StarCraft professional competition. OGN's main studio, is an example of an e-sports stadium, where professional StarCraft is played. Participation outside of South Korea[edit] There have been commercial attempts to bring televised professional StarCraft matches to audiences outside South Korea. GOM TV has hired Nick "Tasteless" Plott, an American who previously cast StarCraft at the WCG and other international events, to provide English commentary on the 2008 GOM TV Star Invitational and the 2008 Averatec-Intel Classic tournaments.
According to GOM TV statistics, over 1 million viewers watched the GOM TV Star Invitational matches with English commentary.[4] Many StarCraft fans outside South Korea download video files of the pro games to watch on their computer. The Collegiate Starleague is a seasonal intercollegiate league that is modeled after Korea's ProLeague. KeSPA rankings[edit] KeSPA[13] (Korean e-Sports Association) publishes a monthly calculation of rankings based on a point scale. Match fixing scandal[edit] Korean e-Sports Players Association. eSports LIVE Broadcast (in english) SlayerS_BoxeR. Lim Yo-Hwan (born 4 September 1980), known by the pseudonym SlayerS_`BoxeR` (usually shortened to BoxeR), is a former professional gamer of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft.
He is often dubbed The Terran Emperor (Korean: "테란의 황제"), or simply "The Emperor", and is widely considered to be one of the most successful players of the genre as well as an E-sports icon. In late 2010, he retired from StarCraft: Brood War and founded a StarCraft 2 team: "SlayerS". Since SlayerS disbanding, he briefly returned to SK T1 as a coach before retiring due to health related issues. [1] He is currently a professional poker player. Success[edit] Lim has a record with 548 wins and 416 losses (56.80%)[2] in his professional career. History[edit] BoxeR is most renowned for his creativity; often building proxy barracks. After Lim joined the Air Force, he started putting his fame to work. On April 16, 2012, it was announced that BoxeR would be forfeiting his Code A match due to health concerns. Photo. SCV Rush. 100ème victoire. Jaedong. He made his debut in 2006 as a member of the Korean team Hwaseung OZ and quickly proved himself as a talented player.
In less than two years he won his first premier tournament, the Seoul International eSports Festival, and shortly after both the OSL and the MSL tournament.[2] Since then he dominated the StarCraft competitive scene, revolutionizing Zerg strategy and establishing a famous rivalry with the Terran player Lee Young-Ho. In 2012, Lee retired from StarCraft: Brood War and begun to play StarCraft 2 competitively, joining the team Evil Geniuses a few months after.[3] Throughout 2013, he was one of the most consistent players, earning several silver medals in premier tournaments, most notably the 2013 StarCraft World Championship, but failed to win a gold medal in a premier tournament and maintain the dominance that had made him famous in StarCraft: Brood War.
Over his 6-year career as a StarCraft: Brood War player, Lee set several records. Free Agency in 2009[edit] League[edit] Photo. Photo. Photo. Photo.