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Name:	정종현
Romanized Name:	Jung Jong Hyun
Birth:	February 12, 1991 (1991-02-12)
Country:	South Korea
Race:	Terran
Team:	Incredible Miracle
Alternate IDs:	IM.Mvp, anonymous
WCS Rank (Points):	#12 (600 points)
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2010-10-01 – Present Incredible Miracle

To read about the Korean team of the same name, see MVP.

To read about Mvp (player)'s StarCraft: Brood War career, see Mvp.

Jung "Mvp" Jong Hyun is a professional Terran player from South Korea currently playing for the team Incredible Miracle. He is a four-time GSL champion and winner of a WCG, BlizzCon, MLG, and IEM. Mvp has been referred to as the best StarCraft II player in the world on several occasions. He is also, along with MC, one of the only two players who has earned more than $300,000 in prize money in the StarCraft II era.

Mvp is a former Brood War progamer who had had a decent career with Woongjin Stars. He switched to StarCraft II in October 2010 and co-founded team Incredible Miracle alongside several other former Brood War progamers. Roughly four months after his switch, Mvp claimed victory at the January 2011 GSL, becoming the first Terran player to win the tournament. He then went through a less successful period until July 2011, dropping into Code A, though he managed to win the GSL World Championship in the meantime.

Mvp's victory at MLG Anaheim 2011 has been said to be the beginning of a period of dominance for him. After the aforementioned tournament win, Mvp went on to place in top four in every premier tournament he attended the following 5 months. After winning the GSL in August 2011 in said period of dominance, Mvp attainined the same amount of GSL Code S Champion titles as his team-mate NesTea. What is applaudable is that in his run in the aforementioned GSL, he had the hardest road of any player to a GSL final. Additionally, Mvp also placed second in the GSL October and winning both the BlizzCon 2011 and the World Cyber Games 2011 at the end of the year all in his period of dominance.

In contrast to his performance in 2011, Mvp has declined in 2012. He delivered average performances in both the GSL and foreign events in the first half of 2012 as he had been dealing with health issues. However, in spite of these health issues, Mvp still managed to win the 2012 GSL Season 2, thus becoming the first four-time champion of the South Korean league. In August Mvp won IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne - his first tournament win in Europe.

Biography

Mvp first cultivated an interest in Brood War in his teenage years, and began to follow the professional scene after he watched a match betweenYellOw and BoxeR(he had developed an admiration for the latter). Mvp played Terran competitively, and won several amateur tourneys. His success in these tournaments led his father to urge him to consider making career out of gaming and, at seventeen years old, Mvp committed himself to becoming a Brood War progamer. He eventually joined team Woongjin Stars, and played his first televised match on April 13, 2008 in the GOMTV TG-Intel Classic Season 1. He won that first match, but his run in the event would end in the second round. He was no more successful in the GOMTV Averatec-Intel Classic Season 2, in which he defeated another future Starcraft II progamer in the form of MMA. Mvp was introduced to the Proleague on October 5, 2008, as his team faced WeMade FOX in the 2008-2009 Shinhan Bank Proleague Round 1; he lost to NaDa. Mvp had an unimpressive 5-15 record throughout the Proleague, and faced sAviOr and Flash, only to be defeated by both.

In May 2009, Mvp gave a noteworthy individual performance in the 2009 GOM Classic Season 3, reaching the round of sixteen. and eliminating Stork. His performance in the 2009-2010 Shinhan Bank Proleague was little better than in the previous season, closing the season with a 5-12 record. Mvp ultimately qualified for a starleague in February 2010, earning a spot in the 2010 Korean Air OSL, where he was eliminated in the round of 36. In the following months, he reached what would be the crowning achievement of his Brood War career; in the 2010 Hana Daetoo Securities MSL: he qualified for the round of sixteen at the expense of BeSt and Stork, knocking out BaBy to make his way to the quarterfinals. Flash ended his run at this stage of the starleague, though Mvp managed to win one game with Battlecruisers. He was less successful in the 2010 Bigfile MSL, being eliminated by Kal in the round of 32 in what would prove to be his last official Brood War match. Shortly thereafter, he switched to StarCraft II. Mvp would later state that this shift in career direction was motivated by the huge prize pools announced for the GSL, as he wanted help his family (which he describes as very poor) with his winnings.

