Lee Yun-Yeol
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Lee Yun-Yeol, also known as '"NaDa", is a South Korean professional gamer who competitively plays StarCraft II
and before that, StarCraft: Brood War
. He is known for being one of the most accomplished Brood War player of all time with a total of six major title victories, inclduing three KPGA tours in a row in 2002 and subsequently winning three OnGameNet StarLeagues over the following years, earning him the nickname, "Genius Terran". He achieved the highest KeSPA score of any player before it was re-scaled, and holds the record for longest stay in KeSPA's top 30 at 87 months, beginning in March of 2002 and ending in May of 2009. has played for several top-ranking teams, including Pantech EX, Toona S.G., KT_MagicNs, Ideal Space and WeMade FOX. After his transition to Starcraft II in 2010, he joined the Korean team of Old Generations and participates internationally for SK Gaming
.
When NaDa eventually returned to pro-gaming he began his return to the top. NaDa's return became one of the most impressive comebacks in Brood War history, when in December 2007, NaDa was once again the number one-ranked pro gamer in the KeSPA rankings. It had been a full two years and five months since he had stopped performing in July 2004. NaDa's comeback culminated in his victory in the 2006 2nd ShinHan Bank OnGameNet StarLeague. In his winner's interview, NaDa dedicated his victory to his father, saying "Yes, it is my first time winning the finals with my mother seated as the audience. But, for this very victory, I give it all to my father, though he didn't make it. From now on, I will do my best for my mother." This victory not only marked a successful comeback performance, but also was NaDa's third OSL win, him becoming the first player in history to earn the OSL's Golden Mouse trophy and was NaDa's sixth major title win, making NaDa the then most accomplished Brood War in the game's history.
In 2007, NaDa signed a three-year contract with WeMade FOX for approximately 690,000 USD. After his contract with the organization expired in 2010, NaDa announced his intentions to fully switch to StarCraft II. Only after his retirement from Brood War was he equaled by Lee "Flash" Young-Ho
for the most achievements in Starcraft: Broodwar. He joined the Korean team and gamer house of Old Generations and quickly became one of the strongest names in the StarCraft II scene, competing in the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League
Season 2. There he advanced to the round of 8 before being defeated by Lim "BoxeR" Yo-Hwan
. The following season NaDa made it to round of 8 again, but was defeated by Lee "MarineKingPrime.WE" Jung-Hoon, losing 4 to 0. On July 15, 2011, SK Gaming
announced a joint partnership with Old Generations, allowing for NaDa and his teammate, Jang "MC" Min Chul
, to be sponsored for international events on behalf of the organization.
It was announced that on November 20th, 2011, NaDa will be opening up his own e-store, NaDa Mall which will sell progaming equipment and fulfill NaDa's dream of being a CEO.
StarCraft II
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft and its expansions, the game was released worldwide on July 27, 2010...
and before that, StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War
StarCraft: Brood War is the expansion pack for the award winning military science fiction, real-time strategy video game StarCraft. Released in 1998 for Windows and Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduced new campaigns, map tilesets, music,...
. He is known for being one of the most accomplished Brood War player of all time with a total of six major title victories, inclduing three KPGA tours in a row in 2002 and subsequently winning three OnGameNet StarLeagues over the following years, earning him the nickname, "Genius Terran". He achieved the highest KeSPA score of any player before it was re-scaled, and holds the record for longest stay in KeSPA's top 30 at 87 months, beginning in March of 2002 and ending in May of 2009. has played for several top-ranking teams, including Pantech EX, Toona S.G., KT_MagicNs, Ideal Space and WeMade FOX. After his transition to Starcraft II in 2010, he joined the Korean team of Old Generations and participates internationally for SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
.
