Pieter Bas Kwak

Who is Pieter Bas Kwak?

Pieter Bas Kwak, also known under the pseudonym Darth, was one of the first Dutch professional cyberathletes. During his career he was the most internationally successful Dutch player of the team-based first person shooter game: Counter-Strike. Worth mentioning is that Counter-Strike is one of the most professionally played computer game in the world and his achievements are yet to put on a par by any other Dutch Counter-Strike gamer.

January 2001 he was signed by the top electronic sports team of the United Kingdom: Four Kings. This engagement allowed him to further develop his gaming skills to their full potential and pursue new goals, namely to participate in multiple professional gaming tournaments around the world and compete among the very best. This, in combination with the complete freedom afforded to him by living in the privacy and luxury of his own caravan in his parents' backyard quickly led to a steep increase in his ability as well as recognition from his peers, eventually amounting to participation in the most widely recognised professional tournaments, such as Cyberathlete Professional League and the World Cyber Games.

Even though his winnings are of no equivalence with respect to the enormous sums his fellow countrymen gamers - all solo players - Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager, Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen and Laurens "Lauke" Pluymaekers earned with eSports, approximately a total worth of over €60.000 euros in cash and hardware prizes were won by the team during the four years of Pieter Bas' gaming-career.