Maka

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Background Information
Name:	곽한얼 Kwak Han Eol
Team:	Absolute Legends
Race:	Terran
Alternate IDs:	Maka, Saber, Townhall, LessonForU
Country:	South Korea
Birthday:	July 18, 1991 (1991-07-18)
TLPD:	International Korean
Livestream:	TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV
Fan Page:	Maka's Fan Club
Twitter:	aronins2
Career
Team History:	A1, aRi, ConQ, Prime

Kwak "Maka" Han Eol is a South Korean Terran player for the Absolute Legends team.

Biography

Maka is a professional Starcraft 2 and former WarCraft III player from South Korea. Maka, then known better as A.onE)Townhall, Townhall[aRi], or ConQ)Saber played as Night Elf in WarCraft III and currently plays as Terran in Starcraft 2. He has played for the Korean team Prime from the Beta to December 2011, but allegedly left the team on January 1st 2012. It was announced on January 4th 2012, that Maka had joined eSahara, to be reunited with his ex-teammate Check.

In Beta

In phase 1 of the beta, Maka made a name for himself as a standout Terran on the heavily Zerg-dominated Asia server. Maka was considered to be one of the strongest Terran players during beta.

He won the third place match in the 17173 Starcraft 2 World Cup where he took out fellow Korean ex-WC3 pro Check.

Maka represented his clan Prime in the Star2Gether Team Battle, in which Maka had a personal record of 2-1 after beating both Zenio and InCa but losing to Cool. Prime went on to lose the match 4-5 to oGs.

Wings of Liberty

Maka is most well known for his participation in GOMTV Global Starcraft II League events. He has managed to qualify for all 3 GSL Open seasons. Maka's furthest placement thus far was in GSL1 where he managed to reach the quarter finals before being eliminated by LiveForever. Maka played very well in season 3, even taking a game off of the previous champion, NesTea, but Maka eventually lost to NesTea in Ro16. Maka alongside Genius were the two Korean representatives at Blizzcon 2010. He would defeat players such as DIMAGA, DeMusliM, and HuK before ultimately losing to White-Ra.

Code S

In the 2011 January GSL Maka lost to NesTea and TheBestfOu in the Ro32, taking 4th place in his group with a final score of 0-2. He was then defeated 0-2 by FruitDealer in the Up and Down matches. Maka was one of the favorites to win the Code S Wildcard tournament. Despite this, he was defeated in the first round by his teammate, Polt, again 0-2. Polt went on to win the Wildcard Tournament. These losses assured his final placement into Code A for the 2011 March GSL season.

Code A

Maka was quickly dislodged from Code A entirely after being beaten by Noblesse 0-2 in the Round of 32, completing a surprising drop out of the GSL tournaments. Maka is one of three former Code S players to drop out of Code A, the others being LegalMind and JookTo.

Maka appeared in 2011 GSL Super Tournament where he won against Noblesse by WO and against sC 2-0 before being taken out by Polt 1-2.

Maka managed to re-qualify for Code A for GSL August. He defeated Dream in the Round of 32 then lost to Leenock in the Round of 16, staying in Code A. In the next GSL, he played against SjoW in the first round, who beat him 2-1.

Trivia

• Plays Terran in Starcraft 2, and was a Night Elf player in WarCraft III
• Maka is known for a peculiar strategy known as a "Maka Rax". The first (or occasionally second) barracks for the terran player is built in a strange place; for example in the terran's own natural expansion. It is almost always ridiculously easy to scout. Although the shortened rush distance is questionable, it has been hypothesized to allow for unit production without lowering the Terran wall. The proximity to the main also allows for lift off and retreating.

Gallery

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Achievements

2010

Date	Event	Result
2010-08-28	2010 TG Sambo Intel Starcraft II Open Season 1	(Ro8)  Maka 1 : 2  LiveForever

Beta Achievements

Date	Event	Result
2010-05-19	17173 Starcraft 2 World Cup	Maka ? : ?  Check

To see Maka's full GSL standings, see Prime GSL Results

Interviews

• Interview by Cadred.org