V-Gundam

Player Information

Name:

조정현

Romanized Name:

Jo Jung Hyun

Nationality:

South Korea

Born:

February 12, 1981 (age 43)

Race:

Terran

Nickname(s):

Bamboo Terran

Approx. Total Winnings:

$23,577

Links

History

2002-??-?? — 2003-??-??

AMD Dream Team

2003-??-?? — 2004-??-??

Hexatron

Jo "V-Gundam" Jung Hyun is a retired StarCraft progamer from South Korea who played Terran for Hexatron.

Biography[edit]

V-Gundam was a very unique Terran compared to many others of his era. He never walled in against Protoss, relying solely on his ability to micro to keep him safe from rushes. While this may not seem strange to you considering that every Terran player plays like this, back in the day and age of V-Gundam walling in was the standard lest you risk dying to a Zealot rush. Gundam played a solid one base Terran style, and would often opt to forgo expanding in favor of increased unit production, particularly in TvZ and TvP. This would often lead to awkward situations were both Gundam and his opponent were flat broke and out of minerals.

Gundam is probably most famous for his Terran vs Protoss build, which is referred to by his namesake, the Gundam Rush, or the bamboo rush. Gundam’s build was the single most popular TvP build order on battle.net back in 2001-2002. The build itself was 2 factory build, with a single add-on and 4 marines. Afterward, when the Terran had a tank, a vulture with mines researching, they would float their barracks toward the enemy base for ramp vision and bring SCVs for repairing and a bunker and attack. This was a very flexible build, and could be followed up with an expansion, a Starport for drop harassment, or additional factories for more pressure.

His prime was in the years 2001 to 2002. In 2001, he was a teamless and nameless amateur who managed to fight his way to 3rd place of the 2001 Coca-Cola OSL losing to YellOw in the semis, then beating isaac for 3rd place. He became a member of the old powerhouse, AMD, which at the time also sponsored the foreigners Grrrr... and ElkY and later Nazgul and Legionnaire. AMD later went on to become Hexatron (Assem and Rekrul) then eNature and finally eSTRO.

Gundam’s second big appearance was in the second King of Kings tournament, in 2002. The King of Kings tournaments were a special event held for the finalists of the OSL, much like one of the recent superfight events. He went down in the finals 0-3 to Yellow. In 2002, Gundam qualified for NATE OSL, dropping out of the group stages after losing tiebreakers. Gundam made his final significant appearance by qualifying for the NHN OSL in 2003. However, in a bizarre twist of fate, he broke his pinky finger before the OSL started. As a result, he played terribly and dropped out of the groups without winning a single game.

Shortly after NHN, Gundam decided that he would leave his team, which by that time had become Hexatron. When Gundam was in his prime, he played without a team and believed that by leaving he could focus his mindset and become the player he once was. This seemed to hold true, as Gundam made it into the MBCGame minor league qualifers, beating fantastic_namoo and Stork in straight sets to make it to the final game of the minor league. His next opponent was to be Yooi. However, it was not to be. After losing his final match 0-2 and being knocked out of the run, he hung up his mouse and announced his retirement.^[1]

Facts[edit]

A Terran vs. Protoss 2 Factory opening is named after him, the Gundam Rush.
Gundam did not hotkey his units in TvP. Instead, he opted to hotkey only his buildings and control his army with his mouse only.
On the topic of Gundam's Bamboo Rush, Garimto once commented "Even though you know it’s coming, you can’t stop it".
Gundam was one of the few terran players who would not wall in.
He regularly participated in foreign competitions and show matches. including a spell in WGTour and its tournament spin-off, WGTour Speed Ladder, taking home first place. He also competed in various TeamLiquid events and liquibitions. He was also a member of the foreign clan, iG.

Accomplishments[edit]

Date	Place	Tier		Team	Result		Prize
2004-07-17	9th - 10th	Premier	2004 SKY Proleague Round 1	(Hexatron)	3-7	Grp S.	-
2004-03-21	13th - 16th	Premier	2003-2004 NHN OSL	(Hexatron)	0-3	Grp S.	-
2004-02-29	8th	Premier	2003 Neowiz Pmang Cup Proleague	(Hexatron)	1-6	Grp S.	-
2003-08-30	6th	Premier	2003 KTF EVER Cup Proleague		0-5	Grp S.	-
2003-08-12	5th - 8th	Premier	2003 LifeZone KPGA Team League		3 : 4		$1,743.45
2003-07-19	5th - 6th	Premier	2003 Stout MSL		0 : 2	ChoJJa	-
2002-10-12	13th - 16th	Premier	2002 SKY OSL		0-3	Grp S.	$398.31
2002-06-15	9th - 12th	Premier	2002 NATE OSL		1-2	Grp S.	$407.80
2001-08-31	3rd	Premier	2001 Coca-Cola OSL		2 : 0	Isaac	$2,334.63
1999-11-28	2nd	Premier	Asia Professional Game League			TBD	$20,000
Extended list of results