Jakeyyipbio

He sits in his chair
Puts on his headphones
No matter what, He don’t play fair
He's a gamer to my bones
Jakey with his inspiration so large
the best player on SKG thats for sure
hes so good he might as well be in charge
the rest of them are bad, but he'll endure
a transfer to a good team is past due
to watch your games i set an alarm
his great skill, full of surprises
he is one of the things everyone hold most dear

Published information about Jakey

One of the most impressive aspects of Stewie2k is the fact that he functions in a dual role within the Cloud 9 system. Not only is he tasked with the job of being a competent entry fragger, he also has had the expectations of an In Game Leader thrust upon him.

Normally the role of In Game Leader would not ever be in the hands of an entry fragger, especially not an entry fragger who is famous for having extremely limited amounts of experience playing Counter Strike competitively. However ever since Stewie2k found his way into the role of In Game Leader for Cloud 9 things have changed drastically within the team.

Stewie2k’s leadership has not been characterized by impressive tactics, no tactic that the current Cloud 9 roster runs can be seen as wildly innovative. Rather, as a leader, Stewie2k has managed to implement a system within Cloud 9 which has allowed certain pieces to flourish. Under Stewie2k’s leadership, the dual star setup of Autimatic and Stewie2k has led Cloud 9 to levels of success that hasn’t been seen in North American Counter Strike in quite a while.

Despite all of Stewie2k’s prowess as a leader his most impressive aspect has been the fact that he still manages to put up impressive individual performances all whilst being the tactician that the team relies upon. As an individual within the server Stewie2k plays a versatile role within the Cloud 9 system. If the team requires a second awper who can create openings then Stewie can fill that gap, but if what the team needs in a game is a rifler who can make the hard entries onto a site, Stewie can also fill that role.

This versatility that Stewie2k brings into the Cloud 9 roster has allowed him to put up some impressive statistics over this roster’s history on LAN events. Over these last three months Cloud 9 have attended eight events, and Stewie2k has finished with an HLTV rating below 1.00 at only two of those events.

While his statistical ratings at those events never really reached the same levels of Elige and Autimatic, his overall game impact has been extremely impressive when one takes into account the fact that Stewie2k was the primary entry fragger for those games all whilst providing strategic input. Regularly Stewie would impact the server and change the game for his team in a variety of ways. He could potentially provide the impact frags that were necessary in order to secure a pivotal round or he could make the right call in game that could lead the team to securing a round.

Overall, over these past several months, Stewie2k has utilized his amazing versatility in game to emerge as not only one of the brightest young stars in the game today but also one of the strongest contenders for the title of best North American player.

Interview with Jakey

Jake “Stewie2k” Yip is the in-game leader for Cloud9 and a polarizing figure in the CS:GO community. His acquisition by C9 at the beginning of the year was met with mixed feelings from many personalities within the community, but he’s help his team achieve a Top 5 ranking on HLTV.

In Day 1 at the iBUYPOWER Masters 2016, theScore esports sat down with Stewie2k right after hisqualification to IEM Season XI Oakland and talked about his growth as a player and community backlash.

You guys just 16-0’d TyLoo, how do you feel?

It’s a good confidence booster for my team and hopefully it keeps my team motivated to keep winning.

https://twitter.com/C9shroud/status/797606094860226560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

In Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert’s vlog from ELEAGUE after you guys were eliminated from the group stage, n0thing mentioned that tilt was a factor in losing the decider match against FaZe Clan.

However, you guys went on to win ESL Pro League Season 4 over SK Gaming, what changed in between Atlanta and Sao Paolo?

We do have emotional players, we do go on tilt for a little bit and when we do it takes a couple rounds to recover. But against SK we said, “we have nothing to lose, we are in front of their crowd, so we can’t let them set the pace.” We just had to play with confidence and be willing to play together as a team and keep our mentality straight.

In an interview with PVPLive, you said that the team needs to improve on its team play to the level of Virtus.pro. Are you guys modeling yourselves to the Polish team? What other improvements need to be made?

Well, right now we have a lot of “puggy” players, so we have a really loose playstyle. It could be good sometimes, but we also need a different pace. We can play really fast at one point, but we also need to have a slow pace so we can work together.

I think we need to communicate a little more and just talk together on what our strengths are, rather than our weaknesses and then we can improve that way.

SK and C9 are two of the top teams in the world and neither team have a coach. Is this the preferred setup for you guys, or are there plans to pick up a coach or analyst, especially ahead of the Major?

