Leenock
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| Name: | 이동녕 Lee Dong Nyoung |
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| Team: | FXOpen e-Sports |
| Race: | Zerg |
| Alternate IDs: | LeenockfOu |
| Nicknames: | The Leenoctopus, Bruce Leenock |
| Country: | South Korea 
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| Birthday: | April 1, 1995 |
| TLPD: | International Korean |
| Livestream: | TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV |
| Fan Page: | Leenock's Fan Club |
| Twitter: | FXOLeenock |
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| Team History: | fOu |
| Crowning achievement: |  2011 MLG Providence
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Lee "Leenock" Dong Nyoung[1] is currently a Zerg player for team FXOpen e-Sports (formerly of fOu).
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[edit] Biography
Leenock was an amateur Broodwar player who reached A rank on iCCup. Some of his games are still available from IdrA's Ladder Replay Pack during TSL2.[2][3][4]
[edit] Wings of Liberty
Leenock first entered the scene in the GOMTV 2010 Sony Ericsson Starcraft II Open Season 2. He gained some initial recognition by reaching the Round of 16 where he faced off against NaDa and managed to take a set with a 6 pool before ultimately losing the match 1-2. Qualifying for Season 3, his play was better received as he defeated Clide 2-1 and GuineaPig 2-0 before losing to MarineKing 1-2 in the Round of 16. His performance qualified him for S-Class status, making him the youngest player to have held that achievement.
[edit] Code S
In 2011, for the first tournament, Leenock was defeated in the group stages 1-2, losing sets to Genius and RainBOw. Code A second place finisher, Byun surprisingly chose Leenock as one of his Up & Down match-up opponents. Leenock lost 1-2 to Byun, and surprisingly also fell to LiveForever 1-2, dropping him to Code A. After LiveForever took the Code S spot, he left for the army, throwing Leenock into a Wildcard series to contend for that spot, which Polt ultimately claimed.
Leenock made it back to Code S by being the top 2 of his Up/Down group in GSL August. He was able to advance to the Round of 8 with the score of 2-1 in both the Round of 32 and 16. Both of his losses were to the Terran players Polt and MMA, respectively for the Ro32 and Ro16.
Back in Code S for GSL October, Leenock managed to place second in his group with a score of 2-1. In the round of 16, he would face GanZi, whom he lost to 2-1.
In GSL November, Leenock made it into the semifinals by taking out aLive with a 3-0 scoreline [5]. In the semifinals, Leenock faced off against the 3-time GSL champion, Mvp in a Bo5 that went down to the final game. Leenock would clinch the 3-2 win and make it into the finals for the first time. At 16 years of age, Leenock was the youngest GSL finalist yet and looked poised to take the win, but ended up losing to Jjakji in a thrilling 2-4 upset.
In 2012 GSL Season 1, Leenock would fall to the GSL Runner Up Curse and end up third in his Code S group with a score of 1-2, dropping him into Code A.
[edit] Code A
Leenock went undefeated in GSL March Code A up until the semi-finals, where he dropped 0-2 to LosirA. He lost to both NesTea and MarineKing in the Up and Down Matches.
GSL May saw Leenock eliminated from Code A altogether as he fell 1-2 to newcomer Creator in the Round of 32.
He was able to re-qualify for the GSL July Tournament and got to the Semi Finals where he lost to Tassadar. In the Up and Down Matches, he defeated Keen in his first match then later lost to aLive. His next match against InCa would be the one that would decide whether he would have a chance at possibly going into a three-way tie breaker. He played a long game but ultimately lost. A 1-2 score would meant he would have to participate in Code A again.
Leenock once again made it to the Semi Finals of the next GSL Code A Tournament, where he beat players like BoxeR, Maka and YoDa without dropping a game before being defeated by MarineKing 1 - 3. Having reached the Code A Semi Finals, Leenock once again had the chance to gain Code S through the August Up and Down Matches, where this time he managed to go 3-0 in his group to finally make it back into Code S.
He got back in Code A Ro32 in 2012 GSL Season 1. There, he eliminated July 2-1 but lost to Seed 0-2. He will have to fight again in the Up&Down Matches to get back in Code S.
[edit] Arena of Legends: The King of Kongs
Due to placing second at GSL November 2011, Leenock was invited to participate in the Arena of Legends: The King of Kongs. He was placed in Group A, where he surprisingly was eliminated by finishing fourth overall, being one of the favorite player to advance in the polls. [6] He was defeated by GSL January 2011 and GSL World Championship 2011 runner-up MarineKing 0-2 and GSL August 2011 runner-up TOP 1-2.
[edit] Outside Korea
It was announced on Sept 29, 2011 that Leenock would be going to his first international event, the IPL 3 with his team mate Lucky.[7] However he was not allowed to participate due to the tournament taking place in a casino and him not being of full age.
His first major international event was MLG Providence where he took 1st place after coming through the Open and Lower bracket, defeating many skilled players such as MMA, IdrA, HuK, Mvp, Oz, DongRaeGu (coming back from a 0-2 in an extended series), and then finally NaNiwa.
[edit] Trivia
- Surpassed MarineKing in 2011 GSL November as the youngest GSL finalist.
- After winning against CoCa in the round of 16 of GSL March Code A Leenock chugged a can of Coca Cola and crushed it on camera to celebrate his win. [8]
- Although there was some confusion on this subject at MLG Providence, Leenock does go to school [9].
[edit] Achievements
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2012-01-18 | ESV TV Korean Weekly S2 #1 |   Leenock 4 : 2  TheStC
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-12-03 | 2011 GSL November: Code S |  Leenock 2 : 4 Jjakji
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| 2011-11-20 | 2011 MLG Providence | Leenock 4 : 1  NaNiwa
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| 2011-08-22 | 2011 Pepsi GSL August: Code A |  Leenock 1 : 3 MarineKing
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| 2011-07-11 | 2011 Pepsi GSL July: Code A | Leenock 1 : 3 Tassadar
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| 2011-03-09 | 2011 Sony Ericsson GSL March: Code A | Leenock 0 : 2 LosirA
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To see Leenocks's full GSL standings, see Leenock GSL Results.
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[edit] Championships
| MLG Pro Circuit Champion
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| MLG 2011 Orlando Preceeded By:  HuK
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MLG 2011 National Championships Providence 20th November 2011 - 27th February 2012 Leenock
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MLG 2012 Winter Arena Succeeded By: MarineKing
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[edit] References
- ↑ Leenock clarifies the spelling of his name on his personal Twitter
- ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=115850
- ↑ http://www.iccup.com/replays/430747.html
- ↑ http://www.iccup.com/replays/426695.html
- ↑ Leenocks set versus aLive.
- ↑ "(GSL) AoL Group A Thread on TeamLiquid.net
- ↑ Razer and FXO send Leenock and Lucky to IPL3.
- ↑ Video of Leenock's celebration after beating CoCa
- ↑ Tweet by @FXOpeneSports.
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