Giacomo Thüs

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Giacomo Thüs
Sock 2012MLGSpringArena2.jpg
Giacomo "Sock" Thüs at the MLG Spring Arena 2 2012
Player information
Full name Giacomo Thüs
Nickname sock
Date of birth 2nd February 1987
country code GermanyGermany
game Starcraft II
preferred game party Protoss
team Team ROCCAT
Former teams nSK, pG, TAMM , DkH, Shuuk, aL, aTn. XMG

Giacomo "Socke" Thüs (born February 2, 1987 in Sonsbeck ) is a German e-athlete . He was a member of Team Germany of the Electronic Sports League . In both Starcraft: Brood War and Starcraft II , he plays the Protoss race. Since June 2015 he has been playing the game Heroes of the Storm for Team ROCCAT .

Career

He started professional e-sports at the age of twelve as part of his first tournament, the PGL in Berlin in 1999, in the game Starcraft: Brood War . He later also represented Germany at the 2002 World Cyber ​​Games in South Korea. Before he became inactive in 2006, he moved to the A-Losers clan and played Warcraft III there . He only became active again in 2010 with the release of Starcraft II , where he has also had some successes to this day, such as B. 1st place at the ESL Pro Series Germany in seasons 17, 18 and 19.

In addition to e-sports, he is doing a teaching degree in English and social sciences in Siegen. In January 2014 he left Team Alternate after three and a half years .

clan

  • GermanyGermany TAMM (August 1999 to August 2001)
  • GermanyGermany Pro-Gaming (August 2001 to 2005)
  • GermanyGermany A-Losers (2005 to 2006)
  • GermanyGermany Team Alternate (May 2010 to January 2014)
  • GermanyGermany XMG (January 2014 to June 2015)
  • GermanyGermany Team ROCCAT (since June 2015)

successes

StarCraft II

year competition space Prize money
2010 MLG Raleigh 3rd place $ 1,000
2010 Alien Invasion Invitational Cup 1st place € 350
2010 ESL Pro Series Germany Season 17 1st place € 3,000
2011 Assembly winter 2011 4th Place € 150 + hardware
2011 Justin.tv Invitational # 2 1st place $ 700
2011 DreamHack Coin Toss Tournament 1st place 10,000 SEK
2011 Gadget Show Live 2nd place £ 1,250
2011 ESL Pro Series Germany Season 18 1st place € 3,000
2011 Black Dragon League 2nd place $ 2,000
2011 Torneo ESL StarCraft II 2nd place $ 2,000
2011 IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne 4th Place $ 1,250
2011 World Cyber ​​Games 2011 German Qualifier 2nd place WCG 2011 qual.
2011 ESL Pro Series Germany Season 19 1st place € 3,500
2012 WCS Germany Finals 1st place $ 6,000
2012 ESL Pro Series Germany: Summer Season 2012 3rd place € 1,000
2013 IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice 3rd place $ 1,700

Heroes of the Storm

year competition space Prize money
2015 Turtle Beach DreamHack All-Stars - Valencia 4th Place $ 1,000
2015 HWC * - July Europe Open 2nd place $ 2,500
2015 HWC * - September Europe Open 1st place $ 12,000
2015 HWC * - Europe Championship 3rd to 4th space $ 12,000
2015 Black Label eSports Masters 2015 1st place € 4,000
2015 Heroes Major League - Europe Season 3 2nd place $ 2,000

* HWC = Heroes of the Storm World Championship

Web links

Commons : Giacomo Thüs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Cyber ​​Games 2002 ( Memento from May 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Interview with Socke on Youtube
  3. ↑ Sock leaves Team Alternate teamliquid.net
  4. ↑ MLG Raleigh on Liquipedia
  5. ↑ Homepage of the ESL Pro Series Season 17
  6. ^ Assembly Winter 2011 ( Memento from February 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Justin.tv Invitational on Liquipedia
  8. ↑ Playoff results ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on Dreamhack  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dh.playdh.com
  9. ↑ Playoff results on Esports Heaven
  10. ↑ Homepage of the ESL Pro Series Season 18
  11. ^ Homepage of the Black Dragon League ( Memento from March 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Ranking of the ESL event
  13. ↑ ESL event page
  14. ↑ WCG German Qualifier 2011 tournament website ( Memento from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ http://www.esl.eu/de/pro-series/winter_2011/sc2/playoffs/rankings/ Homepage of the ESL Pro Series Season 19
  16. ↑ http://www.esl.eu/de/sc2/nationals2012/ ESL event page
  17. ↑ http://www.esl.eu/de/pro-series/summer_2012/sc2/playoffs/rankings/
  18. ↑ IEM Poland 2013 on Liquipedia
  19. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/DreamHack_2015/Valencia
  20. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/2015_Heroes_of_the_Storm_World_Championship/Qualifier/Europe/July_Open
  21. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/2015_Heroes_of_the_Storm_World_Championship/Qualifier/Europe/September_Open
  22. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/2015_Heroes_of_the_Storm_World_Championship/Qualifier/Europe
  23. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/Black_Label_eSports_Masters/2015
  24. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/Heroes_Major_League/Europe/Season_3
personal data
SURNAME Thüs, Giacomo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES sock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German e-athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Sonsbeck