Manuel Schenkhuizen
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Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (ˈmaˑnyˌwɛl ˈsxɛŋkˌɦœyzə(n); born 11 May 1986, Nieuwegein
), is a Dutch professional PC gamer. He has been competing in eSports in the real-time strategy
game Warcraft III (WC3) and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
. As an Orc player, Schenkhuizen has won more than 38 LAN
tournaments, of which 6 are World Championships. Grubby has been known for being part of one of the most successful WC3 teams in history, namely the British 4Kings. Later teams include the Danish MeetYourMakers and the North-American Evil Geniuses. Grubby enjoys a large fan base throughout the world and especially in China. He's sometimes characterized as being not one of the fastest players, but one that compensates with smart and effective play styles.
Together with the multi-gaming team Four-Kings, Schenkhuizen had been on an undefeated streak for over a year. In the past, he has formed strong 2 versus 2 teams with Arvid "Myth" Fekken, Yoan "ToD" Merlo
and Olav "Creolophus" Undheim. In 2008, 4K discontinued their Warcraft III team and all the players went their own way. After the disbanding of the team MeetYourMakers in January 2009, Grubby and his then team mate Jang Jae Ho parted ways. He has since then joined the clan EvilGeniuses with his wife Cassandra "PpG" Ng. His major tournament victories include the World Cyber Games
in 2004, the Electronic Sports World Cup
in 2005, the World Series of Video Games
in 2006, the World Cyber Games 2008, World e-Sports Masters
in 2009 and e-Stars 2009 – King of the Game, Seoul – South Korea
His accomplishments in the two World Cyber Games victories have led him to be included in the tournament's hall of fame. Schenkhuizen is the only WC3 player to have won both the WCG and the ESWC title. He's also one of the longest playing professional players of Warcraft 3. His total prize money earnings exceed $160,000 USD. Schenkhuizen is the protagonist in the documentary film Beyond the Game
.
In 2011, Schenkhuizen moved from Warcraft III to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. He has an exclusive sponsorship deal with SteelSeries
.
Nieuwegein
Nieuwegein is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital...
), is a Dutch professional PC gamer. He has been competing in eSports in the real-time strategy
Real-time strategy
Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....
game Warcraft III (WC3) and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring Reign of Chaos to play...
. As an Orc player, Schenkhuizen has won more than 38 LAN
Län
Län and lääni refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010....
tournaments, of which 6 are World Championships. Grubby has been known for being part of one of the most successful WC3 teams in history, namely the British 4Kings. Later teams include the Danish MeetYourMakers and the North-American Evil Geniuses. Grubby enjoys a large fan base throughout the world and especially in China. He's sometimes characterized as being not one of the fastest players, but one that compensates with smart and effective play styles.
eSports career
Schenkhuizen has been in three professional teams throughout his career. His stay in Four-Kings (4K) lasted from October 2003 until January 2008. From January 2008 until January 2009 he featured in MeetYourMakers (MYM). Since April 2009 until April 2011, Grubby has been in Evil Geniuses (EG).Together with the multi-gaming team Four-Kings, Schenkhuizen had been on an undefeated streak for over a year. In the past, he has formed strong 2 versus 2 teams with Arvid "Myth" Fekken, Yoan "ToD" Merlo
Yoan Merlo
Yoan "ToD" Merlo is a French professional player of the real-time strategy games Warcraft III, playing as the race Human, and Starcraft II playing as Protoss; he was signed to the top electronic sports team in the United Kingdom: Four Kings, until November 7, 2007 when he decided not to renew his...
and Olav "Creolophus" Undheim. In 2008, 4K discontinued their Warcraft III team and all the players went their own way. After the disbanding of the team MeetYourMakers in January 2009, Grubby and his then team mate Jang Jae Ho parted ways. He has since then joined the clan EvilGeniuses with his wife Cassandra "PpG" Ng. His major tournament victories include the World Cyber Games
World Cyber Games
The World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
in 2004, the Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals...
in 2005, the World Series of Video Games
World Series of Video Games
The World Series of Video Games was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. The total prize purse of the season was US$750,000...
in 2006, the World Cyber Games 2008, World e-Sports Masters
World e-Sports Games
World eSport Games is a competitive, international video game league with elite amateur and pro gamers from around the world battling to be crowned world champions...
in 2009 and e-Stars 2009 – King of the Game, Seoul – South Korea
His accomplishments in the two World Cyber Games victories have led him to be included in the tournament's hall of fame. Schenkhuizen is the only WC3 player to have won both the WCG and the ESWC title. He's also one of the longest playing professional players of Warcraft 3. His total prize money earnings exceed $160,000 USD. Schenkhuizen is the protagonist in the documentary film Beyond the Game
Beyond the Game
Beyond the Game is a 2008 Dutch documentary film about the world of professional video gaming, most notably as related to the game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne featuring world champion players Chinese Xiaofeng Li , Dutch Manuel Schenkhuizen and Swede Fredrik Johansson prominently. It is...
