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Dear

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Player Information
Name:
백동준
Romanized Name:
Baek Dong-jun
Birth:
May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25) (age 26)
Country:
South Korea South Korea
Race:
Protoss
Team:
KaiZi Gaming
Alternate IDs:
Dear[ScM]
Nicknames:
Warrior
Total Earnings:
$239,940.31
Approx. Earnings 2020:
$19,251.77
EPT Korea rank:
#8 (710 points)
EPT Circuit rank:
– (0)
Links
Achievements
2013 WCS Season 3 Korea GSL 2013 WCS Season 3
History
????-??-?? — 2010-10-??
2010-10-?? — 2011-08-??
2011-08-?? — 2013-09-01
2013-09-01 — 2013-12-19
2013-12-19 — 2014-04-11
2014-07-31 — 2016-10-18
2019-02-16 — 2020-02-21
2020-02-21 — Present

Baek "Dear" Dong Jun is a StarCraft progamer from South Korea who plays Protoss and is currently playing for KaiZi Gaming.

Wings of Liberty[edit]

Dear played his first official StarCraft II match during the hybrid 2011-2012 Proleague Season 2.

On July 23, 2012, Dear participated in the 2012 South Korea WCS Preliminaries. Dear received a BYE in round one and then took down Leta, Bomber, JangBi, and faced sC in the finals. He was not able to advance any further as he lost to sC by a score of 0:2 and took 2nd place.

Heart of the Swarm[edit]

On June 26, 2013 Dear participated in the WCS Korea Season 2 Qualifiers. He received a BYE in round one, and then beat Fury, Light, and Pet to qualify for Challenger League.

Dear qualified for the 2013 MLG Spring Championship through the Kespa Qualifiers. He won the Group C bracket, beating Solar, hyvaa, and jangbi, among others, for the spot. At the main event, Dear was placed into Bracket 7 in the Winners Bracket. After beating Nathanias, TheStC, and Stats he managed to beat qxc 2-1 to advance directly to the Final Bracket. After scoring an initial victory over Jaedong he lost 0-2 to Polt and then NaNiwa to be knocked out the tournament. His final record was 10-5 and he achieved a 5-6th place finish.

After defeating ByuN and losing to Flying in Challenger League, Dear played in the Season 3 Up and Down matches. In a five-player group, he won his first three matches against Curious, MarineKing, and Swagger, which was enough to secure him a spot in Premier League. After defeating SuperNova twice in the Round of 32, Dear defeated DongRaeGu and Sleep to reach the quarter finals. He defeated his team mate Trap 3-0 and the previous season's champion Maru 3-1 to reach the finals against soO. After a 4-2 victory over his opponent, he became the third Protoss player to win a GSL championship ans the second GSL royal roader after Life.

Dear played in the WCS 2013 Season 3 Finals on October 25–27 in Toronto, Canada. He defeated HerO, lost to Oz, then defeated HerO again to advance to the bracket stage. Similarly to his WCS Korea run, he defeated his first opponent MC 3-0 and his semifinal opponent Maru 3-1 to reach the finals against Soulkey. With a 4-0 score, he became the third consecutive player to sweep his opponent in a WCS Season final and the first player to win both a regional final and a season final. He also made the 2013 WCS Global Finals, where he beat TaeJa before falling just short against Jaedong in a nail-biting finish. On December 19, he was announced as the first Korean to join Mousesports.

Dear started the 2014 WCS season with a Code S seed in 2014 GSL Season 1 as a result of his performance in 2013 WCS Korea Season 3. After losing his first match against Dark 1-2, he narrowly managed to emerge from his group in the Round of 32 by defeating YongHwa 2-0 and getting revenge on Dark 2-1 in a close series. In the Round of 16, Dear was placed in a group of death containing every 2013 WCS Korea champion (Soulkey, Maru, and himself) and Zest. Dear managed to defeat Soulkey in his first match 2-1, but lost to Maru in the winner's match 1-2. He was then defeated by Zest 2-1 and dropped down to Code A.

In 2014 GSL Season 2 Code A, Dear surprisingly placed last in his group with a 1-4 map score. He lost to ByuL 0-2 and to Journey 1-2 and as a result dropped out of the GSL system.

His next major appearance was at ASUS ROG Winter 2014 where he topped his group with a 6-0 record to Snute and JonnyREcco. In group stage 2, he came in second to StarDust with a record of 8-6 knocking out TaeJa and KrasS. He went 3-1 with KrasS, then 2-3 to StarDust and finally 3-2 with TaeJa. Having reached the quarterfinals, he would face Apocalypse. He ended up defeating him 3-2 to advance to the semifinals against ForGG. He defeated ForGG with a score of 3-2 and battled with San for the title. However in the finals Dear got completely shut down with 0-4. However the second place spot was worth $5000 and 500 WCS points.

