First Forays into Major StarCraft II Tournaments In early June, Flash was one of the eight KeSPA-affiliated players to be sent to the KeSPA exhibition tournament at the 2012 MLG Spring Championship which he won in a dominating fashion without dropping a map.
He secured his first victory a week later, defeating Team 8's BaBy. įlash played his first ever official StarCraft II match on May 20, 2012, as KT Rolster faced CJ Entus in the 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2 first round, which he lost to EffOrt. On May 12, a South Korean website released the first videos of Flash practicing StarCraft II, playing Terran on the ladder. The South Korean player also stated that, in his opinion, it would take him a year to reach the skill level of the current SC2 top players, and one or two more years to reach his Brood War level of skills. In early May, Flash was reported to be considering to switch to Protoss, but kept practicing Terran as remaining with the same race for the upcoming hybrid BW/SC2 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2 seemed more suited. In April 2012, he was reported to be practicing SC2 again and to be enjoying the game.
Wings of Liberty Transition to StarCraft II įollowing KT's win in the 2010-2011 Shinhan Bank Proleague final, while recovering from surgery on his right arm, Flash started playing StarCraft II on the ladder and quickly reached the Master League.
During this year, he was in finals of eight premier tournaments, winning five of them: two OnGameNet Starleagues, two MBCGame StarCraft Leagues, and the World Cyber Games 2010. His popularity skyrocketed when he won the 2008 Bacchus OSL at age 15, crushing Stork 3-0 in the finals.įlash's career eventually reached new heights in 2010, as he went on a stunning winning spree.
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