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This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.
Jaedong
Lee Jae-dong
File:Hwaseung Jaedong.JPG
Jaedong after his victory in the 2009 Bacchus Starleague
Status Active
Date of birth (1990-01-09) 9 January 1990 (age 34)
Nationality South Korean
League OnGameNet Starleague (OSL)
MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL)
Games Starcraft: Brood War
Starcraft II
Career prize money >$500,000
Championships 2007 EVER OSL
2008 BATOO OSL
2008 GomTV MSL Season 4
2009 Bacchus OSL
World Cyber Games 2009
2009 Nate MSL
Nickname(s) The Tyrant
The Legend Killer
Professional career
2006-2011 Hwaseung OZ
2011-2012 Team 8/Jin Air Green Wings
2012-present Evil Geniuses
Lee Jae-dong
Medal record
World Cyber Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Chengdu, China
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Los Angeles, USA


OSL
Silver medal – second place Korean Air Starleague 2010 Season2, 2010.09
Gold medal – first place Bacchus Starleague 2009, 2009.08
Gold medal – first place Batoo Starleague, 2009.04
Gold medal – first place EVER Starleague 2007, 2007.12


MSL
Silver medal – second place Bigfile MBCGame StarCraft League, 2010.08
Silver medal – second place Hana Daetoo Securities MBCGame StarCraft League, 2010.05
Gold medal – first place NATE MBCGame StarCraft League, 2010.01
Silver medal – second place Arena MBCGame StarCraft League, 2008.07
Gold medal – first place GOMTV MSL Season 4, 2008.03


GomTV
Gold medal – first place Averatec-Intel Classic Special Match, 2009.03
Gold medal – first place TG-Intel Classic 2008 Season 1, 2008.08

Lee Jae-dong (born 9 January 1990), who plays simply under the name Jaedong, is a South Korean professional StarCraft: Brood War player and StarCraft II player and player currently with Evil Geniuses. Using the Zerg race in both games, Lee is one of the most successful StarCraft players of all time, having won five OnGameNet Starleague (OSL) and MBCGame StarCraft League (MSL) tournaments, and earning over $500,000 in tournament prize money.[1] His other nicknames include The Tyrant and The Legend Killer.

Brood War

Jaedong made his debut in 2006 as a member of the Korean team Hwaseung OZ and quickly proved himself as a talented player. In less than two years he won his first premier tournament, the Seoul International eSports Festival, and shortly after both the OSL and the MSL tournament.[2] Since then he dominated the StarCraft competitive scene, revolutionizing Zerg strategy and establishing a famous rivalry with the Terran player Lee Young-Ho.

Over his six-year career as a StarCraft: Brood War player, Lee set several records. He has the second-highest ELO peak of any player at 2378,[3] and the second highest career win rate at 67.45%.[4] He is one of four players to win the Golden Mouse, which is awarded to players for winning 3 OSL tournaments.

Free Agency in 2009

After KESPA revised the rules regulating free agency, Hwaseung OZ made Lee an offer of 140,000,000 won (112,420 USD) a year to renew his contract.[5][6] During the bid period, Lee expressed interest in remaining within Hwaseung Oz because of the friendships he had forged over the past three years on the team.[7]

Although his father publicly stated in interviews that retirement was a possibility,[8] Lee renegotiated his contract with Hwaseung Oz and has confirmed that he will play for the team in the upcoming Proleague season.[9]

Hwaseung Oz Disbands

In August 2011, Hwaseung decided to stop sponsoring Oz to shift their priorities over to physical sports. This left Jaedong, and several other notable progamers without a team as FOX and Hero also closed down. However, in the first days of November it was revealed the governing body of esports in Korea, KeSPA, had decided to form a team. It was announced Lee along with several other progamers from the closed down teams, would move to the new team. Notable gamers to also join the new team included Yum "Sea" Bo Sung, Jun "BaBy" Tae Yang and Park "Killer" Joon Oh. In December 2012, Lee Jae-dong joined the American team Evil Geniuses.