Wings of Liberty

Switch and Rise to Prominence (Oct 2010 — Jan 2011)

Mvp's StarCraft II career officially started on October 1, as team Incredible Miracle, of which he was one of the founding members alongside NesTea, LosirA, KYumer, and TT, was unveiled. Mvp, who was the first active A-team (and arguably the best) Brood War progamer to switch to SC2, qualified for the GSL Open Season 2 a week later. His run in the tournament was short-lived: after he defeated Sound in his first official match, Zenio knocked-him out of the tournament in the round of 32; Mvp still displayed a beautiful micromanagement and an overall solid play, but lacked scouting.

On November 9, Mvp was highlighted for his performances on the ladder, as he was credited with being the first player to reach 3,000 points on the Korean server. Two weeks later, he entered the GSL Open Season 3, and proceeded to the round of 16 at the expense of BanBans and IdrA. Even though the latter regarded him as a potential semifinalist, if not winner of the whole championship, Mvp was upset by Choya in the round 16 and dropped out of the tournament. With this result, Mvp placed twenty-eighth in the GSL opens rankings, hence securing a spot in the upcoming Code S season. During the post-season, before the 2011 GSL circuit kicked-off, Mvp made two appearances in independent South Korean events. He was invited in the Gisado's Challenge to participate in a King of the Hill contest pitting five Terran players against five Zerg players in best of three matches. Mvp all-killed the Zerg line-up comprised of IdrA, Zenio, Leenock, and the GSL champions FruitDealer and NesTea, losing only one game to Zenio. Mvp also signed-up for the Gainward SC2 Tournament in which he wasn't a seeded player, thus having to battle amongst 700 players to reach the offline finals, which he eventually did. His run in the last rounds were impeccable, losing only one game (to MarineKing) and crushing his teammate NesTea 3-0 in finals to celebrate his first success in a major tournament.

At the same time, Mvp entered the 2011 GSL January Code S, storming his way through the group stages without dropping a single game (he beat FruitDealer in the process). TricKsteR was overcame 3-0 in the quarterfinals as well, and Mvp met his teammate and former GSL champion NesTea in the semifinals. He won the match 3-1, thus dropping his first set in the entire tournament, and proceeded to the finals where he met MarineKing. Mvp described these series in his pre-finals interview as easy, only acknowledging NesTea as a difficult match. With his 92% win percentage in Terran-versus-Terran matches in 2011's major and premier tournaments prior to this encounter, Mvp appeared to be the favourite. In the actual GSL finals, he demonstrated a nearly flawless understanding of MarineKing's playstyle and swept his opponent 4-0, leaving him no chance of a comeback throughout the series. Mvp ended the tournament with an impressive 16-1 record and became the first Terran champion of the GSL. His grip on the South Korean scene, resulting from this title as well as from his spotless 29-3 record in official matches held in Korea for the month of January, definitely awarded him the reputation for being one of the best players in the world.

Relative Slump (Feb — Jul 2011)

In early February, Mvp was used twice by his team during Incredible Miracle's victory in the first ever GSTL, fending off a dark templar rush by the ace player of oGs, MC, and coming back from a large supply deficit against Bomber of the team StarTale before losing to Squirtle. At the end of the month, Mvp's entry in the GSL March Code S turned out to be huge upset for him, as he was defeated twice in a row by July in the first group stage, hence dropping out of the Code S. Mvp wasn't more successful three weeks later in the up and down matches, as two losses against Alicia and Genius sent him into Code A and made him the first GSL champion to be demoted the season following his coronation. On March 30, Mvp entered the 2011 GSL World Championship, in which he had been appointed as one of the eight South Korean representatives. He made his way to the finals a the expense of HuK, July, and San, and eventually met MarineKing again in the finals. The encounter was clearly less one-sided than the GSL January finals as MarineKing was able to tie-up the series 2-2, but Mvp ultimately secured the victory 4-2 (using his trademark Battlecruiser play in two games) and claimed his second GSL title.

