Sander Kaasjager

Sander Kaasjager (; born 21 June 1985), who plays under the pseudonym Vo0 , is a Dutch professional player of the first-person shooter games Painkiller, Quake II, Quake III , Quake 4, Quake Live and Quake Champions, as well as the MMORPG World of Warcraft. He has won the most titles and prize money from professional Painkiller tournaments out of all other players, having won over US$250,000.

Career Originally starting with Quake II, Kaasjager later rose to widespread popularity with the release of a self-made highlight montage (or "frag video") from the game Challenge ProMode Arena, which showcases his unique aggressive style of playing.

Kaasjager played Painkiller for esports team Fnatic. Kaasjager won two world championship titles in 2004, one with CPL and one with ESWC. In 2005, Kaasjager competed in the 2005 CPL World Tour, in which he won at five out of nine stops and earned $223,000. Kaasjager was named the Most Valuable Player of the tour. He played in the finals of the CPL World Tour against Fatal1ty but ended up losing. QuakeWorld, Quake Live, and evading Thunderfury binding drops.

In 2017, at age 32, Kaasjager returned from retirement and finished in second place at the Quake World Championship 2017.

Tournament placings

2004 1st – CPL Extreme Summer Championships 2004 – 1on1 (Dallas, U.S.) 1st – CPL Extreme Winter Championships 2004 – 1on1 (Dallas, U.S.) 1st – Electronic Sports World Cup 2004 – 1on1 (Poitiers, France)

2005 2nd – CPL World Tour Grand Finals – 1on1 (New York City) 3rd – CPL World Tour Stop Chile 2005 – 1on1 (Santiago, Chile) 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Italy 2005 – 1on1 (Milan, Italy) 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop Singapore 2005 – 1on1 (Singapore) 1st – CPL World Tour Stop UK 2005 – 1on1 (Sheffield) 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop USA 2005 – 1on1 (Dallas) 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Sweden 2005 – 1on1 (Jönköping) 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Brazil 2005 – 1on1 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2nd – CPL World Tour Stop Spain 2005 – 1on1 (Barcelona) 1st – CPL World Tour Stop Turkey 2005 – 1on1 (Istanbul) 1st – CPL World Tour Spain Qualifier 2005 – 1on1 (Istanbul)

2007 2nd – World Series of Video Games, China – 3on3 (Wuhan, China)

2008 8th – GameGune 2008 – 1on1 (Bilbao, Spain) 13th – Electronic Sports World Cup Masters of Paris– 1on1 (Paris, France) 2nd – Electronic Sports World Cup qualifier – 1on1 (Enschede, Netherlands)

2009 4th – Intel Extreme Masters Season IV American Championship finals, Quake Live – 1on1 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 1st – Dreamhack Summer CPM, Quake III Championship – 1on1 (Jönköping, Sweden)

2017 2nd – Quake World Championship 2017: Duel Tournament finals, Quake Champions – 1on1 (Dallas, USA)

Awards Most Valuable Player CPL World Tour 2005 (ESports Award) Newcomer / Breakthrough of the Year 2005

Personal life Kaasjager was born in Naarden, Netherlands on June 21, 1985. He enrolled in Delft as a student of mechanical engineering but dropped out to focus on gaming. He attended the University of Texas at Dallas and was a member of the Texas-Dallas Comets men's tennis team. Vo0 has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.