SjoW

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Background Information
Name:	Jeffrey Brusi
Team:	Team Dignitas
Race:	Terran
Alternate IDs:	SjoW
Nicknames:	The Blind Terran
Country:	Sweden
Birthday:	December 23, 1986 (1986-12-23)
TLPD:	International Korean
Site:	sjow.net
Livestream:	TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV own3D.tv
Fan Page:	SjoW's Fan Club
Twitter:	dignitassjow
Career
Crowning achievement:	IEM V - European Champ.

Jeffrey "SjoW" Brusi is a Swedish Terran who is currently a member of Team Dignitas.

Biography

SjoW made a name for himself in the wc3 scene as a top tier 2v2 player with old teammate Delicato. After his transition to Starcraft 2 and successful few weeks after launch, SjoW was signed by Team Dignitas as a sponsored player.

- "I'm very happy to join up with Team Dignitas. They have warmly welcomed me into their family and everyone I talked to so far seems like great guys," says SjoW. "I will be representing Team Dignitas in the big online and offline events in Starcraft 2. With this co-operation I will be able to make a name of myself and make Team Dignitas even more famous in the Starcraft 2 scene as well as improving my skills."

Playstyle

SjoW was known for his lack of scouting early game. At the time he stated this early scout did not give him enough valuable information. He elaborated further by claiming scouting would only enable him to spot cheese which wouldn't change his build anyway. By opting to not scout with workers SjoW used to gain a better economy, enabling him to use more safe builds. However, by the summer of 2011 he had started incorporating more early game scouting.

SjoW is also known for having significantly lower APM than most of his opponents, but he uses intelligent strategies and tactics to compensate for this.

In Beta

While SjoW may have played during beta, he wasn't a notable player and didn't receive any real accolades aside from Second place in ESL Viking Cup #5 and ESL Viking Cup #6.

Wings of Liberty

SjoW exploded onto the scene after launch, winning the Inferno Online SC2 Cup 1, by beating MorroW in the finals. This being Sweden's first big WoL tournament, many of the countries top gamers had gathered, including HayprO, Jinro and MaDFroG. Shortly after, SjoW won ZOTAC Cup #17 defeating Socke in the finals. Since his first victories, SjoW has scored victory after victory in weekly cups, including CraftCup and Go4SC2 ESL events. Due to high playing activity and consistent results he was rated 1st on both GosuGamer's and TLPD international's rating lists longer than anyone else during 2010.

He stated in an August 2010 interview that was going to leave Shark Gaming Systems but did not confirm where he will be going. There were many rumours suggesting MyM, fueled by an MyM announcement about NaNiwa and ClouD joining MyM which contained SjoW's id tagged under the heading.. To manys surprise, he eventually joined Team Dignitas. SjoW later confirmed to having been in talks with both teams, citing not getting a good contract from MyM as the reason for joining Team Dignitas instead.

SjoW and MaDFroG at DreamHack 2010.

Dignitas's first act after sponsoring SjoW was to send him to the MLG Raleigh event in America as one of the few invited players in the event. In this event he finished 5th, winning $500. In late October, SjoW together with Socke and Naama dominated DS Rack LAN by taking top three in the LANs two main events. Together with MaDFroG, Naama and ThorZaIN, SjoW qualified for the Nordic ESL Pro Series playoffs, to be played at DreamHack Winter 2010. All four contestants also made it into the DreamHacks main attraction; the Steelseries LAN tournament were SjoW was considered one of the front-runners.

At DreamHack Winter 2010, SjoW was met with an early exit in the main event. The Swede went 1-2 in the group stages, loosing to MorroW and ServaNT. His Nordic rival Naama went on to win the tournament and it's 100 000 SEK grand prize, MaNa took second and South American player Fenix finished third. SjoW got his redemption later the same evening when he won the Nordic ESL Pro Series finals against MaDFroG. ThorZaIN managed to beat Naama to claim a Bronze medal.

SjoW cemented his place as one of the best players in Europe after winning ,$7,500 in the IEM Season V - European Championships with a first place finish over White-Ra. SjoW dominated his opponents throughout the event and dropped only two maps on his way to the title, one to Socke in group stages and one to White-Ra in the best of five finals. SjoW didn't lose a single game to a terran opponent during the event and ended up with a 16-2 record during the event.

SjoW was one of the 50 players invited to participate in the North American Starleague. He was placed into Division 2. As of June 5th, 2011, he is 11-8 in his group. He has 5 series wins and 3 series losses.

On August 19th, 2011, it was announced that SjoW would join fellow Dignitas teammate and countryman NaNiwa in Korea for "GSL September".

In late August 2011 SjoW showed some good results in the MLG Raleigh finishing 8th and receiving $400 for it. On his way he defeated strong players such as Rain, IdrA and his teammate NaNiwa 2-0. On top of this he also managed to take games off of both Bomber and HerO. He was defeated in the match for 7th/8th place against HuK who was also the only foreigner placing higher in the tournament. This also meant that he got a seed into Code A in GSL October as HuK had already secured his spot in Code S.

Korea

Due to getting a Code A spot from the GSL-MLG Exchange Program, SjoW played in Code A of GSL October. He managed to beat Maka 2-1 in the first round before falling to Curious 2-0, therefore ending his run but retaining his Code A spot. In spite of retaining his Code A spot, SjoW announced that he would not be participating in the next GSL and would be returning home instead.

