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Life (gamer)
Lee Seung-Hyun ( ko, 이승현) is a former professional ''StarCraft II'' player from South Korea who played Zerg under the alias Life. His last team was Afreeca Freecs, which he joined in January 2016. He also played for StarTale and KT Rolster. On April 21, 2016, South Korean prosecutors announced that they were charging Life, along with Bbyong, another StarCraft II player, with matchfixing. He was convicted and sentenced to eighteen months in prison, suspended for three years, and fined 70,000,000 South Korean won. His WCS Championship was also stripped from him by Blizzard Entertainment, the publisher of StarCraft. ESPN named his match fixing the most disappointing event in esports in 2016. Major Achievements * 2012 TeamLiquid StarLeague 4 - Runner-up * 2012 GSL Season 4 - Winner * 2012 MLG Fall Championship - Winner * 2012 GSL Blizzard Cup - Winner * 2013 Iron Squid – Chapter II - Winner * 2013 MLG Winter Championship - Winner * 2013 DreamHack Open: Bucharest - 3rd-4th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IEM Season VIII
The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is a series of international esports tournaments held in countries around the world. These Electronic Sports League (ESL) sanctioned events, sponsored by Intel, currently host events in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and ''StarCraft II''. Other game titles were hosted in the past. The body that owns the league is Turtle Entertainment. The League has operated 16 seasons . The season finals, with the largest prize pool, takes place in Katowice, Poland. Mid-season events are held in numerous cities around the globe, including Chicago, Shanghai and Sydney. History The Intel Extreme Masters are a product of the ESL. In 2006, when the Intel sponsored European tournament saw room for expansion outside of Europe, especially in North American markets, Intel provided funds for a worldwide tournament, billing it as the Intel Extreme Masters. In 2007, when established, the IEM established a format of many smaller qualifying events, leading up to a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarCraft II Players
''StarCraft'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the ever-evolving insectoid Zerg, the powerful and enigmatic Protoss, and the godlike Xel'Naga creator race—in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector. The series debuted with the video game ''StarCraft'' in 1998. It has grown to include a number of other games as well as eight novelizations, two ''Amazing Stories'' articles, a board game, and other licensed merchandise such as collectible statues and toys. Blizzard Entertainment began planning ''StarCraft'' in 1995 with a development team led by Metzen and Phinney. The game debuted at the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo and used a modified '' Warcraft II'' game engine. ''StarCraft'' also marked the creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korean Esports Players
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1997 Births
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic (1997 film), Titanic'', the List of highest-grossing films, highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comet, comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is Handover of Hong Kong, handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the 1997 Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner (rover), Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Titanic (1997 film) rect 200 0 400 200 Harry Potter rect 400 0 600 200 Comet Hale-Bopp rect 0 200 300 400 Death of Diana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin
Kim Yoo-jin (), better known by his gaming handle sOs, is a Korean professional ''StarCraft II'' player. He is the first two-time StarCraft II World Championship Series winner, claiming the title in 2013 and 2015. Kim spent most of his career playing for the Jin Air Green Wings team, from 2013–2020. He is a Protoss player. He announced his retirement from professional gaming in 2021. Career In 2013, sOs beat Lee Jaedong at the World Championship Series (WCS). In 2015, he repeated his WCS title after beating Life in the finals. In 2018 he made another deep run in the WCS. soS defeated his Jin Air teammate Cho "Maru" Seong Ju 3:0 in the quarterfinal; Maru was one of the favorites after Maru had won three GSLs in a row. sOs lost 0:3 to Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob in the semifinal. sOs left Jin Air Green Wings for a new Korean team, Team NV, in November 2020. In September 2021, sOs announced his retirement from StarCraft on Team NV's Instagram. Tournament results * 3-4th - 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarCraft II World Championship Series
