Sjokz

Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere

Born (1987-06-16) 16 June 1987
Nationality Belgium
Other names Sjokz
Alma mater Ghent University
Occupation Television presenter
Employer Riot Games
Electronic Sports League
Home town Sint-Andries, Bruges, Belgium
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Television League of Legends Championship Series Europe

Eefje Depoortere (born 16 June 1987 in Bruges, Belgium), also known as Sjokz is a Belgian television presenter, reporter, esports player, and beauty pageant contestant who is currently the host of the European League of Legends Championship Series.

She was a competitive Unreal Tournament '99 player and competed in several LANs and won several ClanBase EuroCups with the Belgian national team.[1] The name "Sjokz" is a phonetic spelling of "shocks" in Dutch, and derives from her use of the Shock Rifle in Unreal Tournament. [2][3]

Sjokz began working as a freelance journalist producing eSports-related content for SK Gaming and ESFi World. She completed her Master's degree in history and journalism and a teaching degree from Ghent University.[4][5][6] She was crowned as the winner of the 2009 Aardbeienprinses van Beervelde pageant.[7] Depoortere was the third-place finalist in the 2011 Miss Style Belgium pageant.[8][9][10][11]

It was largely thanks to eSports journalist Travis "Tnomad" Gafford's YouTube show Whose League is it Anyway? that Sjokz became known in the community.[12] Due to her popularity on WLIA she was later hired to be the host of the European League of Legends Championship Series.[1][13][14] She has often thanked Gafford for helping her establish herself in eSports.[1][13] She is also known for the YouTube show Summoner Recap on the SK Gaming's YouTube channel, which was one of the first League of Legends shows.[15][16] In 2013, she hosted the League of Legends World Finals in Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[17][18][19]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "An interview with Sjokz: "This is what I want to do - nothing else"". Team Dignitas.
  2. ↑ Depoortere, Eefje (1 April 2013). "How to pronounce Eefje "sjokz" Depoortere". YouTube. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Sillis, Ben (15 September 2014). "Sjokz: A day in the life of a Legends star". Red Bull. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eefje 'sjokz' Depoortere: "I'm really comfortable with where I am"". Gosugamers.
  5. ↑ "From Eefje to Sjokz, or how I got into eSports". Electronic Sports League. 10 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Depoortere (6 November 2014). "From Eefje to Sjokz, or how I got into eSports". Electronic Sports League. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Aardbeienprinses van Beervelde 2009". De Standaard. May 11, 2009. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ Lauwerier, Fanny (20 September 2010). "Celine Pot is Miss Style Belgium 2011".
  9. ↑ "Jong, mooi en populairder dan Di rupo en De Wever samen". Het Nieuwsblad. 1 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Tatjana Leurs finaliste Miss Style belgium". Tatjana Leurs. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bekijk hier het resultaat van de prachtige individuele strandshoot met 2e eredame Miss Style Belgium 2011 Eefje Depoortere". 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Eefje Sjokz Depoortere". Eén. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  13. 1 2 "Travis and Sjokz take a walk down memory lane".
  14. ↑ "Tohle jsou nejslavnější moderátorky progamingových turnajů!". Prima COOL. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Gamepedia: sjokz". Gamepedia.
  16. ↑ "Summoner's Recap".
  17. ↑ "Gamepedia: Gamescom 2013". Gamepedia.
  18. ↑ "in2LOL: LoL World Championship casters announced". in2LOL.
  19. ↑ Damiaans, Roel (3 July 2015). "Vlamingen wereldberoemd dankzij populaire eSports". Het Belang van Limburg.


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