Kyle Miller

Kyle "Ksharp" Miller [Dave Geffon, " [http://www.gotfrag.com/css/story/36705/ Ksharp Profile] "] ) is an electronic sports player who plays "Counter-Strike Source". His success has allowed him to defer attending college while earning a living as a gamer. Miller currently plays for Team 3D.

Career

Miller started his professional career at the age of 14, Miller broke into the American "Counter-Strike" ("CS") players scene with the teams "CK3" and "NHG", but he made a name for himself with the team "X3". His precise play in the "CS" map de_dust2 against iwa (Issues with Authority) led to the back of the B bomb site being designated the "Ksharp spot"Fact|date=February 2007 by players around the world.

Miller, along with clanmates "Ronald "Rambo" Kim" and Sean "Bullseye" Morgan, left X3 and formed Team 3D (Desire, Discipline, and Dedication). He has won two Cyberathlete Professional League tournaments with X3 and one with Team 3D. He also has several CAL-Invite championships under his belt, as well as two World Cyber Games championships.

While Miller prefers using the automatic rifles the M4 and AK-47 in "CS", he is best known for his sniping skills with the AWM (referred to as the AWP by the most "Counter-Strike" players).

Near the end of March 2006, Miller became an inactive member of Team 3D, but remained a part of the team. [Trevor Schmidt, " [http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/31912/ Moto takes over leadership of 3D] ", "GotFrag eSports", 30 March 2006.] Miller continued working with ESEA and Team 3D, and, in January 2007, returned to Team 3D. [Trevor Schmidt, " [http://gotfrag.com/cs/story/35165/ The return of Ksharp? Doubtful] ", "GotFrag eSports", 28 October 2006.] Team 3D has moved to Counter-Strike Source and is currently slated to compete in DIRECTV's CGS, with a roster of Kyle 'Ksharp' Miller, Jon "Juan" Mumm and Nick "nicKn0iT" Nowakowski (both from Team Pandemic), Mikey 'method' So, Sal 'Volcano' Garozzo , manager and coach Dave 'Moto' Geffon. [ [http://3dny.thecgs.com/ 3D.NY :: Championship Gaming Series ] ]

Techniques

Miller was one of the first Counter-strike players to use the "quickswitch" techniqueFact|date=February 2007. In this technique, the sniper switches to another item such as his pistol or grenades and then back to his sniper rifle. This allowed a sniper to defend himself more capably with a secondary weapon, rather than watch the reload animation of the rifle. It is a common misconception that quickswitching allowed for a player to increase the rate of fire of a sniper rifle, however, this claim has since been disproved through side-by-side video comparison.Fact|date=October 2007 However, as of Counter-Strike version 1.6 this technique no longer works as Valve, the company that owns the rights to Counter-Strike, added a new delay when switching weapons to the AWM. After switching to it, the player has to wait a specific amount of time before they are able to shoot.

In addition to the "quickswitch" technique, Miller and other professional Counter-Strike snipers have all used the "quickscope" technique. The quickscope technique is one that a sniper clicks the scope button and almost instantly hits the fire button. The bullet that is fired is a 100% accurate "no scope". The reason this works is because the +attack2 button (scope function) tells the server that the sniper is scoped already even though the scope has not yet appeared on the screen. This technique is very difficult to master because the sniper has to visualize where the aiming reticule (crosshair) is at all times as it does not appear on any sniper rifle in the game. However, in versions Beta 7.1 and older, the unscoped sniper rifles did have a crosshair, and the quickscope technique was much easier to use. In Version 1.6, however, the crosshair is removed.

Tournament victories

*1st Place Speakeasy Cyberathlete Professional League (X3)
*1st Place 4 Year Cyberathlete Professional League (X3)
*1st Place Cyberathlete Professional League Invite (X3)
*1st Place World Cyber Games USA 2002 (3D)
*1st Place Cyberathlete Professional League Winter 2002 (3D)
*1st Place World Cyber Games USA 2003 (3D)
*1st Place Cyber X Games USA 2003 (3D)
*1st Place AMD ZipZoomFly Ultimate Area (3D)
*1st Place World Cyber Games USA 2004 (3D)
*1st Place World Cyber Games 2004 (3D)
*1st Place Electronic Sports World Cup USA 2004 (3D)
*1st Place DigitalLife NY (3D)
*1st Place DigitalLife GGL AmeriCup 2005 (3D)
*1st Place World Cyber Games USA 2005 (3D)
*1st Place World Cyber Games 2005 (3D)
*4th Place Electronic Sports World Cup 2006 (3D)
*2nd Place WSVG Finals 2006 (3D)

League victories

*1st Place Domain of Games Season 2 (CK3)
*1st Place Domain of Games Season 3 (X3)
*1st Place CAL-Invite Season 1 (X3)
*1st Place CAL-Invite Season 2 (X3)
*1st Place CAL-Invite Season 5 (3D)
*1st Place CAL-Invite Season 7 (3D)
*Various 2nd Places in CAL-Invite (3D)

Notable team-mates

* Sean "Bullseye" Morgan
* "Ronald "Rambo" Kim"
* Dave "moto" Geffon
* "Ognian "steel" Gueorguiev"
* Jonny "boms" Quach

References and footnotes

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401859.html Big Games Hunter] , a Washington Post article about Miller
* [http://www.team3d.net Team 3D]
* [http://www.ampedesports.com/news/3049/Ksharp-Returns-3D-Rebuilds/ Ksharp returns, 3D rebuilds] , Amped eSports article.