On April 22, two weeks after he had became the second two-time GSL champion along with MC, Mvp made his first steps in Code A in the GSL May (the GSL World Championship wasn't a part of the regular GSL circuit, thus Mvp's victory didn't grant him his Code S spot back). He eventually reached the finals, knocking-out viOLet and KeeN in the process, only to be defeated by Bomber in the last match. As runner-up, he earned the privilege to choose his opponents in the Up and Down Matches; he chose two Terran players, RainBOw and Rain, and defeated the latter 2-0, thus rising up to Code S once again. Before the next regular season began, GOMTV organised a 64-player GSL Super Tournament in which Mvp was seeded highly based on his previous performances. His run was short-lived as he was ousted at the second round by GanZi, after he defeated Creator in the round of 64 (Mvp still retained his Code S seed, the Super Tournament being ruled aside from the GSL 2011 circuit). Five weeks later, on July 5, Mvp suffered another setback in the GSL July Code S as he lost to Zenio and ByuN in the round of 32 group stage, hence dropping out of the tournament (but retaining his Code S seed again, since he had defeated sC to take the third place of the group).

Era of Supremacy (Aug — Oct 2011)

A week after this premature elimination, it was announced that Mvp would attend a foreign offline event for the first time of his career at the end of the month, as he was invited to the MLG Anaheim through the GSL-MLG exchange program. This first competition outside Korea turned out to be a success for Mvp. He dominated his pool with a clean 5-0 record, and went on facing the Zerg-versus-Terran specialist DongRaeGu in the championship bracket. Mvp came out victorious 2-1, and defeated BoxeR as well in order to reach the grand finals. His opponent there was another South Korean Terran player, MMA, who was the MLG reigning champion. Mvp narrowly won the series 2-1 to secure the title, hence winning a premier foreign event on his first attempt.

Mvp's first participation to a foreign offline event turned out to be a success. He would reach at least the top 4 of every premier tournaments he attended during the next five months.

One week later, Mvp was back in Korea to enter the GSL August Code S, where he took the first place of his group with two victories against MC and Polt. Mvp's qualification for the main bracket led him to give up his invitation to MLG Raleigh (thus becoming unable to defend his title), as he decided to focus on the GSL instead. Mvp would be given another opportunity to compete in North America as Blizzard Entertainment announced on August 17 that he had been invited to the BlizzCon 2011 due to his current second place in the 2011 GSL rankings. Mvp's opponent in the GSL August round of 16 was none other than his teammate NesTea, three-time (and reigning) GSL champion, against who he had never lost in an official match yet. Despite being regarded as the underdog by both the South Korean and foreign fans, Mvp secured a 2-0 win and proceeded to the quarterfinals. Two clean victories against HuK (3-0) and July (3-1) sent him to the third GSL finals of his career. His competitor for the title was TOP, who was regarded as a threatening opponent since Mvp was struggling with his Terran-versus-Terran matchup at the time. He had indeed recently lost twice in a row to a Terran player in the 2011 GSTL Season 1 group stage (against Bomber and qxc), and has been knocked-out of the two last GSLs by Terran players as well (GanZi in the Super Tournament, and ByuN in the July Code S). Mvp was nonetheless able to overcome TOP on September 10, taking the series 4-1 in a dominating fashion and tying his teammate NesTea with three GSL titles. Artosis stated during this last series that he believed Mvp had the hardest road to a GSL final yet, since every single opponent he was required to face was either a GSL champion (actually every GSL champions but FruitDealer), a DreamHack champion, or a legendary StarCraft: Brood War Golden Mouse owner.

