ropz

Robin Kool (born 22 December 1999), better known as ropz, is an Estonian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for FaZe Clan. Kool has played in eight Majors[1][2] and won the PGL Major Antwerp 2022.[3]

ropz
Current team
TeamFaZe Clan
Role
  • Rifler
  • Lurker
GameCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Personal information
NameRobin Kool
Born (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999
NationalityEstonian
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Team history
2016OnlineBOTS
2016AWTR
2017–2021mousesports
2022–presentFaZe Clan
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers288k
Last updated: October 22, 2023

Early and personal life

Kool was born on 22 December 1999.[4] He grew up in Jõgeva, Estonia.

Career

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

Grand finals

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major

Year Place Tournament Team Winning score Opponent Prize money Awards Ref
2022
1st place medal
1st
PGL Major Antwerp 2022European Union FaZe Clan2–0Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere$500,000.00[3]
2023
1st place medal
1st
 Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 European Union FaZe Clan 2–1 United States Complexity Gaming $100,000.00 [14]
2023
1st place medal
1st
ESL Pro League Season 17European Union FaZe Clan3–1Russia Cloud9$200,000.00
HLTV MVP
HLTV MVP
[15]
2022
1st place medal
1st
Intel Extreme Masters XVII – CologneEuropean Union FaZe Clan3–2Ukraine Natus Vincere$400,000.00[16][17]
2022
1st place medal
1st
ESL Pro League Season 15European Union FaZe Clan3–1European Union ENCE$190,000.00
HLTV MVP
HLTV MVP
[18]
2022
1st place medal
1st
Intel Extreme Masters XVI – KatowiceEuropean Union FaZe Clan3–0European Union G2$400,000.00[19]
2020
1st place medal
1st
Ice Challenge 2020European Union mousesports3–1Russia Natus Vincere$125,000.00[20]
2019
1st place medal
1st
ESL Pro League Season 10European Union mousesports3–0Sweden fnatic$250,000.00
HLTV MVP
HLTV MVP
[21] [22]
2019
1st place medal
1st
CS:GO Asia Championships 2019European Union mousesports2–0Finland ENCE$250,000.00
2018
1st place medal
1st
ESL One New York 2018European Union mousesports3–2North America Team Liquid$125,000.00[23]
2022
2nd place medal
2nd
Roobet CupEuropean Union FaZe Clan1–2Germany BIG$50,000.00[24]
2018
2nd place medal
2nd
ESL One Belo Horizonte 2018 European Union mousesports2–3European Union FaZe Clan$40,000.00

Majors participation

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 European Union mousesports 12th – 14th
2 ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 January 19–28, 2018 European Union mousesports 5th – 8th
3 FACEIT Major: London 2018 September 12–23, 2018 European Union mousesports 15th – 16th
– IEM Katowice Major 2019 February 20–March 3, 2019 European Union mousesports DNQ
4 StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019 August 28–September 8, 2019 European Union mousesports 9th – 11th
5 PGL Major Stockholm 2021 October 26–November 7, 2021 European Union mousesports 12th – 14th
6 PGL Major Antwerp 2022 May 9–22, 2022 European Union FaZe Clan 1st
7 IEM Rio Major 2022 October 31–November 13, 2022 European Union FaZe Clan 15th – 16th
8 BLAST Paris Major 2023 May 8–May 21, 2023 European Union FaZe Clan 5th – 8th

References
  1. "Robin 'ropz' Kool". HLTV.org. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. "The most interesting CS:GO stats from ESL Pro League Season 17". 31 March 2023.
  3. "PGL Antwerp 2022 Champions!". counter-strike.net. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. Biazzi, Leonardo (20 January 2019). "Twelve top CS:GO players who are younger than the franchise itself". Dot Esports. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. "Biography of CS:GO Player ropz – Get The Full Story". emanager.gg. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. "Robin 'ropz' Kool's CS:GO Player Profile – Trophies". HLTV.org.
  7. "Top 20 players of 2018: ropz (19)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. "Top 20 players of 2019: ropz (10)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  9. "Top 20 players of 2020: ropz (7)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  10. Robertson, Scott (3 January 2022). "FaZe Clan confirms ropz signing". Dot Esports. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  11. "Ropz Talks About All the CS:GO Offers He Received Before Joining FaZe". afkgaming.com. 8 April 2022.
  12. "FaZe Clan Wins ESL Pro League Season 15, Claims Second Consecutive CS:GO Title". afkgaming.com. 11 April 2022.
  13. "ropz named ESL Pro League Season 15 MVP". csgo.com. 11 April 2022.
  14. "FaZe Clan Wins The First Big 'Counter-Strike 2' LAN At IEM Sydney". Forbes. 22 October 2023.
  15. "Ropz wins an MVP in ESL Pro League for third time". Fragster.com. 28 March 2023.
  16. Amos, Andrew (18 July 2022). "FaZe Clan win IEM Cologne 2022: Full recap and results". Dexerto.
  17. "Record Breaking Event Concluded as FaZe Clan were Crowned Intel® Extreme Masters Cologne 2022 Champions". ESL Gaming. 19 July 2022.
  18. "ESL Pro League Season 15 concludes as FaZe Clan beats ENCE Esports in the Grand Finals". ESL Gaming. 13 April 2022.
  19. "Serral and FaZe Clan Secure Intel® Extreme Masters Katowice 2022 Champion Titles". ESL Gaming. 4 March 2022.
  20. "CS:GO: Mousesports Defeat Natus Vincere to Win ICE Challenge 2020". ESTNN. 6 February 2020.
  21. Zachary (10 December 2019). "Mousesports Win ESL Pro League Season 10!". Gamezo.
  22. Biazzi, Leonardo (8 December 2019). "Mousesports sweep Fnatic to win ESL Pro League season 10 grand finals". Dot Esports. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  23. 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.
  24. FIELD LEVEL MEDIA (30 June 2022). "BIG edges FaZe Clan to win Roobet Cup". Reuters.
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