Sync

This player has retired from competitive StarCraft.

Sync
Background Information
Name:	변길섭 Byun Gil Sup
Team:	(Retired)
Race:	T
Birthday:	1984-01-10
IDs:	Sync, H_BlaZe_W, Gilja
Height/Weight:
Nicknames:	Sparks Terran, Fireworks Terran
Fansite:	http://cafe.daum.net/sync
Career
ELO Rank:
Peak ELO:	2213.71
Team History:
Draft History:
TLPD:	Sync

To read about Sync's StarCraft 2 career, see Sync.

Sync won the 2002 OSL, largely considered the Worst OSL. His win passed by unnoticed as Korea was hosting the World Cup that same summer. He is now retired.

Biography

Sync is probably the most unknown out of all OSL winners. He started off in the pro-gaming scene in Hanbitstars. He sneakily cruised easily through the group stages of the Coca-Cola Starleague, then to be hit hard in the Round of 8 which included the likes of Boxer, Yellow and IntoTheRain.

After some bum performances in the KPGA Leagues, his breakout was the unfortunate forgotten NATE League, where he managed to defeat the likes of fOru, ChRh and then eventually HOT in the finals 3-1.

Sync then started to fall into one of many slumps, after the Panasonic OSL, failing to make another OSL until EVER 1. Meanwhile, in the MBC Leagues, he started to show up into the leagues, but not doing big. During this, he transfered to KTF along with Reach, leaving behind a former-great team into trouble without their star players. He was also invited to the annual KT-KTF tournaments, but with unsatisfactory results.

He eventually snapped out of his slump, showing back his impressive Spark Terran form from a bygone era, with some brilliant games showing his style, against Siva, JJu and Eliza. His impressive performance in EVER 1 was short lived however, as he was taken down in the quarter-finals by Boxer. After this, some league appearances by Sync with uninspired results would cause a catalyst, meaning another slump has arrived.

Near the end of his career, Sync was a poor performer for KTF, only appearing in very few 1v1 games. He was mainly used as a mentor/2v2 player, but to poor results.

The nickname Sparks Terran derives from the build Sync used to demolish his Zerg opponents, which was a 3 barracks -> +1 Weapons -> Academy build, with lots of firebats/medics. This build, along with Sync's aggressive micro, would break through any tough sunken line.

Is currently playing Starcraft 2 for the SlayerS team under the ID Gilja.

Facts

Invented 3 Barracks Push in TvZ

Accomplishments

Place	Year	Event/League
1st	2002	NATE OnGameNet Starleague
2nd	2002	iTV Ranking 4th League
1st	2003	Ting KBC Super Game Show Tournament
3rd	2003	Hotbreak OnGameNet Masters
2nd	2003	3rd OnGameNet Challenge League

OSL Champion
SKY2001 OSL Preceeded By:   GARIMTO	NATE OSL 16th June 2002-12th October 2002   Sync	SKY2002 OSL Succeeded By:   Reach