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| Background Information | |
| Name: | 윤용태 Yoon Yong Tae |
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| Team: | Woongjin Stars |
| Race: | P |
| Birthday: | 1988-07-14 |
| IDs: | free, free[gm], pretty[gm] |
| Height/Weight: | 5' 8" |
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| Fansite: | http://cafe.daum.net/freegm1 |
| Career | |
| ELO Rank: | 2025.34 |
| Peak ELO: | 2254.84 |
| Team History: | Woongjin Stars (Sep 2008 - Current)
Hanbit Stars (Oct 2005 - Sep 2008) |
| Draft History: | Hanbit Stars 2005 II |
| TLPD: |  free
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To read about Free's StarCraft 2 career, see Free.
free is a Korean StarCraft progamer. He plays as Protoss and is currently a member of team Woongjin Stars.
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[edit] Biography
Boasting solid macro and micro, Free is a well-rounded player that prefers to play standard macro games. Renowned for his PvZ, he has the second highest career winning percentage in PvZ behind Bisu and the third highest PvZ ELO peak. Throughout his career, he has repeatedly come close to becoming an S-class player but has yet been able to gain this distinction for falling short in individual leagues.
Free's breakout season came in 2007 when he began to do exceptionally well in Proleague. From 2007-2009, Free was his team's workhorse. Despite being the only standout on his team, Free was reportedly only earning $5000 a year [though this situation changed when Woonjgin acquired Hanbit]. With teammate Daezang in the army and GGplay slumping after his OSL victory, Free did not have much of a supporting cast and was his team's unanimous Ace. But despite a great Proleague record, he had difficulty making it past the Ro8 in individual leagues.
In the GOM3 MSL, he was unfortunate enough to meet Savior in the Ro8, losing 1-3. In the Club Day MSL, he managed to eliminate Jaedong with a score of 2-1, destroyed Nada 3-0, but lost 1-3 in the semifinals against the eventual winner, Bisu. Several months later, he was a hopeful for the GOM Classic Season 2 title, but suffered a 0-3 defeat in the semifinals at the hands of Jangbi.
Since Zero's breakout in 2009, the transfer of Kwanro, and the rise of Neo.G_Soulkey, Free's Ace duties have been shared with various teammates. He showed some success in individual leagues, making the semifinals of both the the Hana Daetoo MSL and the Korean Air OSL Season 2. In both these semifinals he was pitted against Flash and lost 0-3 and 1-3 respectively. This makes a total of 4 semifinals in which Free was eliminated by the eventual winner.
[edit] Facts
- Free was one of the six Protoss dragons
- Free's weakest matchup is PvP, which usually hovers around the 50% rate.
- Free's strongest matchup is PvZ. Though his PvT is solid, he has continued to perform well in PvZ even during times when most other protoss have struggled.
- Free is known for his battle micro and small unit control. In Korean he is nicknamed, "Battle God"
[edit] Accomplishments
[edit] Notable Games
[edit] PvT
vs Hiya - Featuring lockdowns, mind controls, and more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnA7Q3AjUg
vs Light - Halluinated Dragoon and Arbiters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy4wQWkmsIk&feature=player_embedded
vs Sea - Hanbit vs MBC Proleague Ace match
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvf3z5TKUMM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuNrqe7vB0
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkGz7dFAILc
vs Upmagic - The game where he showcased his Dragoon micro by defusing mines. http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/korean/games/2827_free_vs_UpMaGiC/vod
[edit] PvP
[edit] PvZ
vs Jaedong - His infamous game where he used an army heavily composed of archons and reavers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSrljNirolw
