In July of last year, we kicked off our StarCraft II division with the esteemed return of the undead master from Warcraft III, Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson, paving the way for the development of the SK Gaming StarCraft II division. Thus far, MaDFroG has performed well, gradually gaining headway against the enormous competition, in addition to gaining widespread recognition as an entertaining and unique zerg player. Most notable for his unexpected overpowering of established players at events such as Gamescom 2010, as well as his top-tier ranking at EPS Nordic III, MaDFroG has represented SK Gaming well.

MaDFroG will find himself alone no longer, as the StarCraft II roster will now be strengthened by two new faces. Following the Twitter message by our head sponsor, Acer, much speculation was spread around the competitive gaming community and at long last, SK Gaming is proud to announce the additions of Jimmy 'Jimpo' Wölfinger and Hun 'inuh' Park. The 21 year-old terran inuh is best known for competing on the German national team for Germany and was tied for third place in the ESL Pro Series Season XVII, alongside Giacomo 'Socke' Thüs, Carlo 'ClouD' Giannacco and Jonathan 'DarKFoRcE' Belke. The 22 year-old terran jimpo, on the other hand, has gained success by frequently competing in weekly tournaments to gain a name. During the beta phase, jimpo earned notoriety for top three in events such as ZOTAC Cup #16, ESL Viking Cup #2 and CraftCup #8, which brought him to join the Online Kingdom StarCraft II squad. Following the retail release, he won a gold medal victory in CraftCup Lite #2 and silver medals for Competo Cup #7, ZOTAC Cup #19 and CraftCup #1.

To jump-start the community's familiarity with these new faces, we conducted a few short questions with each, to see where the stand in the SK.SC2 roster.


Jimmy 'Jimpo' Wölfinger

For those who are unfamiliar with you, could you introduce yourself? Would you divulge about your history with competitive gaming, how it attracted you and what kind of player you are?

Hi, Im Jimmy Wölfinger, a 22 year-old terran player who lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. I've always played games and I hate losing so bad, so to prevent that, I just have to be the best. I've played alot of games for fun but lately I've become more into the competitive gaming scene, with StarCraft II as a new game so I really want to go far here. It's really fun playing StarCraft II and having old friends from other games like Brood War and Warcraft III is a big plus. I was a former Brood War player, but I wasn't really at the top- I think I was good, but not the best. I guess that's why I raged so many times and went to WoW and DotA. I'm a player who is way too mannered sometimes; some people say I'm a stable player. I feel very stable but with tours being best of one, a lot of the times, it's hard to show your true potential.

Now that you will be playing for SK Gaming, bearing the respectable tag and representing a whole front in eSports, how do you see yourself evolving as a player?

People have heard of me before, but I want to make them fear me; they should be afraid of me in all tournaments. Online or offline, I want to show them that I'm a player that is strong and always a threat to them. Being in SK gives a lot as a player, with a good organization and team members, I can focus 110% on my game to grow stronger to represent SK.

You have predominantly participated in smaller tournaments that have brought you success, against some well-renowned faces, in all honesty. Do you see yourself working to compete in more large-scale international offline tournaments in your future?

Yes, I want to play everthing there is, especially LANs. I've only been to DreamHack once this winter to meet the people I've know since some years back. So it was really fun to meet them and play with them. I also met and saw people that I've seen on streams and played online with. That was really cool! I will work hard to show that I'm a good player offline, as well as online.

Which race combination is your strongest, the most you feel the most-confident with, etc.? Which do you feel you have the most room for improvement for?

All my match-ups are really even right now but yes, there is always room for more improvement. I want to improve vs certain unit compositions that I struggle against sometimes. Losing a game just because I didn't get the practice against it just wont work for me.

As a member of the SK.SC2 squad, you are joining forces with the German terran inuh and the Swedish zerg MaDFroG. How do you feel about your teammates? And most importantly, how do you think you can benefit one another?

I feel that they haven't really shown their true potential yet in the tours and LANs they have gone to. I have played both alot on ladder and practice games and I know they can be really good. I think that very soon we will see them dominate! I believe that together we will work our game level up alot. I hope to talk and discuss alot with them and eventually, I want all of us to win everthing there is to win and go to everthing there is to go to.

Lastly, are there any words you would like to share with SK Gaming’s immense fan base?

Hey, please dont hurt me, I promise to do good!


Hun 'inuh' Park

Would you mind introducing yourself to the SK Gaming community, so they may know who to root for from now on?

Hi, I'm Hun "inuh" Park, 21 years-old and currently playing in the Germany SC2 EPS. To tell you something about my life: I am a Korean born in Germany. When I was about thirteen, I went to Korea to go to school there learn the Korean language and to get to know my roots. In 2009, after graduating high school, I came back to Germany to live and study here again.

You were previously known as a primary driving force for Tera-Gaming. Now that you have become a player for SK Gaming, where do you see your career taking you as a professional terran player?

It was definitely a huge decision for me. Switching to SK Gaming is like stepping up to the next level. Until now, I was more of a fun gamer but now I'm going to take my esports career more seriously and try to achieve as much as I can in the German StarCraft II scene, or perhaps also in the international scene. We will see!

A noticeable trend shown in your results is that you struggle somewhat against protoss players, with the majority of losses being against that race. What do you believe accounts for this?

As the game is still at its beginnings, I think there are still a lot of possibilities to open a game. At the moment, I'm trying a lot of different openings for a fast expansion build to go into a straight macro game. But unfortunately, in a lot of those games the opponent refuses to play a macro game and decides to do a 1-base attack which kinda catches me off guard a lot these days in the ladder.

StarCraft II has been playable for nearly a year now. Judging by the development of the game you have seen thus far, what direction do you expect the title to take, as far as its place in professional gaming is concerned?

StarCraft II has the potential to be the most important esports game in the next few years. Or at least it's gonna be the most important RTS game.
There are a lot of concerns about the balance in StarCraft II, but I think Blizzard knows what they are doing. Blizzard already did an excellent job in StarCraft: Brood War; it just takes some time.

As a member of the SK.SC2 squad, you are joining forces with the Swedes MaDFroG and jimpo. How do you feel about your teammates’ composition, having a terran and a zerg to practice with? And most importantly, how do you think you can benefit one another?

First of all, it's I'm honored to get together in a team with a former Warcraft III Pro and one of the favorite terrans I know. At first blush, it may seems like a very weird composition of players, but I think we are all very talented and strong players with a lot of potential. I absolutely think we all can benefit from each other. Especially with jimpo, I can exchange strategies and talk about some builds, because he is the same race as me. In addition, I also know jimpo from a few custom games when I was preparing for my EPS match against Cloud. Jimpo is a very nice and mannered guy! I cant wait to play (more) games with my teammates!

To finalize your introduction to the SK Gaming community, what message would you like to send to the fans and your peers of the organization?

I'm very excited to have the chance to play for one of the biggest teams in the world. I'm definitely going to give my best to meet the requirements of SK Gaming. SK Gaming 화이팅!


Statement from SK.SC2 Assistant Manager Samuel "DarthBotto" Horton:



SK Gaming StarCraft II Roster
Hun 'inuh' Park
Jimmy 'Jimpo' Wölfinger
Fredrik 'MaDFroG' Johansson