Biography

Jere “Sergej” Salo March 2002 Anjalankoskilähde Is a Finnish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Video game site HLTV named Salo the 13th best Counter-Strike player in the world in 2019

Salo played in the Finnish ENCE eSports in 2018–2020. Salo’s role on the team was a rifler. Salo was among the ranks of ENCE, among other things, winning the 2018 StarSeries i-League CS: GO tournament, which rewarded the winning team with $ 125,000. Salo also finished second with ENCE in the Intel Extreme Masters – Season XIII – Katowice Major 2019 tournament, which won $ 500,000 for the winning team and $ 150,000 for the runner-up.

In 2019, Salo’s taxable earned income was EUR 122,856.

Salo moved aside from ENCE’s playing line-up in November 2020. The reason was that the club announced Salo’s motivation problems and the start of conscription.

CS:GO

CS:GO Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO for short) is a computer game from the genre of online tactical shooters. It was developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment and is the fourth part of the Counter-Strike series. The game was released on August 21, 2012 for Windows, Linux, macOS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A release for the PlayStation 3 in Europe failed to materialize for unknown reasons. Global Offensive achieved a Metascore of 83 points. Since September 14, 2017, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has also been available in China via the Perfect World client. In December 2018, the game was switched to a free-to-play model, which drew criticism.