Park Sung-Joon

Park Sung-Joon (박성준) (b.1986-12-18) is a professional player of real-time strategy game Starcraft. He is known by his pseudonym July, a shortened version of JulyZerg. He is best known for his excellent Mutalisk micromanagement and his powerhouse victories in the KT-KTF Premiere League and OnGameNet Starleague of 2005. Park Sung-Joon is also known as the "God of War" or "Tushin." His excellent Mutalisk micro is his signature, wreaking havoc by what is known as "Muta-bombs" - or stacking Mutalisks together and attacking one single unit; most of the time killing that unit within one bomb.

July currently plays for STX SouL [http://teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/117_July] .

(Taken from TeamLiquid.Net Player Database)July emerged onto the scene during Gilette OSL, where he beat Oov 3-2 in a famous series and went on to win the tournament against Reach, making him a royal roader and the first Zerg to ever win an OSL.

He quickly became the dominant player of the time, winning another OSL (Ever 2), a KT-KTF tournament and the ITV league. He also made another OSL final which he lost 3-0 to Nada.

After reaching yet another OSL final in early 2006 and losing 3-0 to his old rival Oov, July lost his dominance and went into a small slump. Recently he’s shown promising signs of regaining his old confidence by beating Xellos and Oov in the Proleague finals in fine style and reaching final round in OSL.

On July 12, 2008, July defeated the new Protoss phenom, BeSt, in the 2008 EVER OSL, by a score of 3-0. The victory was July's third OSL title, which won him the Golden Mouse, a prestigious achievement held previously only by NaDa.

External links

* [http://www.e-sports.or.kr/progamer/p_4_2a.asp?gamer=429 Korean e-Sports Association's entry of Park Sung-Joon]
* [http://teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/117_July TLPD: Player profile & game record]
* [http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=15792 Interview with Park Sung-Joon]