- Ronald Kim
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 ".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 [Mark Cheben, " [http://www.gotfrag.com/cs/story/36162/ Rambo, zet join compLexity] ", "GotFrag eSports",13 January 2007 .] 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. [Marc Turner, " [http://www.gotfrag.com/portal/story/41852/ CGS Protected Players Announcement] ", "GotFrag eSports",08 March 2008 .]Accomplishments
World Championships
Other
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 draftBusiness 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. [" [http://www.tao-cs.com/index.html] ", "TAO-CS"]References and footnotes
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