Flash (video gamer)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
For the North Korean military officer of the same name, see Ri Yong-ho.

Flash

Lee Young-ho

Hangul 이영호
Hanja 李泳浩
Revised Romanization I Yeong-ho
McCune–Reischauer Yi Yŏng-ho

Lee Young-ho at 2012 Korea e-Sports Awards, on March 2, 2013
Date of birth (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992
Hometown Daejeon, South Korea
Nationality South Korean
League Starleague, MSL, Proleague, GSL, MLG
Nickname(s) Flash, By.FlaSh, Final Boss
Professional career
KT Rolster

Lee Young-ho (born 5 July 1992 이영호) is a retired South Korean professional StarCraft: Brood War and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty player who played under the alias By.FlaSh or simply Flash. For his entire career, Lee Young-ho played for the Korean pro-gaming team KT Rolster. He retired in December 2015.

Career

Lee joined KT Rolster in 2007 at the age of 14.[1] He quickly established himself as a top player, carrying KT in the Proleague team competition and achieving fourth place in the 2007 Daum OnGameNet Starleague.[2] The following year, he won the Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague,[2] becoming the youngest player to win a premier Korean tournament - a record still unbroken. His career arose to new heights in the 2009-10 season, when he reached the finals of seven premier tournaments - every one held that season - and won five. Three of those victories were against Lee Jae-dong, a famous rival of Lee Young-ho and the second-best player of the time. These achievements have cemented him as one of the greatest players of all time.[3]

When he first emerged as a professional gamer, Lee received criticism for his use of gimmicky "rush" strategies. However, he soon developed a versatile and well-rounded play style which revolved around strong mechanics, defensive play, and exemplary late-game army control. Choi Yeon-sung has praised Lee's strategic depth, saying that "there aren't many players who set strategic moves, and in the case of [Lee], I think he's looking about 10 games ahead."[4] Lee is famous for coming back in games where he was at seemingly insurmountable disadvantages by playing defensive and exploiting small mistakes in his opponents' play to regain the advantage.[5]

Lee Young-ho set numerous records in StarCraft: Brood War professional competition. He has both the highest career win-lose ratio and highest peak ELO of any player, at 71.74%[6] and 2443[7] respectively. He has won six OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) and MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL) tournaments (a record shared by only one other player), and won four of those in twelve months (a record unmatched).[3] He has also won the most number of games in the Proleague competition and has done so with the highest win-lose ratio of any player.[8]

Lee Young-ho announced his retirement on December 1, 2015.[9]

Accomplishments

Flash with the Bacchus OSL Trophy

Individual

Place Year Event/League Opponent
2nd
2014
HomeStory Cup X
PartinG (P)
1st
2014
IEM Season IX - Toronto
Zest (P)
2nd
2013
MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship
Life (Z)
1st
2011
ABC Mart MBCGame StarCraft League
ZerO (Z)
1st
2010
World Cyber Games 2010
Kal (P)
1st
2010
Korean Air 2 OnGameNet Starleague
Jaedong (Z)
1st
2010
Bigfile MBCGame StarCraft League
Jaedong (Z)
1st
2010
Hana Daetoo MBCGame StarCraft League
Jaedong (Z)
2nd
2010
Korean Air OnGameNet Starleague
EffOrt (Z)
2nd
2009
NATE MBCGame StarCraft League
Jaedong (Z)
1st
2009
EVER OnGameNet Starleague
Movie (P)
1st
2009
Averatec-Intel Classic Season 3
Iris (T)
2nd
2008
Averatec-Intel Classic Season 1
Jaedong (Z)
1st
2008
Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague
Stork (P)
1st
2008
XNote GOMTV Star Invitational
Stork (P)

KT Rolster

KeSPA awards

Statistics

StarCraft: Brood War

Games Record Ratio
vs. Terran 231 168–63 72.73%
vs. Zerg 246 176–70 71.54%
vs. Protoss 224 154–70 68.75%
Total 701 498–203 71.04%

Records as of February 7, 2013; statistics are according to the TeamLiquid Progaming Database.[12]

StarCraft II

Games Record Ratio
vs. Terran 174 119–55 68.39%
vs. Zerg 237 149–88 62.87%
vs. Protoss 263 160–103 60.84%
Total 674 428–246 63.50%

Records as of June 23, 2015; statistics are according to the Aligulac Database.[13]

Records

Most consecutive wins against Terran: 22 consecutive wins[14]

Flash also holds the longest winning streak for TvP (12 wins) in sanctioned games.

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Esport Index Starcraft: Brood War/Starcraft 2 player: Young ho 'Flash' Lee publisher=SK Gaming". 2008-02-04. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
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  9. ↑ "'택뱅리쌍' 시대에 마침표 찍은 이영호의 은퇴" (in Korean). December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  10. ↑ Yong-Man, Gwong (8 August 2010). "[취재] 신한은행 프로리그 09-10 결승전". Acrofan. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  11. ↑ Jaedong takes KeSPA "player of the year"
  12. ↑ "TLPD for Flash". Teamliquid.net. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Aligulac for Flash". Aligulac. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  14. ↑ "포모스". Fomos.kr. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
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