skrff

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Player Information
Name:
Rikard Holm Melin
Nationality:
Born:
October 18, 1988 (age 37)
Region:
Europe Europe
Years Active (Player):
2012 - 2013
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Upcoming Tournaments
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Rikard 'skrff' Holm Melin (born October 18, 1988) is a Dota 2 observer.

Biography

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Rikard was an avid gamer when he was a young, rooting back to his childhood years when he had a Nintendo 8-bit. He started to play PC games when he was around 10 years old and his first roots of competitive gaming started when he was playing Counter-Strike 1.1-1.6 with World of Warcraft later on the list then ended up playing Bloodline Champions under Team Dignitas.[1] Weppas considers skrff as the best Vanguard (a (hero/bloodline in Bloodline Champions) in the game.[2] While working in a steel plant during his tenure with BLC, he later joined The GD Studio. Appearing in the popular GD weekly shows and a number of casts, he later joined Weppas in becoming a dedicated observer for Dota 2. Showing persistence and dedication through a significant amount of observing Dota 2 matches, skrff and Weppas are considered the best observers in the Dota 2 scene today. Skrff is still a member of The GD Studio today as a Producer/Talent and also streams on Twitch.

Dota 2

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As a member of The GD Studio, he was featured in numerous weekly podcasts. After joining Weppas to the road of becoming an observer, they later ended up being the official observers of the International Qualifiers The International 2013 Western Qualifiers and joined The International 2014 Qualifiers. Since becoming observers, skrff has been to wide variety of tournaments in his role such as The International and Dota Major Championships.

Trivia

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  • Became popular when he was on the brink of taking his shirt off during a GD podcast
  • The name skrff came from a term in the game, Bloodline Champions[3]
  • Skrff participated in the Dreamhack 2016 Summer Smash tournament.[4]

Achievements

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  • As Player
  • As Broadcast Talent
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DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2012-09-234thTier 2DreamHack Valencia 2012DreamHack Valencia 2012
0/-/3Grp S.-
Extended list of results
DateTierTournamentPositionPartner List
2024-07-21Tier 1Riyadh Masters 2024Riyadh Masters 2024Riyadh Masters 2024Observer
2023-07-30Tier 1Riyadh Masters 2023Riyadh Masters 2023Observer
2022-10-30Tier 1The International 2022The International 2022Observer
2021-10-17Tier 1The International 2021The International 2021Observer
2019-08-25Tier 1The International 2019The International 2019Observer
2018-08-25Tier 1The International 2018The International 2018Observer
2017-08-12Tier 1The International 2017The International 2017Observer
2016-08-13Tier 1The International 2016The International 2016Observer
2015-08-08Tier 1The International 2015The International 2015Observer
2014-07-21Tier 1The International 2014The International 2014Stats/Observer
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament

Additional Content

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Interviews

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Miscellaneous

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Spotlights

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2021
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  • Skrff Team Dignitas.jpg
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References

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  1. ↑ Zilican (2011-07-12). "Bloodline Champions: Interview with team Dignitas". Team Dignitas. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Skrff was the best vanguard in the game, too bad the game is ded now. Was a lot of fun, im a ranid/thorn player". weppas. 2015-02-03. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "[ENG/SWE Weppas lets try our best in ranked! Music yo~!"]. Weppas. 2016-08-20. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Smash - Glaz (Peach) Vs. Skrff (Sheik, Cpt.Falcon) - Pools". DreamHack. 2016-06-18. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
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