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RuFF

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[e][h]Terran RuFF
Player Information
Name:
Jesse Hall
Nationality:
Born:
September 13, 1985 (age 38)
Race:
Alternate IDs:
Rivik
Nicknames:
Mad Scientist Terran
Approx. Total Winnings:
$5,159
Years Active:
2011 - 2023
Years Active (caster):
2021
Links
History
2011-11-01 — 2012-01-09vVv Gaming
2013-05-01 — 2013-11-16Team oGaming
2013-11-16 — 2014-06-15IvDgaming
2014-07-01 — 2014-08-10Alloy eSports
2015-01-19 — 2016-??-??Team Ascension
2016-03-03 — PresentPSISTORM Gaming
Recent Matches
LANEXUS Legends LANEXUS LegendsLANEXUS Legends
1:4
(Bo7)
Epic SystimsEpic Systims Epic Systims
March 12, 2022 - 20:00 CET  
LANEXUS Legends LANEXUS LegendsLANEXUS Legends
0:3
(Bo5)
Power UnderwhelmingPower Underwhelming Power Underwhelming
March 5, 2022 - 20:00 CET  
LANEXUS Legends LANEXUS LegendsLANEXUS Legends
0:3
(Bo5)
Google Cannon PlatformGoogle Cannon Platform Google Cannon Platform
February 26, 2022 - 20:00 CET  
LANEXUS Legends LANEXUS LegendsLANEXUS Legends
1:3
(Bo5)
AddeparchonAddeparchon Addeparchon
February 19, 2022 - 20:00 CET  
LANEXUS Legends LANEXUS LegendsLANEXUS Legends
1:3
(Bo5)
MetavacMetavac Metavac
February 12, 2022 - 20:00 CET  


Jesse "RuFF" Hall (born September 13, 1985) is an American Terran player who is currently playing for PSISTORM Gaming.

Biography[edit]

Jesse "RuFF" Hall was born on 13 September 1985 in Homestead, Florida. He began playing StarCraft around the release of StarCraft I, receiving it as a Christmas gift from his parents. He mostly played with his father, and it quickly became one of his favorite games along with the Mechwarrior series. Later on its release, still being too young to drive, a dedicated Jesse rode his bike for an hour to the store to purchase a copy of StarCraft: Brood War.

In college, RuFF attended Fayetteville State University in North Carolina for his bachelors, and he is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Mathematics and Teaching. Jesse enjoys mathematics as he approaches it like a strategic game, or puzzle. He tutors students at the University and does coaching for StarCraft II using those teaching skills.

Wings of Liberty[edit]

In 2010, RuFF did not play competitively but was known on the ladder

In November 2011, RuFF joined vVv Gaming and began his one-year contract with the organization. He performed well at Major LANs throughout 2011, including MLG events, and was probably the most successful player on vVv Gaming at the time. This enabled RuFF to get partnerships through twitch.tv and own3d.tv not through a team, but as an individual player who regularly hit 250+ viewers.

RuFF left his team, vVv Gaming, on January 9, 2012.[1]

2012: Early in 2012, RuFF held the #1 Grandmaster position for 2 months before moving. During this time he played Starcraft II intermittently due to his life circumstances, but continued to perform at Major League Gaming events during the year.

Heart of the Swarm[edit]

In May 2013, Team oGaming made the announcement that RuFF was joining the team.[2]

In July 2013, RuFF placed 1st at the Tampa eSports Summer LAN 2013, a tournament organized by Tampa eSports.

In November 2013, 6 months after joining Team oGaming, RuFF announced he had joined IvDgaming.[Citation needed]

Later in June 2014, RuFF performed well with a 3rd place finish at the Copa América 2014 Season 1 finals, losing 0-3 to CatZ in the semi-finals, but going on to take 3rd place over Cham with a final score of 3-1

Legacy of the Void[edit]

In January 2016, just a few months after the expansion release, RuFF placed 1st at the Inaugural PSISTORM Cup: an offline tournament organized by PSISTORM Gaming that took place in Fairfax, VA at The Cave gaming center. On his way to the finals, RuFF defeated EndofLine, CNProtoss, Crayon, and Illusion, only dropping one map to the player who he would eventually face again in the finals, CNProtoss. After fighting his way back up through the lower bracket and defeating Illusion, CNProtoss reserved his spot in the finals and another shot at taking down RuFF and winning the event. However, RuFF's aggressive style was too much for CNProtoss to handle in the end, and after a full series, game 5 ended with RuFF victorious, 3-2. During this series, RuFF showcased his trademark micro-intensive and timing-oriented style, particularly in a game on Ulrena where he went for a unique one-base marine/ghost all-in. Being 20 supply down with no expansion, RuFF appeared to be in dire straits. However, with a clutch EMP and a SCV train for buffer, RuFF's stimmed marines broke through the Protoss army in a nail-biting victory.