The ''StarCraft II'' World Championship Series (WCS) was a ''StarCraft II'' professional tournament series organized and sanctioned by Blizzard Entertainment that ran from 2012 to 2019. For all but its first year of operation, it was the highest tier of professional ''StarCraft II'' competition. Its longest-running iteration featured two regions, ''World Championship Series Korea'' and ''World Championship Series Circuit'', with ''World Championship Series Global'' events featuring players from both regions. Grand finals were held annually at BlizzCon in Anaheim, California, except for the first year of competition, when the finals were held in Shanghai, China. WCS Circuit events were streamed on Twitch while WCS Korea events were available on Twitch, YouTube, and afreecaTV. World Championship Series Korea professional competition was centered on events organized by afreecaTV under the Global StarCraft II League (GSL) name, including GSL Code S seasons and GSL Super Tournament e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IEM Season IX
Intel Extreme Masters Season IX was the ninth season of Intel Extreme Masters competitions organized by Electronic Sports League, and took place between July 2014 and March 2015. The season included five stops in different cities around the world acting as qualifiers before culminating in the World Championship in Katowice, Poland. The featured games were ''League of Legends'' by Riot Games and '' StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm'', as well as one competition of '' Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft'', both by Blizzard Entertainment. Shenzhen Intel Extreme Masters Shenzhen was the opening event of Season IX, and took place between July 16–20 at the Shenzhen Cartoon and Animation Festival in Shenzhen, China. The event featured three games: ''StarCraft II'', ''League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global StarCraft II League
Global StarCraft II League (GSL) is a '' StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void'' tournament hosted by afreecaTV and Blizzard Entertainment in South Korea. This event is broadcast up to 2 nights a week. GOMeXp (formerly GOMTV) had hosted it until the last season of 2015. There is also an English language stream available. The tournament features two leagues, Code S (major) and Code A (minor). The English cast of them is mainly performed by Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski and Nicolas "Tasteless" Plott. Formerly broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays on TwitchTV, the programme is now broadcast on Mondays and Thursdays on YouTube. As of the end of 2015 GSL Season 2, GOMTV has given away over 3.6 billion Korean won (over $3.1 million USD) from the individual GSL and Arena of Legends leagues in ''StarCraft II''. Main Events 2010 Open Seasons The 2010 Open Seasons were the first tournaments for the GSL, featuring three initial events with an overall prize pool of 600 million Korean Won ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 MLG Winter Championship
This is a list of Major League Gaming national championships, including results from 2004 to the present. 2004 - New York City 2005 - New York City 2006 - Las Vegas 2007 - Las Vegas 2008 - Las Vegas 2009 - Anaheim 2009 - Orlando 2010 - Dallas 2011 - Providence 2012 - Winter Championship - Columbus 2012 - Spring Championship - Anaheim 2012 - Summer Championship - Raleigh Note: Curse and Dignitas were both disqualified for involvement with a fixing scandal, which resulted in splitting the first and second place prize pools between third through sixth place. 2012 - Fall Championship - Dallas 2013 - Winter Championship - Dallas 2013 - Spring Championship - Anaheim 2013 - Fall Championship - Columbus 2014 - Anaheim 2015 World Finals The MLG 2015 World Finals took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on October 16–18, 2015. The event featured five games, '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'', ''Dota 2'', ''Smite'', '' Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KT Rolster
kt Rolster is a South Korean multi-gaming organization founded in 1999 with Korean Telecom as the head sponsor. A member of the Korean e-Sports Association, KT Rolster holds one of the richest and most successful ''StarCraft'' teams in the world, as well as one of the most successful ''League of Legends'' teams in Korea. The StarCraft team has fielded several legendary players throughout the pro-gaming scenes of '' StarCraft: Brood War'' and ''StarCraft II'', such as Flash, Nal rA, YellOw, NaDa, NesTea, Reach, Life, TY and Zest. History When the organization was created in 1999 it consisted solely of a ''StarCraft'' team which was named KTF n016 Progame Team after the head sponsor, Korean Telecom Freetel. In 2001 the team was renamed KTF MagicNs. When the sponsor merged with Korean Telecom the gaming-organization subsequently went through several name changes and eventually ended up as KT Rolster (short for "Roller Coaster") in August 2009. The team transitioned to Starcraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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