SuperNoVa

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Overview

SuperNoVa [help] [edit]

Background Information
Name:	Kim Young Jin 김영진
Race:	Terran
Alternate IDs:	oGsSuperNova, By.SaiR, Dream.t)SaiR
Country:	South Korea
Birthday:	May 17, 1990 (1990-05-17) (age 21)
TLPD:	International Korean
Site:	http://www.ogs.kr/
Livestream:	TeamLiquid.net Twitch TV
Fan Page:	SuperNoVa's Fan Club
Twitter:	SuperNova0517
Career
Team History:	Old Generations

To read about SuperNoVa's Starcraft: Brood War career, click here

Kim "SuperNoVa" Young Jin is a teamless Korean Terran player.

[edit] Wings of Liberty

SuperNoVa joined oGs during the GSL January and managed to qualify for Code A in the GSL March qualifiers.

[edit] Code A

SuperNoVa's first match of GSL March Code A was against the heavily favoured Squirtle, who had defeated GSL 4 Champion Mvp in the GSTL. SuperNoVa managed to defeat Squirtle 2-0 and his next opponent aLive, thereby getting to the Ro8 and qualifying for the up/down matches. He continued in Code A all the way to the finals after defeating both Killer and Alicia. He took second place after losing to LosirA 3-4 in the finals. In the up/down matches, SuperNoVa would be held off by Polt 2-0, but was able to take down TheBest in order to secure a Code S spot in the next season.

His first Code A match in the 2011 GSL November was versus VINES, he would take an easy 2-0 win and advance to the Round of 32. In the Round of 32 Supernova would battle it out vs Squirtle also taking a 2-0 win and continuing his Code A run, which would continue in the Round of 24 vs GuMiho also with a 2-0 win, securing him a spot for the next Code S season.

In 2012 GSL Season 1, he had to face Ryung in Code A RO24 after being eliminated from Code S RO16. He lost 0-2 and will have to fight in the Up&Down matches to get back in Code S.

[edit] Code S

In his Code S debut in GSL May, SuperNoVa easily advanced at the top of his group with victories over Polt and his coach, TheWinD. He was eliminated by his teammate TOP in the subsequent round. In GSL August, SuperNoVa was eliminated in the group stages 0-2 and played in the Up and Down Matches. There, he placed first in his group with a score of 3-0, allowing him to stay in Code S. SuperNoVa made it to the round of 8 in GSL October. He placed second in his group and managed to beat DongRaeGu to get there, but was defeated by GanZi 2-3.

During the 2011 GSL November, SuperNoVa was defeated by Virus and Jjakji in the Round of 32. With the score of 0-2, he would drop down into the Round of 48 for Code A.

Though SuperNoVa dropped to Code A, he was able to get back to Code S by advancing out of the 2011 GSL November Code A Round of 24. On January 10th, he was able to defeat MC followed by Leenock, only losing 1 game to each, to advance onto the Round of 16. There he lost to Puzzle and Oz to end his Code S run in the first season of 2012.

[edit] Outside Korea

SuperNoVa's first tournament outside of Korea was IEM Season VI Sao Paulo. He was the only player living in Korea who played in this event. In the Group Stage, he took first place of his group after beating DarKFoRcE 2-0, Illusion 2-0 and KiLLeR 2-1. His next opponent in the Playoffs would be the Russian player sLivko. He took the victory 3-2, advancing to the semifinals where he met ReaL. He again won 3-2 and face viOLet in the finals where he lost 1-3, taking $3,300 home and enough points to qualify for IEM Season VI World Championship.

At the IEM Season VI World Championship, he got second place in his group. He beat DarKFoRcE again 2-0, 2-1 ReaL, and 2-1 Kas, but lost 2-0 to Feast and 2-1 to IdrA. His opponent in round 16 of the Playoffs was his former teammate Zenio. He was defeated 1-3, ending his tournament run.

[edit] Trivia

Was a B-Teamer known as SaiR on Brood War pro-gaming team KT Rolster playing Terran.

[edit] Achievements

2012
Date	Event	Result
2012-02-11	IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Sao Paulo	SuperNoVa 1 : 3 viOLet

2011
Date	Event	Result
2011-11-13	World Cyber Games 2011 Korea	SuperNoVa 2 : 0 Happy*
2011-11-12	Arena of Legends: Team Ace Invitational	SuperNoVa 0 : 2 Mvp
2011-03-27	FXOpen Invitational Series 2	SuperNoVa 3 : 1 Zenio
2011-03-11	2011 Sony Ericsson GSL March: Code A	SuperNoVa 3 : 4 LosirA