Lee Jae-dong

Jaedong
Lee Jae-dong

Jaedong after his victory in the 2009 Bacchus Starleague
Status Retired
Born (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990
Nationality South Korean
Role Zerg
League OnGameNet Starleague (OSL)
MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL)
Games Starcraft: Brood War
Starcraft II
Career prize money >$500,000
Championships 2007 EVER OSL
2008 BATOO OSL
2008 GomTV MSL Season 4
2009 Bacchus OSL
World Cyber Games 2009
2009 Nate MSL
Nickname(s) The Tyrant
The Legend Killer
Professional career
2006-2011 Hwaseung OZ
2011-2012 Team 8/Jin Air Green Wings
2012-present Evil Geniuses
Lee Jae-dong
Medal record
World Cyber Games
2009 Chengdu, China
2010 Los Angeles, USA
OSL
Korean Air Starleague 2010 Season2, 2010.09
Bacchus Starleague 2009, 2009.08
Batoo Starleague, 2009.04
EVER Starleague 2007, 2007.12
MSL
Bigfile MBCGame StarCraft League, 2010.08
Hana Daetoo Securities MBCGame StarCraft League, 2010.05
NATE MBCGame StarCraft League, 2010.01
Arena MBCGame StarCraft League, 2008.07
GOMTV MSL Season 4, 2008.03
GomTV
Averatec-Intel Classic Special Match, 2009.03
TG-Intel Classic 2008 Season 1, 2008.08

Lee Jae-dong (Hangul: 이제동; born 9 January 1990), who plays simply under the name Jaedong, was a South Korean professional StarCraft: Brood War player and StarCraft II player and played under Evil Geniuses prior to his retirement. Using the Zerg race in both games, Lee was one of the most successful StarCraft players of all time, having won five OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) and MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL) tournaments, and earning over $500,000 in tournament prize money.[1] His other nicknames include The Tyrant and The Legend Killer.

Brood War

Jaedong made his debut in 2006 as a member of the Korean team Hwaseung OZ and quickly proved himself as a talented player. In less than two years he won his first premier tournament, the Seoul International eSports Festival, and shortly after both the OSL and the MSL tournament.[2] Since then he dominated the StarCraft competitive scene, revolutionizing Zerg strategy and establishing a famous rivalry with the Terran player Lee Young-Ho.

Over his six-year career as a StarCraft: Brood War player, Lee set several records. He has the second-highest ELO peak of any player at 2378,[3] and the second highest career win rate at 67.45%.[4] He is one of four players to win the Golden Mouse, which is awarded to players for winning 3 OSL tournaments.

Free Agency in 2009

After KESPA revised the rules regulating free agency, Hwaseung OZ made Lee an offer of 140,000,000 won (112,420 USD) a year to renew his contract.[5][6] During the bid period, Lee expressed interest in remaining within Hwaseung Oz because of the friendships he had forged over the past three years on the team.[7]

Although his father publicly stated in interviews that retirement was a possibility,[8] Lee renegotiated his contract with Hwaseung Oz and confirmed that he would play for the team in the upcoming Proleague season.[9]

Hwaseung Oz Disbands

In August 2011, Hwaseung decided to stop sponsoring Oz to shift their priorities over to physical sports. This left Jaedong, and several other notable progamers without a team as FOX and Hero also closed down. However, in the first days of November it was revealed the governing body of esports in Korea, KeSPA, had decided to form a team. It was announced Lee along with several other progamers from the closed down teams, would move to the new team. Notable gamers to also join the new team included Yum "Sea" Bo Sung, Jun "BaBy" Tae Yang and Park "Killer" Joon Oh. In December 2012, Lee Jae-dong joined the American team Evil Geniuses.

StarCraft II

In 2012, Lee retired from StarCraft: Brood War and currently plays StarCraft II competitively, joining the team Evil Geniuses a few months after.[10] Throughout 2013, he was one of the most consistent players, earning several silver medals in premier tournaments, most notably the 2013 StarCraft World Championship. After 5 second-place finishes in premier tournaments, Jaedong finally emerged victorious at ASUS ROG NorthCon 2013.

Jaedong was chosen as one of the KeSPA players to be seeded in Code S for the 2012 GSL Season 4 [11] because of his performance in the 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2 in the KeSPA. He made his GSL debut on Wednesday, September 5. He would go 0-2 in his group, thus dropping to Code A. In Code A Jaedong would go 0-2 again, ending his GSL debut. Jaedong was picked up by the successful North American team Evil Geniuses on the 5th of December 2012.[12] On Evil Geniuses Jaedong would go to compete in several international Starcraft tournaments as well as compete in KeSPA's Proleague.

Jaedong announced his retirement from professional gaming on November 1, 2016.[13]

Major achievements

Tournament finishes

KeSPA awards

OSL/MSL/WCG career statistics

Year League Name of Tournament Result of Final Opponent Note
2010 World Cyber Games 2010 Grand Final WW Yayba (P, Infernal Gamers) Lost to FlaSh in semi-finals
2010 OnGameNet Starleague Korean Air 2 LWLL FlaSh (T, KT Rolster)
2010 MBCgame Starleague Bigfile LLWWL FlaSh (T, KT Rolster)
2010 MBCgame Starleague Hana Daetoo LLL FlaSh (T, KT Rolster)
2009 MBCgame Starleague Nate WLWW FlaSh (T, KT Rolster) Game 3 Power Outage on Odd-Eye gives Jaedong win
2009 World Cyber Games 2009 Grand Final WLW Stork (P, Samsung KHAN)
2009 OnGameNet Starleague Bacchus 2009 WWW YellOw[ArnC] (Z, Hite Sparkyz) Receives OSL golden mouse
2009 OnGameNet Starleague Batoo LLWWW By.Fantasy (T, SKT T1)
2008 MBCgame Starleague Arena LLL fOrGG (T, Lecaf OZ)
2007 MBCgame Starleague GomTV S4 LWWW Siz)KaL (P, STX SouL)
2007 OnGameNet Starleague EVER 2007 LWWW Stork (P, Samsung KHAN) Wins first major title

References

  1. ↑ "Highest Overall Earnings". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lee "Jaedong" Jae Dong - Results By Game". e-Sports Earnings. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "TLPD - BW Korean - Players' Detailed ELO". TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved 17 August 2014. (Click the left-most "peak")
  4. ↑ "TLPD - BW Korean - Player Information - Jaedong". TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "[News] Free Agency period signings (Jaedong up for grabs)". TeamLiquid.net. 20 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Free Agent (Slave Auction) policy overview". TeamLiquid.net. 12 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "[Daily E-sports Exclusive] Jaedong on future". TeamLiquid.net. 23 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "[News] Jaedong's dad says retirement is an option". TeamLiquid.net. 24 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "[News]Jaedong successfully negotiates w/Hwaseung!". TeamLiquid.net. 31 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "EG.Jaedong". TeamLiquid.net. 6 December 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=224214&cid=0&kind=8
  12. ↑ http://jaedong.evilgeniuses.net/
  13. ↑ "A Tyrant's End: Jaedong Retires". November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Jaedong - Liquipedia - The StarCraft II Encyclopedia". wiki.teamliquid.net. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
  15. ↑ "[Interview] E-Sports Best Player Award - Jaedong". TeamLiquid.net. 10 December 2009.
  16. ↑ http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=66057
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