Lee Young-ho

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Lee Young-ho
2010 Korean Air OSL S2 Flash victory.jpg
Player information
Full name Lee Young-ho
Nickname Flash
Date of birth 5th July 1992
country code Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
game Starcraft Broodwar , StarCraft 2
preferred game party Terran
team KT Rolster

Lee "Flash" Young-ho (born July 5, 1992 in Daejeon ) is a professional South Korean esportsman in StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft 2 . Flash is considered the most successful and strongest StarCraft: Brood War player of all time and has broken or set a multitude of records.

Career

Lee Young-ho made his debut in the Proleague in 2007 at the age of 14 for his team KTF MagicNs (renamed KT Rolster in 2009 ). He also qualified for the first time in 2007 for the group stages of the two big individual tournaments OnGameNet StarLeague (OSL) and MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL), and he was able to reach the semi-finals in the OSL.

In the following year, Flash became the youngest winner of an OSL at the age of 15. After a very short low in 2008, Flash was able to perfect many of his strategies and in 2009 and 2010 he reinforced his outstanding position. During this time, the rivalry with Jaedong , which was nicknamed "LeeSsang" games, which means something like "double lees", was also defined.

In 2010, Lee Young-ho was also the first player to get into six MSL and OSL finals. With the victory at the "Korean Air OSL Season 2 Finals" in Shanghai, he became the first player since NaDa to hold the OSL and MSL titles at the same time. A victory at the World Cyber ​​Games also followed in the same year.

In 2011, however, Flash was slowed down by health problems in his wrist, but was still able to score strongly in the team leagues and also book another MSL title for himself. With this victory Lee Young-ho was able to achieve his sixth title, which until then only NaDa had achieved. At this point, Flash was also the owner of the "Golden Mouse" and the "Golden Badge".

Lee Young-ho's official StarCraft 2 debut was at the 2012 MLG Spring Championship KeSPA Invitational, where he beat all other KeSPA players. On his GSL debut, Flash got a Code A seat and was able to fight his way into the "Up & Down" matches in Season 4 2012. In the following period he was initially unable to build on his dominance from the Brood War times in the GSL. In the Proleague , however, he remained one of the most successful players for his team KT Rolster.

In August 2014 he won his first major individual title in StarCraft 2 with the ESL Intel Extreme Masters in Toronto, beating his teammate and former GSL winner Zest 4-1 in the final .

On December 1, 2015, he announced his retirement from professional esports.

In February 2016 he started a StarCraft: Brood War Comeback with his broadcast on the AfreecaTV platform and victories at several invitation tournaments and show events.

In 2017, he won over $ 100,000 in prize money, including a. by victories in the ASL (AfreecaTV StarCraft League) Season 2, 3 and 4.

At the beginning of 2019 he had to cancel participation in ASL Season 7 due to health problems in his right arm. After he recovered, he was able to win the ASL Season 8 (June-September 2019).

He currently continues his broadcast on AfreecaTV.

Great tournament success

year competition space Prize money
StarCraft: Brood War
2007 Daum OSL 4th Place 0$ 6,554
2008 XNote Intel Centrino GOMTV Star Invitational 1st place $ 21,269
2008 Bacchus OSL 1st place $ 40,153
2008 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic 2008 Season 1 2nd place $ 14,525
2008 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic 2008 Season 2 5th-8th space $ 10,859
2009 GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic 2009 Season 3 1st place $ 40,335
2009 EVER OSL 1st place $ 35,615
2009 NATE MSL 2nd place $ 17,355
2010 Korean Air OSL Season 1 2nd place $ 16,763
2010 Hana Daetoo Securities MSL 1st place $ 41,855
2010 Bigfile MSL 1st place $ 41,778
2010 Korean Air OSL Season 2 1st place $ 34,334
2010 World Cyber ​​Games 2010 1st place 0$ 7,000
2011 ABC Mart MSL 1st place $ 46,046
2012 Tving OSL 3rd / 4th space 0$ 6,167
2016 ASL Season 2 1st place $ 20,000
2017 ASL Season 3 1, place $ 18,000
2017 ASL Season 4 1, place $ 52,650
2018 ASL Season 6 2nd place 0$ 8,964
2019 ASL Season 8 1st place $ 24,833
2020 ASL Season 9 3rd place $ 4,052
StarCraft II
2012 MLG Fall Championship 3rd / 4th space 0$ 7,250
2013 MLG Winter Championship 2nd place $ 15,000
2014 IEM Toronto 1st place $ 10,000
2014 HomeStory Cup X 2nd place 0$ 6,500

Because of conversion discrepancies, prize money is only approximate.

