CranK
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| Name: | 최재원 |
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| Romanized Name: | Choi Jae Won |
| Birth: | August 29, 1989 |
| Country: |  South Korea
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| Race: | Protoss |
| Team: | Axiom |
| Alternate IDs: | CranK, Crank[Name], JaeWon, bRutality, LiquidBisu |
| WCS Rank (Points): | #42 (200 points) |
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Choi "CranK" Jae Won is a Protoss player from South Korea, currently signed to Axiom.[1]
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[edit] Biography
CranK played as a Protoss on SK Telecom T1 in Brood War.
[edit] Wings of Liberty
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CranK was eliminated by BBoong in the semifinals of the GSL November 2011 preliminaries. He also took part in It's Gosu eSports Invitational 1 where he lost to DdoRo in the first round.
He has appeared in clan battles, such as in IPL Team Arena week 13 vs Millenium, where he defeated Stephano, but then lost to Adelscott.
July 26, it was revealed that CranK had left SlayerS for medical reasons.[2] For the MLG 2012 Summer Championship, Crank received a sponsorship from TotalBiscuit to attend and compete in the event. This would later become the starting point for the creation of TotalBiscuit and Intricacy's Axiom, of which CranK would be the first member.[3]
[edit] ESV TV Korean Weekly
On November 10, 2011, CranK participated in the ESV TV Korean Weekly Season 1 Weekly 14. After taking down KeeN, Dragon, Vampire, and TREME, he advanced in to the finals to face TaeJa. He was not able to advance any further and lost to TaeJa by a score of 1-4 and ended up taking second place.
On November 17, 2011, CranK participated in the ESV TV Korean Weekly Season 1 Weekly 15. After taking down Sniper, TaeJa, Dream, and TREME, he advanced in to the finals to face GuineaPig. He was not able to advance any further and lost to GuineaPig by a score of 1-4 and ended up taking second place.
[edit] Code A
CranK defeated Apocalypse in the finals of his bracket in the 2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 3 preliminaries and will make his GSL debut in code A.
[edit] IGN ProLeague
[edit] IPL Season 5
On June 7, 2012, CranK participated in the IPL 5 Amateur Championship Qualifiers. CranK took down Arthur, Royal, Salmosa, Life and then went on to advance in to the finals to face TREME. In the finals, CranK defeated TREME by a score of 2-0 and was able to take first place. His first place finish qualified him for the IGN ProLeague Season 5.
(Photo:Kevin Florenzano/MLG)
[edit] MLG
[edit] MLG Raleigh Summer Championship
CranK received a personal sponsorship from TotalBiscuit and Reddit thus was able to attend this event. His flight, transport, and much of the hotel was paid for by TotalBiscuit, food and misc by redditor donations.[4][5] CranK participated in the MLG Raleigh open bracket, in the first round he got a BYE then followed by defeating Spiralsc2, iNcontroL, JimRiSiNg, TubbyTheFat and TT1 all 2-0 to advance to group play. In group play CranK defeated: TaeJa, Revival, lost to HerO, then defeated TaeJa again 4-3 in an extended series, he would go on to play HerO once again and lose 3-4 in a very close series. In the championship bracket he would lose in losers round 6 to Heart 1-2 ending his MLG run and finishing in 9-12th place.
[edit] Interviews
[edit] 2013
- 2013-05-16 | WCS America mini-interview with Ryung, Alicia, and CranK by Olivia Wong of Axiom
- 2013-04-05 | 2013 GSTL Season 1 Group Stage Axiom-Acer vs LG-IM Winner by WaxAngel of TeamLiquid.net
[edit] Achievements
| Date | Event | Result | Winnings |
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| 2012-11-11 | Lone Star Clash 2 |   CranK 0 : 2  Bomber
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$2,500 |
| 2012-07-07 | IPL5 Amateur Championship |  CranK 2 : 0 TREME
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IPL5 Seed |
| 2012-04-27 | TW Honor Cup #2 |  CranK 1 : 3 TAiLS
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$25 |
| 2012-04-20 | TW Honor Cup #1 | CranK 1 : 3  RagnaroK
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$25 |
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-12-16 | StarCraft II Across The Galaxy |  CranK 1 : 3 MaNa
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| 2011-11-18 | StarCraft II Across the Galaxy Qualifier #3 | CranK 2 : 1 GoOdy
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| 2011-11-17 | ESV TV Korean Weekly Season 1 #15 | CranK 1 : 4 GuineaPig
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| 2011-11-10 | ESV TV Korean Weekly Season 1 #14 | CranK 1 : 4 TaeJa
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