Manuel Schenkhuizen

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Manuel Schenkhuizen, who also goes by the pseudonym Grubby, is a Dutch professional player of the real-time strategy game Warcraft III; he is currently signed to the top electronic sports team in the United Kingdom: Four Kings. He has won many of the major annual tournaments and has been amongst the best in the world since 2004. As of 2006 he is widely considered the best Warcraft III player in the world. He has been rated the #1 top Warcraft III player in the World by SK Gaming and WCReplays.com since February 2006, going up from the second place he received when the ranking was first conceived 3 months earlier. Grubby mostly plays solo, but when playing 2v2 he often plays with his teammate Yoan "ToD" Merlo.

He is most famous for his use of Orc. Manuel is one of the few western players to compete in the televised South Korean leagues. Schenkhuizen's biggest strengths are considered to be his great macro management skills and quick thinking.

[edit] Notable Accomplishments

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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 Euro Cyber Games (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 Euro Cyber Games (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)(USA)

Team competitions

2006 3^rd NGL One (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 2^nd Warcraft 3 Champions League IX (Germany) (as a member of team 4K)
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 * 2005 1st Warcraft 3 Champions League V (Germany)(as a member of team 4K)
2003 3^rd World Cyber Games Nations (prize: $4 000)(South-Korea)(with Arvid "Myth" Fekken)

Awards

eSports Player of the Year 2006
eSports WC3 Player of the Year 2006
eSports WC3 Player of the Year 2005
WC3L Season VII MVP
WC3L Season VIII MVP
WC3L Season IX MVP

Other

Several Warcraft III Masters tournaments
1st in 8 inCups and 2 inCup finals (prize: $2 600)
In the web Mockumentary Pure Pwnage the Main Character Jeremey receives a phone call from "Grubby", an obvious referance to Manuel. Jeremy notes on his inabillity to beat Gosu Night elf players.