Pusan

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Pusan
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Background Information
Name:	박지호 Park Ji Ho
Team:	(Retired)
Race:	P
Birthday:	1985-01-14
IDs:	Pusan, Pusan[S.G], Kespa31[S.G]
Height/Weight:
Nicknames:	Spirit Toss
Fansite:	http://cafe.daum.net/pusanSG
Career
ELO Rank:
Peak ELO:	2170.64
Team History:
Draft History:
TLPD:	Pusan

Pusan is a Korean StarCraft progamer. He plays as Protoss and is currently a member of team MBC Game HERO.

Biography

In his younger years, Pusan was never the type to spend long days and nights playing games on a computer. His family did not even own a computer. One summer, his friends introduced him to the world of starcraft and within no time he was addicted. To practice he would tell his parents that he was going to the local temple to study, but would then walk to the local PC-Bang to play. Despite his parents being barely able to make a living, when Pusan wanted to get a computer to "study" (play Starcraft) and so they bought him one. Pusan was incredibly talented, within a year he was the top player in Junpo (his local region in Pusan) and won many tournaments, even winning $50 from placing first in a money-map tournament.

In 2001, after watching GARIMTO in the 2001 SKY OSL he decided to become a progamer. One of his school friends collected the details for all the managers in progaming teams and tried to get Pusan a trial. He was accepted for a trial for team Plus. In his trial he beat every single member of the team and advanced so quickly that in 3 days he was able to play in the MBCGame Team League. In his first ever television appearance, he crushed the foreign hope ElKy of Hexatron. With this game he brought his 'Ji-ho mode' and unusual playstyle to the forefront and exposed the world to his macro. During his time on Plus, he formed a close friendship with his would-be rival Anytime and the Zerg player MuMyung.

In the early stages of 2005, after a turbulent time in Plus, Pusan moved to Pirates of Space (P.O.S). During the fall season (So1 OSL), Pusan, along with Anytime, took center stage blasting through to the semifinals of the tournament. Pusan faced Boxer in arguably the standout Bo5 from the tournament. Although he eventually lost 2-3 and then lost to iloveoov 2-3 and coming 4th overall, he cemented his place in the progaming scene. Indeed, Pusan, Anytime and Stork were named as the "Neo-Kings" of Protoss and were supposed to lead the Protoss race forward after Reach, Nal_rA and Kingdom.

The following OSL (2005 Shinhan Bank OSL) Pusan continued to perform strongly and placed 3rd. After a rough group in the Shinhan Bank Season 1 OSL, he dropped out of the Starleauge and has since not made it back to the top 16. Despite not performing well in the OSL he managed to make the MSL and showcased some amazing feats in Proleague. The most famous of which was his contain break against firebathero which earned him a spot on the 2006 Pimpest Plays. He also went on an 11 Ace match winning streak, which was eventually stopped by Anytime.

Pusan has always been considered an invaluable member of MBCGame Hero and has been central to their Proleague roster since his transfer in 2005. In 2008 he rapidly found form and boasted an impessive record in Proleauge. His impressive Macro, and unique style, are considered refreshing to watch and some believe they distinguish him from other Protoss players. Despite his strong start to the 08-09 season, he started to falter and finished the season with stats of 11 wins and 13 losses.

Pusan's continued to play in the 09-10 proleague season and qualified for the 2009 EVER OSL. He was played rarely at MBC in Round 1 of the proleague and finished with 1 win and 1 loss. In the round of 16, Pusan was put in a group with Jaedong, Movie and go.go. Both go.go and Pusan lost both their games to Jaedong and Movie leaving them both eliminated with one game left to play.

Accomplishments

Place	Year	Event/League
3rd	2005	ShinHan Bank OnGameNet StarLeague

Notable Games

• Pusan vs firebathero on Longinus, 2006 SKY ProLeague, 2006-09-18 File:Vod.png
• Pusan's Straw APM