Kang Min
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Kang Min (강민) a.k.a. Nal_rA (born March 15, 1982) is a professional South Korean StarCraft player (Protoss, KTF MagicNs). Kang Min is famous for his effective execution of surprising, high risk/high reward strategies, which has earned him the nickname "Dreamer".
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[edit] Achievements
Kang Min's first appearance in a major tourney was the PGR21 tournament where he met very strong opponents and made his way to the final, but heavily lost to Seo Ji Hun (Xellos[yG]. However then Kang Min participated in the same tournament once again and beat Seo Ji Hun. Another success followed at the end of 2002, where Kang Min qualified for Olympus Challenge League. He showed great skill and reached the finals, but lost again to his great rival, Kingdom the Devil-toss. After that he showed some magnificent performance in the MBC StarLeague, winning it and beating Lee Yun-Yeol ([Red]Nada) in the finals. Later he showed master class again, reaching the finals, where he met Jeon Tae Kyu (Zeus). Kang Min reached 2nd place in Korea Pro Game Association rating in April of 2004. In February of 2006, Kang Min became the winner of the Blizzard Entertainment World Wide Invitational ("WWI") tournament. In July of 2006, He became a winner of the 2nd prize in the MBC StarLeague.
[edit] Trivia
Kang Min sometimes uses the aliases ArChonCap, 119clan, Ha. T, km0315, O_Oi, Great05, canoppy, KissofFire, 5dronegg, Shootingstorm and mO.Oy.
He is one of the few pro-gamers who still uses a ball mouse, and is often seen cleaning it before televised matches; his keyboard is the Samsung DT-35 Black.
During a live match, he suddenly asked the game observers to pause the game. The problem with Kang Min was that he had to blow his nose and asked for a tissue. Not surprisingly, the commentators laughed out loud because of this incident. Ever since that incident, he has been affectionately known as 'Snot Toss'.
Kang Min lost MSL 2006 most horribly to Ma Jae-Yoon, aka sAviOr[gm], much to the dismay of Protoss fans world wide.
Kang Min was disqualified during a match in SKY Proleague 05-06. He paused the game in an attempt to change his volume. The referees deemed this as a disqualification. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-mkm5xTGA&NR
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[edit] External links
- TLPD: Player profile & game record
- Nal_rA's match history from the GosuBet
- Nal_rA's match replays (duel and teamplay)
- Fan site
- An interview with Nal_rA as the champion of WWI
- Interview with Kang Min
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