K1nG

Thiago Bautista Lapp (born: ), better known online as k1nG (also known as FaZe k1nG), is an Argentine competitive gamer, Twitch streamer and YouTuber. Since age 13, Thiago has become the highest paid Argentinian gamer, earning over 1.1 million dollars from competing. He became a member of FaZe Clan on December 31, 2020, as a selected winner of the FaZe5 recruitment challenge.
On his social medias, Thiago has 1.1 million subscribers on YouTube, 1.8 million followers on Twitch, 560,000 followers on Twitter, and 500,000 followers on TikTok. Thiago's YouTube channel is partially run by his editor tmotty to upload YouTube videos of Thiago's highlights.
==Competitive Fortnite==
Thiago started competing for Fortnite at age 12 in March of 2019, competing in the Scallywag Cup, earning $400 after placing 4th. He would then compete to qualify for the Fortnite World Cup in 2019, at age 13. He would qualify in week 7 after taking second place. Thiago would then qualify with his duo xOwN on the final week, taking first place on that week, the required position to qualify for the Brazilian (South American) region in weeks two, six and ten. Thiago would take part in the Fortnite World Cup finals in both duos and solos. During the duos competition on July 27, 2019, the duo would end up in 39th place, but the two would still earn $50,000. During the solos competition the next day, Thiago was a highlighted player, known for playing aggressively. Following games 2 and 3, he would accumulate the highest amount of eliminations. Thiago would end up in fifth place, earning $900,000 and receive exponential amount of popularity online. He would also become the highest paid gamer in Argentina following the World Cup in 2019. 
Thiago would take part in the Fortnite Championship Series (commonly known as FNCS) on Season X (10), the season of its' introduction. During the finals of FNCS during Season X, Thiago alongside his trio xOwN and ToxiC, would take second place in the Brazilian region, each earning $18,000. 
In 2020, Thiago would compete in the Fortnite Championship Series for Chapter 2, Season 3, as a solo. He would take first place in week 2 of the qualifiers, and second place in the third week of qualifiers. In the finals, Thiago would win the event in the Brazilian region, and earned $20,000. He would then compete in Chapter 2, Season 4 of the Fortnite Championship Series with his squad RustyK and Seeyun. During qualifiers, the trio would place first and the first and second week of qualifiers. In the finals, the trio would place second, each earning $10,000.
In 2021, Thiago would win first place in the Fortnite Championship Series for Chapter 2, Season 6, with his trio Cadu and Seeyun, each earning $25,000. 
In 2022, Thiago would take part in a zero build competition run by Gamers8. Zero Build is a game mode that was added in 2022, eliminating building from the game. Thiago would take part with his duo Seeyun, and would be 10th place, each earning $7,500. The next day, he would take part in the classic build mode, and take 19th, each earning $4,500.
==Joining FaZe Clan==
In September of 2020, FaZe Clan announced their fourth installment of the FaZe5 recruitment challenge, where the gaming community submits their videos to FaZe Clan to potentially join the clan. Shortly after, Thiago would submit his reason as to why he should join the clan, highlighting his best clips from Fortnite. Thiago would end up in the top 100 selected players to potentially join FaZe Clan out of the over 200,000 submissions. After this, two challenges were made for the remaining 100, asking them to make a video not related to their submission in 48 hours, and another challenge is a Day In The Life. Thiago would then make it to top 20, and then would win the FaZe5 recruitment challenge on December 31, 2020, naturally joining FaZe Clan.
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:Argentine YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2018
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