Sasha Hostyn
Sasha Hostyn | ||
Player information | ||
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Full name | Sasha Hostyn | |
Nickname | Scarlett | |
Date of birth | December 14, 1993 | |
country code | Canada | |
game | StarCraft 2 | |
preferred game party | Zerg | |
team | Bravestar gaming | |
Former teams | Tollent Lions, Team expert, Eclypsia, Team Acer , Dead Pixels, Newbee |
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Sasha "Scarlett" Hostyn (* 14. December 1993 in Ontario ) is a Canadian e-athlete in StarCraft 2 .
In StarCraft 2 she has been one of the 50 best players in the world and the ten best non-Korean players since September 2012, both according to the prize money won and according to the Elo system . As of February 2018, she has won over $ 250,000 in prize money.
Career
Scarlett started StarCraft 2 in April 2011. In April 2012, she joined the French team Eclypsia , but shortly after switched to Team Acer , for which she played until March 1, 2016. Already at her first offline event at the IPL 4 she surprised with victories against better rated players. However, she had her final breakthrough a little later at the Canadian Championship and the North American Championship in the summer of 2012, which she surprisingly won. At the following World Championships she survived the group stage, but retired in the first knockout round against the eventual title holder of the tournament Won Lee-sak (PartinG) from South Korea.
In 2013, all major tournaments ( Premier Events ) in StarCraft 2 were won by Koreans, with Scarlett being one of only 4 non-Korean players to reach a final. In the NorthCon final, however, she was defeated by Lee Jae-dong (Jaedong) 2: 4. The other three players were Ilyes Satouri (Stephano) from France, Johan Lucchesi (NaNiwa) from Sweden and Jens Aasgaard (Snute) from Norway.
At the WCS America, which was restructured in 2013 , her best result was a semifinal participation in the second of three seasons, although it should be noted that, in contrast to 2012, these were also open to players from other countries (especially South Korea). In addition, she achieved top placements at the Intel Extreme Masters in Singapore (quarter-finals) and the Red Bull Battle Grounds New York City (third place).
In December 2013 she lost 4-2 in a show match against NaNiwa . With a match exchange of 14 Bitcoins (around $ 9,000 at the time of the event), it was the most highly endowed StarCraft 2 show match to date. The prize money was split 80:20.
At the beginning of 2014, she struggled with a minor drop in form and was eliminated early in WCS America Season 1 and 2. In the meantime it became known that she is moving to South Korea for a few months in order to have better training opportunities. In the middle of 2014 she again achieved several top placements at the HomeStory Cup , the Red Bull Battlegrounds and the MLG Anaheim.
In 2015, Scarlett only played a few tournaments. Since August 17th, 2016 she played for Team expert for almost two years . At the end of 2016, she achieved her first major tournament victory in a long time with the victory at the American Finals of the WESG . At the beginning of 2018, she achieved her greatest success by winning the Intel Extreme Masters in Pyeongchang , which was held in cooperation with the IOC shortly before the start of the Winter Olympics. In the final, she beat the two-time world champion Kim Yoo-jin (sOs) from South Korea 4-1 and won $ 50,000 in prize money.
Scarlett has been playing for the Chinese organization Newbee since the end of 2018 . Scarlett is one of the few foreigners who regularly competes in the Korean HSL.
Private
In an interview in 2014, Sasha Hostyn described herself as transgender . Hostyn is male from birth, but assigns itself to the female gender ("male-to-female transgender"). Hostyn said in this regard that this should not play a role for the esports career, while negative views are expressed from the online community, especially via the online streaming platform Twitch, about which Hostyn was addressing with it. Official e-sports sites and organizers use female articles to label Hostyn and dispense with further explanations, such as the German Liquipedia, which is specifically dedicated to Starcraft e-sports.