Ten days after his coronation, Mvp put his title back in challenge in the GSL October Code S. He easily qualified for the main bracket, beating his handpicked opponent Ensnare and Clide, and was pit against Bomber in the round of 16. The latter had a good record against Mvp, whom he had defeated in their three last encounters (in the GSL May Code A finals, in the ongoing GSTL group stage, and in the ongoing MLG Korean Invitational). Mvp nevertheless won 2-0 and proceeded to the quarterfinals, where he met NesTea again. The three-time GSL champions battled in a back and forth series, of which the Terran player emerged victorious 3-2. During the post match interview, Mvp disclosed that he was suffering from the carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands. He eventually reached the finals for the second time in a row, at the expense of GanZi who was beaten 3-1. Mvp then travelled across the Pacific in order to attend both the BlizzCon 2011 and the GSL finals, as the latter match was scheduled to take place at the Blizzard convention as well. On the eve of the BlizzCon's opening day, the Danish manufacturer of gaming peripherals and accessories SteelSeries announced that it was now sponsoring both Mvp and NesTea. Mvp then made his way to BlizzCon winner's finals at the expense of mOOnGLaDe, TooDming and SeleCT, and met NesTea again. The Zerg player won the match 2-0, hence ending a four loss streak against Mvp, but the latter still made it to the grand finals after a swift victory against Sen in the loser's bracket. Before Mvp attended a rematch with NesTea in the BlizzCon grand finals, he had to play the GSL October finals. His competitor for the title was MMA, who eventually overcame the three-time GSL champion in front of the largest GSL audience so far. Mvp managed to win only one game on an all-in, losing 1-4 to his opponent's well-planned build orders. In the BlizzCon finals held a few hours later, Mvp won a first best of 3 series against his teammate NesTea, but coming from the lower portion of the bracket he had to win another one to secure the victory. The second series was tied 1-1, with the deciding game taking place on Shakuras Plateau. They battled in a 45 minutes long game, with Mvp turtling and NesTea attempting to break his defense by every means, trying to harrass him with Mutalisks, to push with Brood Lords, to do a Baneling Nydus attack, and finally to make a massive Ultralisk/Baneling drop in Mvp's main base. The Terran player gradually took an advantage with an intensive drop play and several successful Nukes. Down to three bases against six, NesTea ultimately attacked with all his remaining forces, but Mvp's Ghosts made short work of his Brood Lords and Infestors, leading him to concede the game, the match, and the tournament. Mvp subsequently won the championship and headed back to Korea with $68,500.

Successful End of Year (Nov — Dec 2011)

Mvp's october trip to the USA had won him a total of $68,500. He remained in strong form for the rest of the year.

At the end of October, Mvp realised two noteworthy performances, as he won the 2011 MLG Global Invitational South Korea (which awarded him a spot in the Global finals), defeating Bomber and MMA in the final rounds; he qualified two days later for the final bracket of the World Cyber Games 2011 Korea, at the expense of MC and TaeJa.

Mvp then entered the GSL November Code S the best possible way, taking the first place of his round of 32 group with two wins against aLive and MarineKing. He reiterated this performance in the round of 16 group as he defeated jjakji and GuMiho, hence earning a spot in the main bracket. In between the GSL group stages, Mvp had beaten AnNyeong, SuperNova and MarineKing to win WCG Korea, hence qualifying for the world championship. On November 18, Mvp was in Providence in the USA (through the Quantic Incredible Miracle partnership) in order to attend both MLG Global Invitational and MLG Providence. He left the Global Invitational empty-handed, as he was eliminated by NaNiwa in the first round, and later entered MLG Championship's open bracket. Mvp flawlessly earned his spot in the championship bracket, going undefeated in the open event. There, two swift victories against Rain and Bomber drove him to face MC, who sent him in the lower part of the championship bracket. Mvp kept advancing in the loser's bracket, knocking-out MarineKing and HerO before barely defeating the unexpected HayprO in a close series. He then challenged MC again, with the match starting at 2-1 in favor of the Protoss player (due to the extended series rule). Mvp nonetheless beat the odds and took the series 4-2, and proceeded to face Leenock in the antepenultimate round. The 16 years old player's mastery of the Zerg-versus-Terran matchup proved itself to be too much to handle for Mvp, who was overwhelmed and therefore finished at the fourth place of the event.

Mvp's first place victory at the World Cyber Games 2011.

