Choi Yeon-Sung
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Choi Yeon-Sung also known as iloveoov, is a professional Korean StarCraft
player who uses the Terran race. He is known for his excellent macromanagement, leading to his nickname "Cheater Terran". However he is better known as "Monster Terran" (Gweh_Mool Terran) because of his ability to produce a massive amount of units. He sees Lim Yo-Hwan
, who was on the same team as him (SKTelecomT1), as an older brother or mentor. It's been known that Lim scouted Choi through a match in battlenet after losing to Choi's Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Choi beat Lim 3:2 in 2004 during the Ongamenet Ever Starleague finals.
The 'oov' in his nickname is believed to be the ASCII emotion icon of a face and 2 fingers forming letter 'V' which stands for victory.http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=42673 He announced his retirement as a progamer as a result of a wrist injury, to become a coach for his team.http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=66298 Since then, Choi returned to the active roster as a "player coach". http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81147
In April 2008, Choi announced his engagement to his girlfriend. Choi and his fiancee had been together for 6 years, even when he was training to become a professional gamer.
Recently, Choi Yeon Sung said that he would return in upcoming Starcraft tournaments along with Boxer
in SkTelecom T1. Their goal is to regain the title of being called Terran Number 1 "T1". Choi Yeon Sung seems to be coming back to form with impressive victories over the ACE team, with 3 victories before being defeated by Anytime[gm].
His streaks versus Zerg are particularly notable.
Record: 79 wins – 37 losses (68.10%)
Best Streak: 27 wins Worst Streak: 4 losses Current Streak: 1 win
Overall Record:
Also note that he is training Fantasy with BoxeR since he(ilooveoov) is a coach/player.
StarCraft
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The first game of the StarCraft series was released for Microsoft Windows on 31 March 1998. With more than 11 million copies sold worldwide as of February 2009, it is one of the best-selling...
player who uses the Terran race. He is known for his excellent macromanagement, leading to his nickname "Cheater Terran". However he is better known as "Monster Terran" (Gweh_Mool Terran) because of his ability to produce a massive amount of units. He sees Lim Yo-Hwan
Lim Yo-Hwan
Lim Yo-Hwan , known by the pseudonym SlayerS_`BoxeR` , is one of the most successful players of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft to date...
, who was on the same team as him (SKTelecomT1), as an older brother or mentor. It's been known that Lim scouted Choi through a match in battlenet after losing to Choi's Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Choi beat Lim 3:2 in 2004 during the Ongamenet Ever Starleague finals.
The 'oov' in his nickname is believed to be the ASCII emotion icon of a face and 2 fingers forming letter 'V' which stands for victory.http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=42673 He announced his retirement as a progamer as a result of a wrist injury, to become a coach for his team.http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=66298 Since then, Choi returned to the active roster as a "player coach". http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=81147
In April 2008, Choi announced his engagement to his girlfriend. Choi and his fiancee had been together for 6 years, even when he was training to become a professional gamer.
Recently, Choi Yeon Sung said that he would return in upcoming Starcraft tournaments along with Boxer
Lim Yo-Hwan
Lim Yo-Hwan , known by the pseudonym SlayerS_`BoxeR` , is one of the most successful players of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft to date...
in SkTelecom T1. Their goal is to regain the title of being called Terran Number 1 "T1". Choi Yeon Sung seems to be coming back to form with impressive victories over the ACE team, with 3 victories before being defeated by Anytime[gm].
Major achievements
- TriGem MBCGame Starleague Champion – September – November 2003
- HanaFOS MSL Champion – January – March 2004
- Gillette OnGameNet Starleague 3rd place – April – July 2004
- Spris MSL Champion – May – August 2004
- Ever OSL Champion – August – November 2004
- UZOO MSL 4th place – June – August 2005
- So1 OSL 3rd place – August – November 2005
- CKCG China-Korea Cyber Games Champion – October 2005
- CYON MSL 3rd place – October – January 2006
- Shinhan OSL Champion – December 2005 – March 2006
- WCGWorld Cyber GamesThe World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
2006 Champion – October 2006 - Second player to win 3 MSLs, along with NaDa.
His streaks versus Zerg are particularly notable.
Record: 79 wins – 37 losses (68.10%)
Best Streak: 27 wins Worst Streak: 4 losses Current Streak: 1 win
Overall Record:
- All: 228–143 (61.46%)
- vT: 82–62 (56.94%)
- vZ: 79–37 (68.10%)
- vP: 67–44 (60.36%)
Also note that he is training Fantasy with BoxeR since he(ilooveoov) is a coach/player.
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See also
- StarCraft professional competitionStarCraft professional competitionThe computer game StarCraft has an active professional competition circuit, particularly in South Korea. The two major game channels in South Korea, Ongamenet and MBCGame, each run a Starleague , viewed by millions of fans...