jkaem claimed accountability and apologized to everyone involved in the skin fiasco.
Counter-Strike 2 professional player Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad admitted his fault and vowed to repay the owed skins after a thread on X exposed him. Read about the jkaem incident, and his response, here.
jkaem owes over USD$11,000 in skins
The thread that exposed jkaem was posted by X user @erlsan. According to him, he lent the pro player skins last year during the Paris Major. "After a year of excuses, lies and deceits i have no choice left but to go public with this," he wrote. erlsan claimed that jkaem gambled the skins away.
The skins he lent included a Welcome to the Jungle M4A1-S and a Wild Lotus AK-47. These skins currently cost USD$11,000, says erlsan.
The thread included screenshots of his DMs with the pro player. "I have so many of other chatlogs with him, being ghosted for weeks and months at a time and lied, stalled, etc over and over."
In the screenshot shown dated July 25, 2023, the professional player told erlsan that he re-bought the skins in better condition. The M4A1-S in Factory New and the AK-47 in Minimal Wear. These skins together go for about USD$14,000 in the marketplace, according to erlsan.
After threatening to go public, he paid erlsan USD$1,000. A prominent name in the Counter-Strike skin community, Oliver "zipeL" Behrensdorff was also mentioned.
In January [2025], zipel asked [jkaem] to repay me and I thought he would, but I am done waiting.
He never seemed to care about the stress he caused me, only when his brand was at risk. So I have decided to tweet this even if it means he wont pay me.
zipeL responded to erlsan's post, saying that "the fact that [jkaem] only paid a small amount back after a risk of it going public speaks for itself, seems as if he is tangled up in a lot more than just this."
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jkaem responds: "I was an idiot."
About an hour after erlsan's post, jkaem took to his own X to acknowledge the allegations and claim accountability.
It seems that erlsan was not the only party that he owed money or skins to. On the posts in this thread, he says that he is working with his current org, BC.GAME, to help him fix the damage.
"I want to say sorry to everyone that I have taken advantage of. I am 100% in the wrong here and I have to stand in my own mess," he wrote.
He also confirmed the reason for his misconducts. "The dead honest answer is gambling addiction, I have had that since the day I turned 18. I have searched help multiple times but never succeeded." He then clarified that this is not meant to be an excuse, but rather a display of honesty as he strives to "make it right."
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