A few days later, Mvp was back in Korea to compete in the GSL November Code S playoffs. He crushed sC 3-0 in the quarterfinals, hence becoming the first (and only one so far) player to advance to three consecutive GSL semifinals, and challenged Leenock for a place in final. The series they played was much more tied than in the MLG Providence, but the Zerg player eventually emerged victorious again as he secured a 3-2 win. In early December, the World Cyber Games 2011 in Busan kicked-off with Mvp as one of the three South Korean representatives. He went undefeated in the group stage, and made his way through the bracket as well, eliminating MacSed (whom he acknowledged as the toughest opponent he faced in the whole championship), BlinG, and Kas to reach the finals. There, Mvp overwhelmed XiGua to become the first WCG StarCraft II champion. The day after his coronation, Mvp traveled from Busan to Seoul in order to attend the Blizzard Cup, and event organised by GOMTV and meant to gather the ten most successful players of the year. Mvp had qualified for this tournament by three means (as the best-ranked player in the GSL rankings, as the BlizzCon winner and as the World Cyber Games champion), which led GOMTV to invite MMA and Polt by virtue of their fourth and fifth positions in the GSL rankings. Before the event kicked-off, Mvp stated that he meant to win it, but was a little bit worried by his lack of practice due to WCG being held the day before. He made it to the playoffs, taking the second place of his group with a 3-1 record, as he lost to DongRaeGu and defeated MC, Stephano, and HerO. He then defeated Polt 3-1 in the round of six, with the last game of the series being an intense back-and-forth battle on Calm Before the Storm which ended when Mvp crushed Polt's Battlecruisers fleet. Mvp's opponent in semifinals was MMA, against whom he remained on a stinging defeat in the GSL October finals. The SlayerS Terran was able to overwhelm Mvp in the Blizzard Cup as well, as he inflicted him a severe 3-0 defeat that stopped his run in the tournament. 2011 therefore ended with an extremely successful series for Mvp, who had won no less than four premier events and nearly $160,000 over the course of the last six months (and had reached at least the top 4 of every tournaments he had attended since August), and who was topping the 2011 GSL rankings.

Difficult Path to a Fourth GSL Title (Jan — May 2012)

Mvp's first appearance in 2012 took place on January 11, as he entered the 2012 GSL Season 1 Code S in a round of 32 group featuring IdrA, NesTea, and Lucky. Mvp defeated the latter but was beaten by NesTea, which was the first time he ever lost to his teammate in an official series held in Korea. The Terran player nonetheless beat Lucky again, using Ghosts and Nukes effectively in the final game to allow himself to proceed to the round of 16. Mvp's run ended in this second group stage, as he lost to GuMiho, defeated Curious, and was ultimately sent into Code A round of 24 by GuMiho after he displayed an unusually poor Terran-versus-Terran play. The new GSL format initiated in the GSL November made it that he only had to win one match in Code A to get his Code S spot back though. However, before this encounter was played, Mvp traveled overseas to attend the MLG Winter Arena in which he had qualified thanks to his fourth place in MLG Providence. His participation in the event turned out to be a significant setback, as Ret made him drop into the loser's bracket in the second round, where he was immediately eliminated by GanZi. Two days later, Mvp secured his place in next season's Code S as he defeated Sniper in the GSL Season 1 Code A last round. On March 14, Mvp entered the Iron Squid – Chapter I, where he was one of the four last invites. He delivered an average performance in the online group stage, in spite of a good start with two wins against ThorZaIN and Symbol. An unexpected 0-2 loss to IdrA followed by another defeat against MC on the same mark left him with a 2-2 record in matches and 4-5 in games, which made him drop out the tournament based on the games score.

Mvp's performance in early 2012 marked a significant step backward compared to 2011. He would still win a fourth GSL title in spite of his health issues.

