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Background Information
Name:	장민철 Jang Min Chul
Team:	SK Gaming
Race:	Protoss
Alternate IDs:	SK.MC, oGsMC, oGsSK.MC, La[ScM], La[gm], IrOn[KaL], AAHero_gm, JangMinChul, MinChul
Nicknames:	Flounder, Suicide Toss, the Kratos Protoss, Protoss President, Presidentoss, Obamatoss, Boss Toss
Country:	South Korea
Birthday:	June 17, 1991 (1991-06-17)
TLPD:	International Korean
Site:	http://www.sk-gaming.com/
Livestream:	TeamLiquid.net own3D.tv
Fan Page:	MC's Fan Club
Twitter:	SK__MC
Career
Team History:	07.2011-present    SK Gaming 08.2010-01.2012   oGs             ...-08.2010   MBC
Crowning achievement:	2010 GSL Open Season 3

To read about MC's Starcraft: Brood War career, see IrOn.

Jang "MC" Min Chul is a Korean Protoss player currently on the team SK Gaming.

Overview

Jang Min Chul is one of the best performing Protosses, with two GSL titles to his name. He has also traveled to Europe several times, winning 2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational, Copenhagen Games Spring 2011, HomeStory Cup IV and IEM Season VI - World Championship while taking silver in IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne.

Playstyle

MC has strong mechanics and is famed for his Stalker control and impressive use of the Blink ability. He uses his mechanics to surgically pull his opponents apart with an aggressive style that involves constant pressure and harassment, though he also wields a fearsome late-game macro style against those players that can survive his initial pressure.

Biography

After a stint on MBC's B-team, MC (a.k.a. IrOn) moved on to StarCraft 2 becoming at the time, the first active Korean BW progamer on a proteam to publicly announce the switch.

Wings of Liberty

MC has been a fairly strong player for the oGs team, managing to qualify for all the GOMTV Global Starcraft II League open seasons. He was knocked out in the Round of 64 and Round of 32 in Season 1 and 2, respectively. In October, oGs would win in the Brainbox Team Invitational that was held during the GSL off-season. In the finals they beat the former WeRRa team, with MC scoring a 3-kill.

MC with his trophy after winning his second GSL championship

MC defeated Rain in the finals of GSL season 3 and became the first Protoss to win the GSL, as well as the last player of the pre-season 2010 to win the tournament. In the off-season before the GSL 2011 tournaments, MC took part in the YGosu Invitational as one of 16 invitees that featured predominantly GSL players. MC would reach the finals where he would come back from a 1-3 deficit against the Terran player Bomber to win 4-3. During the same time, MC also participated as one of four GSL invitees in a European tournament, the Kaspersky New Year's StarCraft II Invitational. He would yet again reach the finals where he faced off against house mate TOP who upset MC 0-4.

During the World Championship Team League he was upset by White-Ra . Later he would climb up to the semi-finals in the main tournament, but would be stopped by MarineKing who was able to reverse a 2-0 lead by MC.

MC would play in the Blizzard Cup by virtue of his third place slot in the GSL Player Rankings. He would place third in his group with a score of 2-2, making it into pool play due to his head to head win against Stephano. There, he would 3-1 Leenock before getting knocked out by DongRaeGu in the semi-finals with a score of 2-3.

On January 13th 2012, it was announced that MC would be departing from oGs to play for SK Gaming full-time.

Code S

In the GSL January tournament, MC would advance to the round of 16 by beating NaDa and San. He would meet up once again with Jinro after having swept him in the previous GSL, but this time would fall 0-2 to the foreign Terran. In the proceeding season, MC would reprise his dominance where he would go undefeated in his group stage and follow this with a sweep of Byun and HongUn in subsequent rounds. MC would take his first loss in the semi-finals but ultimately win the match-up against San, taking the series 3-1. He dominated July 4-1 in the finals to become the first repeat champion.

GSL May would see MC taking an early exit from the group stages after being unable to defeat Polt twice. MC would easily retain Code S in the up/down matches by defeating Ryung 2-0. In GSL July, he defeated HuK 2-0 and advanced onto the Round of 8. There he lost 1-3 to HongUn.

During the GSL August group selections, he confidently picked Mvp and stated that he wanted to defeat the IM champions. His plans backfired when he was defeated in the group stages 0-2. He participated in the upcoming Up and Down Matches, where he surprisingly went 1-3, therefore placing him in Code A.

He regained his spot in Code S by placing as the top non-Code S player at MLG Orlando, bypassing the need to win through the Code A qualifiers and Up-and-Down Matches. Being back in GSL Code S again, he was able to advance onto the Round of 16 with the score of 2-1. In the Round of 16, he was not successful, losing twice to sC and only winning the losers' match. He would drop down to Code A for the rest of the season.

