Jang Min-chul

Jang Min-chul
Player information
Full name	Jang Min-chul
Nickname	MC
Date of birth	June 17, 1991
country code	South Korea
game	Starcraft Broodwar , StarCraft 2
preferred game party	Protoss
Former teams	Old Generations, SK Gaming , Trig Esports, CJ Entus

Korean spelling
Hangeul	장민철
Revised Romanization	Jang Min-cheol
McCune- Reischauer	Chang Minch'ŏl
See also : Korean name

Jang "MC" Min-chul (born June 17, 1991 in Cheonan ) is a former professional South Korean e-athlete in the computer game StarCraft 2 . He played the Protoss breed. In total, MC earned over $ 500,000 in cumulative tournament prize money. This makes him one of the top earners in this industry.

Career

Jang Min-chul started his e-sports career very unspectacularly in Starcraft Broodwar . In Starcraft 2 he was initially a member of the Old Generations team (abbr .: oGs), which disbanded in 2012. MC retired relatively early in the first two seasons of the GSL 2010 Open Seasons , but won the third and final GSL season of 2010. This made him the first Protoss player to win this highly regarded tournament (prize money: approx. 89,000 US dollars).

Two GSL tournaments later (in Season 2 of the 2011 Sponsorship League) MC was able to claim the Code-S title again and win prize money of 44,480 US dollars. So he was the first player to win the GSL Code-S tournament twice.

In the GSL Code-S, MC reached another final after these successes (Season 3 2012), but was able to record a number of successes outside of Korea. He won the 2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational. He also won the HomeStory Cup IV (prize money: US $ 7,500).

In China , MC won the StarsWar 6 tournament, which was endowed with 6,000 US dollars in prize money. In North America , MC finished second in NASL Season One (prize money: $ 25,000). He was also able to achieve 6th place at the MLG Providence 2011 and thus also credit his account with prize money of 5,250 US dollars. At the first "Red Bull Battlegrounds", which also took place in the USA, MC won the tournament in 2012 and thus won 15,000 US dollars.

In spring 2013 MC announced that they would be spending some time in Europe and participating in the European eliminations for the StarCraft II World Championship Series instead of qualifying via Korea. In the second and third seasons of the EU Finals, he was able to reach 2nd place. In 2014 he won the first season of the EU WCS in a re-edition of the 2013 final against MMA.

At the beginning of 2012 after the dissolution of his previous team Old Generations, he switched to Team SK Gaming . In 2013 MC also took part in several team leagues in the Incredible Miracle (IM) team. At the end of 2013, MC separated from SK Gaming. In 2014 he was without a team or represented the agency Global eSports Management.

Since February 2015 he played for the Trig Esports team. In June 2015, he announced his retirement as a professional e-athlete via Twitter .

With Chris "Huk" Loranger he won the Red Bull Battle Grounds in Washington with $ 15,000 in prize money. He also took part in the Homestory Cup XII , similar to the long-retired Stephano . That fueled rumors of MC's return to professional esports.

On May 10, 2016, MC announced that the GSL Qualifier would be his last tournament and that he would retire from the StarCraft II scene afterwards due to money and shoulder problems. He will also no longer stream on Twitch .tv. However, on May 21, eleven days later, he announced that he would play StarCraft II professionally again. Two days later, Jang announced that from now on he would play for Team CJ Entus in the StarCraft II Proleague and in the GSL .

At the end of 2016, he ended his career as a player. He then became the coach of the Kongdoo Monster team in the League of Legends game .

Play style

Jang Min-chul was best known for his control of the "Stalker" (German: Hetzer) game unit. In addition, he is of prominent e-sports highlighted commentators for the fact of having a variety of strategies in his repertoire.

Tournament Achievements in StarCraft 2

year	competition	space	Prize money
2010	GSL Open Season 3 Code S	1.	$ 89,000
2011	GSL Sponsorship League Season 2 Code S	1.	$ 44,480
2011	DreamHack Stockholm Invitational	1.	$ 15,000
2011	StarsWar Killer 6	1.	0$ 6,000
2011	North American Star League Season 1	2.	$ 25,000
2012	HomeStory Cup IV	1.	0$ 7,500
2012	IEM Season VI - World Championship	1.	$ 35,000
2012	Red Bull Battlegrounds: Austin	1.	$ 15,000
2012	North American Star League Season 3	3.	$ 10,000
2012	GSL Code S Season 3	2.	$ 17,000
2012	Asus ROG Summer 2012	2.	0$ 6,500
2012	HomeStory Cup V	3.	0$ 3,000
2013	MLG Winter Championship	4th	0$ 6,000
2013	WCS Europe Finals Season 2	2.	$ 12,000
2013	WCS Europe Finals Season 3	2.	$ 12,000
2013	WCS Global Finals Season 3	5th-8th	0$ 7,500
2013	WCS Global Finals	9-16	0$ 5,000
2014	IEM Season VIII - Sao Paulo	2.	0$ 4,000
2014	Warer.com Invitational	1.	0$ 3,000
2014	WCS Europe Finals Season 1	1.	$ 25,000
2014	HomeStory Cup IX	2.	0$ 6,500
2014	WCS Europe Finals Season 2	5th-8th	0$ 5,000
2014	WCS Global Finals	9-16	0$ 5,000
2015	Red Bull Battle Grounds : Washington	1.	$ 15,000

See also

• List of the most successful e-athletes by prize money

Web links

Commons : Jang Min-chul  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MC in Liquipedia
2. ↑ Dreamhack Stockholm Invitational 2011
3. ↑ StarsWar Killer Website ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
4. ↑ NASL Homepage ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2012 on WebCite ) 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. 
5. ↑ Player statistics of the last match
6. ↑ http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/546839-Wrapping_up_2013
7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
8. ↑ Hello guys my fans or e-sports people i want to say something about my retire sc2 i lost my confidence and skill cause i'm living alone twitter.com
9. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2015_Red_Bull_Battle_Grounds:_Washington#Prize_Pool
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/CJENTUS_MC/status/729923219101093893
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/CJENTUS_MC/status/734065258210467841
12. ↑ https://twitter.com/CJENTUS_MC/status/734591075936051204
13. ↑ MC to coach Kongdoo Monster LoL team thescoreesports.com
14. ↑ 2010 GSL S3 Code S Final VOD
15. ↑ 2011 GSL S2 Code S Final VOD
16. ↑ NASL S1 VODs
17. ↑ IEM Season 6 subpage
18. ↑ ASUS ROG on Liquipedia
19. ↑ 2013 MLG Dallas on Liquipedia
20. ↑ 2013 WCS S2 EU Playoffs on Liquipedia
21. ↑ 2013 WCS S3 EU Playoffs on Liquipedia
22. ↑ 2013 WCS S3 Finals on Liquipedia
23. ↑ 2013 WCS Global Finals on Liquipedia
24. ↑ IEM Sao Paulo on Liquipedia
25. ↑ Warer.com Invitational on Liquipedia
26. ↑ 2014 WCS S1 on Liquipedia
27. ↑ Homestory Cup IX on Liquipedia
28. ↑ 2014 WCS S2 on Liquipedia
29. ↑ 2014 WCS Global Finals on Liquipedia
30. ↑ http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/2015_Red_Bull_Battle_Grounds:_Washington

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Min-chul is the first name.