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Ronald "Rambo" Kim
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Ronald "Rambo" Kim is an electronic sports player who competes in Counter-Strike Source professionally for the Los Angeles Complexity franchise of the Championship Gaming Series.
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Playing career
Teams
Kim began competing in Counter-Strike (CS) from the age of 15 onwards when he would attend Local Area Network (LAN) parties with his friends in the team riot squad (rs) who were based in his home state of Texas. rs would merge with rival team TRU to form syn to attend the Babbage's event organized by the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) in 2000. Kim's next team would be Clan Killers 3 (CK3) where he met a number of players who became long-time team-mates of his, including Kyle "Ksharp" Miller. The core of CK3 eventually became Xtreme3 (X3) who established themselves as North America's best team for almost the entirety of their existence.
After X3's disbandment Kim briefly played with riot squad (rs) again before forming a Team3D (3D) in 2002 with Kyle "Ksharp" Miller. He would remain with 3D until January of 2007 when he joined rivals Complexity[1] who would be renamed Los Angeles Complexity after becoming a franchise of the Championship Gaming Series. After the CGS' first season Kim was selected as a protected player by the franchise.[2]
Accomplishments
World Championships
| Placing | Event | Year | Team | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Speakeasy CPL | 2001 | X3 | $10,000 |
| 1st | CPL Winter | 2002 | 3D | $30,000 |
| 1st | WCG | 2004 | 3D | $50,000 + Gold medal |
| 1st | WCG | 2005 | 3D | $50,000 + Gold medal |
| 1st | CGS CS:S World finals | 2007 | coL | $5,000 |
Other
| Placing | Event | Year | Team | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | Babbage's CPL | 2000 | syn | $700 |
| 1st | CPL Invite | 2001 | X3 | Prototype Intel processors |
| 1st | CPL 4-year anniversary | 2001 | X3 | $1,200 |
| 2nd | CPL Winter | 2001 | X3 | $25,000 |
| 7th | WCG | 2002 | 3D | - |
| 3rd | WCG Continent vs. Continent | 2002 | America | Bronze medal |
| 2nd | KillerLAN | 2003 | 3D | $1,500 |
| 3rd | CPL Summer | 2003 | 3D | $28,000 |
| 2nd | WCG | 2003 | 3D | $20,000 + Silver medal |
| 13th | CPL Winter | 2003 | 3D | $1,000 |
| 13th | CPL Summer | 2004 | 3D | $1,000 |
| 8th | CPL Winter | 2004 | 3D | $2,000 |
| 1st | WCG qualifier | 2005 | 3D | $5,000 |
| 2nd | Acon5 qualifier | 2005 | 3D | - |
| 1st | GGL Americup | 2005 | 3D | $4,000 |
| 1st | Digital Life | 2005 | 3D | $10,000 |
| 9th | CPL Winter | 2005 | 3D | $900 |
| 3rd | Transatlantic showdown | 2006 | 3D | $5,250 |
| 1st | EverLAN | 2006 | 3D | $10,000 |
| 1st | WSVG LANwar | 2006 | 3D | $12,500 |
| 4th | ESWC | 2006 | 3D | $16,000 |
| 2nd | CGI | 2006 | 3D | $15,000 |
| 9th | WSVG ISC | 2006 | 3D | $2,250 |
| 2nd | WSVG Finals | 2006 | 3D | $25,000 |
| 1st | WCG qualifier | 2006 | 3D | $17,500 |
| 5th | WCG | 2006 | 3D | - |
| 2nd | WCG Pan-Am | 2006 | 3D | $2,300 + Silver medal |
| 1st | PNY Finals | 2007 | coL | $2,000 |
| 1st | Digital Life | 2007 | coL | $10,000 |
| 1st | Newegg LANfest | 2007 | coL | $5,000 |
Total
- Over $385,000 in prize winnings
- 5 time WCG medalist (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
- Named MVP of CPL Winter 2002
- #1 pick in the 2002 CAL season 1 draft
Business ventures
ESEA
While a member of Team3D Kim expressed an interest in having an organized system for providing Counter-Strike lessons for the public. 3D's manager, Craig Levine, accordingly formed the E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) where Kim has been an instructor for over four years.
TAO-CS
Kim is co-author of a competitive guide to Counter-Strike titled 'The Art Of Counter-Strike' (TAO-CS) along with ex-team-mate Ognian "steel" Gueorguiev and electronic sports journalist Duncan "Thorin" Shields. The guide, which is sold digitally as an ebook, contains over 200 pages and 50 minutes of video footage.[3]
References and footnotes
- ↑ Mark Cheben, "Rambo, zet join compLexity", GotFrag eSports, 13 January 2007.
- ↑ Marc Turner, "CGS Protected Players Announcement", GotFrag eSports, 08 March 2008.
- ↑ "[1]", TAO-CS
