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- This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
Choi Yeon-Sung, also known as iloveoov, is a professional Korean StarCraft player ranked 15th in KeSPA who uses the Terran race. He was born in November 5th, 1983. He is known for his excellent macromanagement, leading to his nickname "Cheater Terran". However he is better known as "Monster Terran" (Gweh_Mool Terran) because of ability to produce a massive amount of units. Often, commentators and fans gasp in amazement upon seeing the massive armies he creates seemingly instantaneously. He sees Lim Yo-Hwan, who was on the same team as him (SKTelecomT1), as an older brother or mentor. It's been known that Lim scouted Choi through a match in battlenet after losing to Choi's terran, zerg and protoss. Choi beat Lim 3:2 back in 2004 during the Ongamenet Ever Starleague finals. The 'oov' in his nickname is believed to be the ASCII emotion icon of a face and 2 fingers forming letter 'V' which stands for victory.[1] He has announced his retirement as a progamer as a result of an injury to his wrist, and will become a new coach for his team.[2]
In April 2008, Choi announced his marriage with his girlfriend. Choi and his fiancee has been together for 6 years, even when he was training to become a progamer.
[edit] Major Achievements
- TriGem MBCGame Starleague Champion - September - November 2003
- HanaFOS MSL Champion - January - March 2004
- Gillette OnGameNet Starleague 3rd place - April - July 2004
- Spris MSL Champion - May - August 2004
- Ever OSL Champion - August - November 2004
- UZOO MSL 4th place - June - August 2005
- So1 OSL 3rd place - August - November 2005
- CKCG China-Korea Cyber Games Champion - October 2005
- CYON MSL 3rd place - October - January 2006
- Shinhan OSL Champion - December 2005 - March 2006
- WCG 2006 Champion - October 2006
- Second player to win 3 MSLs, along with NaDa.
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