Lim Jae-duk

Lim Jae-duk
Player information
Full name	Lim Jae-duk
Nickname	NesTea
Date of birth	December 12, 1982
country code	South Korea
game	Starcraft Broodwar , StarCraft 2
preferred game party	Zerg
team	-
Former teams	Incredible Miracle , KT Rolster

Lim "NesTea" Jae-duk (born December 12, 1982 ) is a professional South Korean e-athlete in the computer game StarCraft 2 . Lim Jae-duk is one of the 5 co-founders of the Incredible Miracle team , which was founded by five former Starcraft Broodwar players.

Career

In Starcraft: Broodwar , Lim Jae-duk was under the alias Zergbong a trainer for the KT Rolster team , which includes the famous Broodwar player Flash .

In StarCraft 2 , NesTea was able to make a name for itself shortly after the publication and qualify for the GSL Open Season 1. Lim Jae-duk was eliminated very quickly in Open Season 1. In the GSL Open Season 2, however, he was able to show an impressive run up to the finals and then win it, making Nestea the second GSL Code S Champion in StarCraft 2 .

Team Incredible Miracle (abbr .: IM) was able to convince together with NesTea also in the first GSTL (Global Starcraft II Team League) and in the final NesTea was able to secure the victory against Squirtle.

In the 2011 GSL Season 1 Code S, Lim Jae-duk was only defeated by his team member Mvp in the semifinals. However, NesTea was able to achieve its second title in the 2011 GSL Season 3 Code S. This made NesTea the first Zerg player with two GSL Code S titles.

Lim Jae-duk was able to return very strongly in the 2011 GSL Season 4 Code S and win the GSL twice in a row. NesTea's run in Season 4 was particularly impressive as he didn't lose a game. NesTea is one of the only people with Mvp to hold 3 GSL Code S titles. In the final on July 27, 2012, MC now has the opportunity to also achieve his third GSL Code S title.

NesTea's major international successes include second place at BlizzCon 2011 as well as third place in the IGN ProLeague Season 4 and the first Iron Squid tournament.

Lim Jae-duk aka NesTea is one of the players with the largest accumulated prize money in Starcraft 2. At the end of March 2014, he left Incredible Miracle.

Great tournament success in SC2

year	competition	space	Prize money
2010	GSL Open Season 2 Code S	1st place	$ 89,000
2011	GSL LG Cinema 3D May Code S	1st place	$ 46,000
2011	GSL Pepsi May Code S	1st place	$ 46,000
2011	BlizzCon 2011	2nd place	$ 25,000
2012	IGN ProLeague Season 4	3rd place	0$ 7,000
2013	IronSquid Chapter II	3rd place	0$ 3,750

Play style

NesTea is known for creating a minimum or correct number of defensive units in the early stages of the game in order to invest the remaining resources in its economy. With this superior economy, NesTea then tries to overrun its opponent.

See also

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

Web links

Commons : Lim Jae-duk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lim Jae-duk's Twitter account

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NesTea in Liquipedia
2. ↑ Team IM's Facebook page
3. ↑ 2011 GSL Season 3 Code S VODs
4. ↑ esportsearnings.com: Top Players For StarCraft II , accessed on 7 February 2016th
5. ↑ NesTea leaves Incredible Miracle teamliquid.net
6. ↑ 2010 GSL S2 Code S Final VOD
7. ↑ 2011 GSL S4 Code S Final VOD
8. ↑ BlizzCon 2011 tournament tree
9. ↑ IGN ProLeague Season 4 on Liquipedia
10. ↑ Results on the IronSquid website
11. ↑ [1]

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lim is the family name here, Jae-duk is the first name.