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Hydra

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Hydra can also refer to the Zerg Unit Hydralisk or the KT Rolster Zerg player Crazy-Hydra. This article deals with the player Hydra from CJ Entus.

[e][h]Zerg Hydra
Player Information
Name:
신동원
Romanized Name:
Shin Dong Won
Nationality:
Born:
September 4, 1991 (age 32)
Race:
Alternate IDs:
By.Hydra
Approx. Total Winnings:
$57,911
Links
Achievements
PDPop MSL
History
2008-03-05 — 2010-10-12
2010-10-12 — 2011-05-08
2011-05-08 — 2014-09-11

Shin "Hydra" Dong Won is a StarCraft progamer from South Korea who played Zerg for CJ Entus.

He currently plays Zerg in StarCraft II for ROOT Gaming.

Biography[edit]

After Kwanro left CJ Entus for Woongjin Stars in the autumn of 2009 there was some room for a B-teamer to step up, and it seemed like Hydra was doing just that. Showing especially good ZvZ, though his ZvT and ZvP weren't that notable yet, he quickly become a dependable factor in the CJ line-up. Hydra was sharing his spot in the CJ line-up with sAviOr in the beginning. After showing solid results in Proleague and the latter being exposed in the Match Fixing Scandal Hydra became a full fledged A-teamer.

Before the 2010-11 season CJ Entus merged with Hite Sparkyz. Both teams had taken substantial hit's to their Zerg line-up in the months following the Match Fixing Scandal. Thus, after sAviOr's and YArnC's forced departures and Effort choice to quit progaming entirely, Hydra was now the teams main Zerg player. Hydra soon proved to be the right man for the task being one of the few ex Entus members to perform better in the newly formed Hite Entus. Early in the 2010-11 season, Hydra and up-and-coming player Snow stepped up once again. This time to share the Ace position with Leta, a player who along with the rest of the members had provided lackluster results. Hydra had gone from B-teamer to Zerg Ace in less than a year.

In December 2010 Hydra won the PDPop MSL beating Great 3-1 in the finals. Once again he proved his outstanding ZvZ, taking down former champions Calm and Jaedong on his way to victory.

In the first half of 2011, Hydra continued posting consistent results in teamleagues while developing his secondary matchups to become a more well-rounded player. He also followed up on his 2010 win by making the semis of both the subsequent MSL and OSL, only falling to the two best Terrans at the time, Flash and Fantasy respectively. Hydra had become a strong challenger for the Zerg throne of 2011, perhaps rivaled by a reinvigorated Zero and facilitated by Jaedong's apparent struggles in the individual leagues.

Facts[edit]

  • Can only see outlines with his left eye because of a childhood accident in which his eye got damaged by broken glass.[1]
  • Fourth player to win both a Brood War and a StarCraft 2 premier tournament (after Jaedong, Flash and fOrGG).

Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2012-08-049th - 16thPremier2012 Tving OSL2012 Tving OSL
CJ EntusCJ Entus
1-2Grp S.$1,769
2011-09-023rd - 4thPremier2011 Jin Air OSL2011 Jin Air OSL
CJ EntusCJ Entus
1 : 3$6,296
2011-06-023rd - 4thPremierABC Mart MSLABC Mart MSL
CJ EntusCJ Entus
0 : 3$4,025
2011-02-191stPremierPDPop MSLPDPop MSL
Hite EntusHite Entus
3 : 1$40,250
2010-12-249th - 16thPremier2010 Bacchus OSL2010 Bacchus OSL
Hite EntusHite Entus
1-2Grp S.$1,801
2010-08-2825th - 32ndPremierBigfile MSLBigfile MSL
CJ EntusCJ Entus
0-2Grp S.$805
2010-08-119th - 12thPremier2010 Korean Air OSL Season 22010 Korean Air OSL Season 2
CJ EntusCJ Entus
1-2Grp S.$1,610
2010-07-205th - 6thPremier2009–2010 Shinhan Bank Proleague2009–2010 Shinhan Bank Proleague
CJ EntusCJ Entus
1 : 2
SK Telecom T1SK Telecom T1
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2010-05-299th - 16thPremierHana Daetoo Securities MSLHana Daetoo Securities MSL
CJ EntusCJ Entus
1 : 2$1,275
2010-03-1611thPremier2010 Shinhan Bank Winners League2010 Shinhan Bank Winners League
CJ EntusCJ Entus
3-8Grp S.-
Extended list of results
MSL Champion
Bigfile MSL
Preceded By:
South Korea Terran Flash
PDPop MSL
19th February 2011-11th June 2011
South Korea Zerg Hydra
2011 ABC Mart MSL
Succeeded By:
South Korea Terran Flash

Notable Games[edit]

ZvZ[edit]

ZvT[edit]

ZvP[edit]

References[edit]