Draft:Jinggg

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Jinggg
Current team
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Singapore
Career information
GamesValorant
Playing career2021–present
Team history
2021 - 2021Team SMG
2021 - PresentPaper Rex
Twitch information
Channel
Followers516 thousand..[1]
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers62.7 thousand[2]
Last updated: 7 March 2024

Wang Jing Jie (born July 29, 2003), better known as Jinggg, is a Singaporean professional Valorant player currently signed to Paper Rex. Before joining Paper Rex, he played for another Southeast Asian organization called Team SMG.[3] In September 2021, he was signed by Paper Rex[4]. On August 22, 2023, it was announced that Valorant Champions 2023 would be his last tournament before leaving to serve national service in Singapore[5]. Currently, he is a subsitute player for Paper Rex whilst waiting to complete his national service[6][7].

Career

Jinggg's professional career began in November 2020 when he joined Reality Rift. He competed for Team SMG before being picked up by Paper Rex in September 2021 and has played for the team on its main roster until August 27, 2023 when it was announced that Jinggg would be moved to the subsitute role for the forseeable future after the completion of Valorant Champions 2023. On October 6th, 2023, Paper Rex would announce officially that he has been moved to the subsitute role[8].

2020

Jinggg and his team Realify Rift won 1st - 4th place in the First Strike Malaysia and Singapore: Qualifier #1 tournament and 3rd place in First Strike Malaysia and Singapore.

2021

In July 2021, he was signed by Team SMG and competed in the VCT Malaysia & Singapore Stage 3 Week 1 Qualifier.[9] Afterwards, he would leave Team SMG and join Paper Rex in September 2021 to replace Zhan Teng "shiba" Toh on the main roster[4].

2022

Jinggg and his team Paper Rex would win 1st place in both VCT 2022: Malaysia & Singapore Stage 1 Challengers and VCT 2022: APAC Stage 1 Challengers in order to qualify for VCT 2022: Stage 1 Masters - Reykjavík and go on to placed 4th. He would then go on to win 1st place again in both VCT 2022: Malaysia & Singapore Stage 2 Challengers and VCT 2022: APAC Stage 2 Challengers. Afterwards, Paper Rex placed 2nd in VCT 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen. During the VALORANT Champions 2022, he and Paper Rex would placed 9th - 12th. Afterwards, Paper Rex won 1st place in Valorant India Invitational[10]

2023

Jinggg at 2023 VCT Champions Press Conference

Hopefully, you guys just remember me as just a crazy raze player, I guess.

Wang "Jinggg" Jing Jie, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZBHPdyT-Q&t=466s

Jinggg would start off the year by playing in VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo and placing 17th - 32nd after losing to Cloud9.[11] Afterwards, he and Paper Rex won 1st place in the inaugural VCT 2023: Pacific League with a 7-2 win-lose in the Regular Season, losing only to Team Secret[12] and DRX and a 3-0 win-lose in the Playoffs.[13] On June 24, 2023, Paper Rex would go on to place 3rd in VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo. On August 22, 2023, Paper Rex's head coach Alexandre ‘alecks’ Sallé would announce that Jinggg's last tournament on the active roster would be at VALORANT Champions 2023[14]. Paper Rex would qualify to the Grand Finals of Champions 2023 thanks to Jinggg playing Pheonix.[15] On October 26th, 2023, he would place 2nd after losing 1-3 to Evil Geniuses in the Grand Finals of the VALORANT Champions 2023[16]. On October 6th, he was officially moved to the subsitute role with Paper Rex signing Cahya “Monyet” Nugraha to replace Jinggg[17]. However, he would make once last tournament appearance at the AfreecaTV Valorant League and placed 2nd after losing 0-3 to Sentinels in the Grand Finals.[18]

2024

During the entire duration of VCT 2024: Pacific Kickoff, Jinggg sat on the subsitute bench and did not play a single match.

watch party host.[b]

Recognitions

On September 3, 2023, Valorant Philippines released a mini-documentary on Jinggg, titled "Road to Champions - Jinggg".[19]

On September 29, 2023, a Valorant game developer teased that their latest agent (Agent 24) would be inspired by Jinggg.[20][21]

Notes

  1. ^ Jinggg did not travel to Seoul, South Korea.
  2. ^ He streamed the tournament on his Twitch channel. Afterwards, he would post highlights on his YouTube channel.

References

  1. ^ "About jingggxd - Twitch". Twitch. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  2. ^ "About @prxjinggg". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Team SMG's Valorant roster adds Jinggg and Freyr for VCT MY/SG Stage 3 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  4. ^ a b Juandi (2022-01-05). "shiba departs Paper Rex". VALO2ASIA. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (2023-08-22). "Paper Rex star might be retiring from pro VALORANT after Champions 2023". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  6. ^ "Singapore's Paper Rex fall short of VALORANT world championship with 1-3 loss to EG". Yahoo News. 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  7. ^ "Paper Rex's star duelist absent for upcoming VCT 2024 season | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  8. ^ Robertson, Scott (2023-10-06). "VALORANT fans hopeful Paper Rex star will return one day after being moved to inactive roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  9. ^ "Team SMG's Valorant roster adds Jinggg and Freyr for VCT MY/SG Stage 3 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  10. ^ Rupesh Nair (2022-11-21). "Valorant India Invitational: Singapore-Based Paper Rex Defeat Team Heretics to Win $50,000 at the Off-Season VCT Event". IGN India. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  11. ^ "VCT LOCK//IN: Schedule, teams, and where to watch | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  12. ^ Manske, Nadine (2023-04-02). "Paper Rex's close loss to Team Secret at VCT Pacific shows they're not in top form". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  13. ^ "Paper Rex wins VCT 2023 Pacific League: Final placements and recap". Dexerto. 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  14. ^ "Paper Rex to lose key Valorant player for 2024 VCT season". Dexerto. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  15. ^ Czar, Michael (2023-08-25). "Paper Rex qualifies for 2023 Champions grand finals thanks to VALORANT's forgotten duelist". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  16. ^ "Evil Geniuses win Valorant Champions 2023 in Cinderella run | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  17. ^ Robertson, Scott (2023-10-06). "VALORANT fans hopeful Paper Rex star will return one day after being moved to inactive roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  18. ^ "AfreecaTV Valorant League 2023: Schedule, format, teams | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
  19. ^ Road to Champions - Jinggg // VALORANT Champions 2022, retrieved 2024-03-10
  20. ^ "State of the Agents: Gekko, Deadlock, and ???". playvalorant.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  21. ^ "Valorant dev says Agent 24 is inspired by Paper Rex's Jinggg | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
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