SeleCT

This player has retired from competitive StarCraft II.

Overview

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Player Information
Name:	류경현
Romanized Name:	Ryoo Kyung Hyun
Birth:	October 21, 1988 (1988-10-21)
Country:	South Korea
Race:	Terran
Alternate IDs:	SeleCT
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Achievements
History
2010-08-27 - 2012-10-24 Team Dignitas

To read about SeleCT's Dota 2 career, see SeleCT.

Ryoo "SeleCT" Kyung Hyun is a retired Terran player from South Korea, who was formerly playing for Team Dignitas. He is also a two-time WCG winner in Dawn of War.

Biography

Kyung Hyun "SeleCT" Ryoo is a high level RTS player who first competed in both WarCraft III and Dawn of War. He found his greatest success in the latter, where he managed to become WCG champion twice. He later switched to StarCraft II, where he played Terran, before retiring to play DotA 2.

Wings of Liberty

SeleCT was the winner of the first two TeamLiquid open events, taking $300 from The Altitude TL Open and $100 from the TL SC2 Open #2.

His participation in the MLG Pro Circuit events has made him a very well known player in North America. Although he placed respectably in 7th place in MLG Raleigh 2010, it was in MLG D.C. 2010 where he rose to prominence. After being knocked into the loser's bracket by Tyler, he made a marathon run to take second place, playing 11 consecutive matches before falling to IdrA. He then placed 12th at the MLG Dallas 2010 national championships, eliminating iNkA from the loser's bracket. SeleCT's performance in all three events made him the highest ranking Terran player for the 2010 MLG Pro Circuit, and third overall.

SeleCT and HuK were the two North American representatives at Blizzcon 2010. SeleCT also traveled to Korea in November 2010 to participate in GSL Season 3, the last of the 3 open seasons. There, he made it to the final qualifying round, losing 1-2 to NaYa.

2011

Upon returning to North America, SeleCT placed highly in the FXO invitationals, taking a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finish in the three events he participated in. SeleCT would be announced in March, 2011, as one of the applicants chosen to play in the North American Star League. He went 7-2 in the season and placed second in his group, qualifying him for the grand finals. He would ultimately lose to MC in the Round of 8.

Due to his high performance in 2010, SeleCT would start out in the MLG Pro Circuit for 2011 in the pool play, avoiding the open bracket. He debuted with a notable 3rd place finish in Dallas. Disappointingly, SeleCT's subsequent performances in Columbus and Anaheim were lackluster as he would have difficulty retaining a top 20 finish. He noticeably struggled in the group stages where he dropped matches to the South Korean invites as well as pool regulars.

In August, 2011, SeleCT would be invited as part of the North American Battle.net Invitational. He ended up defeating TT1, Sheth, and HuK. This would become SeleCT's first major LAN victory of this caliber and he would take $10,000 and an invite to BlizzCon.

In that same month, SeleCT participated in MLG Raleigh. Starting in pool play, SeleCT went 4-1, dropping only a single series to the South Korean Zerg DongRaeGu. SeleCT would advance 2nd from his group but would lose his first Championship Bracket match 2-1, against legendary Brood War progamer NaDa. SeleCT was awarded a Code A seed for being one of the top 3 non-Koreans (that accepted the seed) in MLG and had his GSL debut in GSL October.

In GSL October, SeleCT managed to beat Alicia 2-0 in the first round before falling 0-2 to sC in the following round. If he plans on attending the next GSL, he will retain his Code A spot.

SeleCT's birthday coincided with the first day of BlizzCon 2011. He beat Nifi and DIMAGA in the upper bracket before going 1-2 against Mvp and falling to the lower bracket. On day two, SeleCT claimed that he still had his "Birthday Buff" from the day before, but ended up losing to Sen, 1-2.

On November, SeleCT took part in the ASUS ROG Stars Invite in Finland. He managed to defeat DIMAGA in a tied series in the first round, and later knocked-out the local crowd's favorite elfi in semifinals. He eventually lost to IdrA in final, therefore earning the 3.000 $ prize dedicated to the runner-up.

In the 2011 GSL November, SeleCT was knocked out of Code A after falling to Tassadar 0-2.

2012

He announced his retirement on October 24th, 2012, looking to move to Dota 2.

Trivia

SeleCT performing his signature gesture at the North American Star League Season 1 Live Event.

• Played Eldar in Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War.
• Uses Razer DeathAdder and Razer BlackWidow Ultimate.
• Known for "¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sup Son!".
• Played in Blizzcon on his birthday.
• A few days prior to Christmas 2011 he streamed dressed up as Santa.
• Was in the All-State Chorus in High School.

Achievements

2012

Date	Event	Result	Winnings
2012-06-20	TeamLiquid StarLeague 4 Qualifiers EU #4	SeleCT 1 : 3  MaNa	N/A
2012-05-13	MSI Battlegrounds	SeleCT 0 : 2  Beastyqt	Hardware

2011

Date	Event	Result	Winnings
2011-11-05	ASUS ROG Stars Invite	SeleCT 2 : 4  IdrA	$3,000
2011-08-31	Tt eSPORTS Challenge 2	SeleCT 2 : 0  dde	$750
2011-08-13	2011 North American Battle.net Invitational	SeleCT 2 : 1  Sheth	$10,000
2011-04-30	IGN ProLeague Season 1	SeleCT 2 : 3  KiWiKaKi	$1,000
2011-04-24	Multiplay i42	SeleCT 4 : 3  BlinG	£ 750
2011-04-17	Gadget Show Live	SeleCT 0 : 2  Socke	£ 750
2011-04-03	MLG Dallas 2011	SeleCT 0 : 2  KiWiKaKi	$2,000
2011-02-25	FXOpen Invitational Series 1	SeleCT 1 : 2  TheStC	$200
2011-01-08	Poker Idol Starcraft II EU Championship	SeleCT 3 : 1  HayprO	£ 750
2011-01-15	FXOpen Shatter The Sky	SeleCT 1 : 3  TheStC	$300

2010

Date	Event	Result	Winnings
2010-10-17	MLG D.C.	SeleCT 0 : 2  IdrA	$1,500
2010-10-02	Altitude TL Open 2	SeleCT 3 : 0   LaLuSh	$100
2010-09-18	Altitude TL Open 1	SeleCT 3 : 2  Strelok	$100

Gallery

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Interviews

2012

• 2012-07-03 | SeleCT Grilled by Thorin, on Dawn of War past, rivalries with IdrA and Kiwikaki and his life in America by Thorin of Team Acer
• 2012-03-23 | Interview with SeleCT by HotBid of TeamLiquid.net at MLG Winter Championships 2012

2010

• 2010-10-26 | Interview with SeleCT by Artosis at BlizzCon 2010
• 2010-09-27 | Exclusive SeleCT Interview by Jer.732