Ben Jackson (electronic sports player)
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Ben Jackson (born March 25, 1988), also known by his gamer tag K 2the ArmA, grew up in Dallas, Texas, United States. Jackson has been a professional MLG Halo 2 gamer since May 2005 has been a member of Carbon since the 2006 season under the pseudonym Karma or TrueKarma. He currently the national Free-For-All and 1v1 champion, as well as the national 4v4 champion with his team, Carbon. Jackson has appeared on CNBC and has been shown regularly on MLG's television show on USA Network. He has also been shown on all of MLG's shows on USA Network in 2006.[1]
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[edit] Road to Victory
Before Ben was picked up by ShockWav3, Gandhi, or even Fonzi and Foulacy, all he heard about were people like the Ogre Twins and Zyos. Ben had no way to get to the tournaments, so like most people, he waited until the events came close to where he lived.
At his first Halo tournament (Halo: CE), back when he was using legacy, jumpy, 7 sensitivity controller settings, he was destroyed by Clockwork in FFA and PSK in 4v4 along with teammates Bapo, Cliffy, and Fishy. Ben was pleased by the fact that he even got a chance to compete in a tournament and hang out. After he lost, he went into the mentality that he would do a whole lot better in the 2005 season, he said "oh hell nah!!!." When Halo 2 finally came out, Ben was disappointed in the way the game played (perhaps the Bungie update helped), but happened to be good from the day he started playing it online. Within the first 3 months of Halo 2, Ben was on top of the Bungie rumble pit leaderboards with the gamertag, K 2the ArmA along with AYB Fonzi (Halo 2 beta tester who is now an MLG pro).
Ben could remember going into machmaking gametype - team skirmish and getting dominated by people like the ShockWav3 and the Ogres. Eventually, Ben became really good at 4v4 by the MLG National Championship in 2005. Karma had finally broken out of the mental glass roof he had been in while competing at tournaments with encouragement from ShockWav3. However, while Ben shifted his concentration to team play, he started getting rusty in FFA and 1v1. With the help from teammate Gandhi, Karma has a FFA match winning streak dating back to the MLG Nationals 2005. [2]
[edit] Competitive Gaming History
[edit] MLG
[edit] 2006
| Event | Championship FFA |
|---|---|
| New York | 1st |
| Dallas | 1st |
| Anaheim | 1st |
| Chicago | 1st |
| Orlando | 1st |
| NY Playoffs | 1st |
| Las Vegas National CC | 1st |
[edit] 2005
| Event | Championship 4v4 | Championship FFA | Teammates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington D.C. | -- | -- | -- |
| San Francisco | 3rd | 8th | Fonzi, Foulacy, Walka |
| Houston | -- | -- | -- |
| Orlando | 3rd | 1st | Fonzi, Foulacy, Tsquared |
| St. Louis | -- | -- | -- |
| Las Vegas | -- | -- | -- |
| Nashville | -- | -- | -- |
| Philadelphia | -- | -- | -- |
| Seattle | 1st | 3rd | Shockwav3, Gandhi, Defy |
| LA Western CC | 5th | 1st | Chaos, Hellboy, Beware |
| Atlanta Eastern CC | 13th-16th | 2nd | Bluefuzzybunny, Coltmaster, Nemo |
| Chicago Central CC | 4th | 3rd | Shockwav3, Gandhi, Strongside |
| NY National Championships | 3rd | 1st | Shockwav3, Gandhi, Defy |
