DarKFoRcE
DarKFoRcE
| 2010-05-21 — 2013-02-09 | Team ALTERNATE |
| 2013-02-09 | Retirement |
Jonathan "DarKFoRcE" Belke is a retired Zerg player from Germany.[1]
Biography[edit]
In an interview,[2] he stated before starting with StarCraft II he was playing Poker and various other games like Aion, WoW, Supreme Commander, AoE, DotA and Warcraft.
DarKFoRcE was a member ofTeam Germany.
In 2013 DarKFoRcE retired due to a mix of lack of motivation and lack of success and began working as lead eSports trader at Pinnacle Sports.
In Beta[edit]
Wings of Liberty[edit]
DarKFoRcE qualified for the firstStarCraft II ESL Pro Series (EPS season 17)[3] as one of two Zerg players and placed 5th almost making it to the Finals.
He applied for the first season of theNorth American Star League and was invited to participate in division 2 with players likeEnsnare,White-Ra, andJuly.[4] He got fifth place in his group and reached the NASL Main Bracket Finals by defeatingSjoW andNaNiwa in the playoffs. In the NASL Season 1 Grand Finals, he surprisingly took outaLive 2-1 in the first round, before losing toSen.
On September 13, 2011, DarKFoRcE participated in theZOTAC Cup Monthly Final September. DarKFoRcE defeatedOsho, Underdark,GoOdy, and then defeatedroof with a score of 3-1 to take 1st place.
DarKFoRcE qualified for theWCG 2011 in Busan by winning theGerman WCG qualifier at Gamescom Cologne over players likeSocke andGoOdy. In theMain Event he qualified for the Playoffs after finishing 1st in his group with a perfect 6:0 score and a notable win againstMarineKing.
DarKFoRcE played at 2012'sIEM São Paulo. He would make it out of group stages, losing toSuperNova but defeatingKiLLeR andIllusion. He facedRet in the Round of 8 and lost narrowly in a 3-2 series.
He retired on February 10, 2013.[5]
World Championship Series[edit]
2012 WCS Germany Nationals[edit]
From June 2 to June 3, 2012, DarKFoRcE participated in theWorld Championship Series 2012 Germany. After defeatingHonor andGoOdy but then lost toSocke and fell to the losers bracket. In the losers bracket, DarKFoRcE took downHeRoMaRinE andKrasS and received an opportunity to get some revenge againstSocke.Socke took him out 2-0 and DarKFoRcE took 3rd place.
Trivia[edit]
- He is a regular host of the German podcastSzenecast.
Achievements[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
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- [e] 2014-06-27 | Pinnacle Sports: eSports Interview with DarKFoRcE of esports-betting.pro
- [e] 2012-03-07 |
Interview with DarKFoRcE by fragster.de at IEM World Championship 2012 - [e] 2012-02-07 | DarKFoRcE: "Maybe I can beat SuperNova if he's jet lagged" by MrBitter at IEM Sao Paulo 2012
- [e] 2012-01-08 | Interview with DarKFoRcE by fragster.de at HomeStory Cup 4
- [e] 2011-10-22 | Interview with DarKFoRcE by Noam of hecticSC at ESWC 2011
- [e] 2011-07-08 | Interview after defeating aLive in the NASL S1 GF RO16 by Anna Prosser at NASL Season 1 Grand Finals
- [e] 2010-10-03 | Interview at Intel Friday Night Game in Munich by TaKeTV
External links[edit]
First Person View Match VODS[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Matchup Statistics
vs | vs | vs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | |
| as | 155 - 145 | 51.7 % | 165 - 121 | 57.7 % | 128 - 113 | 53.1 % | 448 - 379 | 54.2 % |
| as | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 2 - 1 | 66.7 % | 2 - 1 | 66.7 % |
| Σ | 155 - 145 | 51.7 % | 165 - 121 | 57.7 % | 130 - 114 | 53.3 % | 450 - 380 | 54.2 % |
Earnings Statistics
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| Tier |  |  |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-Tier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B-Tier | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| C-Tier | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |