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Background Information
Name: Yang Chia Cheng (楊家正)
Team: Gama Bears
Race: Zerg
Alternate IDs: ZergKing, GamaniaSen, DuskBin.Sen, DB.Sen, ToT)Sen(, RRB[Rush], YioSen[Rush], Sen
Country: Taiwan Taiwan
Birthday: January 15, 1987 (1987-01-15) (age 25)
TLPD: International Korean
Site: Sen's Facebook page
Livestream: TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV
Fan Page: Sen's Fan Club
Twitter: GamaniaSen
Career
Team History: GamaBears, DB., ToT), Rush, FnaticMSI
To read about Sen's Starcraft: Brood War career, see Sen.

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[edit] Overview

Yang "Sen" Chia Cheng is a Taiwanese Zerg player and former BW pro that is currently a member of the Taiwanese team, Gama Bears.

[edit] Playstyle

Sen has been one of the few Zergs to have consistently strong ZvT, even during the periods of Terran dominance. Sen can play almost any way he wants, as he seems equally comfortable with any tech, timing attacks (particularly in ZvZ), and harass-based play. However, he is probably most renowned in the foreigner community for his overwhelming macro. A long time practice partner of theirs, both Day[9] and Tasteless speak very highly of Sen, who seems to always have more stuff than his opponents can manage to produce.

Perhaps more so than any other foreign Zerg, Sen is the complete package and a difficult player to predict.

[edit] Biography

Sen formerly played Brood War as Taiwan's top player. He played for a long time and was a strong figure in the foreign scene for a long time. After taking a hiatus, Sen returned to competitive play and competed in the 2009 Pokerstrategy.com TSL where he eventually took third place after defeating IefNaij in the third-place match 3-2. During end of May and beginning of June of 2011, Blizzard invited several reporters and well known players including Sen[1] to collect feedback on a prototype of Blizzard's upcoming expansion StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

[edit] In Beta

Seen as one of the strongest Zerg players in the world, Sen gained fame in the late stages of the beta during the various Asia vs Europe and Asian World Cup events.

Sen is also credited with creating the 1 Base Muta (vs. Terran) build.

[edit] Wings of Liberty

Sen participated in the MLG Dallas 2010 Pro Circuit National Championships where he was knocked to the losers bracket halfway through by the eventual tournament runner-up TT1, and then lost shortly after to Socke[1].

Sen playing in GSL Season 3 as a member of Fnatic.

Sen qualified with the likes of 4 other foreigners to play in the round of 64 for the 2010 Sony Ericsson Starcraft II Open Season 3. After some excellent defensive play in the round of 64 against oGsVines he then went on to face GSL Season 2 champion NesTea and lost 0-2. Although reaching the Round of 32 would allow Sen to be eligible to compete for a Code A position in 2011, he would decline. Sen would make a return to the Korea by competing for a spot in the 2011 GSL World Championship where he would take down xiaOt 2-1 in the preliminaries. He would ultimately lose to MarineKing in the bracket stage.

Sen would be seeded into the TeamLiquid StarLeague 3 where he defeated Fenix but lost to BoxeR, 2-3 in the following round. Sen was accepted to take part in the debut season of the NASL.

After NASL season 1, Sen participated in the Verizon SC2 Open SoCal LAN Tournament[2] on July 23rd of 2011. He finished 1st, losing to IdrA in winner's bracket, defeating Axslav in loser's bracket final, and then eventually defeating IdrA in the Grand Final.

Sen has announced that he will take part in the Taiwan eSports League when his contract with Fnatic expired on August[3], and then eventually joined the team Gama Bears.[4]

Sen later secured first place invitation to BlizzCon 2011 in 2011 Taiwanese Battle.net Invitational. There, he beat JazBas in the first round and then fell to NaNiwa, 0-2. After falling to the lower bracket, Sen went on a killing spree, taking down Ret, KiLLeR, SeleCT and NaNiwa in a rematch. In the loser's finals, Sen faced Mvp and lost 0-2 after losing in close-by-land spawning positions on The Shattered Temple, earned him 3rd place.

On Nov. 7th of the same year, Sen participated in the IPL 4 Pacific Qualifiers, finished day 1's group stage with a 3-0(6-0) record, notably defeating NaNiwa. On the following day, Sen defeated MC, but lost to eventual winner MarineKing, earned 3rd place.

[edit] NASL Season 1

Sen showed an impressive run through the first season of the NASL, emerging with a total score of 7-2, taking decisive victories over IdrA, Zenio, Tyler, PainUser, MaNa, Drewbie, and Socke, but losing to both BoxeR and ClouD.[5][6].

