Cyan
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Cyan
Huang "Cyan" Min, a.k.a. "NeverSteam", is a Chinese Protoss player currently in Brave Star Gaming.
Heart of the Swarm[edit]
2015 WCS Season 2[edit]
Cyan tried to qualified for WCS Challenger throughout the year of 2014, but did not obtain delightful results. He is still struggling in WCS China qualifiers after losing to TooDming in 2015 Season 1 and was defeated by Ein in 2015 Season 2. However, because Ein was unable to attend offline event, Cyan, after many times of failures, finally got the chance of participating WCS Challenger League for the first time. At last, he lost to Jim in the Challenger match with the score 1-3.
IEM Season X - Shenzhen[edit]
Cyan qualified for Ro16 of the main event due to massive Open Bracket drop outs, he finished 4th in his group, losing to herO and uThermal.
Legacy of the Void[edit]
IEM Season XI - Shanghai[edit]
Still in IEM, during the China Qualifier, Cyan got the runner-up by beating iAsonu with the score of 3-2. He got the opportunity to play in the main event of IEM Season XI - Shanghai. Faced with the strong Nerchio after lost two games with more Immortals once and more Disruptors once. He won the first game in the premier tournament with the tactics of Dark Templars though he still lost to Nerchio with Nerchio's rush of the fourth game.
WCS Copa Intercontinental[edit]
In the CN Qualifier, he won Chick twice by 4-0 and got the opportunity.
WCS Winter 2019—January 2019[edit]
On the 15th of January 2019, Cyan was found to have colluded with fellow players, Route, JieShi, and Nice by intentionally losing matches on the WCS Winter-Americas ladder race and was banned from all Blizzard esports competitions. The ban lasted until the 31st of May 2019.[1]
Trivia[edit]
- He is the only player who beat PartinG in a 1v1 match in the NeoTV Starcraft League 2015.[2]
- The group of Jieshi and he is called 青出于蓝 (Cyan (indigo dye) is from Persicaria tinctoria (Blue)) or 解小鸟矢泽探 (from Kotori Minami and Nico Yazawa) as a group of archon mode.
- He is married and has a child.
Achievements[edit]
| In Major tournaments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2018-12-22 | 3rd | GPL 2018 - Grand Finals |  | 2-1 | Grp S. | $0 |
| 2018-12-16 | 2nd | Cup of Russia 2018 | | 1 : 3 |  Rail | $2,291 |
| 2018-06-30 | 1st | GPL 2018 Season 3 | | 4 : 0 |  TooDming | $4,743 |
| 2018-03-24 | 4th | GPL 2018 Season 1 |  | 1 : 3 | Jieshi | $790 |
| 2018-02-02 | 3 - 4th | GPL 2017 - Grand Finals | | 1 : 3 | iAsonu | $2,384 |
| 2017-11-25 | 4th | 2018 WCS Leipzig: China Qualifier | | 2 : 3 | TooDming | $760 |
| 2017-08-16 | 2nd | GPL 2017 Season 3 | | 0 : 4 | iAsonu | $2,990 |
| 2017-06-30 | 1st | GPL 2017 Season 2 | | 3-0 | Grp S. | $5,460 |
| 2017-01-01 | 2nd | National Electronic Sports Open 2016 |  | 0 : 2 | iAsonu | $4,318 |
| 2016-08-07 | 2nd | NEO Star League 2016 International | | 0 : 4 | Snute | $6,600 |
| 2016-07-03 | 3 - 4th | GPL 2016 Season 2 |  | 1 : 3 | TooDming | $1,215 |
| 2016-05-19 | 1st | World Cyber Arena 2016: China Spring Qualifier |  | 3 : 2 | TooDming | $7,670 |
| 2016-01-03 | 2nd | GPL 2015 Season 3/Premier | | 2 : 4 | Jieshi | $1,229 |
| 2015-11-07 | 4th | National Electronic Sports Open 2015 | | 1 : 3 | Mystery | $0 |
| In Minor and Monthly tournaments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2019-06-29 | 1st | RNG Challenger Cup #2 |  | 4 : 0 | Qike | $437 |
| 2018-10-19 | 2nd | Blacer Open #7 | | 1 : 4 |  uThermal | $150 |
| Complete Results in any Tournament |
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Team Achievements
| In Major tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2015-12-27 | 4th | Starcraft League 2015 | | 2 : 3 |  | $228.57 |
| Complete Results in any Tournament |
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