Lee Seon-woo

Seon-woo, Lee (born 23 March 1985), also known as Infiltration, is a Korean professional electronic sports player from Seoul, South Korea, specializing in fighting games. Lee is a three-time EVO champion; winning Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012 in 2012, and Street Fighter X Tekken in 2012 and 2013, the former he won with his training partner/translator Ryan "Laugh" Ahn.^[1][2] Lee's character of choice in Street Fighter IV is Akuma. In Street Fighter X Tekken, Lee plays Jin and Alisa. Overtime Lee picked up multiple other characters in Ultra Street Fighter IV, such as Chun-Li, Ryu, Rolento, and Hakan.

Gaming career

Lee first started playing fighting games seriously with the home release of Vanilla Street Fighter IV, but he offered tips for players hoping to raise their skill level. The "Infiltration" name comes from the Metal Gear Solid series as Lee is a big fan of the series. Lee uses a bat-top joystick due to the first FightStick he bought was coincidentally a bat-top joystick sold fo 2,000 yen ($20 US). Lee chose Akuma in Street Fighter IV because he heard from people that he was strong in the game at the time. Lee's main focus is physical training instead of in-game practice.^[3]

Lee is also the winner of the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Grand Finals for both Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012 and Street Fighter X Tekken. Lee won $25,000 for both games giving him $50,000. The former event saw Lee win against Mad Catz's Daigo Umehara 6-0. Because he won the latter, Lee also received a one of a kind Street Fighter-based Scion FR-S Coupe.^[4] Lee also won the Capcom Cup 2013 Street Fighter X Tekken tournament in which he was invited to by Capcom.^[5] In March, Lee qualified for the Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals by winning Nine States Tournament 2015. ^[6]

Lee is known for having a defensive playstyle as determined by Justin Wong's Step Up Your Game series.^[7] On January 16, 2015, Eventhubs ranked Lee at #6 on their Top 50 Ultra Street Fighter IV players list.^[8] Lee is also known for creating an outstanding comeback against Eduardo "PR Balrog" Perez in the Losers Semis at EVO 2013 Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012, where he counterpicked Perez's Balrog with Hakan.^[9] Lee qualified for the 2014 Capcom Cup by winning CEO 2014 in an exciting battle against Evil Geniuses' Yusuke Momochi.^[10] Momochi would later defeat Lee at Capcom Cup 2014 resulting in the latter to get a 4th place finish.^[11]

Because of his performances in 2012, Lee has been called "Player of the Year" by many including Capcom. However in late 2013, Lee saw a small decline where other players managed to catch up to his level. Overall, Lee still manages to perform well in tournaments he enters, usually making Top 4.^[12][13]

Personal life

Lee has 2 brothers. In mid-2014, Lee had to sell the one-of-a-kind Scion FR-S Coupe he won because of high maintenance issues. This was also the same car Lee actually had to earn his license for, just so he could drive it.^[14]

Notable Tournament Placings

References and notes

External links

• Infiltration's Player Profile - Shoryuken Rankings
• Infiltration on Facebook
• Infiltration on Twitter
• Infiltration on Twitch