The year was 2002, Artosis made his first appearance at the 2002 WCG USA finals and played his heart out, but failed to qualify to the grand finals that year. Rekrul on the other hand, had appeared in the 2003 WCG USA and took 1st place over Artosis’s long time friend, Assem.

After being recognized as the best player from USA in 2003, Rekrul moved to Korea where he played on the Hexatron team alongside his former competitor turned teammate, Assem. While his pro gaming career didn’t last long, he left an impression on the foreign scene as a strong Protoss player turned internet personality, which he still lives up to this day.

Since his first appearance at the WCG USA finals in 2002, Artosis has qualified a total of 7 times for the national finals and represented USA twice at the grand finals. He returns to his national final this year where he attempts a third appearance at the grand finals, which will be held in Chengdu, China, in November.

Rekrul enters this match as he’s entered every other match in the past, full of energy and has his trash talk-o-meter turned up to 11. This is what he had to say in a blog at TeamLiquid:

“We all know that foreigners suck really bad at Starcraft, especially the ones that still play.

We all also know that Artosis was never ever good at Starcraft, in fact, he really really fucking sucks to be honest.

I haven’t played Starcraft in 6 months, he lives and breathes this game.
I bet him 100 dollars that I will beat him in a best of 5. I then also bet him 100 more that I’ll win 3-0.

Old school maps though, newest school out of the maps is Longinus but we won’t even get to that game. This takes place in 1 week, expect SCForAll video interviews, good luck young nerdling.”

Artosis on the other hand has been a man of much less words and more action, unless we’re talking about dark templars, which then is the complete opposite.

All that he replies with when asked how he thinks he will do against Rekrul is “I will crush him.”

- Best of 5 format
- Maps are still undecided, but will be maps from at least one year ago
- Played on ICCUP

Korean Date - Saturday, August 15th at 3pm KST
European Date - Saturday, August 15th at 8am CET
New York - Saturday, August 15th at 2am EST
California - Friday, August 14th at 11pm PST
Place to watch - Justin.tv/SCForAll