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Also known as Eefje Depoortere

Eefje Depoortere (; born 16 June 1987), known professionally as Sjokz ( "shocks", ), is a Belgian television presenter, reporter, and esports player who has hosted the League of Legends European Championship. She has also hosted multiple League of Legends World Championships.

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Sjokz
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Sjokz at the 2015 League of Legends World Championship
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Eefje Depoortere
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Bruges, Belgium
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Ghent University
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Television presenter, reporter, and esports player
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Riot Games Electronic Sports League
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1.73 m
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League of Legends European Championship

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Eefje " Sjokz " Depoortere started as an interviewer for SK Gaming and CyberSportsNetwork. She hosted a weekly League of Legends news recap show called Summoners Recap. She got into gaming approximately 11 years ago, playing iCTF in Unreal Tournament '99. She competed in several LANs and even won the Eurocup with the Belgian national team a couple of times. Found her way into the League of Legends scene through an SK/ESFI World ad looking for a "League of Legends editor." Worked as a part of The Summoners Recap, one of the first shows associated with League of Legends. Sjokz is the Host for the European League Championship Series in Cologne, Germany. When the move to Berlin was announced, Sjokz left ESL and signed on with Riot in order to continue hosting the EU LCS.[[1]]( Frequent participant in the Whose League Is It Anyway series. Her first love was the FPS genre. In League, Ashe kind of plays into that need. Snoopeh was one of the first pro player interviews she conducted. Admires Rachel "SeltzerPlease" Quirico for her eSports achievements. She speaks 5 languages - Dutch, French, German, English, and Spanish. Nickname derived from the shockrifle used in the instagib Capture the Flag mode in Unreal Tournament.[[2]]( Initially had a terrible relationship with Quickshot when they first started working together, but they are now friends. She was voted in third place for the " Esports Broadcaster of the Year " prize at the Esports Awards in 2018, losing to Goldenboy and Maven.[[3]]( She won " Best Esports Host " prize at the Game Awards 2019.[[4]]( February 28, [Sjokz: "Frosk y yo pensamos que era un buen formato para hablar[...] Creo que hicimos algo bueno"]( with Danes on Esportmaníacos May 16, Sjokz: "I love the fact that G2 knows their strength comes from their deep champion pool and aggressive playstyle." by Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global Fandom's League of Legends Esports wiki covers tournaments, teams, players, and personalities in League of Legends. Pages that were modified between April 2014 and June 2016 are adapted from information taken from Esportspedia.com. Pages modified between June 2016 and September 2017 are adapted from information taken from EsportsWikis.com. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.

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Eefje Depoortere (; born 16 June 1987), known professionally as Sjokz ( "shocks", ), is a Belgian television presenter, reporter, and esports player who has hosted the League of Legends European Championship. She has also hosted multiple League of Legends World Championships.

== Early life == Depoortere grew up in Belgium as an only child. She completed her Master's degree in history (2009), sports journalism (2010) and a teaching degree (2011) from Ghent University.

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