Sync

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Sync

Player Information

Name:

변길섭

Romanized Name:

Byun Gil Sup

Nationality:

South Korea

Born:

January 10, 1984 (age 39)

Race:

Terran

Alternate IDs:

H_BlaZe_W

Nicknames:

Sparks Terran(火花人族), Fireworks Terran

Approx. Total Winnings:

$35,069

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Achievements

History

2002-??-?? — 2003-12-??

Hanbit Stars

2003-12-?? — 2008-01-??

KTF MagicNs

Byun "Sync" Gil Sup is a retired StarCraft progamer from South Korea who played Terran for KTF MagicNs.^[1]

Biography[edit]

^[2]Sync is probably the most unknown out of all OSL winners. He debuted in the progaming scene in Hanbit Stars. He sneakily cruised easily through the group stages of the Coca-Cola Starleague, only to be hit hard in the Round of 8 which included the likes of Boxer, Yellow and IntoTheRain.

After some poor performances in the KPGA leagues, his breakout was the NATE Starleague, where he managed to defeat the likes of fOru, ChRh and then eventually H.O.T-Forever in the finals 3-1.

Sync then started to fall into one of many slumps, after the Panasonic OSL, failing to make another OSL until the 2004 EVER OSL. Meanwhile, in the MBC Leagues, he started to show up into the leagues, though not performing well. During this, he transferred to KTF along with Reach, leaving behind a formerly great team in trouble without their star players. He was also invited to the annual KT-KTF tournaments, but with unsatisfactory results.

He eventually snapped out of his slump, showing back his impressive Sparks Terran form from a bygone era, with some brilliant games showing his style, against Siva, JJu and Eliza. His impressive performance in EVER 2004 was short lived however, as he was taken down in the quarterfinals by Boxer. After this, some league appearances by Sync with uninspired results would cause another slump.

Near the end of his career, Sync was a poor performer for KTF, only appearing in very few 1v1 games. He was mainly used as a mentor/2v2 player.

The nickname Sparks Terran derives from the build Sync used to demolish his Zerg opponents, which was a 3 barracks -> +1 Weapons -> Academy build, with lots of firebats and medics. This build, along with Sync's aggressive micro, would break through any tough sunken line.

Facts[edit]

Invented 3 Barracks Push in TvZ.

Achievements[edit]

Date	Place	Tier		Result		Prize
2006-05-05	17th - 24th	Premier	2006 Shinhan Bank OnGameNet Starleague Season 1	1-2	Grp S.	$1,088
2004-07-17	1st	Premier	2004 SKY Proleague Round 1	4 : 3		$60,169.76
2004-02-28	2nd	Premier	LG IBM MBC Team League	2 : 4	(4U)	$8,528.33
2004-01-04	3rd - 4th	Premier	2003 KT KTF Premier League	0 : 2	BoxeR	$7,400
2003-10-11	2nd	Premier	2003 LifeZone KPGA Team League	1 : 4		$8,717.26
2003-08-30	2nd	Premier	2003 KTF EVER Cup Proleague	1 : 4		-
2003-06-22	4th	Premier	2003 KeMongSa KPGA Tour Team League	1-3	Grp S.	$3,359.78
2002-10-12	5th - 6th	Premier	2002 SKY OSL	1-2	Grp S.	$796.62
2002-06-15	1st	Premier	2002 NATE OSL	3 : 1	H.O.T-Forever	$16,100
2001-09-08	5th - 6th	Premier	2001 Coca-Cola OSL	1-2	Grp S.	-
Extended list of results