Lee Seung-Hyun ( ko, 이승현) is a former professional ''

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'' player from South Korea who played

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under the alias Life. His last team was

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, which he joined in January 2016. He also played for StarTale and

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 worl ...

. 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

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. His WCS Championship was also stripped from him by

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, the publisher of StarCraft.

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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 place * 2013

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- New York - Winner * 2013 DreamHack Open: Winter - Runner-up * 2013 ASUS ROG: NorthCon - 3rd-4th place * 2014

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 ...

Season 1 - 3rd-4th place * 2014 DreamHack Open: Bucharest - Winner * 2014

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 a ...

- Toronto - 3rd-4th place * 2014 WCS Global Finals - Championship revoked after match fixing conviction. * 2014 DreamHack Open: Winter - Runner-up * 2015

- Taipei - Winner * 2015 GSL Season 1 - Winner

References

1997 births Living people South Korean esports players StarCraft II players KT Rolster players StarTale players {{eSports-player-stub