Manuel Schenkhuizen

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Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (May 11, 1986–), is a Dutch professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III (his primary race is "Orc"); he is currently signed to the electronic sports team MeetYourMakers (MYM). He was rated the #1 top Warcraft III player in the World by SK Gaming and WCReplays.com on February 2006, going up from the second place first spot held by Grubby's rival Jang "Moon" Jae Ho.

Grubby is primarily a solo competitor, but is well known for being one of the best 2v2 team players in the world. In the past, he has formed strong teams with former 4Kings members such as Myth, Yoan "ToD" Merlo, and Olav "Creolophus" Undheim, achieving great success in clanwars and team competitions such as WC3L. Currently Grubby Is playing 2vs2 with Jang "Moon" Jaeho and have 100% winning rate to date.

Showing consistent strong tournament finishes since 2004, together with Moon he is the only player in WarCraft 3 history to have at least one major tournament every year since 2004. To be more precise: he won the World Cyber Games in 2004, the Electronic Sports World Cup in 2005 and the World Series of Video Games in 2006.

His total prize money earnings exceed $160,000 USD. Additional incomes over the years have come from various sources such as a salary received from professional gaming team Meet Your Makers and offering Warcraft 3 lessons.

In the web Mockumentary, Pure Pwnage, the main character Jeremy receives a phone call from "Grubby", a reference to Manuel. Jeremy notes on his inability to beat "Gosu Night elf players".

As of January 22, 2008 Grubby's previous clan 4Kings has disbanded, and on this date Grubby was called to another team. The team MYM which contains Moon and Lucifer and other top players now acquired yet another powerhouse, making the team seemingly indestructible.

Contents 1 Notable accomplishments 1.1 1on1 1.2 Team competitions 1.3 Awards

[edit] Notable accomplishments

[edit] 1on1

• 2007 1^st Extreme Masters Winter (prize: $3 000) (Korea)
• 2007 3^rd MBCGame World War Grand Prix (prize: $4 380) (Korea)
• 2007 5^th ProGamer League I (China)
• 2007 3^rd Electronic Sports World Cup (prize: $3 000) (France)
• 2007 3^rd Battle.net Season V European qualifier (prize: $500) (Germany)
• 2007 4^th World Series of Video Games, Wuhan (prize: $1 000) (China)
• 2007 3^rd Samsung European Championship (prize: $1 000) (Germany)
• 2007 5^nd-8^th Extreme Masters (prize: $1 800) Germany)
• 2007 2^nd MBCGame World War Season I (prize: $8 000) (South-Korea)
• 2007 3^rd Battle.net Season IV Finals (prize: $2 000) (Germany)
• 2006 1^st World Series of Video Games Finals (prize: $20 000) (USA)
• 2006 2^nd Superfight#2 Match 1 (prize: $1 500) (South-Korea)
• 2006 1^st MBCGame Warcraft 3 World War #1 (prize: $5 000) (South-Korea)
• 2006 5^th-8^th World Cyber Games (prize :$1 250) (Italy)
• 2006 1^st World Series of Video Games, London (prize: $5 000) (United Kingdom)
• 2006 3^rd KODE5 Global Finals (prize: $1 000) (China)
• 2006 2^nd ClanBase EuroCup XII (prize: $1 000) (Denmark)
• 2006 1^st World E-Sports Festival (prize: $6 000 + PC package) (China)
• 2006 5^th-8^th Electronic Sports World Cup (prize: $2 000) (France)
• 2006 1^st V-Sports All-Stars (prize: CPU + Graphic Card (7900GTX))(USA)
• 2006 2^nd World e-Sports Games Masters 2006 (prize: $7 000) (China)
• 2006 1^st Samsung European Championship (prize: $5 120) (Germany)
• 2006 2^nd Blizzard Worldwide Invitiational (prize: $10 000) (South-Korea)
• 2005 3^rd World Cyber Games (prize: $7 500) (Singapore)
• 2005 1^st BlizzCon (prize: $10 000) (USA)
• 2005 1^st Revellcell Masters (prize: $2 000) (Germany)
• 2005 1^st Digital Life Gaming Tournament (prize: $10 000) (USA)
• 2005 1^st Cyberathlete Professional League: Istanbul (prize: $1 600) (Turkey)
• 2005 1^st Electronic Sports World Cup (prize: $13 000) (France)
• 2005 1^st Samsung European Championship (prize: $12 800) (Germany)
• 2004 1^st World Cyber Games (prize: $25 000) (USA)
• 2004 1^st The Cyber X Games tournament (prize: $10 000, never paid) (USA)

[edit] Team competitions

• 2007 2^nd Stars War IV (China)
• 2007 2^nd Warcraft 3 Champions League XI (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2007 3^rd NGL One 2006-2007 (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2007 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League X (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2006 3^rd NGL One 2006 (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2006 2^nd Stars War III (China) (as a member of team Europe)
• 2006 2^nd Warcraft 3 Champions League IX (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2006 3^rd Trans-Atlantic Showdown (prize: $2 250) (USA) (with Yoan "ToD" Merlo)
• 2006 3^rd Stars War II (China) (as a member of team Europe)
• 2005 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League VIII (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2005 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League VII (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2004 2^nd Warcraft 3 Champions League V (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2004 1^st Warcraft 3 Champions League IV (France) (as a member of team 4K)
• 2003 3^rd World Cyber Games Nations (prize: $4 000) (South-Korea) (with Arvid "Myth" Fekken)

[edit] Awards

• (Gosugamers) Gosu Gamer of the Year 2006
• (eSports Award) eSports Player of the Year 2006
• (eSports Award) eSports WC3 Player of the Year 2006
• (eSports Award) eSports WC3 Player of the Year 2005
• (Electronic Sports League) WC3L Season X MVP
• (Electronic Sports League) WC3L Season IX MVP
• (Electronic Sports League) WC3L Season VIII MVP
• (Electronic Sports League) WC3L Season VII MVP

Other

• 1st in 8 inCups and 2 inCup finals (prize: $2 600)

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