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See also: Golden Mouse.

When OnGamenet StarLeague established itself as the most prestigious tournament in Korea, it created special trophy to be awarded to the winner of three OSLs. While BoxeR had opportunity to win one during fifth OSL, he was denied the feat by GARIMTO and despite reaching the StarLeague final on three more occasions, he was never able to win the elusive prize. It was only after NaDa finally triumphed in 2006 in his third OSL was Golden Mouse finally awarded. OnGamenet initially expressed will to extend the special award beyond Golden Mouse into platinum and diamond (5 and 7 leagues, respectively) - however it proofed to be impossible feat to win more than three starcraft leagues of any kind and Golden Mouse remained ultimate trophy, the highest honor progamer could reach that wasn't subject to opinions of viewers and peers. Throughout Starcraft proscene existence, only four players were able to win Golden Mouse:  NaDa,  JulyZerg,  Jaedong and  Flash.

Second to OSL, rival StarLeague started, initially under the name of KPGA Tour, it was quickly renamed into MBC Starcraft League. Creating its own counterpart to the Golden Mouse, even if less impressive, the special award for winning three MSLs was a Golden Badge - which was a badge like one for winning a single MSL but made out of gold. This honour proved to be marginally easier to get, with five players receiving it:  NaDa,  iloveoov,  sAviOr,  Bisu and  Flash.

As the only player who won both Golden Trophies, NaDa and Flash are widely regarded as the most successful starcraft players of all time. They are also the only players who were at the same time champions of both Starcraft Leagues.

Upon winning his third ASL title in November 2017, Flash received (on top of a regular trophy) a Golden Ruler. It is currently unknown if AfreecaTV plan to extend this tradition, as Flash is (at the time of writing - 31/12/2019) the only player to have won more than one ASL championship.

League Championships Involved

Golden Mouse

Player	1st OSL	2nd OSL	3rd OSL	Days between 1st and 3rd titles
NaDa	Panasonic OSL 2003-02-14	IOPS OSL 2005-03-05	2nd Shinhan Bank OSL 2006-11-18	1373 days
JulyZerg	Gillette OSL 2004-07-30	2nd EVER OSL 2005-07-02	4th EVER OSL 2008-07-12	1443 days
Jaedong	3rd EVER OSL 2007-12-22	Batoo OSL 2009-04-04	2nd Bacchus OSL 2009-08-22	609 days
Flash	1st Bacchus OSL 2008-03-15	5th EVER OSL 2010-01-17	2nd Korean Air OSL 2010-09-11	910 days

Golden Badge

Player	1st MSL	2nd MSL	3rd MSL	Days between 1st and 3rd titles
NaDa	Reebok KPGA Tour 2002-06-22	Pepsi Twist KPGA Tour 2002-05-10	Baskin Robbins KPGA Tour 2003-01-18	210 days
iloveoov	TriGem MSL 2003-11-30	HanaFOS CENGAME MSL 2004-04-18	SPRIS MSL 2004-08-29	273 days
sAviOr	UZOO MSL 2005-08-06	1st Pringles MSL 2006-07-16	2nd Pringles MSL 2006-11-11	462 days
Bisu	1st GOMTV MSL 2007-03-03	2nd GOMTV MSL 2007-07-14	Club Day Online MSL 2008-11-16	624 days
Flash	Hana Daetoo Securities MSL 2010-05-29	Bigfile MSL 2010-08-28	ABC Mart MSL 2011-06-11	378 days

Golden Ruler

Player	1st ASL	2nd ASL	3rd ASL	Days between 1st and 3rd titles
Flash	AfreecaTV StarLeague Season 2 2017-01-22	AfreecaTV StarLeague Season 3 2017-06-04	AfreecaTV StarLeague Season 4 2017-11-12	294 days

Facts

• First golden mouse (NaDa's) was reported to weigh 375g and be worth around 8000$. The reported weight is identical to the weight of third golden mouse which may indicate the same amount of gold used.
• Third golden mouse (Jaedong's) is supposed to contain 200g of pure gold which translated into ~5668$ worth of gold alone at the time it was ordered.
• Fourth golden mouse (Flash's) is supposed to contain 275g of pure gold which at the time it was awarded was worth ~11700$.