▁American ▁team ▁Complex ity . ▁ ▁Play ing ▁career ▁Kim ▁started ▁playing ▁computer ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁Qu ake ▁and ▁Qu ake ▁II . ▁His ▁first ▁team , ▁[ rs ], ▁ri ot ▁squad , ▁was ▁composed ▁of ▁a ▁tight ▁kn it ▁group ▁of ▁high ▁school ▁friends . ▁Kim ▁quickly ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁F PS ▁gam ers ▁in ▁the ▁Dallas – F ort ▁W orth ▁met ro plex ▁and ▁consist ently ▁placed ▁well ▁in ▁many ▁F PS ▁game ▁events . ▁ ▁Kim ▁began ▁compet ing ▁in ▁C ounter - St rike ▁( CS ) ▁from ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁on wards ▁when ▁he ▁would ▁attend ▁various ▁L AN ▁parties ▁with ▁his ▁friends ▁that ▁included ▁[ rs ], ▁P AG ▁( Pl ano ▁Asian ▁Gang ), ▁TR U , ▁and ▁various ▁other ▁Texas ▁g aming ▁teams . ▁Kim ▁quickly ▁became ▁the ▁star ▁of ▁[ rs ] ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁popular ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁compet itive ▁cs . ▁Kim ▁and ▁[ rs ] ▁competed ▁in , ▁and ▁won , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁and ▁uno fficial ▁[ cs ] ▁compet itions ▁put ▁on ▁by ▁Frank ▁N uc cio ▁during ▁Qu ake Con ▁events ▁and ▁Qu ake ▁based ▁C PL ▁events , ▁usually ▁compet ing ▁against ▁other ▁Texas - based ▁CS ▁teams ▁such ▁as ▁C K 3 , ▁Do P , ▁and ▁TR U . ▁In ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁[ rs ] ▁merged ▁with ▁rival ▁team ▁TR U ▁to ▁form ▁syn .