jks

jks is the in-game name of Justin Savage, a 30-year-old professional Counter-Strike 2 player from Australia (Asia-Pacific). jks competes as a rifler for FlyQuest, the Australia player's current professional home.

FlyQuest qualified for IEM Cologne Major 2026 as a stage 1 invite, seeded through the Valve Regional Standings published in April 2026. On the active roster, INS handles in-game leadership. The coaching staff comprises AZR, JTR.

At the Major, jks will compete alongside INS, Vexite, nettik, story on the FlyQuest roster. Each player on the lineup has a dedicated profile linked further down this page.

IEM Cologne Major 2026 is the fifth Counter-Strike 2 Major Championship, organised by ESL with Valve sponsorship. The tournament runs from June 2 through June 21, 2026, with the playoff stage held at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany — one of Europe's largest indoor venues and a long-standing home of competitive Counter-Strike. Thirty-two teams compete for a $1,250,000 USD prize pool, distributed across an Opening Stage (32 teams, Swiss system), an Elimination Stage (16 teams, Swiss system), and the Playoffs (8 teams, single-elimination with every match a best-of-three). Stage 3 of the event uses no best-of-one matches, a format refinement introduced for this Major.

As a CS2 Major, Cologne 2026 offers more than the prize money: it determines invitations to the next Major cycle, reshuffles the Valve Regional Standings that decide future seedings, and is the most-watched competitive Counter-Strike event of the year. For Australia fans, watching jks at this stage is the highest-profile international platform for Australia's Counter-Strike scene in 2026.

For full match history, head-to-head statistics, multi-event ratings, and HLTV world-ranking trends across jks's career, see the player's HLTV profile. For FlyQuest's seeding at the Major, the full active roster, qualification path, and the team's history, see the FlyQuest team page. For ongoing tournament news, format updates, and roster moves leading into Cologne, see our news index.