JKnaps Rocket League Settings [Esports Spotlight]

Jacon Knapman, better known by his Rocket League nickname JKnaps, is a Canadian-born professional Rocket League player currently living in the United States. Jacob was born on September 30, 1999, and we're going to take a deep dive into this professional player's Rocket League settings.

Camera Settings

Every Rocket Player knows how important camera settings in this soccer game are. People have always tried to find the perfect camera settings to use, but ultimately, it is up to every player to choose their preferences. So, here are JKnaps's camera settings.

Camera Preset	Custom
Camera Shake	No
FOV (Field of View)	109
Height	110
Angle	- 4.0
Distance	280
Stiffness	0.30
Swivel Speed	2.70
Transition Speed	1.30
Ball Camera	Toggle

Control Settings

Many players like to change up their controls and deadzone settings instead of sticking to the Rocket League's default ones, and JKnaps is one of those players. You can find JKnaps's control settings in the table below.

Deadzone Shape	Cross
Deadzone	0.05
Dodge Deadzone	0.45
Aerial Sensitivity	3.50
Steering Sensitivity	3.50
Controller Vibration	Disabled
Vibration Intensity	0.00
Keyboard Input Acceleration Time	0.00
Keyboard Aerial Safety	No
Mouse Sensitivity	10.00

Binds

JKnaps prefers to use a controller when playing. Let's take a look at what binds he uses.

Power Slide	L1
Air Roll	L1
Air Roll Left	N.A.
Air Roll Right	N.A.
Boost	R1
Jump	X
Ball Cam	△
Brake	L2
Throttle	R2

Who is JKnaps in Rocket League Esports

JKnaps is a professional Rocket League player coming from the North American region. He was born in Canada and began his professional Rocket League career as a player in as early as 2015. His first team was Nova, although he never achieved any real international success with his first team, which has since disbanded.

In the following 18 months he changed as many as 10 different teams before landing in G2 Esports in February 2017. JKnaps has been playing for G2 Esports ever since, which at the time of this writing has been 5 and a half years.

Throughout his illustrious career so far, JKnaps has had myriads of major successes. He remains one of the most long-standing and consistent players in the Rocket League community. Unlike some other top level players such as Monkey Moon who have been dominating for the past 2 years or so, JKnaps has been a major presence for more than 5 years, and has been achieving successes since as early as 2017.  He has helped G2 Esports in so many tournaments, and the only way to do it justice is to simply list all the "S Tier" tournaments he managed to win 1st place in.

• RLCS 2021-22 - Winter Split Major (March 2023)
• RLCS Season 9 - North America (March 2020)
• RLCS Season 5 - North America (April 2018)
• ELEAGUE Cup 2017: Rocket League (December 2017)

Bear in mind that this list is comprised only of top tier tournament he won. There are many other successes he's had, such as achieving 2nd place in RLCS 2021-22 - World Championship in August 2023, or the 2nd place in RLCS Season X - Spring: NA Major in May 2023, or winning many NA regionals throughout 2020, 2021 and 2023, though these technically don't count as "S Tier" tournaments. Still, they required beating many other high level teams, such as NRG, SSG, Version 1, Team Envy and many others.

Being born in 1999, JKnaps is definitely considered a veteran by Rocket League community average age standards. Plenty of players decide to retire by that age, or are simply well past their prime Rocket League years. Still, in JKnaps's case, he is definitely far from washed, and he doesn't seem to be showing any sings of aging.

Is JKnaps still on G2 Esports?

Yes, at the time of this writing he is still an active player on the G2 Esports roster, alongside his teammates Chicago and Atomic.

When did JKnaps Join G2 Esports?

JKnaps joined G2 Esports in February, 2017. Interestingly, Rizzo signed up for G2 at the same time. 

How Much Does JKnaps Make?

You may refer to the table below to see JKnaps's official tournament earnings as a professional Rocket League player. Keep in mind that this is of course subject to change, and of course, it only takes into account his tournaments earnings, and not his earnings from partnerships, sponsorships, or videos.

Year	Earnings
2023	$ 211 699
2021	$ 64 933
2020	$ 62 149
2019	$ 68 854
2018	$ 33 282
2017	$37 950
2016	$ 708

To save you the trouble of doing math, his overall tournament earnings tally to just under half a million dollars, and almost half of that was earned in 2023, which isn't even over yet.