In the Season 1 Finals he beat Zenio again 2-1 utilizing heavy roach play -- Sen would be the first foreigner to defeat a Korean in the finals, upsetting the dominance of the Korean players thus far. Advancing to the round of eight, Sen overcame fellow zerg player DarKFoRcE 2-1. He advanced to play against MC as the last foreigner player, but lost in an extremely close five sets with a score of 2-3. He then defeated July 3-1 to take third place.

[edit] NASL Season 2

Sen participated in the NASL Season 2. He finished the regular season with a 6-1 record, seeded 4th in the league. In the Season 2 Finals, he first defeated TT1, then advanced against Brat_OK, but lost to HerO in the semi-final. Later, Sen did recover and took down ThorZaIN to finish 3rd for the second straight season.

[edit] NASL Season 3

Sen would also participate in NASL Season 3 as one of top seeds in Division 3, along with notable Korean such as GanZi. On April 22nd of 2012, Sen defeated ToD in a show match prepared by NASL Sunday Showdown 4:2, hosted at Irvine, CA.

[edit] Return to Korea

GOM announced on December 14th of 2011 that Sen had been invited to Code S for the 2012 GSL Season 1 along with IdrA.[7] Sen was classified as Tier 4 (Tier 1 gets to pick Tier 4 as opponents in a group) and was placed in group A. He only flew to Korea from Taiwan for a couple of days when he was scheduled to play. He lost to Jjakji and BoxeR 0-2, therefore falling into Code A. He defeated True 2-1 in the round of 48 of Code A to advance to the next round and guaranteed himself a Code A spot in the following season. In the round of 32, Sen lost to Sniper 0-2. Although Sen qualified for the Up & Down matches for a chance to obtain Code S status, he forfeited his spot due to personal reasons.[8]

[edit] Trivia

  • Jokingly presumed to be cursed by Day(9) to always finishing 3rd in major tournaments.[9]

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Tournaments In WoL

2012
Date Event Result Winnings
2012-05-04 Honor Cup #3 Gold.png Zicon small.png Sen 4 : 1 Zicon small.png RagnaroK $100
2011
Date Event Result Winnings
2011-12-04 North American Star League Season 2 Bronze.png Zicon small.png Sen 4 : 2 Ticon small.png ThorZaIN $12,000
2011-11-08 IGN ProLeague Season 4/Pacific Qualifiers Bronze.png Zicon small.png Sen 2 : 0 Zicon small.png FruitDealer $500
2011-10-22 BlizzCon 2011 Bronze.png Zicon small.png Sen 0 : 2 Ticon small.png Mvp $10,000
2011-09-10 2011 Taiwanese Battle.net Invitational Gold.png Zicon small.png Sen 2 : 0 Picon small.png Nifi $10,000
2011-07-10 North American Star League Season 1 Bronze.png Zicon small.png Sen 3 : 1 Zicon small.png July $10,000
2011-05-17 HD World Tournament Bronze.png Zicon small.png Sen 3 : 0 Picon small.png Socke $250
2011-01-27 IEM Season V - SEA Championship Bronze.png Zicon small.png Sen 0 : 2 Ticon small.png Loner
2011-01-16 Root Gaming's WARZONE Silver.png Zicon small.png Sen 0 : 3 Picon small.png White-Ra $500
2010
Date Event Result Winnings
2010-12-12 FXOpen Path of Ascension Silver.png Zicon small.png Sen 1 : 3 Ticon small.png qxc $300

[edit] Tournaments in Beta

Date Event Result
2010-05-30 PLU.cn Kaspersky Cup Gold.png Zicon small.png Sen 4 : 3 Ticon small.png TheLittleOne
2010-05-07 CraftCup #7 Gold.png Zicon small.png Sen 3 : 1 Zicon small.png Lester
2010-03-27 CraftCup #2 Gold.png Zicon small.png Sen 3 : 1 Zicon small.png KenZy

[edit] Gallery

  • Sengsl3.png

[edit] Interviews

[edit] External Links

[edit] Beta Matches

  • Two Replays of Sen vs. DeMusliM in the PLU.CN Kaspersky Cup: [2] [3]
  • Day9 Daily #125 covering Sen's 1 Base Muta build, while analyzing the above replays: [4]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Official Bracket
  2. ↑ Verizon SC2 Open SoCal LAN Tournament thread on TeamLiquid.net
  3. ↑ http://www.esports.com.tw/2011/subpage/page/4/0/0/3069
  4. ↑ Sen officially joins TeSL's team the Gamania Bears
  5. ↑ http://nasl.tv/Players/Profile/sen
  6. ↑ http://nasl.tv/News/Article/20110703finals-sen-vs-zenio
  7. ↑ http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=294703
  8. ↑ http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?category=13438&id=1118978
  9. ↑ Reddit.com/r/Starcraft - The Day9 Curse
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