Grubby

Grubby at MLG 2012 Summer Championship

Player Information

Name:

Manuel Schenkhuizen

Nationality:

Netherlands

Born:

May 11, 1986 (age 38)

Status:

Retired

Race:

Orc

Alternate IDs:

Psyche
IQ55
IQ007
FollowGrubby
FORTRAN77
ALANFORD
VonDarbbQ_Q
jjs9x143.7-vl.1
apm70maphacks
MSchenkhuizen
LoveInABottle
AbuSeYouDNA
Myrren
Apple
eSo.nl]Grubby
瓜哥
greenfarmer

Nickname(s):

King of Orcs

Approx. Total Winnings:

$314,393

Links

Achievements

History

2003-XX-XX – 2003-XX-XX

eSo

2003-08-10 – 2008-01-22

4Kings

2008-02-23 – 2009-01-29

Meet Your Makers

2009-02-18 – 2009-04-17

Meet Your Makers

2009-04-17 – 2011-03-31

Evil Geniuses

Content creator:

2023-12-01 - present

GG Talent Group

Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen (Dutch: [ˈmaːnyˌʋɛl ˈsxɛŋkˌɦœy̯zə(n)]) (born May 11, 1986) is an ex-professional Dutch Orc player.

Biography[edit]

Grubby is a Dutch professional PC gamer. He has been competing in esports in the real-time strategy games Warcraft III and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne as well as Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm. As an Orc player in Warcraft, Schenkhuizen has won more than 38 LAN tournaments, of which 6 are World Championships, which has led to him being known as the King of Orcs even after his transition to StarCraft II.^[1] 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, one of the hotbeds of Warcraft. He's sometimes characterized as being not one of the fastest players, but one that compensates with smart and effective play styles.

Grubby's first experience playing computer games was at around age three or four giving him an early start in gaming. Grubby's first experience with an RTS game was with Populous 2, released in 1991, where you play a god guiding your subjects. He continued to play many games such as StarCraft I, including Brood War, before moving to the Warcraft III competitive scene. His first competition was in 2003 at age 17, at a LAN party of around 1000 people. The Warcraft III competition consisted entirely of Dutch players except the Danish player playing for Grubby's future team, MYM, Bjarke. Grubby made it to the finals to meet MYM]Bjarke and compete for the €200 prize. Grubby ended up winning the competition and taking the prize before becoming a progamer at age 18.

His Warcraft career included a famous rivalry with Moon, and within that, two of his most famous victories. First was a 3-1 upset of Moon at the World E-Sports Games in Hangzhou in 2006 that was Moon's first defeat in 29 matches in the Night Elf vs. Orc matchup and led to Chinese fans rushing the stage to congratulate him.^[2] Then came his second WCG championship in 2008 in Cologne, where he bested Moon in three games.^[3]

Grubby met his wife, Cassandra Ng Schenkhuizen, at WCG 2005, where he played WC3 and finished third.^[4] At BlizzCon 2009, he proposed to her on-stage after the award ceremony, and they subsequently married in May 2010. Cassandra currently works as Grubby's manager and supports him in his career.

Trivia[edit]

His name comes from when he played Dungeons and Dragons with his older brothers. Originally "Grubtor Steelheart", he was given the nickname "Grubby" when playing with others over the internet, later he kept the nickname replacing his original. At the time he wasn't aware of the English meaning of the word and claims to be unsure as to whether he would have kept it had he known at the time.^[5]
The winner of the Best of Benelux 2003 tournament in Warcraft III^[6]
He played Protoss in StarCraft II.
He is a Heroes of the Storm caster.
Has ranked in the top 10 Warcraft III players in terms of winnings each year since 2004.^[7]
Featured in the film "Beyond the Game", which covered his Warcraft rivalry with Sky.^[8]
Originally from Nieuwegein, Netherlands.
Of Indonesian descent.
Favorite in-game color: Green.
Received the Lifetime Achievement in Esports by Esports Awards in December 2023^[9]

Weekly Cups[edit]

Series	1st	2nd	Earnings (USD)
Zotac Cup	18	5	2,557.85
InGame Warcraft Cup	8	-	2,061.99
WC3 Masters	6	-	1,200
Go4WC3 Cup	4	-	714.28
Excello European Cup	1	-	390.37

