Ronald 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.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Teams 1.2 Accomplishments 1.2.1 World Championships 1.2.2 Other 1.2.3 Total 2 Business ventures 2.1 ESEA 2.2 TAO-CS 3 References and footnotes

[edit] Playing career

[edit] 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]

[edit] Accomplishments

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Business ventures

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] References and footnotes