GGPlay
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 | This player has retired from competitive StarCraft. |
 GGPlay
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| Background Information | |
| Name: | 김준영 Kim Joon Yung |
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| Team: | (Retired) |
| Race: | Z |
| Birthday: | 1985-12-05 |
| IDs: | GGPlay, GGPlay[GsP], SoL.TheBest, SoL.Joon, dNC.Joon, NineteenNiety |
| Height/Weight: | |
| Nicknames: | Man of Virtue, Gentleman, Attention Zerg |
| Fansite: | http://cafe.daum.net/ggplay |
| Career | |
| ELO Rank: | |
| Peak ELO: | 2191.95 |
| Team History: | Hanbit Stars, CJ Entus, Woongjin Stars |
| Draft History: | |
| TLPD: |  GGPlay
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GGPlay is a retired Korean StarCraft progamer. He played as Zerg and was a member of the team Woongjin Stars. He is now retired due to advanced carpal tunnel and will be joining the military.
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[edit] Biography
The pinnacle of GGPlay's career was his win in the 2007 DAUM OSL. Finding himself close to defeat with a 0-2 score, he came back win the series 3-2 against Iris with a nailbiting finale on Python 
. Of his defiler defense of the 12 o'clock base, a highlight video has even been created. After some mediocre results in the meantime, e.g. an early exit from the following EVER2007 OSL, he appeared recuperated in the 2008 Incruit OSL. Having defeated Flash in the Ro8, he was heavily favored in his encounter with newcomer Fantasy in the Semis. Fantasy, however, came up with the ingenious build orders that lead to a revival of Mech in the Terran vs. Zerg matchup and GGPlay was defeated 1-3. After that he did not recover his former strength and was forced to retire.
[edit] Facts
- The dramatic drop off in GGPlay's performance and his subsequent retirement have been attributed to his struggle with carpal tunnel.
[edit] Accomplishments
| Place | Year | Event/League |
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| 1st | 2007 | Daum OSL 2007 |
| OSL Champion | ||
| ShinHan2006-3 OSL Preceeded By:   sAviOr
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Daum OSL 21st July 2007-22nd December 2007 GGPlay
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EVER2007 OSL Succeeded By: Jaedong
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[edit] Notable Games
[edit] ZvT
- vs Iris @ Python Game 5 Daum OSL Finals.
- vs Flash @ Plasma - Game 3 in Incruit 2008 Ro8. After getting cheesed and crippled, GGPlay fights back with an all-in.
[edit] ZvP
vs Stork@Andromeda in 4th set of Proleague 2008 18th of June