StarCraft II

In 2012, Lee retired from StarCraft: Brood War and currently plays StarCraft II competitively, joining the team Evil Geniuses a few months after.[10] Throughout 2013, he was one of the most consistent players, earning several silver medals in premier tournaments, most notably the 2013 StarCraft World Championship. After 5 second-place finishes in premier tournaments, Jaedong finally emerged victorious at ASUS ROG NorthCon 2013.

Jaedong was chosen as one of the KeSPA players to be seeded in Code S for the 2012 GSL Season 4 [11] because of his performance in the 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2 in the KeSPA. He made his GSL debut on Wednesday, September 5. He would go 0-2 in his group, thus dropping to Code A. In Code A Jaedong would go 0-2 again, ending his GSL debut. Jaedong was picked up by the successful North American team Evil Geniuses on the 5th of December 2012.[12] On Evil Geniuses Jaedong would go to compete in several international Starcraft tournaments as well as compete in KeSPA's Proleague.

Major achievements

Tournament finishes

  • 2007 OnGameNet Star Challenge Season 1 (1st)
  • 2007 EVER OnGameNet Starleague (1st)
  • 2008 GomTV MBCGame StarCraft League Season 4 (1st)
  • 2008 Arena MBCGame StarCraft League (2nd)
  • 2008 Averatec-Intel Classic Season 1 (1st)
  • 2009 Batoo OnGameNet Starleague (1st)
  • 2009 Bacchus OnGameNet Starleague (1st)
  • 2009 World Cyber Games Grand Final (1st)
  • 2009 NATE MBCGame StarCraft League (1st)
  • 2010 Hana Daetoo MBCGame StarCraft League (2nd)
  • 2010 Bigfile MBCGame StarCraft League (2nd)
  • 2010 Korean Air 2 OnGameNet Starleague (2nd)
  • 2010 World Cyber Games Grand Final (3rd)
  • 2013 Dreamhack Open :Stockholm (3rd)
  • 2013 Dreamhack Open :Summer (2nd)
  • 2013 Dreamhack Open :Valencia (2nd)
  • 2013 World Championship Series America Season 2 (2nd)
  • 2013 World Championship Series Grand Final Season 2 (2nd)
  • 2013 World Championship Series America Season 2 (3rd)
  • 2013 World Championship Series Global Grand Final (2nd)
  • 2013 ASUS ROG: NorthCon (1st)

KeSPA awards

  • 2007 Player of the Year
  • 2009 Player of The Year[13]
  • 2012 Most Valuable Player of the 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2's regular-season[14]

OSL/MSL/WCG career statistics

Year League Name of Tournament Result of Final Opponent Note
2010 World Cyber Games 2010 Grand Final WW Yayba (P, Infernal Gamers) Lost to FlaSh in semi-finals
2010 OnGameNet Starleague Korean Air 2 LWLL FlaSh (T, KT Rolster)
2010 MBCgame Starleague Bigfile LLWWL FlaSh (T, KT Rolster)
2010 MBCgame Starleague Hana Daetoo LLL FlaSh (T, KT Rolster)
2009 MBCgame Starleague Nate WLWW FlaSh (T, KT Rolster) Game 3 Power Outage on Odd-Eye gives Jaedong win
2009 World Cyber Games 2009 Grand Final WLW Stork (P, Samsung KHAN)
2009 OnGameNet Starleague Bacchus 2009 WWW YellOw[ArnC] (Z, Hite Sparkyz) Receives OSL golden mouse
2009 OnGameNet Starleague Batoo LLWWW By.Fantasy (T, SKT T1)
2008 MBCgame Starleague Arena LLL fOrGG (T, Lecaf OZ)
2007 MBCgame Starleague GomTV S4 LWWW Siz)KaL (P, STX SouL)
2007 OnGameNet Starleague EVER 2007 LWWW Stork (P, Samsung KHAN) Wins first major title

References

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  11. ↑ http://www.gomtv.net/forum/view.gom?topicid=224214&cid=0&kind=8
  12. ↑ http://jaedong.evilgeniuses.net/
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ http://esports.dailygame.co.kr/news/read.php?id=66057

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