Ma Jae-Yoon

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Ma.
Ma Jae-Yoon
Hangul 마재윤
Revised Romanization Ma Jaeyun

Ma Jae-Yoon (Korean: 마재윤) (born 23 November 1987), known by the pseudonym sAviOr (previously IPXZerg), and dubbed The Maestro for his uncanny play, is a professional South Korean e-sports gamer of the real-time strategy game StarCraft. He plays the Zerg race and is one of the most successful and popular players of all time.[1][2]

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[edit] Team

sAviOr is a member of CJ Entus, a professional StarCraft: Brood War e-sports team sponsored by CJ CGV, an entertainment subsidiary of the CJ Corporation.[3][4]

[edit] Success

Ma Jae-Yoon has been rated first in the KeSPA (Korean e-Sports Player's Association) ratings nine times, only Park Sung-Joon (JulyZerg) has more first place rankings for the Zerg race with eleven.[5][6] sAviOr is widely considered to have been the most dominant professional Brood War player of 2006.[7][8] He has won three MSLs (MBCGame Starleague) and one OSL (Ongamenet Starleague).[9][10][11]

[edit] Current events

Over the past few months in the 2007–2008 seasons Ma Jae-Yoon has lost several important matches. He has especially faltered in the latest season of matches, where he was eliminated in the first round of both the MSL and the OSL with a total record of 0–5.[12] One theory of his recent decline in performance is that he was devastated and never recovered from his 0–3 loss to Kim Taek-Yong (Bisu) in the GOM TV Season 1 MSL finals on 3 March 2007;[13] and then later, in November of 2007, he lost to Bisu again in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Ever OSL 1–2.[14][15]

Ma Jae-Yoon is currently ranked 5th in the March 2008 KeSPA ranking with 1,540.5 points, he is behind Lee Jae-Dong (Jaedong) (2,400.3), Kim Taek-Yong (Bisu) (2,302.6), Song Byung-Gu (Stork) (2,219.6), and Lee Young-Ho (Flash) (1,747.5).[16][17][18]

His career hit a new low when he failed to make it past the first round in the 2008 EVER OSL. He lost to the newcomer Spear, and then to his old rival, Lee Yun Yeol. He currently features in many of CJ Entus's 2v2 matches, but has yet to play a 1v1 match in the ProLeague this season.

[edit] Major achievements

  • 161–101 (61.45%) record for official televised games, including 55–24 (69.62%) versus Protoss opponents (as of 3 March 2008)[9]
  • 3rd place, 2007 World Cyber Games Korea Finals
  • 2nd place, 2007 Shinhan Bank Ongamenet Masters
  • 1st place, 2006–2007 3rd Shinhan Bank Ongamenet Starleague
  • 2nd place, 2006–2007 GOM TV MBCGame Starleague Season 1
  • 1st place, 2006 Pringles MBCGame Starleague Season 2
  • 1st place, 2006 Pringles MBCGame Starleague Season 1
  • 2nd place, 2005–2006 Cyon MBCGame Starleague
  • 1st place, 2005 UZOO MBCGame Starleague

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bellos, Alex. "Rise of the e-sports superstars", Click, BBC, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2008-03-03. (BBC Click article claiming "...Ma Jae-Yoon is the number one computer games player in the country...")
  2. ^ DW Staff (act). "South Korea's Online Gaming Craze", Deutsche Welle, DW-World.de, 2007-06-28. Retrieved on 2008-03-06. (Deutsche Welle article that says "Ma Jae-Yoon is South Korea's current StarCraft champion.")
  3. ^ Team Liquid Progaming Database - Team Information - CJ Entus. TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  4. ^ CJ Entus (Korean). CJ Entus. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  5. ^ Team Liquid Progaming Database - KeSPA Ranking. TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  6. ^ KeSPA e-Sports (Korean). Korea e-Sports Association. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  7. ^ Live2Win. "e-Sports Awards 2006", TeamLiquid.net, 2007-03-08. Retrieved on 2008-03-03. 
  8. ^ Orome. "Teamliquid Awards 2006", TeamLiquid.net, 2007-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-03-03. 
  9. ^ a b Team Liquid Progaming Database - Player Information - sAviOr. TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  10. ^ MBCGame (Korean). MBCGame. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  11. ^ Ongamenet (Korean). Ongamenet. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  12. ^ Team Liquid Progaming Database - sAviOr - Record & Games. TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  13. ^ Manifesto7. "sAviOr vs Bisu - MSL Finals", TeamLiquid.net, 2007-03-05. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 
  14. ^ semioldguy. "Battle Report, EVER OSL 2007 Quarterfinals Week 1", TeamLiquid.net, 2007-11-24. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 
  15. ^ .dragoon. "EVER OSL 2007 Ro8 Conclusion", TeamLiquid.net, 2007-11-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 
  16. ^ Team Liquid Progaming Database - KeSPA Ranking - March 2008. TeamLiquid.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  17. ^ goodjobman. "March KeSPA Ranking", TeamLiquid.net, 2008-03-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-06. 
  18. ^ KeSPA e-Sports March 2008 ranking (Korean). Korea e-Sports Association. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.

[edit] External links

[edit] Korean

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Professional competition with StarCraft
Players
Terran players: Lim "BoxeR" Yo-Hwan  · Lee "NaDa" Yun-Yeol  · Choi "iloveoov" Yeon-Sung  · Kang "910" Gu-Yeol  · Lee "Flash" Young-Ho
Protoss players: Kang "Nal_rA" Min  · Kim "Bisu" Taek-Yong  · Song "Stork" Byung-Gu  · Park "Reach" Jung Suk  · Seo "ToSsGirL" Ji-Soo
Zerg players: Park "JulyZerg" Sung-Joon  · Ma "sAviOr" Jae-Yoon  · Hong "NC]...YellOw" Jin-Ho  · Lee "n.Die_Jaedong" Jae-Dong
Organisations
Distribution: Blizzard Entertainment  · HanbitSoft
Broadcasting: Starleague  · Ongamenet  · MBCGame
Team sponsors: SK Telecom  · KTF
Teams: Air Force ACE  · CJ Entus  · eSTRO  · Hanbit Stars  · KTF MagicNs  · Lecaf Oz  · MBCGame Hero  · OnGameNet SPARKYZ  · Samsung KHAN  · SK Telecom T1  · STX SouL  · WeMade FOX


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