Jeffrey "Trump" Shih, a self-described man of science and 24 year old college graduate, is one of the most well known, well mannered and respected players in the Starcraft 2 community. He is based in the Bay Area of California and has been playing and streaming Starcraft 2 since the beginning of the Beta.
Trump is a High Master League Terran player. Trump believes that the game is ultimately in a state of balance. His favorite unit is the Seige Tank and, generally, he likes to base his play around this unit.
His active streaming of his own matches, as well as matches of other top players, has given him an enormous following of loyal fans. He has tons of prior experience in other Real-Time Strategy games from the Age of Empires, Warcraft, and Civilization franchises that gave him his foundation to be a successful Starcraft 2 player. He describes himself as an RPG player at heart. He also has experience from World of Warcraft where he lead his own guild.
Trump's stream is characterized by his soothingly-voiced commentary, his general calm and cool demeanor, lack of rage (and scouting, lol), intellectually stimulating piano music (for which I call him the Mozart Terran) and his "gl hf ".
An unnamed KiwiClone member has referenced Supply Drops as "Trump Depots" due to his habit of getting supply blocked. Trump, himself, calls them "hats" for his depots.
What some people don't understand is that Trump is always in a state of experimentation. Sometimes he's wildly experimenting and sometimes he's playing standard with a hint of experimentation but it's always in the name of fun... or testing and science! Also, Trump never* cheeses, though he may spend entire months doing "Thor rush all-ins". Standard.
From all of your fans, Trump, thank you very much and we love you!!! <3 <3
Notable Trump-isms: "As long as I don't lose the game, I'll win!" "Darn you, Proooooootossssssssssss!!!!" "I built a Thor, I deserve to win! I built a Thor!" "Fast expansion..hmmm....wait! That means i can attack him and win! ARRRRRRIIINNNN" "Scout? Why would I scout? I mean, what am I really going to see?" "Because we're Terran and they're Protoss." "One does not simply walk into turtle Terran..." "Fool me three times and I'm the biggest dummy in the world..." "It doesn't matter how pretty it looks. Only results matter!" "How could he have this much stuff? ...Arghhhhh Protosssssssssss!!!!!!!!" "Come down the choke of doom! Bwahahahahaha! Come down the choke of doom! Bwahahaha-OH GOD BANELINGS CHOKE OF DOOM SAVE ME!!" "One, two, three , 4 .....FOUR GATES!!!! OMG HES FOUR GATING! BUNKER!" "Whoops!" - Especially when playing Skyrim "Ha! A sensor tower is a sign of weakness. I'm going to build a sensor tower." "See, the game is fair. Well, it's fair when you kick the Zerg in the balls to start with."
Members (Please note: I only add your name if you actually ask me to 'sign you up'.) + Show Spoiler +
Please Note: I am not an artist but I've been following Trump's play for a long time and if there are any contributions to this page you would like to make, whether it be art, knowledge, or anything else constructive, please feel free to PM me or leave a comment below and together we will sophisticate this over time. Thank you -Inertiaddict
Hey I started watching your stream when I can (which is sadly not so often due to timezones) after I heard about you from the My little pony thread, its a really relaxing and informative stream.
On October 24 2011 15:05 KevinIX wrote: Since Trump has a fanclub, I made him a wiki: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Trump . Hopefully the mods don't delete it after all my work!
Nice work!
You even have a picture of trump that doesn't feature cards.
On October 24 2011 15:05 KevinIX wrote: Since Trump has a fanclub, I made him a wiki: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Trump . Hopefully the mods don't delete it after all my work!
Nice work!
You even have a picture of trump that doesn't feature cards.
On October 22 2011 20:23 Inertiaddict wrote: Notable Trump-isms: "An unnamed KiwiClone member has referenced Supply Drops as "Trump Depots" due to his habit of getting supply blocked."
Oops i should have specified that was actually a "Trump Fact" rather than a quote by Trump.
Oh yes, sign me up. Probably my favourite stream on TL. I really need to get my hands on a playlist of his classical piano music that is played all the time. So relaxing.
Holy crap, there wasnt one? sign me up! Was one of the first sc2 streams I watched. I watched it all the time and he taught me a lot about the game. Still one of the best streams on TL.
I am all-in for the Trumpster. I appreciate that he commentates his own games giving insight into what he is thinking and why he is making certain decisions during the games. It's also so refreshing that he he keeps his calm (with only the occassional and highly humorous "Trump rage!") rather than being arrogant and abrasive like far too many streamers out there. Keep up the great work Trump!
Sign me up for this! Trump always so good mannered and entertaining And i really like how he decides to try things out, even if its an obviously horrible idea.
Been following Trumps stream since February and still loving it - sign me up! The mostly troll-free chat and soothing piano music is a perfect refuge for terrans from around the internets
On October 31 2011 00:22 Zeevo wrote: Can anyone direct me to find some of the classical music he plays on his streams and the one in that video in the OP?
Wow, nice, Propulsion! I added it as well as everyone's name, so far! Also, as far as scaling goes, I honestly have no idea. I'm lucky that all this stuff looks as good as it does, lol. It all centered, and I haven't specified any images sizes. They all just sort of auto-fit.
Go, Trump!!!
Also, he has a lesson tomorrow at 1pm (PST) so tune in for that!
As a side note, I really like how the fan club looks. Thank you, everyone for all your suggestions and everything! ^.^
Ahh most notable for me "One, two, three , 4 .....FOUR GATES!!!! OMG HES FOUR GATING! BUNKER!" back from the days when Trump Thor rushed every Protoss.
How do I send Trump a Private Message? At this point I am willing to devote everything I have to him financially to coach me out of Bronze and into platinum or masters at least.. sick of losing streaks making the game not so fun.
How has he managed to keep his stream featured? I thought you had to win several tournaments in order to stay featured, or has he won several i wasnt aware of?
On December 02 2011 13:10 FinestHour wrote: How has he managed to keep his stream featured? I thought you had to win several tournaments in order to stay featured, or has he won several i wasnt aware of?
We've re-evaluated our standards for featuring and decided on a number of factors that will determine a stream's featured status:
"Players" Category 1. High skill level / tournament results 2. High average viewer count 3. Notability / contribution 4. Activity
A stream does not necessarily have to possess all of the listed attributes. For example, Destiny might not have the best tournament results, but his average viewer count is high enough to justify staying featured. In another example, a player like dignitas.Killer may not average many viewers but his skill level and notability (good tournament performances in recent months, Dignitas member) justifies a position as well.
Also, we feel that long time veterans and contributors to the TL community should get more leniency on these standards, as we obviously wish to encourage player-fan interaction through the TL forums.
"Other" Category 1. Notability 2. Content (ie not just rebroadcasts, or pre-event viewer building)
I'm huge fan of Trump. His stream always takes priority over any other SC2-related thing I'm doing or any other SC2 stream I may already be watching. He's calm, mannered, and I love the peaceful music he plays.
Trump's going to be casting with Catspajamas next Sunday (12/18) in Mountain View, California, for HWG's Zerg Christmas 2011 - compete or stop by to support him! Main forum is here or you can go to our website for details on registering. Hope to see you guys there!
please don't sign me up for the fanclub since i by principle hate all terrans, but could someone give me examples of what music Trump listens to? i love it.
On December 26 2011 21:11 tsilaicos wrote: please don't sign me up for the fanclub since i by principle hate all terrans, but could someone give me examples of what music Trump listens to? i love it.
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