SK Gaming

SK Gaming's world famous "FIFA Twins"

Daniel 'hero' Schellhase are retiring from the world of esports following the completion of this weekend's EPS Season XVII Finals. They leave the game and esports as the most successful FIFA players of all time with a trophy and medal haul the envy of anyone.

Their story began with a bang as the twins met in the final of WCG 2003 and also won the 2on2 gold medal at the same event. From 2003 to 2007 there was only a single WCG, 2004, at which one of the pair did not capture the gold medal. The WCG success story continued even up until 2009 where hero captured his second silver medal. The very same Hero also won ECG/SEC twice. For their accomplishments both were inducted into the WCG hall of fame as "WCG legends".

From seasons VII to XVI of the EPS the twins collectively won five 1on1 titles, with Styla grabbing three and hero two. Styla's three all impressively came in consecutive seasons. Meanwhile from seasons IV to XVI they were crowned EPS team champions an incredible nine times, including a streak of seven titles in a row. hero was named Most Valuable Player of the EPS in both seasons VIII and X. Across the span of 2004 to 2008 each received two nominations for the E-sports award in the category of "International Player of the year".

SK Gaming's Managing Director Alexander "TheSlasH" Muller had this to say about their departure:

"It has been an incredible time with Daniel and Dennis in eSports! The two of them represented eSport almost like no other and there is no title those two haven't won. They also coached one of their teammates to become world- and euro-champion. Having them in SK was an honor and we are proud to announce that Daniel and Dennis Schellhase will be the first players to be presented within the SK Gaming Hall of Fame to be published in Dec 2010.

Daniel and Dennis, all the best to you guys! Thanks for a wonderful and exciting time and all the best for your future!"

Highlights of Styla and hero's career accomplishments

SK.Hero
Name: Daniel Schellhase
Age: 25
Origin: Gelsenkirchen, Germany

World solo achievements:
2nd place World Cyber Games 2003
1st place World Cyber Games 2006
1st place World Cyber Games 2007
2nd place World Cyber Games 2009

National solo titles:
1st place EPS 1on1 Season XII
1st place EPS 1on1 Season XVI

National team titles:
1st place EPS Season IV
1st place EPS Season VII
1st place EPS Season VIII
1st place EPS Season IX
1st place EPS Season X
1st place EPS Season XI
1st place EPS Season XII
1st place EPS Season XIII
1st place EPS Season XVI

Named EPS Season VIII MVP
Named EPS Season X MVP

SK.Styla
Name: Dennis Schellhase
Age: 25
Origin: Gelsenkirchen, Germany

World solo achievements:
1st place World Cyber Games 2003
1st place World Cyber Games 2005

European solo titles:
1st place Euro Cyber Games 2003
1st place Samsung Euro Championship 2006

National solo titles:
1st place EPS 1on1 Season IX
1st place EPS 1on1 Season X
1st place EPS 1on1 Season XI

National team titles:
1st place EPS Season IV
1st place EPS Season VII
1st place EPS Season VIII
1st place EPS Season IX
1st place EPS Season X
1st place EPS Season XI
1st place EPS Season XII
1st place EPS Season XIII
1st place EPS Season XVI

Hero and styla - SK legends gone but not forgotten!

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Esports journalism

Professional:
2001-2002 Pro-cybernews (Editor-in-Chief)
2002-2003 Gamers.nu (Lead Editor)
2004-2005 ESportsEA (Editor-in-Chief, Consultant)
2006-2008 ESportsEA (Editor, Community feature host)
2008 TAO-CS volume 1 (Co-author)
2008 TAO-fRoD (Co-author)
2008-2009 WinOut.net (Editor-in-Chief, Consultant)
2009-2012 SK Gaming (Editor-in-Chief)
2012-2013 Team Acer (Editor-in-Chief)
2013-2014 OnGamers (Senior eSports Content Creator)

Pro bono publico:
2001-2002 XSReality (Site administrator)
2003-2004 Team3D (Editor-in-Chief, Consultant)
2012-2013 fragbite (Blogger)
2013-XXXX [POD]Cast (Co-host)

CS movies:
2005 Down with the s1ckn3ss
2006 T01_natu
2009 fRoD Quick and nasty (part 1)

Events attended for coverage purposes:
2001 CPL London (Pro-cybernews)
2001 WCG Qualifier (Pro-cybernews)
2002 CPL Summer (Gamers.nu)
2002 WCG Qualifier (Gamers.nu)
2002 CPL Oslo (Gamers.nu)
2002 CPL Winter (Gamers.nu)
2003 CPL Cannes (Gamers.nu)
2003 Clikarena (Gamers.nu)
2004 CPL Winter (ESportsEA)
2009 WEM (SK Gaming)
2010 IEM IV European Championship (SK Gaming)
2010 IEM IV World Championship (SK Gaming)
2010 Arbalet Best of Four (SK Gaming)
2010 Arbalet Cup Europe (SK Gaming)
2010 e-Stars Seoul (SK Gaming)
2010 WCG (SK Gaming)
2010 WEM (SK Gaming)
2011 IEM V European Championship (SK Gaming)
2011 Assembly Winter (SK Gaming)
2011 IEM V World Championship (SK Gaming)
2011 Copenhagen Games (SK Gaming)
2011 Dreamhack Summer (SK Gaming)
2011 SK vs. FX showmatch (SK Gaming)
2011 e-Stars Seoul (SK Gaming)
2011 ESWC (SK Gaming)
2012 IEM VI Kiev (SK Gaming)
2012 IEM VI World Championship (SK Gaming)
2012 WCS Europe (Team Acer)
2012 Dreamhack Open Valencia (Team Acer)
2012 Dreamhack Winter (Team Acer)
2012 IPL5 (Team Acer)
2012 HomeStory Cup VI (Team Acer)
2013 IEM VII World Championship (Team Acer)
2013 MLG Winter Championship (Team Acer)
2013 LCS Europe Spring Week 10 (Team Acer)
2013 WCS EU S1 Ro16 (Team Acer)
2013 LCS Europe Summer Week 9 (Team Acer)
2013 WCS EU S2 final / LCS Europe Summer playoffs (Team Acer)
2013 Riot S3 World Championship (Team Acer)
2013 Battle of the Atlantic (OnGamers)
2013 Battle of the Atlantic (OnGamers)
2014 LCS Europe Spring Week 5 (OnGamers)

Esports commentary/analysis

Professional:
2010 IEM IV European Championship (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM IV Asian Finals (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM IV World Championship (ESL-TV)
2010 IEM V Shanghai (ESL-TV)
2011 ESEA-invite S8 (WinOut)
2011 GameGune (WinOut)
2011 SEC (WinOut)
2013 Dreamhack SteelSeries CS:GO Championship (DH-TV)
2014 Dreamhack Steelseries CS:GO Invitational (DH-TV)
2014 Dreamhack Summer (DH-TV)
2014 Gfinity G3
2014 Dreamhack Stockholm CS:GO Invitational (DH-TV)

Pro bono publico:
2010 ESWC (lvl^)
2010 Arbalet Cup Dallas (lvl^)
2010 GameGune (lvl^)
2010 fnatic PLAY (lvl^)
2010 WCG Nordic (SK Gaming)
2011 Dreamhack Winter BEAT IT (whisenhunt)
2011 EPS Winter (whisenhunt/ESL-TV)
2011 WCG (whisenhunt)
2011 IEM VI Kiev EU qualifier (SK Gaming)
2013 FACEIT Sunday Cup April 28th (FACEIT)
2013 Prague Challenge (District)
2013 FACEIT Sunday Cup September 8th (FACEIT)
2013 FACEIT Monday Cup September 9th (FACEIT)
2014 ESEA Invite S15 LAN finals (NiPTV)

Miscellaneous:
* Winner of the Heaven Media 'E-sports Journalist of the year' awards for 2012 and 2013.