T's training base in North America to prepare for various events in 2020. The so-called good things into a pair, after finding a new foothold, jks also with the outstanding performance of the year in the career for the first time into the HLTV TOP20 player rankings, he ranked in the year is top 15, this result is all Australian players have not reached the height, jks Australia brother is deserved.
Decided to fly solo
The epidemic in early 2020 disrupted the world pattern and brought a huge industry impact on CSGO, and 100T was not spared. After struggling for a period of time, in the face of the gradual deterioration of the North American competitive environment, the drastic compression of living space, the decision of 100T and the decision to part ways with its teams, JKS and their teammates once again had no home. But JKS' performance in the 100T was not discounted by the arrival of the epidemic, during the team's performance he was still diligent and maintained extremely high efficiency, although there was no championship and MVP recorded in the year, but with the DreamHack Masters North America, Cs_summit6, EPL S12 North America, IEM New York four EVP titles, he was selected for the second consecutive year in the HLTV TOP20 list.
After resting for a while, JKS made an important life decision, deciding to break away from his original teammates and stay in Europe, waiting for an opportunity. This decision has made many people sweat for JKS, after all, JKS has never proven himself in an environment outside of this group of teammates, he has never played in an international team, even with the aura of an HLTV TOP20 player, it is not easy to find a suitable next home - until coL's owner Jason Lake sends an invitation.
CoL's struggles
JKS was not originally included in CoL's team building plan, but after oBo's sudden departure from the team, JKS's name naturally fell within coL's investigation. But after deciding to join coL, JKS did not adapt well to the team's tactics and rhythm, not only the individual performance and data were deeply affected, the team's chemistry also began to decline, except for K0nfig, all the players were struggling. During this period, Poizon also withdrew from the team due to a hand injury, which also made the coL, which was already in poor condition, worse again.
Join coL
To make matters worse, the positional conflict between JKS and the conductor BlameF became more and more serious, and in an interview, JKS bluntly pointed out that BlameF would take the initiative to design tactics for himself, ignoring JKs' own feelings, which was the main reason why JKs did not play well during coL. Fortunately, this situation did not last long, because the team did not perform well, CoL decided to terminate the operation at the end of last year, and JKS was finally relieved and continued to wait for the next opportunity.
The strongest mercenary
The next story must be familiar to everyone, the temporarily recruited jks played for FaZe during the IEM Katowice, successively replaced the position of ropz and Rain to complete the task perfectly, as the backbone of the team to win the first top event in his life. The significance of this championship is a peak for JKS, and the Australians who have not been asked for during this year's transfer period will undoubtedly become a feast for teams to compete for, as for where JKs' next home is, it is best to let time tell us the answer.