In the Round of 32 in GSL 2012 Season 1's Code S MC lost to former teammate SuperNoVa but defeated Fin and Leenock to enter the Round of 16. In his group of GanZi, PartinG, and Jjakji, he managed to come out on top, beating GanZi and PartinG both 2-0 to move onto the Round of 8. In his Round of 8 match he had to play against Genius and lost in a 0-3 clean sweep, but remained his Code S spot for getting into the Round of 8.

In GSL 2012 Season 2 Code S Round of 32 MC lost to Virus in a close series 1-2, but was able to defeat InCa and NesTea in convincing fashion to enter the Round of 16. His group was really tough, considering that he eventually had to play two of the top PvP'ers Oz and Squirtle and even newcomer Maru couldn't be underestimated. He lost to Maru and Oz 1-2 in close games finishing 4th in his group and going down to Code A Round of 24.

Code A

MC made his debut in Code A during GSL October and lost to Monster 1-2 in the Round of 32, becoming the first Champion to be demoted to Code B.

His second time in Code A was in December for the Round of 24 in the GSL November 2011, there he would face off vs Bomber, he would win 2-0 securing Code S status again.

Outside Korea

On July 12, 2011, it was announced that MC would be representing SK Gaming in foreign events, with an SK Gaming patch added to his oGs uniform for Korean events.

Online

Since early 2011, MC has begun to participate in a number of large international events. He would be one of thirteen invites from the Asian servers to play in the TeamLiquid StarLeague 3 online tournament. He would reach the round of 8 before falling to ThorZaIN in what is often described as one of the greatest SC2 series of all time.

Europe

His first international LAN tournament would be the Dreamhack Stockholm Invitational as part of a small group of invitees. He placed first after coming from behind in a 0-2 deficit to defeat White-Ra in the finals and take the entire prize pool of $15,000 as well as a spot in the DreamHack Summer 2011 event. After dropping out early in GSL May, MC, this time with teammate and coach TheWinD, traveled to Europe for a second time to attend the Spring Copenhagen Games. Once again he took first place in an international tournament, sweeping runner-up Kas 4-0 and dropping only a single game to MorroW.

In the early summer of 2011 MC flew to Europe to participate in DreamHack Summer 2011 and Homestory Cup III. This trip was not as successful as previous journeys as he lost to Bomber 2-1 in the DreamHack Quarter Finals, and was knocked out of the HomeStory Cup Upper Bracket again at Quarter Finals by NaNiwa and then lost again in the Lower Bracket Finals to HuK and finished third overall.

MC finished in second place at IEM Global Challenge Cologne, losing only to PuMa in the tournament.

On September 15, it was revealed the MC would be going to France to take part in ESWC 2011 due to a new partnership between ESWC and the GSL. After getting through his group 10-0 and defeating HayprO 2-0 in the Ro16, he was eliminated by MaNa losing 0-2. He ended 5th-8th overall.

MC during the IEM Season VI World Championship awards ceremony, photo by 7mk

MC was supposed to participate to DreamHack Winter 2011, but he had to cancel his participation.

MC would also take placing in HomeStory Cup 4 where he would place first in his group with a score of 3-0 in the first group stage to move on to the next, where he end up second in is group losing only to MarineKing. In the playoffs bracket, he would face Nerchio first whom MC quickly took out 3-0. Next, he would face fellow Korean Protoss JYP and end up winning 3-2 to secure a slot in the finals versus another Korean, Sound. MC would 4-0 Sound to secure first place at the event.

He qualified for IEM Season VI - World Championship due to winning HomeStory Cup 4 and placing second at IEM Global Challenge Cologne. He finished first of his Protoss heavy group with 3-2. He then beat ViOLet 3-0 and Feast 3-1 and had to face PuMa in the finals. For the first time in a final, MC was able to defeat PuMa, beating him 3-2 and taking home $35,000.

China

MC was invited to play as a Korean invite in the StarsWar Killer 6 tournament. In this tournament he would take out Loner in the first round and go on to eliminate Jinro and AcE to reach the offline portion of the tournament. Here he met xiaOt in the semi-finals taking him out 3-1 to reach the final. He defeated LoveCD 4-1 in the final to win the tournament.

North America

MC was invited to 2011 MLG Columbus as a last-minute replacement for Bomber in Pool C, who had to withdraw due to visa issues. Although he would fall in his first match to IdrA 0-2, he made a commanding run through the rest of his pool-play games, not dropping another series. MC would later re-face IdrA in the fourth-place match, this time sweeping him to reach a final score of 4-2 in MC's favor. MC would lose to LosirA in the following round to leave with a third place finish.

MC was one of nine Koreans invited to participate in the NASL Season One. MC performed well with a score of 6-3 in group play despite a forfeit to Brat_OK due to a delayed flight back to Korea. At the finals in Ontario, California, MC crushed both BoxeR and SeleCT 2-0, and defeated Sen 3-2 after a close series to reach the Grand Final against the Open Tournament winner PuMa. The games were incredibly close, with PuMa taking a 3-1 lead early on, but MC managed to push the series to a seventh game before losing 3-4.

