Daniel and Dennis Schellhase
The twins Daniel "hero" and Dennis "styla" Schellhase (born August 13, 1983 in Gelsenkirchen ) are two former German e-athletes in the computer soccer simulation FIFA , which are collectively also called FIFA twins .
Career start
The FIFA Twins are the most successful FIFA players in the world. Your career began in November 2002 with the release of FIFA 2003. In the first year you were able to celebrate a triple success at the World Cyber Games 2003 in Seoul . They met in the final and thus had gold and silver for sure. In addition, this success was crowned with gold in 2on2 mode, where they beat the Netherlands 5-2 in the final. With two gold and one silver medals, they made a significant contribution to the success of the German e-sports national team at the World Cyber Games 2003. At that time, Germany was the first non-Korean nation to top the medal table and win the national ranking.
| Clan history |
|---|
| Late 2002 - mid 2003 |
| Mid 2003 - late 2004 |
| Late 2004 - late 2010 |
Clan membership
At the beginning of 2002 Daniel started with the “Heinerfest” team, while Dennis started with the “a-Losers”. A few months later Daniel followed his brother to the "a-Losers". Before taking part in the Grand Final of the World Cyber Games, they were contracted to the works team "Team Fujitsu Siemens Computers", which was then managed by pro-gaming. At the end of 2004 they switched to SK Gaming , where they were under contract until the end of their career.
Media interest and advertising campaigns
Due to the success at the World Cyber Games 2003 and on, a lot of interest arose in the media. Reports followed in various newspapers / magazines (e.g. Stern, Spiegel, Focus, Kicker, Süddeutsche Zeitung, die Welt), radio (including EinsLive, WDR2, RauteMusik , Radio Sputnik, Radio Energy) as well as reports and appearances on TV ( among others TV total , star TV , Adventure life, today evening news , market, new,).
The media presence led to them becoming part of several (advertising) campaigns:
- 2004 - Fujitsu Siemens Computers: Germany PC
- 2005 - Intel: Notebook Gaming
- 2007 - adidas: "Beat the World Champion" - Store Tour
- 2007 - Techniker Krankenkasse: Fit 4 Games
- 2007 - Hand in Hand for Children eV
- 2008 - Steel Series: Siberia Neckband Headset
- 2008 - Fifa Interactive World Cup: Store Tour "Fifa Twins and Oliver Pocher are looking for the best player on the PS3"
- 2009 - Acer: PC Aspire SK-Gaming Edition
- 2009/2010 - Vivalamopped.com: VIP learner drivers such as Monica Ivancan, Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, Vanessa Petruo, Curse, and many others film their successes in obtaining a motorcycle license via a video blog. In 2010 you blog under the motto: FIFA Twins Ruhrkultour.2010
- 2010 - Acer: PC Aspire Predator
Greatest successes
The FIFA Twins were able to achieve almost every title that could be won in the PC section of the FIFA series. In the course of their careers they have won several titles such as world, European and German champions:
Daniel Bell Hare
- 3-time world champion at the World Cyber Games
- 2-time runner-up in the World Cyber Games
- 11 times German champion in the ESL Pro Series. 9 × in a team, 2 × individually
- 4 times European champion with the national team in the European Nations Championship
Dennis Bellhare
- 3-time world champion at the World Cyber Games
- 2-time European champion in the European offshoot of the World Cyber Games (Samsung Euro Championship, formerly Euro Cyber Games)
- 12 times German champion in the ESL Pro Series. 9 × in a team, 3 × individually
- 4 times European champion with the national team in the European Nations Championship
Awards
In 2007, the FIFA Twins were honored with the Lara Award in the “Hall of Game” category: “With the LARA - HALL OF GAME, the jury honors personalities and institutions who have left their mark on the history of computer and video games. This special prize is awarded for special achievements, works or creative ideas. This also includes measures that have promoted the growth, image and importance of this branch of entertainment in the world. "
Daniel (2007) and Dennis (2005) Schellhase were inducted into the Hall of Fame of the World Cyber Games as "WCG Legends" .
