ropz
| ropz | |
|---|---|
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| Current team | |
| Team | FaZe Clan |
| Role |
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| Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Robin Kool |
| Born | 22 December 1999 |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Team history | |
| 2017–2021 | mousesports |
| 2022–present | FaZe Clan |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Twitch information | |
| Channel | |
| Followers | 288k |
Last updated: October 22, 2023 | |
Robin Kool (born 22 December 1999), better known as ropz, is an Estonian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan. Kool has played in eight Majors[1][2] and won the PGL Major Antwerp 2022.[3]
Early and personal life
[edit]Kool was born on 22 December 1999.[4] He grew up in Jõgeva, Estonia.
Career
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Before Kool joined mousesports, he played Call of Duty for Team Horizon; he played as a sniper.[5] Kool joined mousesports around April 2017 and has obtained nine trophies while with the team. He was regarded as the MVP of the ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals and has consistently been in HLTV's top 20 list of players since 2018 (Respectively #19, #10, #7 and #18).[6][7][8][9] Kool earned back-to-back top 10 spots on the list in 2019 and 2020.[10]
After playing almost five years with mousesports, Kool joined FaZe Clan in January 2022.[10] His switch turned out to be successful, they qualified to the BLAST Premier: Spring Finals and won the first LAN tournament of the year – IEM Katowice 2022.[11] This was followed by Faze and ropz winning second consecutive title at ESL Pro League Season 15 and ropz being named the tournament MVP.[12][13]
Notable tournament results
[edit]Grand finals
[edit]Bold denotes a CS:GO Major
| Year | Place | Tournament | Team | Winning score | Opponent | Prize money | Awards | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | FaZe Clan | 2–0 | Natus Vincere | $500,000.00 | [3] | |
| 2023 | | Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 | FaZe Clan | 2–1 | Complexity Gaming | $100,000.00 |  DHL MVP | [14][15] |
| 2023 | | ESL Pro League Season 17 | FaZe Clan | 3–1 | Cloud9 | $200,000.00 | HLTV MVP | [16] |
| 2022 | | Intel Extreme Masters XVII – Cologne | FaZe Clan | 3–2 | Natus Vincere | $400,000.00 | [17][18] | |
| 2022 | | ESL Pro League Season 15 | FaZe Clan | 3–1 | ENCE | $190,000.00 | HLTV MVP | [19] |
| 2022 | | Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice | FaZe Clan | 3–0 | G2 | $400,000.00 | [20] | |
| 2020 | | Ice Challenge 2020 | mousesports | 3–1 | Natus Vincere | $125,000.00 | [21] | |
| 2019 | | ESL Pro League Season 10 | mousesports | 3–0 | fnatic | $250,000.00 | HLTV MVP | [22] [23] |
| 2019 | | CS:GO Asia Championships 2019 | mousesports | 2–0 | ENCE | $250,000.00 | ||
| 2018 | | ESL One New York 2018 | mousesports | 3–2 | Team Liquid | $125,000.00 | [24] | |
| 2022 |  | Roobet Cup | FaZe Clan | 1–2 | BIG | $50,000.00 | [25] | |
| 2018 | | ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 | mousesports | 2–3 | FaZe Clan | $40,000.00 |
Majors participation
[edit]Ever since joining Mousesports in 2017, ropz has only missed out 1 Major in 2019.
| # | Tournament | Date | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PGL Major: Kraków 2017 | July 16–23, 2017 | mousesports | 12th – 14th |
| 2 | ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 | January 19–28, 2018 | mousesports | 5th – 8th |
| 3 | FACEIT Major: London 2018 | September 12–23, 2018 | mousesports | 15th – 16th |
| – | IEM Katowice Major 2019 | February 20–March 3, 2019 | mousesports | DNQ |
| 4 | StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 | August 28–September 8, 2019 | mousesports | 9th – 11th |
| 5 | PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | October 26–November 7, 2021 | mousesports | 12th – 14th |
| 6 | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | May 9–22, 2022 | FaZe Clan | 1st |
| 7 | IEM Rio Major 2022 | October 31–November 13, 2022 | FaZe Clan | 15th – 16th |
| 8 | BLAST Paris Major 2023 | May 8–May 21, 2023 | FaZe Clan | 5th – 8th |
References
[edit]- ^ "Robin 'ropz' Kool". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "The most interesting CS:GO stats from ESL Pro League Season 17". 31 March 2023.
- ^ a b "PGL Antwerp 2022 Champions!". counter-strike.net. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (20 January 2019). "Twelve top CS:GO players who are younger than the franchise itself". Dot Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Biography of CS:GO Player ropz – Get The Full Story". emanager.gg. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Robin 'ropz' Kool's CS:GO Player Profile – Trophies". HLTV.org.
- ^ "Top 20 players of 2018: ropz (19)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 20 players of 2019: ropz (10)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 20 players of 2020: ropz (7)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b Robertson, Scott (3 January 2022). "FaZe Clan confirms ropz signing". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Ropz Talks About All the CS:GO Offers He Received Before Joining FaZe". afkgaming.com. 8 April 2022.
- ^ "FaZe Clan Wins ESL Pro League Season 15, Claims Second Consecutive CS:GO Title". afkgaming.com. 11 April 2022.
- ^ "ropz named ESL Pro League Season 15 MVP". csgo.com. 11 April 2022.
- ^ "FaZe Clan Wins The First Big 'Counter-Strike 2' LAN At IEM Sydney". Forbes. 22 October 2023.
- ^ "DHL MVP - ESL Pro Tour". pro.eslgaming.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Ropz wins an MVP in ESL Pro League for third time". Fragster.com. 28 March 2023.
- ^ Amos, Andrew (18 July 2022). "FaZe Clan win IEM Cologne 2022: Full recap and results". Dexerto.
- ^ "Record Breaking Event Concluded as FaZe Clan were Crowned Intel® Extreme Masters Cologne 2022 Champions". ESL Gaming. 19 July 2022.
- ^ "ESL Pro League Season 15 concludes as FaZe Clan beats ENCE Esports in the Grand Finals". ESL Gaming. 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Serral and FaZe Clan Secure Intel® Extreme Masters Katowice 2022 Champion Titles". ESL Gaming. 4 March 2022.
- ^ "CS:GO: Mousesports Defeat Natus Vincere to Win ICE Challenge 2020". ESTNN. 6 February 2020.
- ^ Zachary (10 December 2019). "Mousesports Win ESL Pro League Season 10!". Gamezo.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (8 December 2019). "Mousesports sweep Fnatic to win ESL Pro League season 10 grand finals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ O’Keefe, David (1 October 2018). "With ESL One New York over, we look ahead to the rest of CS:GO for 2018". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ FIELD LEVEL MEDIA (30 June 2022). "BIG edges FaZe Clan to win Roobet Cup". Reuters.