elfi
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| Background Information | |
| Name: | Samuli Sihvonen |
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| Team: | Team Acer |
| Race: | Protoss |
| Alternate IDs: | AcerElfi, VirusElfi, PwRElfi, elfittaja- |
| Nicknames: | The Knight of Teuroinen, The Scepter of Teuroinen, Kachinsky |
| Country: | Finland 
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| Birthday: | October 24, 1990 |
| TLPD: | International |
| Fan Page: | elfi's Fan Club |
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| Team History: | 09.2011-present Team Acer 03.2011-09.2011 Virus Gaming 10.2010-03.2011 Power Gaming 04.2009-10.2010 Team Giants |
Samuli "elfi" Sihvonen is a Finnish Protoss player, who is currently playing for Team Acer.
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[edit] Biography
elfi used to be one of the best Finnish Warcraft III players, under the ID "elfittaja". He notably won the Finnish WCG qualifier 2008 [1].
[edit] Wings of Liberty
elfi was a member of Virus Gaming from March to September 2011. When he joined the team, he explained that he chose them to be able to train with their Finnish players, such as Satiini and Sein. [2]
In August 2011, elfi reached the final of WCG 2011 Finland Qualifiers, therefore securing a spot in World Cyber Games 2011.
On September 6th, elfi left Virus Gaming, because the team couldn't afford to pay for his travel expenses for the foreign events he qualified for [3]. On September 9th it was announced that elfi joined Team Acer [4].
On October 4th elfi took his first major prize pool by placing 2nd at IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou. This came after a strong group stage where he went 6-0 defeating IdrA, Jim, and Jinro. He went on to meet IdrA in the finals of the tournament after defeating Strelok and HasuObs, but was unable to once again defeat him and eventually lost 3-1. He would subsequently be competing in the next IEM event , IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York, after a tough bracket during the second qualifier which had him facing Stephano, Adelscott, and Tarson. In New York elfi won his group but was knocked out 2-3 in the quarter finals by KiLLeR.
His previous best result was a Ro16 in Assembly Winter 2011. In Assembly Summer 2011 he even reached Ro8 after deafeating NaDa in the Groupstages.
From November 4th to 5th, elfi participated in the ASUS ROG Stars Invite in Finland. His opponent in the first round was the reigning MLG champion, HuK, who was one of the favorites to win the event. elfi nevertheless defeated him, and proceeded to the semi-finals where he met SeleCT, who knocked-him out. elfi defeated White-Ra 3-1 to take third place at the tournament.
[edit] Trivia
- elfi was an Undead player in Warcraft III.
- Known for having exceptionally strong PvP.
[edit] Achievements
| For complete tournament results, visit: TLPD Korea and TLPD International. |
| Date | Event | Result | Winnings |
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| 2012-04-25 | 2-vuotissynttäricup (Starcraft2.fi 2 years birthday cup) |   elfi 0 : 3  Naama
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€100 |
| 2012-01-14 | LANTREK'12 | elfi 1 : 3 Satiini
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€300 |
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-12-29 | SETT.fi SC2 Invitational #1 |  elfi 3 : 0 Satiini
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| 2011-12-23 | CraftCup #45 | elfi 3 : 2 BabyKnight
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| 2011-11-05 | ASUS ROG Stars Invite |  elfi 3 : 1 White-Ra
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| 2011-10-04 | IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Guangzhou | elfi 1 : 3  IdrA
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| 2011-09-26 | MSI Pro Cup #2 | elfi 1 : 3 Nerchio
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| 2011-08-06 | World Cyber Games 2011 Finland Qualifiers | elfi 1 : 2 Welmu
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| 2011-06-13 | GIGABYTE Cup Season 1 - #1 | elfi 3 : 2 LoWeLy
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| 2011-06-13 | Competo Cup #44 | elfi 3 : 0 AcRo
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| 2011-06-06 | Competo Cup #43 | elfi 3 : 0 Nerchio
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| 2011-05-27 | CraftCup Lite #64 | elfi 3 : 1 Kalin
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| 2011-05-08 | ZOTAC Cup #55 | elfi 3 : 1 GoOdy
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| 2011-05-01 | ZOTAC Cup #54 | elfi 3 : 2 Nerchio
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[edit] Gallery
elfi during his Warcraft III career.
[edit] Interviews
- I Have to go from tournament to tournament without visiting home Interview with elfi as he signs for Team Acer. Acersport.com. September 10th 2011.
- Interview with Teamliquid's WaxAngel after the 2011 ASUS ROG Stars Invite TeamLiquid.net. November 10th 2011.
[edit] References
- ↑ "Elfittaja wins WCG Finland". myMyM.com. August 3rd 2008.
- ↑
"Virus recruits again'". Team-aAa.com. March 10th 2011. Translated version - ↑ "elfi leaves Virus Gaming". Team-aAa.com. September 6th 2011. Translated version
- ↑ "Acer welcomes elfi." aceresport.com. September 9th 2011. TeamLiquid.net Forum thread
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