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JW
JW 
Person Information
Name:
Jesper Wecksell
Birth:
February 23, 1995
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2009 – Present
Team:
Roles:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$879,261.18
Alternate IDs:
jw, JWonderchild, HeWhoMustNotBeNamed
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
20??-??-?? – 2012-??-??
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-??-?? – 2012-??-??
2012-??-?? – 2012-12-16
2012-12-16 – 2013-07-24
2013-07-24 – 2013-08-06
2013-08-06 – 2016-08-15
2016-08-15 – 2017-02-04
2017-02-04 – Present
Jesper "JW" Wecksell (born February 23, 1995) is a Swedish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and former Counter-Strike player. He is known for his wildly aggressive style of play while using the AWP. He is currently the hybrid AWPer for Fnatic.
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of)
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| ZOWIE EC2 | 760 | 400 | 1000 Hz | 1.9 | 0.9 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2020-04-09 (172 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| ZOWIE EC2 | 1003 MPI 0.658 deg/mm | 21.5 in/rev 54.7 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 1.9 | 0.9 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2020-04-09 (172 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [2] |
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ZOWIE EC2 (TYLOO) |  |
Fnatic Gear Focus 2 |
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ZOWIE by BenQ XL2546 | 240 Hz | 1280×960 | Stretched |
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Fnatic Gear miniSTREAK | |
Fnatic Gear REACT | |||||||||
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-2
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No | No (0)
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Green (1)
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250
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Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019-10-06 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | 
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DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019 | 
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2 : 1 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-03-18 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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World Electronic Sports Games 2017 |
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2 : 1 | 
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$800,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-03-04 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Intel Extreme Masters XII - World Championship |
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3 : 2 | 
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-03-05 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Intel Extreme Masters X - World Championship |
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3 : 0 | 
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$104,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-12-13 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 - Finals |
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3 : 2 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-11-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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FACEIT 2015 Stage 3 Finals |
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2 : 1 |
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-08-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL One: Cologne 2015 | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-07-05 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - Finals |
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3 : 1 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-03-15 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL One: Katowice 2015 |
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2 : 1 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-11-30 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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DreamHack Winter 2013 |
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2 : 1 |
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- Was voted the 8th best player of 2013 by HLTV. [3]
- Was voted the 5th best player of 2014 by HLTV. [4]
- Was voted the 10th best player of 2015 by HLTV. [5]
- He had won the most major titles, tied with his Fnatic ex-teammates flusha and pronax whom he had won the same three majors with until Astralis core members dev1ce, dupreeh, Xyp9x and gla1ve surpassed him, flusha and pronax after their win at the StarLadder Berlin Major 2019.
- He has his own gaming store in his hometown Avesta, Sweden. [6][7]
- He has a younger brother, Limpone.
- He is a long time teammate of flusha - they played on the same team together for 5 years and 235 days (January 29th 2013 - September 21st 2018) before flusha was benched from Fnatic and later acquired by Cloud9. Their tenure continued when flusha rejoined Fnatic on September 16th, 2019.
