MarineKing
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| Name: | 이정훈 Lee Jung Hoon |
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| Team: | Prime |
| Race: | Terran |
| Alternate IDs: | MarineKingPrime, BoxerRPrime, BoxeR, EllenPage, Clare[Shield], Rex.IU, ZephyrPrime, 보라 (Bora) |
| Nicknames: | Fake Boxer, FoxeR, FauxeR, MarineKongPrime, PandaTerran |
| Country: | South Korea 
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| Birthday: | July 11, 1993 |
| TLPD: | International Korean |
| Livestream: | TeamLiquid.net own3D.tv |
| Fan Page: | MarineKing's Fan Club |
| Twitter: | MKPS2 |
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| Team History: | MBCGame HERO |
| Crowning achievement: |  MLG Winter Champ. 2012
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To read about MarineKing's Starcraft: Brood War career, see Clare.
Lee "MarineKing" Jung Hoon is a high level StarCraft 2 Terran player from South Korea, playing for the team Prime.
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[edit] Wings of Liberty
[edit] 2010
Lee Jung Hoon first gained attention in the community for having the ID BoxeR (a tribute to his idol "The Emperor" BoxeR) and for being one of the players at the very top on the Korean ladder. To differentiate the two players, fans and casters from the foreign scene started referring to Lee Jung Hoon as FoxeR (a portmanteau for fake BoxeR).
In MarineKing's first big offline tournament, the 2010 Sony Ericsson Starcraft II Open Season 2 (GSL 2), he demonstrated his superb micromanagement and heavily Marine-based play, notably defeating Banelings with only marines by stimming and splitting groups of Marines in multiple directions. He quickly distinguished himself as one of the top Terrans in the world by defeating FruitDealer, also known as Cool, in the round of 32. FruitDealer was the 2010 TG Sambo Intel Starcraft II Open Season 1 (GSL 1) champion, so MarineKing's 2-0 victory came as a surprise to much of the community. MarineKing then went on to the round of 16 to face FruitDealer's team mate at the time SangHo, also known as BabyByeBye, where he secured another 2-0 victory. He next faced Kyrix, a player known for his aggressive Baneling style, in the round of 8. MarineKing showcased his excellent Marine micro throughout this series, winning 3-2 and cementing his popularity through his exciting style of play. In the round of 4, MarineKing defeated GSL 1 runner up HopeTorture, now known as RainBOw, winning 4-1. In the final, he was defeated by NesTea 4-3, making him the only player in that tournament to win a game against NesTea.
In the GOM TV All-Stars Invitational Tournament that was held during the break between the second and third seasons of the GSL, MarineKing again came in 2nd, this time losing to his fierce rival Kyrix in the finals. After the tournament, MarineKing qualified for the Season 3 of the GSL. He dispatched Zerg players Monster and Leenock in the early rounds, but fell in the round of 8 to MC, a former team mate on his Brood War team, MBCGame. After season 3 concluded GOMTV featured "Gisado's Challenge", a king of the hill show match between the three races. As part of the Terran team, MarineKing scored an all-kill against Protoss. He defeated the 5 member lineup that had players such as TricKsteR (also known as Tester), HongUn, and Genius.[1]
On December 7th, 2010, Blizzard released a top 200 list of the Korean server.[2] The number one player on their ranking was 베스킨라빈스, the Korean translation for Baskin Robbins. This account was allegedly MarineKing's smurf account which had a win ratio of 73.7% with less than 350 games played.
[edit] 2011
In 2011 GSL January, MarineKing beat Jinro and RainBOw in the round of 16 to progress to the quarter-finals. There, he swept NaDa in an interesting series where the first game almost became a stalemate. After defeating Jinro again in the semi-finals, he lost 4-0 to Mvp in the finals, finishing second overall. While playing in 2011 GSL January, MarineKing also participated in the Gainward SC2 Tournament, held on January 9, 2011. He finished third after losing to the eventual winner Mvp 1-3. In the second season of the ZOTAC Team Invitational, also held in January, MarineKing performed well. Winning three games against SlayerS and reverse all-killing oGs.