With his WCS points he got an invite to IEM Season VIII - Cologne and was seeded directly into group stage 2 facing off against Patience, jjakji and qxc. He however failed to qualify, with an over all map score of 3-4, having lost to jjakji 0-2, winning against qxc 2-0, then losing to jjakji once again but this time with a score of 1-2.

He successfully qualified for IEM Season VIII - World Championship going through the open bracket notably taking out Jaedong, Leenock and Hasuobs. Seeded into the Ro16, he faced off against HerO. He won the series 3-1 and advanced to the RO8 where he was defeated by Polt 2-3.

Dear tried to qualify for HomeStory Cup IX in the Korean Qualifier but dropped out in the quarter finals by losing to Armani 0-2. On his way there he defeated PenguiN and a barcode both with 2-1.

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Won the award for Best Protoss and Best Rookie in the 2013 Hot6ix Cup.

Trivia[edit]

Awards[edit]

Date Tier Tournament Team Award Prize
2013-11-23 A1Premier 2013 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 2 2nd Most Wins $942.06
2013-10-19 A1Premier Global StarCraft II League Royal Road $0
2013-10-10 A8Undefined 2013 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 2 All-Star Match MVP $933.36

Achievements[edit]

In A1Premier tournaments
DatePlaceEventTeamResultWinnings
2017-09-044th2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 2 - PremierZZZZZ2 : 4 Dark$4,513
2016-09-023 - 4th2016 Global StarCraft II League Season 2: Code S1 : 4 ByuN$8,142.59
2016-04-223 - 4th2016 Global StarCraft II League Season 1: Code S0 : 4 Zest$7,614
2015-09-243 - 4th2015 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code S3 : 4 ByuL$3,610
2014-02-012ndASUS ROG Winter 20140 : 4 San$5,000
2013-12-063 - 4th2013 Hot6ix Cup1 : 3 Rain$3,784.62
2013-10-271st2013 WCS Season 34 : 0 Soulkey$40,000
2013-10-191st2013 WCS Season 3 Korea GSL: Premier League4 : 2 soO$20,000
In A2Major tournaments
DatePlaceEventTeamResultWinnings
2017-10-132ndMaster's Coliseum 2ZZZZZ0 : 4 herO$2,000
2017-06-033rd2017 StarCraft II StarLeague Season 1 - ChallengeZZZZZ3-2Grp S.$1,675
2014-10-032ndConnecting Professional E-sports #13 : 4 Solar$1,500
In A3Minor and A5Monthly tournaments
DatePlaceEventTeamResultWinnings
2020-01-202ndChinese Team Championship 2020 Pre-Season Event2 : 4 Solar$714
2019-12-281stThe Gemini Korean Invitational December: Holiday Special4 : 0 Bunny$200
2018-12-241stBlazingSeries:May #30ZZZZZ3 : 1 MacSed$113
2018-09-172ndWardiTV Summer Championship: South KoreaZZZZZ0 : 4 Impact$100
2018-07-102ndOlimoLeague Summer FinalsZZZZZ3 : 5 Impact$623
2014-08-271stSummer Series #13 : 0 RagnaroK$1,000
Complete Results in any Tournament

Team Achievements

In A1Premier tournaments
DatePlaceEventTeamResultWinnings
2019-06-113 - 4thChina Team Championship 2019 Season 11 : 4$1,993.67
2013-08-031st2012–2013 SK Planet Proleague4 : 2$3,557.14
2013-07-093rd2012–2013 SK Planet Proleague: Regular Season24-18Grp S.$2,667.85
In A2Major tournaments
DatePlaceEventTeamResultWinnings
2020-05-022ndNeXT 2020 Spring3 : 4$681
2019-11-082ndNeXT 2019 Autumn1 : 4$1,146.67
2019-05-311stNeXT 2019 Spring4 : 2$2,478.67
2017-04-284th2017 VSL Season 1 - Team League3 : 4$110
In A3Minor tournaments
DatePlaceEventTeamResultWinnings
2018-12-211stBJ Destruction Match Season 24 : 3$1,110
2014-04-281stWinamax Expresso Invitational3 : 2$100
Complete Results in any Tournament

Championships[edit]

World Championship Series StarCraft II World Championship Series Champion
2013 WCS Season 2
Preceded By:
South Korea  Bomber 		2013 WCS Season 3
27 October 2013
South Korea  Dear
Succeeded By:
None/TBD

Gallery[edit]

  • Dearmlg.jpg
  • 20131010Dear.jpeg

Interviews[edit]

2014[edit]

2013[edit]

2012[edit]

Articles[edit]

External Links[edit]

First Person View Match VODS[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2xiy6Vclzg
  2. ↑ https://youtu.be/VDbJwbKG99k?t=2924
  3. ↑ https://youtu.be/xh4KMLuRQDU?t=864
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