Guillaume Patry

Guillaume Patry is a Canadian professional StarCraft player who plays under the alias Grrrr... He is from Quebec City,^[1] was a StarCraft world champion in 1999.^[2] 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^[3]- 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.

Guillaume Patry
Personal information
Name	Guillaume Patry
Nationality	Canadian
Career information
Game	StarCraft
Playing career	Until 2004
Role	Protoss

After he retired, he became a gambler with Bertrand Grospellier, former French professional StarCraft gamer, but quit again.^{[clarification needed]}

Patry in 2014

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.^[4]

He was a panelist on the talk show Non-Summit^[5] and a cast member of the variety-travel show that branched off it, Where Is My Friend's Home^[6] in South Korea. In May 2015 it was announced that Patry had signed the management contract ^{[clarification needed]} with JTBC.^[7]

In 2023, he starred in Season 1 of the Netflix original series The Devil's Plan, directed by Jeong Jong-yeon. The premise of the Korean reality TV show is to survive problem-solving challenges and navigate social dynamics. He was the first contestant eliminated.

Tournament results

• 1st — Hanaro OSL

See also

• StarCraft in esports