Biography
NaDa first became known when he participated in an ITV game special where amateur players were pitted against professional players. NaDa was the amateur and beat the player Chrh. Not long after, NaDa made his debut as a pro gamer by winning three KPGA tours in three consecutive seasons all in a year's time. When the KPGA tour became the MBCGame Starcraft League, the KPGA tours were deemed equal to MSL wins, resulting in NaDa being granted the golden mouse, an award for winning three MSLs. NaDa topped his KPGA Tour wins with a victory in the Panasonic OnGameNet Starleague. Afterwards NaDa went into a slump; though he continued to be a strong player and came in second or first place in various leagues and tournaments, NaDa did not win an MSL or OSL until the IOPS Ongamenet Starleague in 2004 or 2005. However, not long afterwards, NaDa would enter the darkest period in his career. On 18 July 2005, FiFo reported that NaDa's father had been killed in an automobile accident when an intoxicated driver performed an illegal U-turn and collided with his father's vehicle.When NaDa eventually returned to pro-gaming he began his return to the top. NaDa's return became one of the most impressive comebacks in Brood War history, when in December 2007, NaDa was once again the number one-ranked pro gamer in the KeSPA rankings. It had been a full two years and five months since he had stopped performing in July 2004. NaDa's comeback culminated in his victory in the 2006 2nd ShinHan Bank OnGameNet StarLeague. In his winner's interview, NaDa dedicated his victory to his father, saying "Yes, it is my first time winning the finals with my mother seated as the audience. But, for this very victory, I give it all to my father, though he didn't make it. From now on, I will do my best for my mother." This victory not only marked a successful comeback performance, but also was NaDa's third OSL win, him becoming the first player in history to earn the OSL's Golden Mouse trophy and was NaDa's sixth major title win, making NaDa the then most accomplished Brood War in the game's history.
In 2007, NaDa signed a three-year contract with WeMade FOX for approximately 690,000 USD. After his contract with the organization expired in 2010, NaDa announced his intentions to fully switch to StarCraft II. Only after his retirement from Brood War was he equaled by Lee "Flash" Young-Ho
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....
for the most achievements in Starcraft: Broodwar. He joined the Korean team and gamer house of Old Generations and quickly became one of the strongest names in the StarCraft II scene, competing in the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League
GOMTV Global Starcraft II League
GOMTV Global Starcraft II League is a StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty tournament hosted by GomTV and Blizzard Entertainment in South Korea. There is an English stream available for non-Korean viewers. The tournament features two leagues, Code S and Code A...
Season 2. There he advanced to the round of 8 before being defeated by Lim "BoxeR" 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...
. The following season NaDa made it to round of 8 again, but was defeated by Lee "MarineKingPrime.WE" Jung-Hoon, losing 4 to 0. On July 15, 2011, SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
announced a joint partnership with Old Generations, allowing for NaDa and his teammate, Jang "MC" Min Chul
Jang Min Chul
Jang Min Chul , nicknamed MC, is a Korean professional player of the computer game StarCraft 2. He has won the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League twice, and as of 2011 is considered one of the top Starcraft 2 players in the world. He is part of the Korean team Old Generations . MC plays...
, to be sponsored for international events on behalf of the organization.
It was announced that on November 20th, 2011, NaDa will be opening up his own e-store, NaDa Mall which will sell progaming equipment and fulfill NaDa's dream of being a CEO.
Major achievements
- 2009 e-Stars Seoul StarCraft Heritage League - runner-up
- 2007 Shinhan Bank OnGameNet Masters - winner
- 2006-2007 3rd ShinHan Bank OnGameNet StarLeague - runner-up
- 2006 2nd ShinHan Bank OnGameNet StarLeague - winner
- 2005 Snickers All-Star League - runner-up
- 2004-2005 IOPS Ongamenet Starleague - winner
- 2004 You Are the Golf King MBCGame StarLeague - runner-up
- 2004 KT-KTF Premier League - 3rd place
- 2004 HanaFOS CEN Game MBCGame Starleague - runner-up
- 2004 KT-KTF Premiere League 통합 Championship - winner
- 2003 2nd TGSambo (TriGem) MBCGame Starleague - 3rd place
- 2003 Hotbreak OnGameNet Masters - winner
- 2003 Stout MBCGame Starleague - runner-up
- 2003 Ting KBC Super Game Show Tournament - 3rd place
- 2003 GhemTV FindAll Challenger Open Starleague - runner-up
- 2003 KTF Bigi Four Kings Battle - runner-up
- 2002-2003 KTEC KPGA Winners Championship - 3rd place
- 2003 1st GhemTV StarLeague - winner
- 2002-2003 Panasonic OnGameNet Starleague - winner
- 2002 Baskin Robbins KPGA Tour 4th League - winner
- 2002 Pepsi Twist KPGA Tour 3rd League - winner
- 2002 Reebok KPGA Tour 2nd League - winner
- 2002 iTV Ranking 4th League - winner
- 2002 1st GhemTV StarLeague - 3rd place
- 2001 Magic Station Network Gaming Tournament - winner
- 2001-2002 iTV Ranking 3rd League - winner