Day[9]
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Day[9]
Player Information
Name:
Sean Plott
Nationality:
Born:
June 27, 1986 (age 36)
Race:
Alternate IDs:
Day[9], Day9, Day, rS.Day[9], Striderdoom
Nicknames:
Day[9], Striderdoom
Approx. Total Winnings:
$3,900
Links
History
MyM, rS.
Overview[edit]
Sean "Day[9]" Plott is Nick "Tasteless" Plott's younger brother and a high-level American Zerg player, rated A/A+ on ICCUP/PGT throughout multiple seasons and accounts. His main tournament spotlight has been his invitation to represent the United States at the WCG Grand Final three times and winning WCG Pan-American Championship. He currently hosts the program Day[9] TV on Day9.tv that analyzes recent professional StarCraft matches. Day also casted for hundreds of TeamLiquiders at Blizzcon 2009, providing refreshing analysis and live commentary of the OSL Finals between Jaedong and YellOw[ArnC]. Day is known for his deep strategic analysis.
Biography[edit]
- Has made an autobiographic video covering his earlier StarCraft experiences. [1]
Commentating career[edit]
Day9 is famous for his series of videos called Day(9) Daily where he analyzed Korean pro-level games, as well as showed tutorials. Day(9) casted two of the largest foreign Broodwar tournaments - 2008 Razer TSL and 2009 Pokerstrategy.com TSL. After the release of Starcraft:Remastered, Day9 has co-casted a few of the biggest foreign Broodwar tournaments, for example, ZOTAC CUP Masters SCRM and Twitch Starcraft Holiday Bash.
Facts[edit]
- Has been known to be a frequent poster in the Teamliquid strategy forum. Has also done quite a lot of commentating for live events, his own FPVOD's and has a frequently updated strategy podcast on TL.net,[1] as well as an (almost) daily show.[2]
- Is the brother of the famous commentator and community profile Tasteless, whom he took out early in the WCG GF 2005 when Tasteless started commentating.
- Has played in almost all WCG USA preliminaries since 2001.
- Played in the Collegiate Star League, representing USC. As his career as a progamer tapered off, he became a manager for the USC division of the CSL.
- Cast the infamous Chill Vs Combat-ex Grudge Match.[3]
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-24 | 1st | Minor |  | WCG Pan-American Championship 2007 | 3 : 2 |   | $0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-09-17 | 2nd | Major |  | WCG USA 2006 | 1 : 2 |   | $1,900.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-09-10 | 1st | Major | | WCG USA 2005 | 2 : 1 | | $2,000.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-10-10 | 9th - 16th | Premier | | WCG 2004 | 0 : 2 |  | $0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-09-20 | 2nd | Major | | WCG USA 2004 | 1 : 2 | | $0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-03 | Premier |  | Zotac Cup Masters | Commentator | |
| 2010-09-12 | Major | | WCG USA 2010 | Commentator | |
| 2010-02-28 | Premier |  | PokerStrategy.com TSL | Commentator | |
| 2008-06-02 | Major | | 2008 Razer TSL | Guest Commentator | |
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||
| WCG Pan-American Champion | ||
| WCG Pan-American Championship 2006 Preceded By:  Testie
|
WCG Pan-American Championship 2007 22.06.2007 - 24.06.2007 Day9
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WCG Pan-American Championship 2008 Succeeded By:  Fenix
|
Interviews[edit]
- Day9 Starcraft 2 Interview - By AndroidBit
- Sean Plott, Star-Crafter-extraordinaire - Radio Interview by Brian Hildebrand
Notable Games[edit]
- 2005 Grand Final - Sean Plott vs Sherwin Mahbod Match 1
- 2005 Grand Final - Sean Plott vs Sherwin Mahbod Match 2
- 2005 Grand Final - Sean Plott vs Sherwin Mahbod Match 3