.
In 2011, Schenkhuizen moved from Warcraft III to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. He has an exclusive sponsorship deal with SteelSeries
SteelSeries
SteelSeries is a Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories, including headsets, keyboards, mice, gaming surfaces and software. SteelSeries has historically helped sponsor the growth of competitive gaming and electronic sports through professional team sponsorships and community...
.
Warcraft 3
- 1st Place – Cyber X Games, 2003 (Las Vegas – USA)
- 1st Place – CPL Turkey, 2004 (Istanbul – Turkey)
- 1st Place – World Cyber Games '04, 2004 (San Francisco – USA)
- 1st Place – Samsung Euro Championship '05, 2005 (Hannover – Germany)
- 1st Place – Revelcell Masters, 2005 (Berlin – Germany)
- 1st Place – Electronic Sports World Cup '05, 2005 (Paris – France)
- 1st Place – Digital Life Gaming Tournament, 2005 (New York – USA)
- 1st Place – BlizzCon '05, 2005 (Los Angeles – USA)
- 3rd Place – World Cyber Games '05, 2005 (Singapore – Singapore)
- 2nd Place – Blizzard Worldwide Invitational '06, 2006 (Seoul – South Korea)
- 1st Place – Samsung European Championship '06, 2006 (Hannover – Germany)
- 2nd Place – World e-Sports Games Masters '06, 2006 (Hangzhou – China)
- 1st Place – V-Sports All-Stars, 2006 (New York – USA)
- 1st Place – World E-Sports Festival, 2006 (Qingdao – China)
- 2nd Place – ClanBase EuroCup 12, 2006 (Copenhagen – Denmark)
- 1st Place – WSVG Qualifier, October 2006, (London – UK)
- 1st Place – WSVG Grand Finals, December 2006, (New York – USA)
- 3rd Place – KODE5 2006, September 2006, (Beijing – China)
- 1st Place – Warcraft World War, October 2006, (Seoul – South Korea)
- 2nd Place – SuperFight II, November 2006, (Seoul – South Korea)
- 3rd Place – Battlenet Season 4, January 2007, (Cologne -Germany)
- 1st Place – Warcraft World War, February 2007, (Seoul – South Korea)
- 3rd Place – European Cyber Games, March 2007, (Hannover – Germany)
- 4th Place – World Series of Video Games, May 2007, (Wuhan – China)
- 3rd Place – Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, May 2007, (Los Angeles – USA)
- 1st Place – ESWC Dutch Qualifiers, 20 May 2007, (Enschede – Netherlands)
- 3rd Place – Battlenet Season 5 Europe Finals, 22–23 June 2007, (Hamburg – Germany)
- 3rd Place – ESWC Global Finals, 5–8 July, (Paris- France)
- 2nd Place – Stars War IV, 12–15 July, (Shanghai – China)
- 5th Place – PGL Season 2, 17–26 July 2007, (Beijing – China)
- 3rd Place – W3 Summer Grand Prix, 28–29 July 2007, (Seoul – South Korea)
- 3rd Place – Blizzcon 2007, 3–5 August 2007, (Orange County – California – USA)
- 3rd Place – eStars 2007, 11–12 August 2007 (Shared 3rd/4th), (Seoul – South Korea)
- 1st Place – WCG Dutch Finals, 30 August 2007, (Rotterdam – Netherlands)
- 1st Place – Clanbase EuroCup 2007, 8–9 September 2007, (Enschede – Netherlands)
- 1st Place – KODE5 Dutch Qualifiers, 27–28 October 2007, (Enschede – Netherlands)
- 1st Place – DreamHack Winter, November 2007, (Jönköping – Sweden)
- 2nd Place – Extreme Masters Season II, March 2008, (Hannover – Germany)
- 1st Place – ESWC Netherlands Qualifier 2008, 7 June 2008, (Enschede – Netherlands)
- 3rd Place – Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008, 28–29 June 2008, (Paris – France)
- 1st Place – WCG Netherlands Qualifier 2008, 12 July 2008, (Rotterdam – Netherlands)
- 1st Place – eStars Seoul, 24–27 July 2008, (Seoul – South Korea)
- 1st Place – EPS Benelux, 6 September 2008, (Utrecht – Netherlands)
- 1st Place – WCG Dutch Finals, 27 September 2008, (Amsterdam – Netherlands)
- 3rd Place – World e-Sports Masters 2008, 24–2 Oct–Nov 2008, (Hangzhou – China)
