Sander “Vo0” Kaasjager, arguably the best Painkiller player and CPMA great, has retired from competitive play. On his 21st birthday, Kaasjager has decided to step away from gaming in an effort to focus more on school in the upcoming year.

Kaasjager will be remembered for his dominant performance on the CPL World Tour where he won five of the nine tour stops and collected an impressive $232,000. Aside from a grand finals loss to Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendell, Vo0 was the unquestioned best player on the tour. Kaasjager even captured the tournament MVP and a $20,000 bonus from Intel.

Fnatic teammate Alexander "Ztrider" Ingarv and winner of the Painkiller Chile World Tour stop had many positive words to say about Sander.

“[A]s a person he's always someone you can have fun with, he gives one great support when you play and always cheers on you when you play which is a great quality that he has,” Ingarv said of Kaasjager.

In 2005, Kaasjager and his rival Wendell were the faces of the Deathmatch community. Kaasjager was featured in several media outlets including CBS’s 60 Minutes and MTV Overdrive, which covered the CPL World Tour Finals.

Many expected him to transition to Quake 4 and compete on the second CPL World Tour. Kaasjager did not compete at CPL Winter 2005, and he later dropped out of Eurocup's Quake 4 duel league. With no World Tour for 2006, it seemed ever more unlikely that Kaasjager would play Quake 4 professionally.

As the winner of ESWC 2004, CPL Winter 2004, five CPL World Tour stops and numerous other tournaments, Sander “Vo0” Kaasjager retires as the most decorated Painkiller player and one of the most successful gamers of all time.

To view the 2005 CPL World Tour Painkiller results, click HERE