Controversy[edit]

On June 15, 2014, RuFF was immediately removed from IvDgaming due to his abusive comments regarding Chad Minigun Jones health.[3] IvDgaming apologized to Chad and the community for comments made by RuFF during a ladder game that was streamed. The comments in question can be found here. On June 15, 2014, RuFF also made an apology to Chad and the community for his behavior.[4] Also on June 15, 2014, TotalBiscuit announced on twitter that RuFF has been permanently banned from all Clan Wars events. This announcement can be found here.

Playstyle[edit]

RuFF finds micro play to be more fun and effective, at times, as opposed to macro play. His micro-intensive style is inspired by the South Korean pro-gamer BoxeR, who RuFF has admired since Brood War. RuFF is known for his intuitive and completely unorthodox builds on ladder and at LAN events.

His nickname "Mad Scientist Terran" was given to him by Day[9] at 2014 Red Bull Battle Grounds: Atlanta after RuFF did a mass Reaper build into Planetary Fortress rush against SirRobin, a Zerg player for FXOpen e-Sports.

External Links[edit]

First Person View Match VODS[edit]

Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2019-05-261stShowm. (Min.)Grandmaster Battle Royale #8Grandmaster Battle Royale #8
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
TBD
$100
2018-03-113rdMajorOSC Team Championship 2017OSC Team Championship 2017
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
TBD
$100
2017-06-041stMinorSummer Games 2017
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
3 : 2$60
2017-05-102ndMinorDuSt League Season 4DuSt League Season 4
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
2 : 4
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
$12.27
2016-07-243rd - 4thMajorCheesadelphia Summer 2016Cheesadelphia Summer 2016
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
1 : 3$400
2016-04-102ndMon. (Min.)Masters Cup 68Masters Cup 68
PSISTORM GamingPSISTORM Gaming
1 : 3$25
2016-01-311stMinorPSISTORM Cup 13 : 2$500
2015-01-181stShowm. (Min.)$100 Destiny v RuFF bo7 Showmatch4 : 3$100
2014-04-131stMinor2014 Deimos Esports Team League2014 Deimos Esports Team League
IvDgamingIvDgaming
5 : 1
ROOT GamingROOT Gaming
$113.93
2013-07-271stMinorTampa eSports Summer LAN 2013
Team oGamingTeam oGaming
2 : 1$350
2012-05-231stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #39
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 1
LighT eSportsLighT eSports
$50
2012-04-041stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #34
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 2
Binary GamingBinary Gaming
$33.33
2012-02-151stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #29
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 2
It's Gosu eSportsIt's Gosu eSports
$33.33
2012-02-082ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #28
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
0 : 4
CheckSix GamingCheckSix Gaming
-
2012-02-022ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #27
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
3 : 4
Evil GeniusesEvil Geniuses
-
2012-01-192ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #25
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
0 : 4
Team VileTeam Vile
-
2012-01-122ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #24
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
1 : 4
LighT eSportsLighT eSports
-
2011-12-072ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #23
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
1 : 4
Convergence GamingConvergence Gaming
-
2011-11-302ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #22
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
1 : 4
It's Gosu eSportsIt's Gosu eSports
-
2011-11-091stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #21
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 3
Impressive PlayImpressive Play
$25
2011-11-032ndShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #20
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
1 : 4
CheckSix GamingCheckSix Gaming
-
2011-10-261stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #19
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 2
Infinity SevenInfinity Seven
$33.33
2011-10-061stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #18
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 3
Convergence GamingConvergence Gaming
$25
2011-09-281stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #17
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 1
Binary GamingBinary Gaming
$100
2011-08-031stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #12
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 2
Team VileTeam Vile
$50
2011-07-271stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #11
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 0
Team ImbalancedTeam Imbalanced
$100
2011-07-132ndMinorvVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #9
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
3 : 4
PrimePrime
-
2011-06-292ndMinorvVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #7
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
3 : 4
KiwiclonesKiwiclones
-
2011-06-212ndMinorvVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #6
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
1 : 4
Quantum GamingQuantum Gaming
-
2011-06-151stShowm. (Min.)vVv's Wednesday Night StarCraft #5
vVv GamingvVv Gaming
4 : 0
Infinity GamingInfinity Gaming
$100
Extended list of results

Statistics[edit]

Matchup Statistics

vs Protossvs Terranvs Zergvs RandomTotal
RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%
as Terran124 - 14047 %104 - 11547.5 %162 - 15850.6 %9 - 564.3 %399 - 41848.8 %
as Random0 - 0-0 - 20 %0 - 0-6 - 1528.6 %6 - 1726.1 %
Σ124 - 14047 %104 - 11747.1 %162 - 15850.6 %15 - 2042.9 %405 - 43548.2 %

Earnings Statistics

1v1 Medal Statistics

TierTotal
Major000101
Minor5135014
Basic4540013
Total9676028

References[edit]

  1. vVvRuFF (2013-01-09). "RuFF leaves vVv Gaming". TL.net.
  2. "DeParture, JREcco + more join oGaming!"
  3. itsdyne (2015-06-15). "RuFF Removed from IVD Gaming". TL.net.
  4. itsdyne (2015-06-15). "RuFF Removed from IVD Gaming". TL.net.