Bora Kim

Bora Kim
Player information
Full name	Bora Kim
Nickname	YellOwStaR
Date of birth	February 15, 1992
country code	France
game	League of Legends
position	AD Carry (until mid-2012), Support (mid-2012–2016)
Former teams	against All authority, Millenium , SK Gaming , Fnatic , Team SoloMid , Paris Saint-Germain eSports

Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim (born February 15, 1992 ) is a former French e-athlete in the League of Legends discipline . He initially played on the position of AD Carries and then moved to the support position. He was under contract with Fnatic before leaving active sport . He then worked as Head of E-Sports and coach of the League of Legends department at Paris Saint-Germain .

Career

Before his time as a League of Legends player, YellOwStaR played Warcraft 3 at a semi-professional level . Among other things, he reached second place in the French championship ( ESL Pro Series France - Season 4) in 2008 .

YellOwStaR made it into the League of Legends in 2010 at against All authority as ADC. After a 2nd place at the IEM Season V - LoL Invitational in Germany and a 2nd place at the first World Cup , YellOwStaR moved with his entire team to Millenium , only to switch back to against All authority a short time later.

After a rather disappointing first half of 2012 with a 5th – 6th Place at the IEM Season VI - World Championship, YellOwStaR switched to Millenium on a test basis in order to leave it again quickly. With its new team SK Gaming , YellOwStaR was able to qualify for the 2012 World Cup in Los Angeles. SK Gaming was eliminated there in the group stage. In December 2012, YellOwStaR left SK Gaming to join Fnatic . At the same time, YellOwStaR switched to the support position. With Fnatic, YellOwStaR qualified for the League of Legends Championship Series, which was founded at the end of 2012 .

YellOwStaR was able to win the Spring and Summer Split of the League of Legends Championship Series with Fnatic and was thus also qualified for the 3rd World Cup. There Fnatic was eliminated in the semifinals.

YellOwStaR stayed with Fnatic with whom he won the Spring Split of the European League of Legends Championship Series in 2014. YellOwStaR finished the summer split with Fnatic in 2nd place behind Alliance . This qualified for the 4th World Cup. There Fnatic was eliminated in the group stage.

For the 5th season all players except YellOwStaR left Fnatic . He became known for rebuilding Fnatic. YellOwStaR was the leader and team captain of the very young team. By winning the Spring Split 2015, Fnatic was qualified for the first Mid-Season Invitational . There the team made it to the semi-finals. After a change to the ADC position, Fnatic was able to play a perfect regular split in the summer split without a loss. This 18-0 record had been unique up until then. In the same style, Fnatic was able to win the Summer Split and was qualified for the 5th World Cup in Europe. After a strong group stage and a clear quarter-final win against Edward Gaming, Fnatic failed in the semi-finals at the KOO Tigers. YellOwStaR left Fnatic at the end of 2015 to look for a new challenge in North America. There he then joined Team SoloMid .

With his new team, YellOwStaR reached 2nd place in the spring split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series . Since YellOwStaR never quite found his role in the team, he left SoloMid after this split team to rejoin Fnatic . Fnatic finished the Summer Split on a disappointing 5th – 6th. Space. In addition, the team did not manage to qualify for the 6th World Cup via the Regional Qualifiers .

On October 19, 2016, YellOwStaR announced that it would end its active career as an e-athlete . Just one day later it was announced that YellOwStaR is now the Head of Esports at Paris Saint-Germain eSports . The goal there is to build a team for the League of Legends Championship Series . In October 2017, the collaboration between Kim and PSG ended after missing qualification for the LCS.

successes

year	space	competition	team	Prize money
Jun. 2011	2.	World Championship 2011	against All Authority	0$ 25,000
March 2012	4th	IEM Season VI - World Championship	against All Authority	00$ 3,800
March 2012	1.	HeartoWin Cup	against All Authority	00$ 2,500
May. 2012	3.	Corsair Vengeance Cup	against All Authority	00$ 1,000
Jul 2012	3.	European Challenger Circuit: Poland	SK Gaming	00$ 5,000
Aug 2012	2.	Season Two Regional Finals	SK Gaming	0$ 30,000
Oct. 2012	11./12.	World Championship	SK Gaming	0$ 25,000
Nov. 2012	1.	ASUS ROG Paris Games Week 2012	Fnatic	00$ 6,000
Jan. 2013	3rd / 4th	IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice	Fnatic	00$ 4,500
Apr. 2013	1.	LCS Spring 2013	Fnatic	0$ 50,000
Aug 2013	1.	LCS Summer 2013	Fnatic	0$ 50,000
Sep 2013	3rd / 4th	World Championship 2013	Fnatic	$ 150,000
Nov 2013	2.	IEM Season VIII - Cologne	Fnatic	00$ 7,500
March 2014	2.	IEM Season VIII - World Championship	Fnatic	0$ 30,000
Apr. 2014	1.	LCS Spring 2014	Fnatic	0$ 50,000
Aug. 2014	2.	LCS Summer 2014	Fnatic	0$ 25,000
Apr. 2015	1.	LCS Spring 2015	Fnatic	0$ 50,000
May. 2015	3rd / 4th	Mid-Season Invitational 2015	Fnatic	0$ 25,000
Aug 2015	1.	LCS Summer 2015	Fnatic	0$ 50,000
Oct. 2015	3rd / 4th	World Championship 2015	Fnatic	$ 150,000
March 2016	3rd / 4th	IEM X World Championship	Team SoloMid	0$ 10,000
Apr. 2016	2.	LCS Spring 2016	Team SoloMid	0$ 25,000

Web links

• YellOwStaR on Esportswikis (English)
• YellOwStaR on Esportsearnings (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yellowstar | Lolesports. (No longer available online.) In: eu.lolesports.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016 ; Retrieved October 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH, freaks4u.de: YellOwStaR and nRated strengthen Millenium «Change:« readmore.de. In: www.readmore.de. Retrieved October 29, 2016 . 
3. ^ Adam Newell: YellOwStaR officially leaves PSG as the organization exits League of Legends. In: dotesports.com. Retrieved October 19, 2017 .