Well, ever since Slemmy [Alec “Slemmy” White] left the team and we picked up Tim [Timothy “autimatic” Ta] we kinda told ourselves that we have a certain way that we like to play.

We don’t like to play under a coach and we don’t like to be told what to do, we kind of like to tell each other what we’d like to do and see how we can work off that.

Having a coach isn’t necessary for us right now, but we’re not closed to having a coach. We just want a coach that we think could help us significantly, rather than just a little bit.

So the right fit, rather than just putting in anyone.

Yup.

Since Nuke was added to the map pool you guys haven’t played a single official on it. Often it’s your auto-ban, except against other teams that seem to have Nuke as their auto-ban as well. Do you believe Nuke can be worked into C9’s pool?

Well, it’s hard because personally I don’t like playing Nuke, but the team really does want to play. I’ve never played it competitively before, the old one, so it’s kind of uncomfortable for me.

We have such strong maps on the other six maps and we think we can just improve on that. We’re going to work on Nuke, but I think we’re going to keep with the other six maps.

You’re currently the in-game leader for the team, a setup that seems to be working very well. However, do you enjoy being the leader? Is this an ideal situation for you?

Well, sometimes it gets pretty frustrating. I have a picture in my head of how I want things to be done specifically, but someone doesn’t do it correctly, so it gets pretty frustrating at times.

I picked up the in-game leader role so everyone’s weights can kind of be picked up by themselves and I can just focus on them more, rather than myself. So it’s kinda hard to frag at the same time, but I guess it’s for the better of the team, so it’s OK.

When you first joined Cloud9 there was a lot of backlash from the community. Then you guys almost went undefeated in the EPL NA season and C9 broke into the Top 10 of HLTV’s rankings, there was backlash again. Now, after winning EPL, you guys now broke into the Top 5 HLTV rankings.

Do you feel you’ve proven the haters wrong, or do you think you have to go further?

Well, we’re not the team to really look at the hate, there’s always going to be hate. You can win three Majors in a row and as soon as you lose your first match you’re going to get backlash from it. The community’s like a goldfish, they’ll pay attention to the obvious rather than what really happened.

We don’t really pay attention to that, but I guess we did prove the haters wrong, so hopefully we gain more fans, and haters.

Do you believe C9 is the best team in NA, or is it still SK or another team?

Well, I wouldn’t say SK is a part of NA just because they play in it, since they’re from Brazil. So if we exclude the Brazilians, I’d say we are number one in NA, but with them, I’d still say SK is better than us.

Describe autimatic in one word.

Versatile.

Why?

He can play any role, he knows how to play certain situations. Honestly, I have really high standards for myself, so I do think I am better than some of the players, so I know how to play certain situations as well.

When we picked up Tim, he plays a lot of the roles similar to how I do, so it really shocked me in a way. Ever since then, I don’t think anything really shocks me from him. I think he’s a really good player.

Timothy “autimatic” Ta has added a lot of firepower to Cloud9, and synergy with Jake “Stewie2k” Yip

A number of teams have recently been acquired by traditional sports people, such as Team Liquid and Magic Johnson, as well as Team Dignitas and the Philadelphia 76ers. How do you feel about sports and esports blending together?

I think it’s really cool that sports are getting into esports, because it’s expanding now and there’s a lot more exposure.

What team, across any sport, would you like to be associated with?

I actually wish that I could be under the [Golden State] Warriors association, kinda like Liquid, I think that would be pretty cool because I’m a Warriors fan. Other than that, I think any other association would be cool, just to get a little more exposure for Cloud9.

It seems you’ve grown a lot since you first joined C9 in January. How have you changed as a person and a player since the start of the year?

Well, as a player I always think I have really high standards and expectations for myself and I do picture myself on top of a lot of players, but I usually keep that to myself because I don’t like publicly saying that; you could get a bad reputation.

But as a person, at one point I did have a really big ego because I’m “famous in esports,” but over time I learned that it really doesn’t matter who you are. Everyone is equal, as cliché as that sounds, so there’s really no point in putting yourself on top of others.

My Commentary

I chose Jakey because he had inspired millions of counter strike players to move on even when you lose and never gave up, he also inpired alot of people to get into proffesional gaming even teens aged 16. He inpired me to never give up on what you want to do and never let anyone judge you, he also showed people including me that even if you have Asian parents, you can still be good at anything other than studies.