Jw (Counter-Strike player)
| JW | |
|---|---|
| Jesper Wecksell | |
| Born | February 23, 1995 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Current team | Godsent |
| Role | AWPer |
| Games | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Championships |
DreamHack Summer 2013 DreamHack Winter 2013 ESL One Cologne 2014 ESL One Katowice 2015 ESL One Cologne 2015 |
| Nickname(s) | JW, JWonderchild |
| Professional career | |
| Epsilon eSports | |
| -Aug 2016 | fnatic |
| Aug 2016 - present | GODSENT |
Jesper Wecksell, better known by his in-game name JW is a Swedish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and a former Counter-Strike 1.6 player. Jesper currently plays as the main AWPer for the team GODSENT. Previously JW" played for Epsilon eSports and fnatic.
Career
Jesper Wecksell started his professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive career with the team Epsilon eSports where he came second at DreamHack Summer 2013 and the E-Sport SM 2013 finals.[1] He was then offered a contract with fnatic, which he accepted. He then joined fnatic where the lineup was Jesper “JW” Wecksell”, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist, Markus "Pronax" Wallsten, Freddy “KRiMZ” Johansson, and Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer. It was this lineup that toppled Ninjas in Pajamas from their throne of winning and replaced the position with themselves, they went on to winning many tournaments such as DreamHack Winter 2013 and ESL One Katowice 2015. He has made exactly $252, 969.40 off of the winnings so far.
On August 15, 2016 Flusha, JW, and KRiMZ transferred to GODSENT.[2]
Achievements
The following table shows the tournaments "JW" has been in and how much of the prize money he got. Bold denotes a Valve Corporation-sponsored Major tournament.
| Year | Place | Tournaments | Team | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2. | DreamHack Summer 2013 | Epsilon eSports | 8.000 SEK |
| 2013 | 2. | E-Sport SM 2013 Finals | Epsilon eSports | 8.000 SEK |
| 2013 | 2. | MSI Beat it! 2013 Grand Finals | fnatic | 1.400 $ |
| 2013 | 1. | DreamHack Winter 2013 | fnatic | 20.000 $ |
| 2014 | 5. - 8. | ESL One Katowice 2014 | fnatic | 2.000 $ |
| 2014 | 1. | E-Sport SM 2014 Finals | fnatic | 10.000 SEK |
| 2014 | 3. - 4. | Gfinity G3 Lan | fnatic | 1.000 $ |
| 2014 | 2. | ESL One Cologne 2014 | fnatic | 10.000 $ |
| 2014 | 1. | SLTV StarSeries Season X | fnatic | 2.800 $ |
| 2014 | 1. | FaceIT League Season 2 Finals | fnatic | 4.000 $ |
| 2014 | 1. | ESWC 2014 | fnatic | 4.000 $ |
| 2014 | 1. | Fragbite Masters Season 3 | fnatic | 32.000 SEK |
| 2014 | 5. - 8. | DreamHack Winter 2014 | fnatic | 2.000 $ |
| 2014 | 1. | ESEA Season 17 | fnatic | 4.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | Clutch Con 2015 | fnatic | 1.600 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | iOS Pantamera | fnatic | 3.000 € |
| 2015 | 1. | King of Majors | fnatic | 2.600 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL One Katowice 2015 | fnatic | 20.000 $ |
| 2015 | 2. | ESEA Season 18 | fnatic | 5.000 $ |
| 2015 | 2. | CCS Finals Season 1 | fnatic | 4.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | DreamHack Tours 2015 | fnatic | 4.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | Gfinity 2015 Spring Masters II | fnatic | 5.000 $ |
| 2015 | 2. | Fragbite Masters Season 4 | fnatic | 25.000 SEK |
| 2015 | 1. | DreamHack Summer 2015 | fnatic | 4.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 EU Division | fnatic | 3.600 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 Finals | fnatic | 20.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL One Cologne 2015 | fnatic | 20.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | Fragbite Masters Champions Showdown | fnatic | 16.000 SEK |
| 2015 | 3. - 4. | ESL ESEA Pro League Dubai Invitational 2015 | fnatic | 5.000 $ |
| 2015 | 2. | Gfinity Champion of Champions 2015 | fnatic | 6.000 $ |
| 2015 | 5. - 8. | DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 | fnatic | 2.000 $ |
| 2015 | 2. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 EU Division | fnatic | 3.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | FaceIT League 2015 Stage 3 auf der DreamHack Winter 2015 | fnatic | 20.000 $ |
| 2015 | 1. | Fragbite Masters Season 5 | fnatic | 45.000 SEK |
| 2015 | 1. | ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals | fnatic | 20.000 $ |
| 2016 | 1. | Star Ladder i-League XIV Finals | fnatic | 18.000 $ |
| 2016 | 3-4th | ESL One Cologne 2016 | fnatic | US$70,000 |
| 2016 | 2nd | ELeague Season 1 | fnatic | ? |
External links
- Twitter-Account of Jesper Wecksell
- Twitch-Channel of Jesper Wecksell
- Jesper Wecksell's statistics from hltv.org
References
- "Jesper Wecksell Earnings". Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Mira, Luis (16 December 2012). "Epsilon Pick Up WRTT". hltv.org. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Milovanovic, Petar (24 July 2013). "Epsilon Parts Ways With CSGO Squad". hltv.org. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Mira, Luis (6 August 2013). "fnatic sign ex-Epsilon". hltv.org. Retrieved 18 February 2016.