Achievements[edit]

Earnings Breakdown[edit]

Gallery[edit]

MLG Raleigh
MLG
MLG 2012
MLG 2012
MLG Spring Championship 2012
IEM

Hardware[edit]

Hardware

Mouse		Mousepad
	ET T7		Razer Rakoon Control

Monitor		Refresh rate
	Samsung Odyssey G7 QLED 32"	240 Hz

Keyboard		Headset
	Das Keyboard (Blue switches)		Sennheiser HD 599 SE

Last updated on 2023-10-18 (335 days ago).

External links[edit]

Interviews[edit]

References[edit]

↑ WCG '04, ESWC '05, BlizzCon '05, WSVG '06, WCG '08 and WEM '09
↑ WEG 2006 - Warcraft 3 - Grubby Vs. Moon - Game 4 (VOD)
↑ WCG 2008 - Warcraft 3 Final - Grubby Vs. Moon - Game 3 (Official German VOD)
↑ "WCG 2005 medalists in Warcraft 3"
↑ Grubby speaks about his nickname
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20041103220552/http://www.bestofbenelux.nl/bob/uitslagen2001-2003/
↑ Grubby's Esport Index Warcraft III SK-Gaming.com.
↑ Beyond the Game http://weblogs.hollanddoc.nl/beyondthegame
↑ Lifetime Achievement

[1] WCG '04, ESWC '05, BlizzCon '05, WSVG '06, WCG '08 and WEM '09

[2] WEG 2006 - Warcraft 3 - Grubby Vs. Moon - Game 4 (VOD)

[3] WCG 2008 - Warcraft 3 Final - Grubby Vs. Moon - Game 3 (Official German VOD)

[4] "WCG 2005 medalists in Warcraft 3"

[5] Grubby speaks about his nickname

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20041103220552/http://www.bestofbenelux.nl/bob/uitslagen2001-2003/

[7] Grubby's Esport Index Warcraft III SK-Gaming.com.

[8] Beyond the Game http://weblogs.hollanddoc.nl/beyondthegame

[9] Lifetime Achievement

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Date	Place	Tier		Result		Prize
2009-12-19	1st	Tier 1	World e-Sports Masters 2009	2 : 1	Moon	$14,000
2009-08-23	2nd	Tier 1	BlizzCon 2009	1 : 2	Lyn	$10,000
2009-07-26	1st	Tier 1	World e-Sports Games: e-Stars 2009 King of the Game	3 : 0	Lyn	$5,623.14
2008-11-16	1st	Tier 1	Intel Extreme Masters - Season III - Global Challenge: Seoul	2 : 1	Lyn	$5,000
2008-11-09	1st	Tier 1	World Cyber Games - 2008	2 : 1	Moon	$19,000
2006-12-10	1st	Tier 1	World Series of Video Games 2006	2 : 0	Sweet	$20,000
2005-10-29	1st	Tier 1	BlizzCon 2005	2 : 0	Zacard	$10,000
2005-07-10	1st	Tier 1	Electronic Sports World Cup - 2005	2 : 0	Deadman	$13,000
2004-10-10	1st	Tier 1	World Cyber Games - 2004	2 : 1	Zacard	$25,000
2004-01-10	1st	Tier 1	Cyber X Games - 2004	2 : 1	Wizard	$10,000
Extended list of results

Date	Tier			Prize
2008
2008-03-29	Tier 2	PPLive Ultimate Race War 2008	TBD	$300
2008-03-09	Tier 1	Intel Extreme Masters - Season II - World Championship	TBD	$625
2008-03-09	Tier 1	Intel Extreme Masters - Season II - World Championship	TBD	$625
2008-03-09	Tier 1	Intel Extreme Masters - Season II - World Championship	TBD	$2,000
2007
2007-03-21	Tier 1	Intel Extreme Masters - Season I - World Championship	TBD	$334.98
2007-03-21	Tier 1	Intel Extreme Masters - Season I - World Championship	TBD	$535.96
2006
2006-06-09	Tier 3	Everglide Ultimate Race War	TBD	$100