2012

On March 1st 2012, SjoW's contract with Team Dignitas came to its end and wasn't renewed, hence making SjoW a free agent.

On March 26th 2012, it was announced that Sjow has rejoined Team Dignitas.

Trivia

• "SjoW" is pronounced the same as the word "show".
• Former Nightelf WarCraft III player, most known for his 2v2 team with DeliCato.
• Previously played poker full time but quit to focus on StarCraft II.
• Started playing during the later stages of the Beta, then using Protoss.
• During his training in Korea, the Koreans referred to him as "Lazy Brusi", both due to his slow APM and to his practice habits.
• Is allergic to nuts, having stated in a tweet to Squirtle that "I die if I eat peanuts".

Achievements

Tournaments In WoL

2012

Date	Event	Result	Winnings
2012-03-29	MSI Pro Cup #8	SjoW 0 : 2  ThorZaIN	50 €
2012-03-02	RaidCall Invitational #1	SjoW 0 : 2  ToD
2012-01-28	E-Sport SM January Qualifier	SjoW 3 - 1  LaLuSh	1500 SEK + E-Sport SM final invite
2012-01-15	Go4SC2 #165	SjoW 3 - 2  horror	200 €

2011

Date	Event	Result	Winnings
2011-12-06	Grubby's Starcraft II Series Pro Invitational #4	SjoW 3 - 0  sLivko	500 €
2011-10-09	IeSF 2011 World Championship	SjoW 3 - 0  Grubby	12 750 $
2011-09-04	WellPlayed.org Sunday Night Fights #5	SjoW 3 - 0  TriMaster	150 $
2011-08-28	MLG Raleigh 2011	8th  SjoW 0 : 1  HuK	400 $
2011-08-21	WellPlayed.org Sunday Night Fights #4	SjoW 3 - 2  CatZ	150 $
2011-08-14	WellPlayed.org Sunday Night Fights #3	SjoW 3 - 0  Spanishiwa	150 $
2011-07-14	4Players.de Close Combat Cup #59	SjoW 2 - 1  Delphi	125 $
2011-07-07	4Players.de Close Combat Cup #57	SjoW 2 - 0  SLiDeR	125 $
2011-04-23	The Gathering Easter 2011	SjoW 4 - 2  SaSe	5 100 $
2011-02-06	Fnatic PLAY SC2 Open	SjoW 2 - 3  ClouD	200 $
2011-01-20	IEM Season V - European Championships	SjoW 3 - 1  White-Ra	7 500 $
2011-01-08	PokerIdol.com European Championship	SjoW 2 - 3, 0 - 2  TLO ()	1 250 £

2010

Date	Event	Result	Winnings
2010-12-24	Tour of Duty #3	SjoW 3 - 2  Strelok (VOD)	600 $
2010-11-20	Cerberus 3D Cup 1st Edition	SjoW 2 - 0  GoOdy	150 €
2010-11-27	ESP Nordic Season 3	SjoW 2 - 0  MaDFroG (VOD)	2 000 €
2010-11-06	Hazard LAN Winter 2010	SjoW 2 - 0  Seiplo	1 500 $
2010-11-04	ESL Go4SC2 October Final	SjoW 3 - 0  MaNa (VOD)	500 €
2010-10-29	Gamerbase & WD Starcraft 2 Tournament	SjoW 3 - 0  Lau	1 000 £
2010-08-29	MLG Raleigh 2010	5th  SjoW 1 - 2  LastShadow	500 $
2010-08-25	DSRack LAN #3 1on1	SjoW 4 - 0  Socke	550 €
2010-08-01	Inferno Online SC2 Cup 1	SjoW 4 - 1  MorroW	700 €

Championships

IeSF World Champion
Preceeded By: None	IeSF 2011 World Championship 10th October 2011 - Present   SjoW	TBA Succeeded By: TBD

WoL Matches

• SjoW vs HayprO on Steppes of War, StarCraft 2 Strategy
• SjoW vs Elfi (bo5) Commentary by BlizShouter
• SjoW vs HuK (bo5) NVIDIA GosuGamers KOTH
• SjoW vs SeleCT (bo5) NVIDIA GosuGamers KOTH
• SjoW vs KiWiKaKi (bo5) NVIDIA GosuGamers KOTH
• SjoW vs Joe on Lost Temple Commentary by BlizShouter

Gallery

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Interviews

• Interview by readmore.de, translated by flicky.
• SjoW likely to attend GSL Season 3 (Video Interview)

IEM Season 5 Interviews

• IEM Europe: Interview with Dignitas.SjoW by MyM.
• IEM Kiev: Jeffrey 'SjoW' Brusi before Playoffs by IEM.
• Rakaka interviews by Hellspawn (Swedish):
  - After the finals
  - After Semi Finals
  - Before Semifinals, in depth interview covering his background in WC3, his SC2 career, and future plans. Also discussing his playing philosophy and style. Lastly he comments on the accusations made against him of planned match fixing before one of the IOL tournaments.

• SjoW: "I know I can beat anyone if I put the effort into it" team-dignitas.net. 2012-01-24

External Links

• Battle Net profile and Ranking page for his European server account.