Guillaume Patry is a Canadian professional

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player who plays under the alias Grrrr... He is from

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, was a StarCraft world champion in 1999. He dominated the scene as a random player before he arrived in Korea, where he then focused on the Protoss race. While Garimto pioneered many "cheesy" strategies for Protoss, virtually every (then) standard build order was a direct result of Grrr's innovations. He won the Hanaro OSL- the first OSL in history- a king of king's tournament, and placed high in a variety of others in a long career. Eventually his interest and performance in ''Starcraft'' declined, resulting in his retirement in early 2004. After he retired, he became a gambler with

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, former French professional StarCraft gamer, but quit again. Guillaume Patry from acrofan

According to a report from FOMOS (online professional game media), he's living a life as an ordinary staff member of a company, but he said that he could return to the professional game field after the release of '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''. He is currently a panelist on the talk show ''

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'' and a cast member of the

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that branched off it, ''

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'' in South Korea. In May 2015 it was announced that Patry had signed the management contract with

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Tournament results

* 1st — Hanaro OSL

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Patry, Guillaume Living people StarCraft players Canadian esports players Canadian expatriates in South Korea Canadian television personalities Canadian people of French descent French Quebecers Year of birth missing (living people)

Tournament results

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