Results
year | competition | space | Prize money |
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July 2012 | WCS Canada Nationals | 1st place | $ 6,000 |
Aug 2012 | WCS North America Finals | 1st place | $ 24,000 |
Nov. 2012 | Battle.net World Championship | 9-16 space | $ 3,500 |
Aug 2013 | WCS Season 2 America | 3rd to 4th space | $ 7,000 |
Aug 2013 | WCS Season 2 Finals | 5th-8th space | $ 7,500 |
Nov 2013 | Red Bull Battle Grounds New York City | 3rd place | $ 6,000 |
Dec. 2013 | ASUS ROG 2013 at Northcon | 2nd place | $ 5,000 |
Jan. 2014 | MLG GameOn Invitational | 1st place | $ 3,000 |
June 2014 | HomeStory Cup IX | 3rd / 4th space | $ 2,500 |
June 2014 | Red Bull Battle Grounds: North America 2014 | 1st place | $ 4,600 |
June 2014 | MLG Anaheim | 4th Place | $ 3,500 |
Oct. 2014 | WCS Season 3 America | 5th-8th space | $ 5,000 |
June 2016 | HomeStory Cup XIII | 2nd place | $ 4,000 |
Oct. 2016 | WESG 2016 - American Finals | 1st place | $ 11,800 |
Jan. 2017 | WESG 2016 - Grand Finals | 5th-8th space | $ 8,000 |
Feb 2018 | IEM 2018 - Pyeongchang | 1st place | $ 50,000 |
March 2018 | WESG 2017 - Grand Finals | 5th / 8th space | $ 10,000 |
March 2018 | GSL Season 1 - 2018 | 5th / 8th space | ~ $ 4,700 |
March 2019 | WESG 2018 - Grand Finals | 4th Place | $ 10,000 |
Web links
- "Good Game - Starcraft's Great Hope: The ascent of Scarlett, e-sports' enigmatic heroine." Ben McGrath, The New Yorker
- "3,000 people meet to play" (video report from NorthCon 2013 with a short interview with Scarlett) ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ndr.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leaguepedia Scarlett wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ StarCraft 2 Top Earnings esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Elo rating history aligulac.com
- ↑ Earnings Scarlett aligulac.com
- ↑ Earnings Scarlett esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Team Acer welcomes Scarlett! ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 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. aceresport.com
- ↑ Four foreigners in grand finals ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2013 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. gosugamers.net
- ↑ Bitcoin StarCraft Challenge wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ Scarlett speaks about her upcoming trip to Korea ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. aceresport.com
- ↑ expert e-Commerce GmbH: expert press release: expert introduces new e-sports team at Gamescom. (No longer available online.) In: www.expert.de. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016 ; accessed on August 24, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Team expert - Liquipedia - The StarCraft II Encyclopedia. In: wiki.teamliquid.net. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .
- ^ Ryan Smith: How a transgender "foreign hope" is challenging the pro StarCraft world . In: Games . ( avclub.com [accessed October 3, 2018]).
- ^ Ryan Smith: How a transgender "foreign hope" is challenging the pro StarCraft world . In: Games . ( avclub.com [accessed October 3, 2018]).
- ↑ Scarlett . In: Liquipedia StarCraft 2 Wiki . ( liquipedia.net [accessed October 3, 2018]).
- ↑ World Championship Series: Canada Nationals ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ World Championship Series: North America Finals ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2012 Battle.net World Championship wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2012 WCS Season 2 America wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2012 WCS Season 2 Finals wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ Red Bull Battle Grounds New York City wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ ASUS ROG 2013 Northcon wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ MLG GameOn Invitational wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ HomeStory Cup IX wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ Red Bull Battle Grounds North America wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2014 MLG Anaheim wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ 2014 WCS Season 3 America wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ HomeStory Cup XIII wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ World Electronic Sports Games 2016 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ World Electronic Sports Games 2016 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ IEM Season XII - PyeongChang wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ World Electronic Sports Games 2017 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ Global Starcraft 2 League Season 1 2018 wiki.teamliquid.net
- ↑ World Electronic Sports Games 2018 wiki.teamliquid.net
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hostyn, Sasha |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scarlett |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian e-athlete |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ontario |