MarineKing's next major tournament was GSL March 2011, where he was surprisingly eliminated in the round of 32 group stage. Although he defeated his rival Kyrix, he dropped sets to both InCa and sC, thus risking elimination from Code S in the Up & Down matches. He managed to retain his position in Code S by defeating Leenock 2-0.
MarineKing then participated in the 2011 GSL World Championship as part of the Korean squad. He proceeded through the early rounds smoothly and notably overcame a 0-2 deficit to MC in the round of 4 to advance to the finals. There, he once again faced off against Mvp, where he took another second place trophy with a 2-4 finish.
Next, during GSL May 2011, MarineKing once again fell to the Up & Down matches after losing to NaDa and Alicia but winning against Zenio. In the Up & Down matches he secured his position in Code S by defeating MMA. MarineKing then played in the GSL Super Tournament, where he narrowly lost to MMA in the semifinals 2-3. His trials continued in 2011 GSL July, where he fell yet again to the Up & Down matches by losing 0-2 in the round of 32 to LosirA and Alicia. In the Up & Down matches, he won against FruitDealer but lost against Ryung, Happy, and Dream. This 1-3 record knocked him down to Code A.
Thus, in GSL August 2011, MarineKing participated in Code A. He beat Hack, YuGiOh, Jjakji and Leenock to secure a spot in the finals against GanZi. Once again, MarineKing placed second, losing 4-3 to GanZi. However, his second place finish also secured him a spot in the August Up & Down matches. MarineKing tied for second in his group with JYP and TricKsteR with a score of 2-2, but then managed to beat them both in the tiebreaker playoff, making it back into Code S.
In GSL October 2011, MarineKing narrowly managed to hang onto his Code S spot, placing third in his round of 32 group with a score of 1-2. He beat Puzzle but lost to Ryung and Bomber. During this time, MarineKing also participated in the Arena of Legends tournament as one of the Terran invitees. He defeated both TricKsteR and LosirA in the group stages to secure a spot in the semifinals. Then, he defeated MMA to advance to the finals, where he faced off against DongRaeGu. He managed to win the tournament through heavy aggression, defeating DongRaeGu 4-1. This was the first GOM event that MarineKing won.
In GSL November, MarineKing placed third yet again in his round of 32 group, defeating the previous season's Code A Champion Curious but losing to Mvp and aLive. Because of GSL format changes, MarineKing fell to the round of 32 of Code A due to his performance. There, he played Zenio in the round of 32 and BoxeR in the round of 24, beating them both and securing Code S for the next season.
[edit] 2012
Due to placing second at both GSL January 2011 and the GSL World Championship 2011, MarineKing was invited to participate in the Arena of Legends: The King of Kongs tournament. He was placed in Group A, where he finished second overall after beating GSL August 2011 runner-up TOP 2-0 and GSL November 2011 runner-up Leenock 2-1 but losing to GSL July 2011 runner-up LosirA 0-2. This second place finish was sufficient to qualify for the playoffs, where he had to face GSL Blizzard Cup 2011 runner-up DongRaeGu. He lost 1-3, ending his tournament run in the semifinals.
MarineKing then played in the Korean Starcraft II League Daily Grand Opening, where he took first place, defeating True 4-2 in the finals.
MarineKing returned to Code S in the 2012 GSL Season 1. In the round of 32, he emerged first in his group after beating both Happy and aLive 2-0. In the round of 16, he started out with a 2-0 win against Genius, but then lost both games against DongRaeGu. In the final match of the group against Genius, he narrowly lost 2-1 to fall down to Code A for the remainder of the season. Falling from Code S Ro.16 he was placed into the 3rd round of Code A. Here he defeated Killer 2-1, securing a Code S seat for Season 2 and forcing Killer into Season 2's Up and Down matches.