In October MC participated in MLG Orlando. He finished 3rd in Pool D and was placed in Losers Round 5. On Championship Sunday he managed to take down Rain, Ret, PuMa, MarineKing, IdrA and TheStC before losing to HuK in the grand finals, finishing 2nd overall and obtaining his GSL Code S status once again via the GSL-MLG Exchange Program.

Even after participating in only two MLG tournaments, MC had enough points to be seeded in MLG Providence 2011 Championship Bracket. His first opponent would be Mvp coming from the open bracket. MC defeated him 2-1 and performed a Murloc ceremony. He then beat IdrA 2-0 and advanced to the Winners' Bracket semifinals where he faced DongRaeGu. He lost 0-2 and was sent to the Loser's Bracket. He had to rematch Mvp but eventually was eliminated by him, losing 2-4 for a 6th place finish.

Trivia

• Known for his various ceremonies after winning matches. He notably disguised himself as a murloc during 2011 MLG Providence after a victory over Mvp.
• Speaks English occasionally when being interviewed by foreigners. ("me all in, he drone drone drone, me win.") ("2-0 is your dream. 4-0, you sad!")
• First player to win 2 GSL Tournaments.
• Casted a DreamHack Summer 2011 game alongside TotalBiscuit.
• He is currently the first ranked Starcraft 2 progamer in terms of monetary winnings, with more than $275,000
• Known for his cocky attitude before his matches, which gave him the nickname "suicide toss" after a defeat on a televised match.
• First player to earn $200,000 in prize money.
• MC almost got pick pocketed in France, but he managed to chase down the thief and get his wallet back.
• Was shown in many episodes of "Hyung Joon becomes a progamer". He was particularly notable in episode 7 were he excelled at emulating a dance move performed by Kara, a k-pop group.
• Bought a car for his mother with the money he earned.

Achievements

2012

Date	Event	Result
2012-05-20	2012 MLG Spring Arena 2	MC 0 : 2  Symbol
2012-03-10	IEM Season VI - World Championship	MC 3 : 2  PuMa
2012-01-08	HomeStory Cup IV	MC 4 : 0  Sound

2011

Date	Event	Result
2011-12-15	Blizzard Cup	MC 2 : 3  DongRaeGu
2011-10-16	2011 MLG Orlando	MC 1 : 4  HuK
2011-08-21	IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne	MC 0 : 3  PuMa
2011-07-10	North American Star League Season 1	MC 3 : 4  PuMa
2011-06-26	HomeStory Cup III	MC 1 : 3  HuK
2011-06-12	StarsWar Killer 6	MC 4 : 1  LoveCD
2011-06-05	2011 MLG Columbus	MC 1 : 2  LosirA
2011-04-23	Copenhagen Games Spring 2011	MC 4 : 0  Kas
2011-04-12	2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational	MC 3 : 2  White-Ra
2011-04-05	2011 LG Cinema 3D World Championship Seoul	MC 2 : 3  MarineKing
2011-03-19	2011 Global Starcraft II League March	MC 4 : 1  July

2010

Date	Event	Result
2010-12-30	Kaspersky New Year's StarCraft II Invitational	MC 0 : 4  TOP
2010-12-28	Danawa Ygosu Invitational	MC 4 : 3  Bomber
2010-12-10	2010 Sony Ericsson Starcraft II Open Season 3	MC 4 : 1  Rain

To see MC's full GSL standings, see MC GSL Results

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Championships

Global Starcraft II League Champion
GSL Open Season 2 Preceeded By:   NesTea	GSL Open Season 3 18th December 2010 - 29th January 2011   MC	GSL January 2011 Succeeded By:   Mvp

GSL January 2011 Preceeded By:   Mvp

GSL March 2011 19th March 2011 - 9th April 2011   MC

GSL May 2011 Succeeded By:   NesTea

DreamHack Champion
DreamHack Winter 2010 Preceeded By:   Naama	DreamHack Stockholm Invitational 12th April 2011 - 21st June 2011   MC	DreamHack Summer 2011 Succeeded By:   HuK

HomeStory Cup
HomeStory Cup III Preceeded By:   HuK	HomeStory Cup IV 5th Jan 2012 - 8th Jan 2012   MC	Succeeded By: None/TBD

Intel Extreme Masters
Season VI - Sao Paulo Preceeded By:   viOLet	Season VI - World Championship 10th March 2012 - Present   MC	Succeeded By: None/TBD

Copenhagen Games
Preceeded By: None	Copenhagen Games Spring 2011 21st April 2011 - 5th April 2012   MC	Copenhagen Games Spring 2012 Succeeded By:   Kas