Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (born May 11, 1986, Nieuwegein), is a Dutch professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III (his primary race is "Orc"). Schenkhuizen is primarily known as a solo competitor, but is also known for being one of the best 2 vs 2 team players in the world. In the past, he has formed strong teams with Arvid Fekken, Yoan Merlo and Olav Undheim. Recently after the disbanding of the team MeetYourMakers, Grubby and his team mate Jang Jae Ho parted ways. He has since then joined the clan EvilGeniuses with his fiance Cassandra "PpG" Ng. His major tournament victories include the World Cyber Games in 2004^[1][2], the Electronic Sports World Cup in 2005^[3], the World Series of Video Games in 2006 and the World Cyber Games again in 2008.

His accomplishments in the two World Cyber Games victories have led him to be included in the tournament's hall of fame^[4]. In 2006 he was recognized as the eSports Player of the Year. His total prize money earnings exceed $2,000,000 USD. Additional incomes over the years have come from various sources such as a salary received from his team and offering Warcraft 3 lessons.

Manuel is the protagonist in the documentary film Beyond the Game ^[5].

Contents 1 Notable accomplishments 1.1 Team competitions 1.2 Awards 2 Personal Life 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Notable accomplishments

1. Top 16, WCG 2003
2. MVP WC3L Season V
3. 1st place, WCG 2004
4. 1st place, SEC 2005
5. 1st place, Revelcell Masters
6. 1st place, Netherlands ACON 5 Qualifier
7. 1st place, WC3L Season VII (with 4Kings)
8. MVP WC3L Season VII
9. 2nd place, Netherlands ESWC Qualifier 2005
10. 1st place, ESWC 2005
11. 1st place, CPL Istanbul
12. 1st place, Blizzcon 2005
13. 3rd place, WCG 2005
14. 2nd place, BWI
15. 1st place, Samsung ECG
16. 1st place, V-Sport All Stars
17. 1st place, WEF 2006
18. 2nd place, Clanbase Eurocup XII
19. 2nd place, WEG Masters 2006
20. 1st place, WSVG London
21. 3rd place, KODE5
22. 1st place, WSVG Finals New York 2006
23. 3rd Battle.net Season IV Finals 2007
24. 2nd MBCGame World War Season I 2007
25. 5nd-8th Extreme Masters 2007
26. 3rd Samsung European Championship 2007
27. 1st place, Eurocup XV
28. 4th World Series of Video Games, Wuhan 2007
29. 3rd Battle.net Season V European qualifier 2007
30. 3rd Electronic Sports World Cup 2007
31. 5th ProGamer League I 2007
32. 3rd MBCGame World War Grand Prix 2007
33. 1st Extreme Masters Winter 2007
34. 4th Samsung Euro Championship 2008
35. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #17
36. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #18
37. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #19
38. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #21
39. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #22
40. 2nd place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #23
41. 3rd Extreme Masters Season 2 2008
42. 2nd place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #27
43. 1st place, Race War Season III
44. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #36
45. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #40
46. 5th-8th KODE5 Finals 2008
47. Top 8, ESWC Masters of Paris
48. 1st place, ESL Benelux Finals 2008
49. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #51
50. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #52
51. 1st place, Dutch 2008 WCG Finals
52. 2nd place, NWL Season 1
53. 3rd place, World e-Sports Masters
54. 1st place, WCG 2008
55. 1st place, ESL Continental Final Asia
56. 2nd place, Extreme Masters 3 Continental Finals Asia
57. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #80
58. 1st place, ZOTAC WarCraft III Cup #88
59. 1st place, Norton Anti-Virus GOMTV World Invitational
60. 1st place, E-Stars Seoul 2009 King of the Game
61. 2nd place, BlizzCon 2009(Battle.net Season 7 Final)

[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

• (eSports Award) eSports WC3 Player of the Year 2009
• (Gosugamers) Gosu Gamer of the Year 2008
• (eSports Award) Western Europe eSports Player of the Year 2008
• (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)

[edit] Personal Life

Grubby is currently engaged to his long term girlfriend Cassandra Ng after proposing to her at Blizzcon 2009.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Player profile on SK Gaming
• Interview on WCReplays
• /QRY Grubby - A Videoportait on ESL TV

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