Manuel Schenkhuizen

Hi everyone! I am Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen and I've been a professional gamer since 2003. Started with Warcraft III, and in January 2011 I switched to StarCraft II.

What does it mean to be a pro-gamer? It means making a living with playing (video) games. The very act of training is "work" - this practice is put to use in competitions and tournaments all over the world! Take a look at the places I've been just for pro-gaming tournaments: Russia, America, Italy, Korea, China, Sweden, France, Spain, Greece...

It's a fulfilling life, but fraught with difficulties! I'm on a pioneering kind of job - no one knows how pro-gaming will develop in even the near future. It's an exciting job, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

It is the enthusiasm and viewership of many gamers all over the world that makes this particular "entertainment industry" possible! Catering to these viewers, sponsors are putting in a lot of money to sustain this industry - an industry we call "eSports", which is short for electronic sports.

International accolades:
Gold: 41
Silver: 19
Bronze: 23

Among which the following international championships:
1st place Cyber X Games 2003, Las Vegas
1st place World Cyber Games 2004, San Francisco
1st place Electronic Sports World Cup 2005, Paris
1st place World Series of Video Games 2006, New York
1st place World eSports Festival 2006, Qingdao
1st place World Cyber Games 2008, Cologne
1st place World eSports Masters 2009, Hangzhou

Read more about me on my homepage: http://followgrubby.com/

You can watch my games at my stream: http://www.twitch.tv/followgrubby

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