TitaN

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Not to be confused with the American player Titan.

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Player Information
Name:	Oleg Kuptsov
Birth:	November 4, 1989 (1989-11-04)
Country:	Russia
Race:	Protoss
Team:	RoX
Alternate IDs:	roxkisTITAN, RoXKIS.TitaN
WCS Rank (Points):	#66 (175 points)
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Oleg "TitaN" Kuptsov is a Protoss player from Russia, currently playing for RoX.

Biography

TitaN started playing StarCraft II around June 2011 . Before that, he was a WarCraft III Night Elf player .

Wings of Liberty

In September 2011, TitaN managed to secure a spot in World Cyber Games 2011 by getting the third place of the World Cyber Games 2011 Russian Qualifiers. He also qualified for DreamHack Winter 2011 by finishing second in the first online qualifier.

At DreamHack Winter 2011 TitaN barely advanced from the first group stage, taking second place behind HuK. The second day, he beat NightEnD (who would later advance all the way to the semifinals) 2-1, and Kas 2-0, losing to MaNa 0-2. This put TitaN tied with MaNa for the second place in the group, but MaNa advanced because he won the match between the two players.

At World Cyber Games 2011, TitaN took the professional StarCraft II scene by storm, placing first in his group, ahead of players like IdrA and KiLLeR. In the playoffs, he first defeated KiWiKaKi 2-1 and proceeded to beat the South Korean Terran progamer SuperNova, advancing to the semifinals. There he faced the Chinese Zerg player XiGua, who proved to be too strong for him, sending TitaN to the bronze match. He finally placed fourth, losing 2-0 in the bronze match to another Eastern-European upset, Kas.

On July 2nd, 2012, TitaN participated in the ZOTAC Cup Monthly Final May 2012. He was able to take down Crane, Revival, Seiplo, and went straight into the finals to face fraer. He took down fraer with a score of 3-0 and easily grabbed 1st place.

TitaN's next premier tournament would be IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev, which he qualified for through beating players like NightEnD and DieStar. However, at the event itself, he was knocked out in group stage, finishing at the last place of his group with a 0-3 record.

World Championship Series

2012 WCS Russia Nationals

From July 21st to July 22nd, 2012, TitaN participated in the World Championship Series 2012 Russia and went far in the winners' bracket as he took out Creed, LiveZerg, and then sLivko. He fell to Happy in the semifinals and fell to the losers bracket. After he took out sLivko again, he faced Happy again in the finals and won with a score of 2-1, 2-0.

Trivia

• During his WarCraft III career, TitaN played as the Night Elf Race.
• Considers PvT to be his best match-up.

Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2011-12-11		A44th	World Cyber Games 2011	0 : 2	Kas

In Minor Tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2012-07-22	A11st	2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series: Russia Nationals	2 : 1 2 : 0	Happy	$6,000 + Paid Trip
2012-07-15	A33rd	2012 Ritmix Russian StarCraft 2 League	0 : 2	fraer	$1,000
2012-07-02	A11st	ZOTAC Cup Monthly Final May 2012	3 : 0	fraer	€500
2012-04-29	A22nd	The GD Studio - The Arena #1	1 : 4	Stephano
2012-04-10	A11st	Go4SC2 March Finals	3 : 1	LiveZerg	€500

Complete Results in any Tournament

Interviews

2011

• 2011-12-10 |  Interview with TitaN after his victory against SuperNova in WCG quarterfinals by Rakaka.se  (trans. )