Hangul 최연성 Nickname(s) oov Name Choi Yeon-sung | McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Yon-song Games StarCraft Nationality South Korean | |
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Date of birth (1983-11-05) 5 November 1983 (age 32) | ||
Revised Romanization Choe Yeon-seong | ||
Choi Yeon-sung (born 5 November 1983), also known as iloveoov, is a retired professional Korean StarCraft player, and a current coach of the Afreeca Freecs League of Legends team. As a Terran player he was known for his excellent macromanagement, leading to his nickname "Cheater Terran". However he is better known as "Monster Terran" (Gweh_Mool Terran) because of his ability to produce a massive amount of units. He sees Lim Yo-Hwan, who was on the same team as him, as an older brother or mentor. It's been known that Lim scouted Choi through a match in battlenet after losing to Choi's Terran, Zerg and Protoss. Choi beat Lim 3:2 in 2004 during the Ongamenet Ever Starleague finals.
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The 'oov' in his nickname is believed to be the ASCII emotion icon of a face and 2 fingers forming letter 'V' which stands for victory. He announced his retirement as a progamer as a result of a wrist injury, to become a coach for his team. Since then, Choi returned to the active roster as a "player coach".
Personal life
In April 2008, Choi announced his engagement to his girlfriend. Choi and his fiancee had been together for 6 years, even when he was training to become a professional gamer.
Tournament results
His streaks versus Zerg are particularly notable.
Record: 79 wins – 37 losses (68.10%)
Best Streak: 27 wins Worst Streak: 4 losses Current Streak: 1 win
Overall Record: