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Choi Yeon-Sung
Choi Yeon-Sung in the MSLKorean name Hangul 최연성 Hanja 崔然星 Revised Romanization Choe Yeonseong McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Yǒn-sǒng Choi Yeon-Sung (born November 5, 1983, aged 28[1]), also known as iloveoov, is a professional Korean StarCraft player who uses the Terran race. He is known for his excellent macromanagement, leading to his nickname "Cheater Terran". However he is better known as "Monster Terran" (Gweh_Mool Terran) because of his ability to produce a massive amount of units. He sees Lim Yo-Hwan, who was on the same team as him (SKTelecomT1), as an older brother or mentor. It's been known that Lim scouted Choi through a match in battlenet after losing to Choi's Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Choi beat Lim 3:2 in 2004 during the Ongamenet Ever Starleague finals. The 'oov' in his nickname is believed to be the ASCII emotion icon of a face and 2 fingers forming letter 'V' which stands for victory.[1] He announced his retirement as a progamer as a result of a wrist injury, to become a coach for his team.[2] Since then, Choi returned to the active roster as a "player coach". [3]
In April 2008, Choi announced his engagement to his girlfriend. Choi and his fiancee had been together for 6 years, even when he was training to become a professional gamer.
Recently,[when?] Choi Yeon Sung said that he would return in upcoming Starcraft tournaments along with Boxer in SkTelecom T1. Their goal is to regain the title of being called Terran Number 1 "T1". Choi Yeon Sung seems to be coming back to form with impressive victories over the ACE team, with 3 victories before being defeated by Anytime[gm].[1]
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Major achievements
- TriGem MBCGame Starleague Champion – September – November 2003
- HanaFOS MSL Champion – January – March 2004
- Gillette OnGameNet Starleague 3rd place – April – July 2004
- Spris MSL Champion – May – August 2004
- Ever OSL Champion – August – November 2004
- UZOO MSL 4th place – June – August 2005
- So1 OSL 3rd place – August – November 2005
- CKCG China-Korea Cyber Games Champion – October 2005
- CYON MSL 3rd place – October – January 2006
- Shinhan OSL Champion – December 2005 – March 2006
- WCG 2006 Champion – October 2006
- Second player to win 3 MSLs, along with NaDa.
His streaks versus Zerg are particularly notable.
Record: 79 wins – 37 losses (68.10%)
Best Streak: 27 wins Worst Streak: 4 losses Current Streak: 1 win
Overall Record:
- All: 228–143 (61.46%)
- vT: 82–62 (56.94%)
- vZ: 79–37 (68.10%)
- vP: 67–44 (60.36%)
Also note that he is training Fantasy with BoxeR since he(ilooveoov) is a coach/player.
References
- ^ a b "TLPD - Player Information - iloveoov". Teamliquid.net. http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/5_iloveoov. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
External links
See also
Professional competition with StarCraft: Brood War Players TerranLim Yo-Hwan (BoxeR) · Lee Yun-Yeol (NaDa) · Choi Yeon-Sung (iloveoov) · Seo Ji-Hun (XellOs) · Seo Ji-Soo (ToSsGirL) · Lee Young-Ho (Flash) · Jung Myung Hoon (Fantasy)ProtossGuillaume Patry (Grrr...) · Park Jung Suk (Reach) · Kang Min (Nal_rA) · Park Yong-Wook (Kingdom) · Kim Dong-Soo (Garimto) · Song Byung-Gu (Stork) · Kim Taek-Yong (Bisu)ZergHong Jin-Ho (Yellow) · Park Sung-Joon (JulyZerg) · Ma Jae-Yoon (sAviOr) · Lee Jae Dong (Jaedong) · Christoph Semke (Mondragon)Organizations DistributionBroadcastingTeam sponsorsTeamsSamsung Khan · SK Telecom T1 · WeMade FOXCategories:- Competitive video gaming
- South Korean electronic sports players
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Professional StarCraft players
- South Korean sportspeople stubs
- Video game specialist stubs
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