[edit] Outside Korea
It initially looked like MarineKing's first major tournament outside of Korea would be IEM Global Challenge Cologne, as announced on August 10, 2011.[3] However, it was then clarified on August 12 that MarineKing would not be participating; he was replaced by MC.[4]
Through monetary aid from the Reddit community, MarineKing's first major tournament ended up being MLG Orlando, held from October 14 to 16.[5] MarineKing managed to make it through the Open Bracket, winning all his matches to make it into Pool Play. There, he lost to the eventual last place player in his group, Drewbie, but won the rest of his matches, therefore placing first in his group. He ended up losing in the upper bracket of the Championship Bracket against HuK 0-2, and then lost again to MC afterwards 1-2, ending with a 5th place finish.
Shortly after MLG Orlando concluded, MarineKing traveled to France to participate in the Electronic Sports World Cup 2011 tournament, as part of a new partnership between ESWC and the GSL.[6] MarineKing ended up taking third place, losing 0-2 to Stephano in the semifinals but beating Grubby 3-1 in the third place match.
MarineKing additionally went to MLG Providence 2011, where he attempted to fight his way through the open bracket. He made an early exit in the Upper Bracket against MvP's sC, but fought through the Loser's Bracket against HasHe, LuckyFool, CatZ, DarkCell and finally sC again (taking a 4-3 revenge win) to place into the Championship Bracket. There he defeated viOLet, State, Rain, and SjoW before losing to Mvp, taking a respectable 13th place finish.
MarineKing also represented South Korea in the World Cyber Games 2011 Grand Finals. He placed second in the Korean qualifiers, losing to Mvp in the finals but still qualifying for the Grand Finals in Busan. There, he placed second in his round of 56 group, losing to DarKFoRcE and beating the five other players in his group. This performance was sufficient to send him to the round of 16, where he beat mOOnGLaDe 2-1. He then lost in the round of 8 to Kas 0-2.
In early 2012, MarineKing participated in HomeStory Cup 4. In the first group stage, he placed first in his group with a score of 2-1, losing only to Delphi. In the following group round, he dominated his group and placed first with a score of 3-0, beating MC, Stephano and Socke without dropping a single game. However, in the playoff bracket, he fell in the first round to fellow Korean viOLet with a score of 2-3.
MarineKing earned a spot in MLG Winter Arena 2012 through the Korean qualifier. He advanced into the finals without dropping a single set, defeating LosirA, NaNiwa, viOLet, PartinG and HuK. In the finals he beat DongRaeGu 4-2 to win the event.
MarineKing's win at the Winter Arena secured him a seed in the MLG Winter Championship, where he would go 5-0 and place first in his group. This earned him an 8th round seed in the championship bracket where he would go on to defeat Parting and DRG placing first and winning the 2012 Winter Championship and the $25,000 first place prize. Throughout the tournament, he won 17 games and lost only 4, including 2 to the current GSL champion DRG.
[edit] Trivia
- He was the youngest GSL finalist until Leenock and Jjakji reached the finals of GSL November.
- He was knocked out by the eventual winner for six major tournaments nearly in a row (excluding GSL March 2011): GSL 2, GOM TV All-Stars 2010, GSL 3, Gainward 2011, 2011 GSL January, and 2011 GSL World Championship.
- He made an appearance in the reality show "Hyungjoon Becomes A Progamer" back when he was still with MBCGame. He played against Hyungjoon in episode 9.[7]
- He was active on TeamLiquid during his Starcraft 1 career as the MBC Protoss progamer Clare, posting various progamer replays in iCCup Who is Who threads Season 12 Season 11 MarineKing's TL Profile
- He ladders under the account 해병왕프라임, which has been ranked #1 on the overall ladder.[8]
- He was the first player to be featured in GomTV's "GSL Players: Behind the Booth" special mini-documentary, taking place during the 2011 GSL World Championship [9]
- Contrary to stereotypes of Korean players, he is very expressive and displays his emotions openly. Internet posters often joke that MarineKing will always cry after an important match, whether out of joy and relief (victory) or frustration and sadness (defeat).
