Lee Jung-hoon

Lee Jung-hoon
Player information
Full name	Lee Jung-hoon
Nickname	Marine King
Date of birth	July 11, 1993
country code	South Korea
game	StarCraft II (formerly: League of Legends )
preferred game party	Terran (in Starcraft II)
team	MVP
Former teams	Prime , MBCGame HERO

Lee "MarineKing" Jung-hoon (born July 11, 1993 ) is a professional South Korean e-sportsman in the computer game Starcraft II and briefly in League of Legends . MarineKing was part of the e-sports clan Prime during its most successful period , which has also earned it the popular nickname MKP (MarineKingPrime).

Career

Lee Jung-hoon began his career in 2009 at the end of Starcraft: Broodwar , using BoxeR, the same nickname as Lim Yo-hwan , one of the most popular StarCraft players ever. To distinguish it, it was therefore often called Fake Boxer or FoxeR . He later changed his nickname to MarineKing .

At the beginning of StarCraft II 2010 Lee Jung-hoon showed some remarkable games in the GSL , but his best result in the GSL was a runner-up in the Open Season 2 after losing to NesTea 3: 4 in the final .

In 2011, this development has largely continued with repeated defeats in final games, including against Mvp , as well as many second and third places in major tournaments.

His first overall victory in a major tournament took place at the 2012 MLG Winter Arena. Shortly afterwards, MKP was also able to win the 2012 MLG Winter Championship. Since then, he has not been able to continue his achievements from 2011 to 2012.

On October 11, 2013 Lee Jung-hoon announced to switch from the game Starcraft II to League of Legends and stayed with his team Prime. Just months later, he switched back to StarCraft II after failing to achieve remarkable results in League of Legends.

In August 2014, he left Prime and switched to MVP . At the end of 2014 he reported back with second place at the Hot6ix Cup .

Great tournament success in SC2

year	competition	space	Prize money
2010	GSL Open Season 2	2nd place	$ 26,250
2011	GSL January - Code S	2nd place	$ 17,500
2011	GSL World Championship	2nd place	$ 13,000
2011	GSL Super Tournament	4th Place	0$ 9,300
2011	Electronic Sports World Cup 2011	3rd place	0$ 8,000
2012	MLG Winter Arena	1st place	$ 10,000
2012	MLG Winter Championship	1st place	$ 25,000
2012	MLG Spring Championship	3rd place	0$ 9,000
2014	Hot6ix Cup	2nd place	0$ 7,300

Web links

• MarineKings Twitter account

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MarineKing on Liquipedia
2. ↑ MarineKing Switching To League Of Legends teamliquid.net
3. ↑ Marineking officially returns (and also Byun) teamliquid.net
4. ↑ 2010 GSL Code S S2
5. ↑ 2011 GSL Code S January
6. ↑ GSL World Championship on Liquipedia
7. ↑ GSL Super Tournament on GOMtv
8. ↑ ESWC 2011 on Liquipedia
9. ↑ 2012 MLG Winter Arena VODs
10. ↑ 2012 MLG Winter Championship VODs
11. ↑ 2012 MLG Spring Championship VODs
12. ↑ 2014 Hot6ix Cup

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, Jung-hoon is the first name.