Three weeks later, on April 13, Mvp entered the 2012 GSL Season 2 Code S where he was seeded along with NaNiwa, Ryung, and Puzzle. His wrist injury still plaguing him (he had to skip his scheduled attendance to the IGN ProLeague Season 4 to preserve his wrists for the GSL), Mvp initially lost 0-2 against Ryung in a series that made him look like a shell of his former self. Mvp then had to play Puzzle, and managed to defeat him 2-0 while looking quite strong in the process. In the last series of the night, Mvp had to play against Ryung again. Mvp revealed a hidden Viking fleet and Battlecruisers to dismantle Ryung's mechanical army to take the first game, while his experience in base trades allowed him to end up with a stronger army and running economy in the second game, taking the series 2-0 and qualifying for Code S Round of 16. Mvp's round of 16 group featured HerO, July, and Leenock. He emerged victorious against July 2-1, holding July's trademark aggression, but lost 1-2 against HerO and had to face Leenock and his mastery of the Zerg-versus-Terran matchup. In a series reminiscent of Mvp's skill before his handicap, he defeated Leenock 2-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals, where he would meet NaNiwa. Mvp eventually defeated the latter 3-1, winning two games out of one base all-ins. He stated after the match that he had thought of using these early game aggression strategies in order to punish what he referred to as "NaNiwa's greedy early game". Now the last non-Protoss player remaining in the tournament, Mvp played his sixth GSL Code S semifinals against PartinG, who was widely acknowledged as the best Protoss-versus-Terran player in the world at the time. Mvp took an early 2-0 lead, transitioning from a macro build to a Marine/Medivac/SCV all-in to punish a Colossus into Storm tech switch in game one, following up with a non-cloak variation of the 1-1-1 all-in in game two. PartinG was able to win the next map, going safely to three bases and crushing Mvp's army, but the Terran ultimately sealed the deal in game four with a well-timed 4-Medivac drop, hence winning the series 3-1.

Mvp's opponent in his fifth finals appearance was Squirtle, who had an impressive run in the championship, being on a 14 wins streak. A one-base Hellion/Marine/Medivac rush coupled with a good scouting denial took the Protoss player by surprise in game one, before Mvp took a two-game lead after a macro-game on Entombed Valley. The Terran player applied an early Marines pressure in game three, successfully gaining a decisive economic advantage that resulted in a Squirtle's GG. Needing to win only a single game to secure the series, Mvp appeared to be on the verge of the victory, but his opponent didn't crack under the pressure and realised a spectacular comeback. The Protoss player destroyed Mvp's army in game four thanks to best upgrades, before the two players faced each other on Metropolis. Both of them built a huge economy, being reluctant to attack at the point of sacrificing their own workers and cheap units to free supply for high-end units. Mvp went for mass Battlecruisers supported by Ghosts, while Squirtle made an army of Stalkers, High Templars, Archons, and a Mothership. The Protoss led a first massive attack on Mvp's island expansion with a suicide mass-recall, but his units found temselves stuck there after the Mothership was destroyed. He nonetheless managed to ferry back everything from the island with a Warp Prism as the Terran player did not dare to attack. Mvp finally sent his twenty-Battlecruiser fleet and his pack of Ghosts toward Squirtle's bases, where he lost everything to a well-placed Vortex coupled with a deluge of Psionic Storms and Feedbacks. A flock of Void-Rays cleaned the remnants of the Terran army, leading Mvp to concede a second game. After this epic outcome, Squirtle was able to recover from a failed push he initiated in game six by killing many SCVs until he was clearly ahead. The Protoss player eventually tied the series 3-3, forcing a decisive game (the first one in Code S history). Mvp tried to surprise his opponent with a proxy 11/11 Barracks rush supported by SCVs which was scouted in time by Squirtle, who was barely able to hold it off thanks to a great micromanagement. Down to five SCVs and with no tech, Mvp seemed pretty much out of the game, but he managed to make enough Marines for a last-ditch attack supported by his remaining SCVs, with a single MULE being left in his base. The Terran player eventually took the upper hand on Squirtle's Zealots and Stalkers, and dealt the fatal blow by destroying his Pylons. This thrilling series (arguably the most contested GSL finals so far) hence ended as a 4-3 victory for Mvp, who was crowned champion of the GSL for the fourth time of his career.

Entering the OSL (Jun — Aug 2012)

On June 14, Mvp made his debut in the 2012 GSL Season 3 round of 32, where he managed to proceed to the round of 16 in spite of a loss against Genius (two wins against SuHoSin and Happy awarded him the second place of his group). He wouldn't be able to defend his title much further though, as he lost to TaeJa and viOLet, hence placing fourth in the group and dropping into Code A round of 24 (meaning that he was still able to secure a Code S seed for the next season). In early July, Mvp attended a European event for the first of his career, being invited in the HomeStory Cup V held in TaKe's flat in Krefeld, Germany. His participation in this tournament turned out to be one of his worst performance in a foreign premier event with his early eliminations in the MLG Winter Arena four months before and in the TeamLiquid StarLeague 3 in March 2011. He was indeed eliminated in the second group stage, placing last in his group after two defeats against Ret and Naama and a narrow victory against Golden (he had also been upset by the underdog monchi in the first round). Two week after this disappointing outcome, Mvp was back in Korea to enter the 2012 OnGameNet Starleague Season 1, the first season of the prestigious league dedicated to StarCraft II. As one of the four players invited in the non-KeSPA dual tournament, he didn't have to compete in the qualifiers. Mvp eventually earned his spot in the round of 16, defeating Min and Sniper and losing to Oz. After qualifying for the playoffs, he stated that he was growing eager to face Flash, whom he said seemed to be an excellent StarCraft II player.

Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2013-03-09		A33 - 4th	IEM Season VII - World Championship	2 : 3	YoDa	$7,500
2012-10-20		A22nd	2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 4	3 : 4	Life	$17,050
2012-08-19		A11st	IEM Season VII - Cologne	3 : 1	Nerchio	$6,500
2012-05-19		A11st	2012 GSL Season 2	4 : 3	Squirtle	$44,500
2011-12-15		A33 - 4th	2011 Blizzard Cup	0 : 3	MMA	$4,200
2011-12-11		A11st	World Cyber Games 2011	2 : 0	XiGua	$20,000
2011-11-28		A33 - 4th	2011 GSL November — Code S	2 : 3	Leenock	$4,450
2011-11-20		A44th	2011 MLG Providence	0 : 2	Leenock	$10,500
2011-10-23		A11st	BlizzCon 2011	2 : 1	NesTea	$50,000
2011-10-22		A22nd	2011 GSL October — Code S	1 : 4	MMA	$18,500
2011-09-10		A11st	2011 GSL August — Code S	4 : 1	TOP	$46,000
2011-07-31		A11st	2011 MLG Anaheim	2 : 1	MMA	$5,000
2011-04-09		A11st	2011 GSL World Championship	4 : 2	MarineKing	$27,000
2011-01-29		A11st	2011 GSL January — Code S	4 : 0	MarineKing	$45,000

In Major Tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2011-11-13	A11st	Arena of Legends: Team Ace Invitational	3 : 2	GanZi	$9,000
2011-09-29	A22nd	GeForce Pro/Am	1 : 3	MMA	$3,150
2011-05-06	A22nd	2011 GSL May — Code A	2 : 4	Bomber	$900
2011-01-09	A11st	Gainward SC2 Tournament	3 : 0	NesTea	$4,300

Complete results in every tournament

Playstyle

Mvp is regarded as an extremely solid all-around player, who relies on excellent macro management combined with impeccable timing and superb unit control. His wide range of build orders allows him to be a threat in every match-up, and he regularly tries to surprise his opponents by mixing all-ins into best of X series. Mvp is credited with popularizing the heavy use of Ghosts against Ultralisks and Brood Lords in August 2011 (following a widely commented game against July in the GSL August Code S semifinals), hence bringing a major shift in the Terran-versus-Zerg late game. Mvp is also one of the few Terran players who sometimes goes for mass Battlecruiser play in long macrogames (the latest notable occurrence of this strategy taking place in the 2012 GSL Season 2 Code S finals game 5, against Squirtle).

Trivia

• Mvp is the most prolific player in GSL. He indeed won the league four times, reaching the finals six times. He was also the runner-up of the Code A once. Mvp was the best-ranked player of 2011, and topped the 2011 GSL ranking for most of the year, only dropping to the second place twice: between GSL March and GSL World Championship, and between GSL July and GSL August. Mvp took the lead of the 2012 ranking as well after his victory in the GSL Season 2, only to lose it to DongRaeGu after the next season. He claimed the first place of the rankings once again after his runner-up place in the season 4.

• Mvp is one of the three GSL champions who dropped into Code A the season following their coronations, as he was eliminated in the 2011 GSL March Code S round of 32. After him, both jjakji and DongRaeGu fell as well right after winning the league.

• Mvp qualified for the 2011 Blizzard Cup by three different means: as the top-ranked player in GSL, as the BlizzCon 2011 winner, and as the World Cyber Games 2011 champion. As a result, GOMTV invited MMA and Polt by virtue of their fourth and fifth positions in the GSL rankings in order to fill two of the three spots earned by Mvp. The latter ended up facing both of them, eliminating Polt and losing to MMA.