Play style

Lee Young-ho has an exceptionally deep strategic understanding of Starcraft. He has developed / modified a large number of build orders himself to suit his preferences in play style. His APM are over 400. This is another reason why he can defend himself very well in defensive situations through precise micromanagement . He mostly relies on this defense ability in the initial phase in order to be able to develop his economy ( macromanagement ) faster than his opponents.

He prefers to use fast, cheap units (eagles) to disrupt the enemy's structure and at the same time to scout him out, while quickly pushing the number of his combat units, including reinforcing technologies, to the limit (200 units in Starcraft : Brood War). To decide the game, he then starts attacks and quickly rebuilds lost units.

Since he knows the strategies of the other races very well, he knows when to initiate countermeasures. In some games, this makes it appear as if he has clairvoyant abilities, e.g. B. scans the map exactly at the point where important actions are initiated by the enemy, or he starts building suitable defenses when combat units have just been built by the enemy.

Due to the asymmetry of Starcraft: Brood War there are times during the game at which one of the players can send stronger units / associations into battles. Lee Young-ho knows and uses these attacks called "timing push" perfectly to throw his opponents back in their economy or to decimate their combat units.

In the course of his career he shows more creativity and also uses more aggressive or unusual build orders, with which he tries to gain an advantage in the early stages.

Records

Flash at the KeSPA Awards 2012

Flash holds many StarCraft: Brood War records, including:

  • longest winning streak in the matchup Terran vs. Terran with 22 wins
  • Flash is the only player who was able to defeat Jaedong on the map Katrina (or Katrina SE) in an official match - twice (Bachhus OSL 2008 and GOM TV MSL S4)
  • Flash had until today to 4,292.50, the highest number of KeSPA -points
  • Flash is the only player who has ever achieved an Elo rating above 2400
  • Flash is the only player who could win a top tournament four times (ASL)
  • Flash has won over $ 550,000 in prize money with Starcraft: Brood War

See also

Web links

Commons : Lee Young-ho  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flash on Liquipedia
  2. ↑ KT 롤 스터 이영호, 9 년 선수 생활 마무리 esports.dailygame.co.kr
  3. ↑ Flash - Lee, Young Ho - StarCraft: Brood War Player Profile :: Esports Earnings. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 7 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 8 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 2007 Daum OSL on esportsearnings.com
  7. ↑ GOMTV Star Invitational on esportsearnings.com
  8. ↑ 2008 Bacchus OSL on esportsearnings.com
  9. ↑ GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic 2008 Season 1 on esportsearnings.com
  10. ↑ GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic 2008 Season 2 on esportsearnings.com
  11. ↑ GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic 2009 Season 3 on esportsearnings.com
  12. ↑ 2009 EVER OSL on esportsearnings.com
  13. ↑ 2009 NATE MSL on esportsearnings.com
  14. ↑ 2010 Korean Air OSL Season 1 on esportsearnings.com
  15. ↑ 2010 Hana Daetoo Securities MSL on esportsearnings.com
  16. ↑ 2010 Bigfile MSL on esportsearnings.com
  17. ↑ 2010 Korean Air OSL Season 2 on esportsearnings.com
  18. ^ World Cyber ​​Games 2010 on esportsearnings.com
  19. ↑ 2011 ABC Mart MSL on esportsearnings.com
  20. ↑ 2012 Tving OSL on esportsearnings.com
  21. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 2 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 3 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 4 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 6 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved July 17, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 8 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Afreeca Starleague Season 9 - Liquipedia StarCraft Brood War Wiki. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
  27. ↑ MLG Pro Circuit 2012 - Fall Championship
  28. ↑ 2013 MLG Fall Championship
  29. ^ IEM Season IX - Toronto
  30. ↑ HomeStory Cup X
  31. ↑ StarCraft: Brood War Top Players & Prize Pools - Esports Tracker :: Esports Earnings. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
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, Young-ho is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Young-ho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flash
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean e-athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Daejeon