Stewie2K

Jacky "Stewie2K" Yip (born January 7, 1998) is an American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who plays for Evil Geniuses as the in-game leader and an entry fragger. He is one of the most decorated players in North America, despite having only played CS:GO since the summer of 2014. On January 11, 2016, he joined Cloud9; although the announcement was met with criticism from both professionals and the public, Stewie2K soon became known as one of the best players in Cloud9. After 2 years on the roster and a Major title under his belt, he decided to move on and join Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo's leadership in SK Gaming–MIBR. Following months of up-and-down results, he returned to his North American roots and joined Team Liquid. In 2019, he won the second Intel Grand Slam, becoming the first and currently only North American player to win both a Major and an IGS trophy.

In December 2019, Yip became the first North American CS:GO player to earn over $1,000,000 in tournament prize money after finishing runner up to Astralis in the ECS Season 8 Finals. Yip would go on to win 7 total tournaments with Liquid in 2019. Team Liquid's CS:GO team earned $2.31 million in 2019. After being removed from Team Liquid's active roster in late 2021, Yip signed with Evil Geniuses in January 2022.

Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK+ (Large)

Monitor: Alienware AW2521H

Refresh rate: 360 Hz

In-game resolution: 1024×768

Keyboard: HyperX Alloy FPS Pro

Headset: HyperX Cloud II (Gun Metal)

History

2015-03-?? – 2015-08-15 SapphireKelownaDotCom

2015-08-15 – 2015-10-25 ex-eLevate

2015-10-25 – 2015-12-02 FolloweSports.com

2015-12-02 – 2015-12-21 Splyce

2016-01-11 – 2018-03-30 Cloud9

2018-03-30 – 2018-06-23 SK Gaming

2018-06-23 – 2018-12-21 MIBR

2018-12-21 – 2021-12-21 Team Liquid

2021-12-21 – 2022-01-18 Team Liquid (Inactive)

2022-01-18 – Present Evil Geniuses

Professional CS:GO player. Major tournament champion (with Cloud9) in 2018.

Stewie2k was considered one of the most promising players in the US. Jake has never played professionally before, and only started playing CS:GO in the summer of 2014. In early 2015, he performed well in the North American mix SapphireKelownaDotCom, after which he was noticed by representatives of eLevate. However, he really revealed himself only as part of FolloweSports, aka Splyce. It was after a successful period of playing for this team that he was invited to Cloud9 at the beginning of 2016.