Jang Min-chul (장민철, born June 17, 1991), better known as MC or The BossToss, is a former Korean professional StarCraft II player, playing as the Protoss faction. MC has accumulated more than $500,000 in tournament winnings, and won the Global StarCraft II League (GSL) championship twice. In 2014, Red Bull Esports called him "one of the most successful StarCraft 2 players ever".[1]
| MC | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Jang in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | 장민철 (Jang Min-chul) |
| Born | June 17, 1991 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Career information | |
| Games | |
| Playing career | 2010–2015 |
| Team history | |
| 2010 | MBCGame HERO |
| 2010–2012 | Old Generations |
| 2011–2013 | SK Gaming |
Starcraft II Career
editOld generations (2010-2012)
editHe has won the Intel Extreme Masters Season VI World Championship (6–10 March 2012) by defeating PuMa 3–2 in the finals,[2] GOMTV Global StarCraft II League (GSL) twice, and as of 2012[update] is considered one of the top StarCraft II players in the world.[3][4][5][6] He has experienced similar success in Europe, winning 2011 DreamHack Stockholm Invitational and Copenhagen Games Spring 2011, while taking silver in IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne.
SK Gaming (2012-2013)
editIn July 2011, Min Chul who was playing for the Korean team Old Generations (oGs), began representing SK Gaming in foreign events.[7] In January 2012, this partnership ended with Min Chul leaving Old Generations and moving to play for SK Gaming full-time.[8] He would remain with SK until the end of 2013, when the organization announced his departure.[9][10]
Free agent (2014-present)
editFollowing his departure from SK Gaming at the end of 2013, MC announced that he would continue to work with his former manager at SK Gaming, but would not join a new professional team.[11]
On June 18, 2015, MC announced his retirement via Twitter.[12]
League of Legends career
editOn November 2, 2016, it was announced that MC would coach Kongdoo's League of Legends team.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Meet MC, the legendary Protoss player". Red Bull ESports. 6 Jun 2014. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- ^ "Intel Extreme Masters - Intel Extreme Masters". 26 June 2023.
- ^ Kolev, Radoslav. "MC and Jinro to attend Dreamhack Invitational". SK Gaming. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Miller, Patrick (8 April 2011). "eSports Update: Global StarCraft League World Championship Finals". PCWorld. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Stanton, Rich (11 April 2011). "Home News Watch this Starcraft 2 game NOW Watch this Starcraft 2 game Now". PC Gamer. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Billengren, Astrid (12 April 2011). "Favorit vann svenskt dreamhack". Nyheterna.se (in Swedish). TV4 Group. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Shields, Duncan (15 July 2011). "SK acquires MC and NaDa in oGs deal". SK Gaming. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Shields, Duncan (13 January 2012). "MC leaves oGs and joins SK full-time". SK Gaming. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Khaw, Cassandra (December 30, 2013). "SK Gaming streamlines player rosters". onGamers. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ^ Rob Zacny (31 Dec 2013). "Shakeups in StarCraft as star players Bomber and MC leave their respective teams". PCGamesN. Retrieved 2 Jan 2014.
- ^ Cassandra Khaw (15 Jan 2014). "MC will not be joining a team". OnGamers. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2 Jan 2015.
- ^ STUCHIU (18 Jun 2015). "MC: Farewell to One of the Greatest". teamliquid. Retrieved 2 Jul 2015.
- ^ "콩두 몬스터 LoL 팀, '프통령' 장민철 코치 선임" [Jang Min-chul Appointed Coach of Kongdoo's League of Legends Team] (in Korean). November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
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