Lee Jae Dong
Encyclopedia
Lee Jae-Dong, alias n.Die_Jaedong, nicknamed The Tyrant and The Legend Killer, (generally known as Jaedong or JD for short), (born January 9, 1990) is a South Korea
n professional StarCraft player
representing team Hwaseung Oz as its Zerg ace player. He is one of four players to break the 2350 barrier in the TeamLiquid.net ELO
rankings and is currently ranked second in the world by the Korean E-Sports Association and fifth by ELO ranking.http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/players. He is one of two players to achieve a winning percentage above 66% with a career record of 482 wins and 219 losses (68.76%). On August 22, 2009, he became the third player to win the prestigious "Golden Mouse" award for winning three OSL titles, and the second since Lim Yo-Hwan
to win two OSL titles back-to-back.
In 2008 Lee was awarded the KeSPA "Player of the Year", "Best Winning Percentage", and "Best Player In the World" awards.
In 2009 Lee printed his hand onto a piece of clay to "immortalize" him. This achievement was made with 100 Proleague wins. Lee did this alongside 'Reach' who also achieved 100 wins.
Although his father publicly stated in interviews that retirement was a possibility, Lee renegotiated his contract with Hwaseung Oz and has confirmed that he will play for the team in the upcoming Proleague season.
The new KeSPA formed team will compete in the 11-12 season.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n professional StarCraft player
StarCraft professional competition
The 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...
representing team Hwaseung Oz as its Zerg ace player. He is one of four players to break the 2350 barrier in the TeamLiquid.net ELO
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
rankings and is currently ranked second in the world by the Korean E-Sports Association and fifth by ELO ranking.http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/players. He is one of two players to achieve a winning percentage above 66% with a career record of 482 wins and 219 losses (68.76%). On August 22, 2009, he became the third player to win the prestigious "Golden Mouse" award for winning three OSL titles, and the second since 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...
to win two OSL titles back-to-back.
In 2008 Lee was awarded the KeSPA "Player of the Year", "Best Winning Percentage", and "Best Player In the World" awards.
In 2009 Lee printed his hand onto a piece of clay to "immortalize" him. This achievement was made with 100 Proleague wins. Lee did this alongside 'Reach' who also achieved 100 wins.
Free Agency in 2009
After KESPA revised the rules regulating Free Agency, Hwaseung OZ made Lee an offer of 140,000,000 won (112,420 USD) a year to renew his contract. During the bid period, Lee expressed interest in remaining within Hwaseung Oz because of the friendships he had forged over the past three years on the team.Although his father publicly stated in interviews that retirement was a possibility, Lee renegotiated his contract with Hwaseung Oz and has confirmed that he will play for the team in the upcoming Proleague season.
Hwaseung Oz disbands
In August 2011, Hwaseung decided to stop sponsoring Oz to shift their priorities over to physical sports. This left Lee, and several other notable progamers without a team as FOX and Hero also closed down. However in the first days of November it was revealed the governing body of esports in Korea, KeSPA, had decided to form a team. It was announced Lee along with several other progamers from the closed down teams, would move to the new team. Notable gamers to join the new team was Yum Bo Sung (Sea), Jun Tae Yang (BaBy) and Park Joon Oh (Killer) and Lee.The new KeSPA formed team will compete in the 11-12 season.
League
- 2007 OnGameNet Star Challenge Season 1 (1st)
- 2007 EVER OnGameNet Starleague (1st)
- 2008 GomTV MBCGame Starleague Season 4 (1st)
- 2008 Arena MBCGame Starleague (2nd)
- 2008 Averatec-Intel Classic Season 1 (1st)
- 2009 Batoo OnGameNet Starleague (1st)
- 2009 Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague (1st)
- 2009 World Cyber Games Grand Final (1st)
- 2009 NATE MBCGame Starleague (1st)
- 2010 Hana Daetoo MBCGame Starleague (2nd)
- 2010 Bigfile MBCGame Starleague (2nd)
- 2010 Korean Air 2 OnGameNet Starleague (2nd)
- 2010 World Cyber Games Grand Final (3rd)
OSL/MSL/WCG career statistics
| Year | League | Name of Tournament | Result of Final | Opponent | Note |
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| 2010 | OnGameNet Starleague | Korean Air 2 | LWLL | FlaSh Lee Young-Ho Lee Young-Ho is a South Korean professional StarCraft player who plays under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. Lee currently plays for KT.... (T, KT Rolster) |
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| 2010 | MBCgame Starleague MBCgame Starleague The MBCgame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, is a StarCraft tournament hosted by MBCGame. The tournament started outin 2002 under the name of KPGA, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL.-League Championships:-2009 Avalon MSL:... |
Bigfile | LLWWL | FlaSh Lee Young-Ho Lee Young-Ho is a South Korean professional StarCraft player who plays under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. Lee currently plays for KT.... (T, KT Rolster) |
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| 2010 | MBCgame Starleague MBCgame Starleague The MBCgame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, is a StarCraft tournament hosted by MBCGame. The tournament started outin 2002 under the name of KPGA, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL.-League Championships:-2009 Avalon MSL:... |
Hana Daetoo | LLL | FlaSh Lee Young-Ho Lee Young-Ho is a South Korean professional StarCraft player who plays under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. Lee currently plays for KT.... (T, KT Rolster) |
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| 2009 | MBCgame Starleague MBCgame Starleague The MBCgame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, is a StarCraft tournament hosted by MBCGame. The tournament started outin 2002 under the name of KPGA, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL.-League Championships:-2009 Avalon MSL:... |
Nate | WLWW | FlaSh Lee Young-Ho Lee Young-Ho is a South Korean professional StarCraft player who plays under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. Lee currently plays for KT.... (T, KT Rolster) |
Game 3 Power Outage on Odd-Eye gives Jaedong win |
| 2009 | World Cyber Games World Cyber Games The 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... |
2009 Grand Final | WLW | Stork (P, Samsung KHAN) | |
| 2009 | OnGameNet Starleague | Bacchus 2009 | WWW | YellOw[ArnC] (Z, Hite Sparkyz) | Receives OSL golden mouse |
| 2009 | OnGameNet Starleague | Batoo | LLWWW | By.Fantasy (T, SKT T1) | |
| 2008 | MBCgame Starleague MBCgame Starleague The MBCgame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, is a StarCraft tournament hosted by MBCGame. The tournament started outin 2002 under the name of KPGA, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL.-League Championships:-2009 Avalon MSL:... |
Arena | LLL | fOrGG (T, Lecaf OZ) | |
| 2007 | MBCgame Starleague MBCgame Starleague The MBCgame StarCraft League, also known as MSL, is a StarCraft tournament hosted by MBCGame. The tournament started outin 2002 under the name of KPGA, and in 2003 it was renamed the MSL.-League Championships:-2009 Avalon MSL:... |
GomTV S4 | LWWW | Siz)KaL (P, STX SouL) | |
| 2007 | OnGameNet Starleague | EVER 2007 | LWWW | Stork (P, Samsung KHAN) | Wins first major title |
