Lee Dong-nyoung

Lee Dong-nyoung
Player information
Full name	Lee Dong-nyoung
Nickname	Leenock
Date of birth	April 1, 1995
country code	South Korea
game	StarCraft 2
preferred game party	Zerg
team	Sbenu
Former teams	Yoe Flash Wolves, FXOpen, fOu

Lee "Leenock" Dong-nyoung (born April 1, 1995 ) is a professional South Korean e-athlete in the computer game StarCraft 2 . Lee Dong-nyoung is one of the youngest participants in the GSL Code S and one of the youngest StarCraft 2 players to achieve great success.

Career

In Korea, Leenock appeared several times at the beginning of 2011, but could not record any major tournament victories, but only surprisingly defeated a few well-known pro players.

It was a big surprise for most of the esports scene when Leenock suddenly rose from the open brackets at the 2011 MLG National Championship in Providence and defeated more and more of the invited and well-known players. The surprise of the e-sports fans was so great that Lee Dong-nyoung alias Leenock was even a worldwide Twitter trend that evening.

Ultimately, Leenock was even able to play his way into the final, where he first defeated DongRaeGu in an extended series (he had already lost to DongRaeGu once and took this negative score into the semi-final or final of the Loser Brackets) and then with the same disadvantage went into the game against NaNiwa . But even NaNiwa could not do anything against the young Leenock that day, who played himself for a 50,000 US dollar prize money and sudden worldwide attention in the esports scene. In the interview that followed, comparisons were even made with the legendary StarCraft broodwar player Flash .

This MLG victory brought Leenock back to Code S. But in Korea the young player was not able to fully assert himself, although he is a regular participant in the highest league (GSL Code S). On American soil, however, Leenock still seems to be very outstanding and so he was able to record his second MLG victory in the summer of 2012.

Great tournament success in SC2

year	competition	space	Prize money
2011	GSL November Code S	2nd place	$ 17,820
2011	MLG Providence National Championship	1st place	$ 50,000
2012	MLG Summer Championship	1st place	$ 25,000
2012	World e-Sports Masters 2012	1st place	$ 12,000
2012	MLG Fall Championship	2nd place	$ 15,000
2012	IGN ProLeague Season 5	1st place	$ 40,000
2012	GSL Blizzard Cup	3rd place	0$ 4,650
2013	DreamHack Stockholm	1st place	0$ 9,240
2014	DreamHack Valencia	3rd / 4th space	0$ 3,000

See also

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

Web links

• Leenock s Twitter account
• Leenock's Stream

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leenock on Liquipedia
2. ↑ Leenock trending on Twitter - TeamLiquid
3. ↑ Interview with Leenock after 2011 MLG Providence
4. ↑ Liquipedia
5. ↑ 2011 MLG Providence VODs
6. ↑ 2012 MLG Summer Raleigh VODs
7. ↑ MLG Archive Fall Championship 2012
8. ↑ MLG Archive Fall Championship 2012
9. ↑ IPL Season 5 on Liquipedia
10. ↑ 2012 GSL Blizzard Cup on Liquipedia
11. ↑ 2013 Dreamhack Open Stockholm
12. ↑ Dreamhack Open Valencia

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Dong-nyoung is the first name.