Daniel and Dennis Schellhase were inducted into the SK-Gaming “Hall of Fame”.
Daniel (2007, 2008) and Dennis (2004, 2006) Schellhase were both nominated twice for the E-Sports Award for International Player of the year .
Daniel was named Most Valuable Player of the ESL Pro Series twice in Seasons 8 and 10.
Statistics and facts worth knowing
The following statistics are based on the successes of the FIFA Twins:
- The FIFA Twins have participated in a total of 53 major offline events over the course of their eight-year career. They won 28 individually and 14 in a team. With a total of 42 tournament successes, they had a tournament win rate of 79%.
- The FIFA Twins won 15 out of 19 team competitions, bringing the rate to 79%. The tournament win rate in the pure individual competitions is exactly 80% (28/35).
- Dennis won 14 of 30 major offline events in his single player career. This gave him a tournament win rate of 47%. Daniel won 14 out of 31 major offline events in his single player career. He had a tournament win rate of 45%.
- The FIFA Twins won all the individual championships played in their career in the top German division of the ESL (ESL Pro Series 1on1).
- When the FIFA Twins played for the national team, they won every European Championship title (European Nations Championship) without exception.
- With SK Gaming they were able to win the ESL Pro Series in team competition 6 times in a row. If you ignore the 1-year withdrawal from the team competition in 2009, then they even managed 8 wins in a row.
- Every time Daniel qualified for the World Championship (WCG Grand Final), he also reached the final.
- If Dennis failed in a World Championship qualification (WCG National Final), then only in the game for third qualification place. This means that 4th place is his worst placement in eight WCG National Finals.
- Daniel is cross-disciplinary with 3 × gold and 2 × silver the most successful player in the history of the World Cyber Games. Dennis follows in second place with 3 × gold (status: 12/2010).
- As manager of the FIFA team at SK Gaming (2006–2010) and the German FIFA national team (2009–2010), Dennis won all of them in 10 major team competitions. If Dennis was the team manager, the FIFA Twins had a tournament win rate of 100% in the team competitions (8 × ESL Pro Series 5on5, 2 × European Nations Championship). Without Dennis as team manager, however, the FIFA Twins only won 3 out of 7 major team competitions. This results in "only" a tournament win rate of 43%
- The FIFA Twins became world champions as players and coaches (2009 by Joshua Begehr ).
- Daniel is a fan of 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Work after the end of your career
After retiring at the end of 2010, Dennis Schellhase worked for the NAS manufacturer Synology as head of product management . Brother Daniel also works in product management for Konica Minolta .
swell
- Techniker Krankenkasse - Fit4Games. Retrieved March 17, 2010 .
- Interview with the "FIFA Twins" (1/2). Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- Interview with the "FIFA Twins" (2/2). Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
Web links
- Daniel Schellhase in the Electronic Sports League
- Dennis Schellhase in the Electronic Sports League
- Daniel Schellhase at SK Gaming
- Dennis Schellhase at SK Gaming
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c SK-Gaming-styla. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 15, 2016 ; accessed on July 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c SK gaming hero. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 14, 2016 ; accessed on July 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ hero and styla end their careers ( Memento from January 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ WCG 2003 - the German sensation! ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Commercial for Steel Series. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ FIWC 2008 at Spox.com. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Vivalamopped ( Memento from November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ganz-münchen.de on the lara award. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ openpr.de Together for a good cause. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ wcg.com: WCG Hall of Fame ( Memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ SK Gaming Hall of Fame. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 12, 2012 ; accessed on July 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SKs FIFA Twins Hero and styla retire. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ The Fifa twins are already world champions. Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
- ↑ FIFA legend Schellhase: "The level has dropped significantly!" Retrieved July 15, 2016 .