- He was the first player to win two MLG titles in a row and the second player after HuK to win two MLG titles overall.
[edit] The ID
- Lee Jung Hoon initially used the ID "BoxeR" in reverence of his idol. When Lim Yo-Hwan, the original BoxeR, returned to play, Lee Jung Hoon announced his intent to change his ID.
- However, in a 10/2010 interview, Lim Yo-Hwan said this about the ID:
- Q: The player who has the Boxer ID has said he has permission to switch ID.
- A: Objectively, he's a better player than me right now. Based on skills, he should continue to use the ID, haha.[10]
- Lee Jung Hoon was popularly known in the foreigner audience as "FoxeR," or "Fake BoxeR" during this time period.
- Many people expected him to change his nickname to OptimusPrime after the conclusion of GSL 2. However, he stated: OptimusPrime is only given to the greatest Prime member. I didn't win, so I should look for a next opportunity. I'm going to keep using the ID BoxeR for now.[11] The ID OptimusPrime was eventually used by Polt after winning the 2011 GSL Super Tournament.
[edit] Achievements
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2012-04-22 | 2012 MLG Spring Arena 1 |   MarineKing 3 : 4  DongRaeGu
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| 2012-03-25 | 2012 MLG Winter Championship |  MarineKing 5 : 2 DongRaeGu
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| 2012-02-26 | 2012 MLG Winter Arena | MarineKing 4 : 2 DongRaeGu
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| 2012-02-18 | 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 |  All kill of team HoSeo
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| 2012-02-12 | FXOpen Invitational Series #5 | MarineKing 0 : 4 DongRaeGu
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| 2012-01-15 | KSL Grand Opening | MarineKing 4 : 2 True
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| 2012-01-04 | Arena of Legends: The King of Kongs |  MarineKing 1 : 3 DongRaeGu
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2010-11-21 | GOM TV All-Stars Invitational 2010 | MarineKing 0 : 2 Kyrix
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| 2010-11-13 | 2010 Sony Ericsson Starcraft II Open Season 2 |  MarineKing 3 : 4 NesTea
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To see MarineKing's full GSL standings, see MarineKing GSL Results
[edit] Gallery
- FoxeR.png
[edit] Championships
| MLG Pro Circuit Champion
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| MLG 2011 Providence Preceeded By: Leenock
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MLG 2012 Winter Arena 26th February 2012 - Present MarineKing
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MLG 2012 Winter Championship Succeeded By: MarineKing
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| MLG 2012 Winter Arena Preceeded By: MarineKing
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MLG 2012 Winter Championship 25th March 2012 - MarineKing
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MLG 2012 Spring Arena 1 Succeeded By: DongRaeGu
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[edit] Interviews
- Interview by PCGamer "Still a Prince - an interview with StarCraft 2 icon Lee Jung Hoon aka MarineKingPrime".
- Fomos.kr GSL S2 Ro8 winner interview
- GSL Season 2 Quarter Final winner interview
- GSL Season 2 Ro16 winner interview
- GSL Season 2 Ro32 winner interview
- GSL Season 2 Ro64 winner interview
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[edit] References
- ↑ Gisado Live Report
- ↑ Top 200 on Korean server
- ↑ MarineKing, HuK, PuMa, Killer & MaNa complete SC2
- ↑ IEM - MarineKing gets replaced by MC
- ↑ MarineKingPrime.WE to MLG Orlando
- ↑ MK, NADA and MC coming to ESWC 2011
- ↑ Hyungjoon Becomes A Progamer Ep9
- ↑ SC2ranks.com account information
- ↑ http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors3/gomcam/65105:GSL Players: Behind the Booth - MarineKingPrime.WE Part 1
- ↑ Boxer: might go random if Terran gets nerfed again.
- ↑ Foxer not changing name yet
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