• Ranked 1st on the Liquipedia list of Accomplishments in Premier Tournaments

• Mvp, alongside NesTea, MarineKing, MC and Leenock, is one of the players who played in the first GSL Wings of Liberty Code S and the last GSL Wings of Liberty Code S.

Championships

Global Starcraft II League Champion
GSL Open Season 3 Preceeded By:   MC	GSL January 2011 29 January 2011 – 19 March 2011   Mvp	GSL March 2011 Succeeded By:   MC

GSL March 2011 Preceeded By:   MC

GSL World Championship 2011 9 April 2011 – 14 May 2011   Mvp

GSL May 2011 Succeeded By:   NesTea

GSL July 2011 Preceeded By:   NesTea

GSL August 2011 10 September 2011 – 21 October 2011   Mvp

GSL October 2011 Succeeded By:   MMA

GSL Season 1 2012 Preceeded By:   DongRaeGu

GSL Season 2 2012 19 May 2012 – 27 July 2012   Mvp

GSL Season 3 2012 Succeeded By:   Seed

MLG Pro Circuit Champion
MLG 2011 Columbus Preceeded By:   MMA	MLG 2011 Anaheim 1 August 2011 – 28 August 2011   Mvp	MLG 2011 Raleigh Succeeded By:   Bomber

BlizzCon StarCraft II Champion
BlizzCon 2010 Preceeded By:   Genius	BlizzCon 2011 StarCraft II Invitational 22 October 2011 – Present   Mvp	Succeeded By: None/TBD

World Cyber Games Champion
WCG 2010 (SCBW) Preceeded By:   Flash	World Cyber Games 2011 11 December 2011 – 2 December 2012   Mvp	WCG 2012 Succeeded By:   PartinG

Intel Extreme Masters
Season VI - WC Preceeded By:   MC	Season VII - Cologne 19 August 2012 – 25 November 2012   Mvp	Season VII - Singapore Succeeded By:   Sting

Gallery

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Interviews

2013

• 2013-05-17 | 2013 WCS EU Season 1 Ro16 by ThisIsGame.com

• 2013-05-02 | 2013 WCS EU Season 1 Ro32 by ThisIsGame.com

2012

• 2012-12-10 | "2012 GSL Season 5 Code A Ro32 Day 1 Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-10-10 | 2012 GSL S4 Code S Semi-finals by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-10-03 | "2012 GSL Season 4 Code S Ro8 Day 1 Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-09-27 | "2012 GSL Season 4 Code S Ro16 Group C Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-09-11 | "2012 GSL Season 4 Code S Ro32 Group E Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-09-11 | "Life Changed By Father" (Part 1) and "Neck Pains and Family" (Part 2) - by Nate.com
• 2012-09-05 | "2012 Auction OSL Ro16 Day 3 Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-02-29 | "2012 GSL Season 1 Code A Ro24 Day 1 Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-02-04 | "2012 GSTL Season 1 TSL vs IM Group B Winner" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2012-01-12 | "2012 GSL Season 1 Code S Ro32 Group C Winners" - by ThisIsGame.com

2011

• 2011-12-12 | "Interview with Mvp after WCG 2011" — by ThisIsGame.com
• 2011-11-17 | "Meet the Team: Jung “Mvp” Jong Hyun" — by Quantic Gaming
• 2011-11-17 | "2011 GSL November Code S Ro16 Group C Winner" - by ThisIsGame.com
• 2011-10-23 | "Interview with Blizzcon Winner" — by ThisIsGame.com
• 2011-04-10 | "Interview with the GSL World Championship Winner" — by PlayXP.com
• 2011-01-29 | GSL January Code S Final Winner by PlayXP.com

2010

• 2010-11-15 | GSL3 Qualifiers by Fomos.kr

External links

• Mvp's profile on the Korean Ladder
• Mvp vs IdrA ladder match casted by Artosis
• World class gamer: Inside the life of pro-gamer MVP - CNN video profile
• "The 13 feats of Mvp" - by Thorin of Team Acer