- 1st Place – World Cyber Games 2008, 5–9 November 2008, (Cologne – Germany)
- 1st Place – Extreme Masters III – Korea, 13–20 November 2008, (Seoul – South Korea)
- 2nd Place – Extreme Masters III – China, January 2009, (Chengdu – China)
- 2nd Place – Blizzard Battle.net Season 7 – Europe Regionals, June 2009 (Cologne – Germany)
- 1st Place – e-Stars 2009 – King of the Game, July 2009 (Seoul – South Korea)
- 2nd Place – BlizzCon 2009, August 2009 (Orange County – California – USA)
- 1st Place – World e-Sports Masters 2009, December 2009 (Hangzhou – China)
- 1st Place – Blizzard Season 8 European Regionals (Cologne – Germany)
- 2nd Place – e-Stars 2010 – King of the Game (Seoul – South Korea)
- 2nd Place – WCG 2010, October 2010 (LA – USA)
Starcraft 2
- 3rd Place – Copenhagen Games, 2011 (Copenhagen – Denmark)
- 1st Place - ESWC Benelux, 2011 (Utrecht - Netherlands)
- 1st Place - NK Gaming IeSF Qualifier, 2011 (Netherlands)
- 1st Place - GosuGamer's GosuCup (Online)
- 2nd Place - IESF World Championships, 2011 (Andong, Korea)
- 1st Place - GIGABYTE Cup #5, 2011 (Online)
- 4th Place - ESWC 2011 Grand Finals (Paris, France)
- 1st Place - GSS Pro Invitational #3, 2011 (Online)
- 2nd Place - GIGABYTE Cup #7, 2011 (Online)
- 3rd Place - Cerberus3D Cup, 2011 (Online)
With Team 4Kings
- 1st Place – Clanbase MCL Season 1 (2004)
- 1st Place – ESL WC3L Season 4 (2004)
- 2nd Place – ESL WC3L Season 5 (2004)
- 1st Place – ESL WC3L Season 7 (2005)
- 1st Place – ESL WC3L Season 8 (2005)
- 2nd Place – ESL WC3L Season 9 (2006)
- 1st Place – ESL WC3L Season 10 (2007)
- 2nd Place – ESL WC3L Season 11 (2007)
- 3rd Place – NGL-ONE Season 1 (2006)
- 3rd Place – NGL-ONE Season 2 (2006–2007)
- 3rd Place – NGL-ONE Season 3 (2007)
- 3rd Place – NGL-ONE Season 3 (2007)
With Team MYM
- 1st Place – ESL WC3L Season 13 (2008)
- 3rd Place – ESL WC3L Season 14 (2009)
- 3rd Place – NGL-ONE Season 5 (2008)
- 3rd Place – Road of the King, in Wuhan, China (2008)
With Team West in the eStars Continental Cup
- 1st Place – With SaSe and HoT and CS teams (2008)
- 2nd Place – With LucifroN and Hasuobs and CS teams(2009)
- 1st Place – With Happy and XlorD and CS teams (2010)
Miscellaneous teams
- 2003 3rd Place – World Cyber Games Nations (Seoul – South Korea), with Arvid "Myth" Fekken
- 2006 3rd Place – Trans-Atlantic Showdown (New York – USA), with Yoan "ToD" Merlo
- 2006 3rd Place – Stars War II (Shanghai – China), as a member of team Europe
- 2006 2nd Place – Stars War III (Shanghai – China), as a member of team Europe
- 2007 2nd Place – Stars War IV (Shanghai – China), as a member of team Europe
Weekly €100 tournaments
- 2 Go4wc3 victories
- 5 WC3M victories
- 10 inCup victories
- 15 ZOTAC-Cup victories (as of 2010-08-24)
Bigger tournaments
- 1st Place – WCReplays Almojo $1000 Tournament
- 2nd Place – NGTV League Season 1 Aug – Oct 2008
- 1st Place – AMD Black All Stars October 2008
- 2nd Place – 2on2 Fit4Gaming December 2008
- 1st Place – GOMtv World Invitational (GWI) June 2009
eSports awards
- Best Warcraft 3 Player (2005)
- eSports Team of the Year (2005), with team 4Kings
- eSports Player of the Year (2006)
- Best Warcraft 3 Player (2006)
- Western European eSports Player of the Year (2008)
- eSports WC3 Player of the Year (2009)
GosuGamers awards
- Gosu Gamer of the Year (2006)
- Gosu Gamer of the Year (2008)
- Gosu Gamer of the Year (2009)
ESL's WC3L awards
- Electronic Sports League WarCraft 3 League Season 5 Most Valuable Player
- Electronic Sports League WarCraft 3 League Season 7 Most Valuable Player
- Electronic Sports League WarCraft 3 League Season 8 Most Valuable Player
- Electronic Sports League WarCraft 3 League Season 9 Most Valuable Player