- Previously the youngest major tournament winner - 18 years old, 280 days. He was overtaken by Kjaerbye whom was 18 years old, 277 days [8]
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2014-12-26 | 'Reflections' with jw by Thorin
- 2014-11-26 | JW: "We will stay united" by lurppis of HLTV at DreamHack Winter 2014
- 2014-10-30 | ESWC 2014 Interview: Fnatic JW on having "the easiest group" by Jack Westerman of ESEANEWS.com at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014
- 2014-08-08 | jw: "We can surprise a lot of teams" by lurppis of HLTV at ESL One Cologne 2014
- 2014-08-02 | Gfinity interview with JW: "Barring a few issues, this is one of the best events I've been to" by Devilwalk of Fnatic at Gfinity G3
- 2014-03-12 | Pre-Katowice: Interview with JW by Fnatic
- 2015-07-06 | fnatic: "It could've gone either way" by Striker of HLTV at ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 Finals
- 2015-07-03 | Fnatic jw: We somehow underestimated CLG a bit by Teaser of escene.de at ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 Finals
- 2015-05-02 | JW: "We're getting into NiP's heads" by Striker of HLTV at FACEIT League 2015 Stage 1 Finals
- 2015-04-25 |
JW om TSM:s final-fördel: "Kanske är lite för grov" by rich of Fragbite at CCS Kick-off Season - 2015-03-15 | JW: "Got caught off guard on cbble" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One Katowice 2015
- 2016-11-26 | JW about krimz in Godsent: "It was not a good time for anyone" by rich of Fragbite at DreamHack Open Winter 2016
- 2016-10-08 | JW: "We never started from scratch" by Striker of HLTV at WESG 2016 Europe & CIS Regional Finals
- 2016-07-07 | JW: "Came in with fresh minds today" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One Cologne 2016
- 2016-03-06 | JW: "We were stressed on Inferno" by Striker of HLTV at Intel Extreme Masters Season X World Championship
- 2016-01-09 | 'Reflections' with JW (2nd appearance) by Thorin
- 2017-11-25 | JW: "Brollan has impressed all of us a lot" by Professeur of HLTV at WESG 2017 Europe & CIS Regional Finals
- 2017-08-29 | JW about Golden: "He's doing like pronax used to do with us back in the days" by vuggo of Fragbite
- 2017-06-14 | JW: I'm sure Sweden will be back on top again by Professeur of HLTV at DreamHack Open Summer 2017
- 2018-11-08 | JW: "When we lost flusha it was like a completely new start" by LucasAM of HLTV at IEM Chicago 2018
- 2018-09-30 | JW: "We haven't been a team, we've just been individuals on a team" by LucasAM of HLTV at ESL One New York 2018
- 2018-09-11 | JW: "We considered twist after the early StarLadder exit; he wasn't really interested" by Professeur of HLTV at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2018-01-23 | JW: "I don't think we can change things here, it's all about being on fire individually" by LucasAM of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- 2019-10-06 | JW: "The hard work starts now; we can't approach this like last time and expect [more wins] to come naturally" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019
- 2019-07-18 | JW: "I reminded myself of why I am here, why I am doing this, and I think it started to spark a light" by Professeur of HLTV at StarLadder Major 2019 - Europe Minor
- 2019-06-22 | JW: "I hope GeT_RiGhT will keep playing and try on another team when the time comes" by LucasAM of HLTV at ESL Pro League Season 9 Finals
- 2019-05-02 | JW: "The biggest issue has been the mental part, we crumble very easily and tend to overthink" by Professeur of HLTV at IEM Sydney 2019
- 2019-03-14 | JW: "I think that it's great that the game is developing and we're getting new metas and situational guns" by LucasAM of HLTV at WESG 2018 World Finals
- 2019-02-20 | JW: "[We] had nothing to blame really except ourselves" by Jaime Wert of Esports Kingdom at ESL One New York 2018
- 2019-02-14 | JW: "We got caught up in a mindset where we started to focus more on the negative things around us" by Striker of HLTV at IEM Katowice Major 2019
Gallery[edit]
JW at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 with Fnatic
JW at ESL Expo Barcelona with Fnatic
JW at DreamHack Open Tours 2015 with Fnatic
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
- ↑ JW during IEM Katowice 2020
- ↑ Tgwri1s. ["Top 20 players of 2013: JW (8)". HLTV.
- ↑ [[]]. "Top 20 players of 2014: JW (5)". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker. "Top 20 players of 2015: JW (10)". HLTV.
- ↑ JW Gaming Store Premiere, youtube.com
- ↑ JW Gaming photos, imgur.com
- ↑ "".@KjaerbyeCS is now the youngest player who has ever won a major."". a.wake. 2017-03-18.
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