Knuschelbär & iamturk player histories

********* GENERAL PLAYER BACKGROUND *********
* KNUSCHELBäR
- player from austria
- team game legend, holding a top 5 position on the EP 2v2 Elo leaderboard and top 3 position on the EP 3v3 Elo Leaderboard
- 2900+ max team game elo on JP ladder
- playstyle is usually somewhat defensive, with a slight emphasis on macromanagement
- favorite civs: ports, dutch, brit

* IAMTURK
- player from turkey
- the de facto leader of the turkish community
- known for having insane mechanical gameplay, with exhaustive micromanagement skills and high APM
- very resilient player - does not give in until every last possible chance has been quashed
- originally from the GameRanger community
- favorite civs: japan, india, russia

********* TOURNAMENT HISTORY *********

** Both players are ESOC Premier League Reigning Champions, teammates hailing from Aizamk's team the Nilla Ninjas. They shared a joint victory over Somali Kabuli Gaming in the Playoffs of the First EPL.
- Knusch League Stage Record: 10-5 (2-3 vs LordRaphael, 5-0 vs Conquerer999, 3-2 vs Kaiserklein)
- Knusch Overall Record: 13-9 (3-4 vs SomppuKunkku in Playoffs)
- iamturk League Stage Record: 10-5 (4-1 vs SomppuKunkku, 4-1 vs Mitoe, 2-3 vs Hazza54321)
- iamturk Overall Record: 11-11 (1-6 vs LordRaphael in Playoffs)

* KNUSCHELBäR
- kind of inconsistent in major/minor tournament where he has yet to pierce into a semi-finals. best performance was in spring champs 2017, where he made it to the ro8 before being knocked out 2-4 by kaiserklein. other times he's usually been knocked out in close ro16 series': 2-3 vs tabben in autumn champs 2018, 2-3 vs irishfaithful in autumn champs 2016
- however, he makes up for his mixed mainline tournament results with performances in weekend tournaments - last season he was a 3-time semi-finalist, making it to the top 4 of the mono-civ cup, sup cup #2, and sup cup #3.
- he made it to the grand finals of last season's grand tour playoffs, where he faced off against kaiserklein.
- he is also the winner of the most recent 2v2 invitational with partner Hazza54321. they won a shutout 4-0 finals series against team veni_vidi_vici_w and snowww, two other top-class team-game players

* IAMTURK
- was still a burgeoning player in 2016/2017, but made waves in the 2018 ladder season and became a top contender. he lost in the ro32 of the autumn champs 2018 after a close 2-3 series with aizamk, but went on to take the autumn 2018 second chance tournament by force, winning it after a close 4-3 finals series with conquerer999.
- made it somewhat deep into the new world championship 2019 qualifiers tournament, being kicked out of the upper bracket in the ro16 after a close 2-3 series with kynesie, and knocked out entirely in the lower bracket round 5 (of 6) by Tit.
- 4th place in the time2micro tournament 2018 (lost to Cometk in the bronze match :D)

********* GRAND TOUR SEASON 2 PERFORMANCE *********
* KNUSCHELBäR
- knusch was largely inconsistent for the first few tournaments, getting knocked out in the ro32 of the underused cup and ro16 of the tri-civ cup. however, he hit home big-time with his victory in event #4, the Weekend Pilgrimage. he ousted conquerer999 in the ro8, kaiserklein in the semi's, and somppukunkku in the finals, not dropping a single game during the tournament (10-0 game wins). this alone secured him a slot in the grand tour playoffs

* IAMTURK
- mirroring Knusch's performance in the original grand tour, iamturk is a 3-time semi-finalist. he made the top 4 of the tri-civ cup, weekend pilgrimage, and sup cup #4, yielding consistent results and a solid position in the playoffs.