Kim Min-chul
| Kim Min-chul ( 김민철 ) | ||
| Player information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Min-chul ( 김민철 ) | |
| Nickname | Soulkey | |
| Date of birth | December 10, 1991 | |
| country code |
 South Korea
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| game | StarCraft: Brood War , StarCraft II | |
| preferred game party | Zerg | |
| Former teams | Woongjin Stars, SK Telecom T1 , TCM Gaming | |
Kim "Soulkey" Min-chul (born December 10, 1991 ) is a professional South Korean e-athlete in the StarCraft II or StarCraft: Brood War discipline . He plays the Zerg breed.
Career
In StarCraft: Brood War, the predecessor of StarCraft II, Soulkey has played in the Proleague for his team Woongjin Stars since around 2011 . His greatest individual successes remained three times reaching the round of 16 at MSL and OSL between 2010 and 2012. Only when he switched to StarCraft II in 2013 did Soulkey become one of the best StarCraft players in the world.
In 2013 he achieved a place in the top eight in all nine tournaments in which he participated. With the World Cyber Games and WCS Season 1 Korea he won two of them, with two others he was only defeated in the final. With his team Woongjin Stars he finished the Proleague 2013 season in second place. Nevertheless, the team subsequently disbanded, whereupon he switched to SK Telecom T1 at the end of 2013 .
In terms of prize money won, he was the third most successful StarCraft-II player ever with over 100,000 dollars in 2013, behind sOs and Jaedong . Since 2014 he has not been able to build on the successes of 2013. At the end of the year his contract with SK Telecom T1 expired and he switched to TCM-Gaming, where he played until mid-2015. Since then he has been without a team. Since 2017 he has been concentrating again on StarCraft: Brood War, for which various larger tournament series have again been launched. At the end of 2018, he won KSL Season 2, which is worth around 26,700 US dollars .
Great tournament success in SC2
| year | competition | space | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | GSL Season 5 | 5th-8th space | $ 2,790 |
| 2013 | GSL Season 1 | 5th-8th space | $ 2,757 |
| 2013 | WCS Season 1 Korea | 1st place | $ 20,000 |
| 2013 | WCS Season 1 Finals | 3rd to 4th space | $ 10,000 |
| 2013 | WCS Season 2 Korea | 6-8 space | $ 3,500 |
| 2013 | WCS Season 3 Korea | 3rd to 4th space | $ 7,000 |
| 2013 | WCS Season 3 Finals | 2nd place | $ 20,000 |
| 2013 | WCS World Championship | 5th-8th space | $ 7,500 |
| 2013 | World Cyber Games | 1st place | $ 30,000 |
| 2013 | GSL Hot6ix Cup | 2nd place | $ 7,568 |
Great tournament success in SC: BW
| year | competition | space | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Afreeca Starleague Season 3 | 4th Place | $ 1,788 |
| 2017 | SSL Classic Season 1 | 3rd place | $ 3,467 |
| 2017 | WEGL Busan | 1st place | $ 18,220 |
| 2018 | KSL Season 1 | 3rd / 4th space | $ 5,500 |
| 2018 | KSL Season 2 | 1st place | $ 26,700 |
Web links
- Player profile (wcs.battle.net)
- Player profile (wiki.teamliquid.net)
- "Soulkey's 2013 - A masterpiece of consistency" Duncan Shields (gamespot.com)
- "Man on a Mission: Soulkey's Epic SC2 Wins" (redbull.com)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Soulkey wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ Results Kim "Soulkey" Min Chul esportsearnings.com
- ↑ World Cyber Games wraps up with South Korea shining in LoL and SC2 ongamers.com
- ↑ Soulkey wins the World Cyber Games 2013 ( memento of the original from March 25, 2014 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. escene.de
- ↑ Soulkey switches to SK Telecom T1 (English) teamliquid.net
- ↑ Top players 2013 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ 2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 5 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 Global StarCraft II League Season 1 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 WCS Season 1 Korea GSL wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 WCS Season 1 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ WCS Season 2 Korea OSL wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 WCS Season 3 Korea GSL wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 WCS Season 3 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 WCS Global Finals wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ World Cyber Games 2013 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2013 Hot6ix Cup wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 3 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ SSL Classic Season 1 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ WEGL 2017 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ KSL Season 1 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ KSL Season 2 esportsearnings.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kim, Min-chul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김민철 (Hangeul); Kim Min-cheol (revised romanization); Soulkey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean e-athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1991 |