Heart
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Heart
Kim "Heart" Min Hyuk is a retired Terran player from South Korea, who previously played for Axiom. He was also active in Brood War, where he played for Hwaseung Oz.
Biography[edit]
Wings of Liberty[edit]
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Heart won several Playhem Daily events playing under ID Maynard.
On January 19, 2012, he would leave Team SCV Life.[1] He then joined compLexity Gaming on February 17, 2012.[2]
He would leave the team nearly a year later.[3]
On January 14, 2013, Axiom recruited Heart as part of its new engagement in the GSTL in partnership with Team Acer.[4]
Global StarCraft II Team League[edit]
2011 GSTL Season 1[edit]
On August 19, 2011, for the 2011 GSTL Season 1 Group A, Team SCV Life sent out Heart as their starting player against F.United. Heart took out NaNiwa and put TSL ahead by a score of 1-0. F.United sent out Fenix next and Heart wasn't able to defeat him. Heart's loss allowed F.United to tie up the score at 1-1.
World Championship Series[edit]
2012 WCS Korea Preliminaries[edit]
On July 23, 2012, Heart participated in the 2012 South Korea WCS Preliminaries. Heart received a BYE in round one and then took down Dark, SonGDuri, sKyHigh, and faced Reality in the finals. He was not able to advance any further as he lost to Reality by a score of 1:2 and took 2nd place.
Global StarCraft II League[edit]
Code A[edit]
Heart would qualify for the 2012 GSL Season 1 Code A by defeating TheBest in the finals of the preliminaries. In the Ro 48, he managed to upset Bomber 2-1. In the Ro 32, he lost to Ryung 1-2.
In 2012 GSL Season 2 Code A Heart faced Terius in Ro48, and won 2-0. In Ro32 he met BBoongBBoong, where he lost 0-2.
After losing his Up and Down group for the second consecutive season, Heart tore through 2012 GSL Season 3 Code A, taking down Lure in the Ro.48 with a 2-1, YuGiOh with a 2-0 in the Ro.32, and the upset against KeeN 2-0 in the Ro.24, securing his first ever Code S spot in the 2012 GSL Season 4 Code S.
Up & Downs[edit]
Heart failed to qualify for 2012 GSL Season 2 Code S in the Up & Down matches after going 1-3 in his group, beating YugiOh, but losing to BBoongBBoong, Avenge, and KeeN.
Heart would be placed into the six player Group E of the 2012 GSL Season 3: Up and Down Matches after his 2012 GSL Season 2 Code A loss in the Ro.32. He failed to advance with a 2-2 record, despite the win against the eventual 4-1 AcE.
Code S[edit]
On September 11, 2012, Heart participated in Code S group F, defeating NaNiwa 2:1, losing to Squirtle 2:0 and finally defeating Sniper 2:1, to advance out of his group and move into the Round of 16.
Outside Korea[edit]
His first major event outside Korea was MLG Winter Championship. He got to Pool C through the Open Bracket, after defeating MorroW, inori and DdoRo. There, he finished first of his group after going 5-0. His first opponent in the Championship Bracket was DongRaeGu. He lost 0-2 and had to face GanZi in the Losers' Bracket. He won 2-1 and to face HuK in the next round. Due to defeating him in the pool games, he started with a 2-1 advantage and ended winning 4-2. He then faced DongRaeGu again in an other extended series. He lost 4-1, ending 3rd overall and winning $9,000 and also a seed for 2012 MLG Spring Arena 1.[5]
Heart of the Swarm[edit]
2015[edit]
On November 18, 2015, Heart announced that he retired from progaming.[6]
Trivia[edit]
- As of February 4, 2012, Heart had the best winrate of all players in the Playhem Daily tournaments, with an 87% win ratio.[7]
- From March 2015, Heart started to study in Qingdao, China and take part in many matches in the country.[8] However, until he announced his retirement, he hasn't participated in any tournaments above CN server only with his account in the QQ group of WCS Mainland China Qualifier.
Achievements[edit]
| In Premier tournaments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2012-03-25 |  | 3rd | 2012 MLG Winter Championship |  | 1 : 4 |  DongRaeGu | $9,000 |
| In Major tournaments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2015-04-18 | 3 - 4th | ASL Season 4 Prime League |  | 0 : 4 |  Journey | $500 |
| 2012-04-22 | 3 - 4th | 2012 MLG Spring Arena 1 | | 0 : 3 | DongRaeGu | $1,450 |
| In Minor and Monthly tournaments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2014-04-22 | 2nd | Starship Troopers Ultimate Edition | | 2 : 3 | TLO | $150 |
| Complete Results in any Tournament |
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Team Achievements
| In Premier tournaments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2013-11-23 |  | 1st | 2013 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 2 |  | 6 : 7 |  | $6,056.12 |
| 2013-07-20 | | 3rd | 2013 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 1 | | 0 : 5 |  | $711.17 |
| 2011-10-08 | | 3 - 4th | 2011 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 1 |  | 4 : 5 |  | $0 |
| In Major tournaments | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2014-07-27 | 4th | Acer TeamStory Cup Season 3 | | 4 : 5 |  | $400 |
| 2013-12-15 | 2nd | Acer TeamStory Cup Season 2 | | 1 : 5 |  | $1,000 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1st | Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series League VII |  | 3 : 2 |  | $384.62 |
| Complete Results in any Tournament |
|---|
Matches & VODs[edit]
Wings of Liberty
First Person View Match VODS[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2013[edit]
- 2013-11-12 | Axiom Player Spotlight : Heart by Axiom (trans.
)
2012[edit]
- 2012-09-11 | GSL 2012 Season 4 Code S Ro32 Group F Winners by This Is Game
- 2012-07-30 | Heart after qualifying for 2012 GSL Season 4 Code S by compLexity
- 2012-04-26 |
Heart at MLG Spring Arena 1, video interview by SeltzerPlease of Cyber Sports Network at MLG Spring Arena 1 2012 (trans. ) - 2012-03-26 | Interview following MLG Winter Championship 2012 by compLexity at MLG Winter Championship 2012 (trans. )
- 2012-02-18 | Heart after joining compLexity interview by compLexity
Gallery[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=304299
- ↑ "compLexity Welcomes Heart" compLexityGaming.com, 17 February 2012. Thread on TL.net
- ↑ Heart Leaves compLexity Gaming
- ↑ Kenny_oro (2013-01-14). "Axiom signs Heart and Alicia / GSTL confirmed". TL.net.
- ↑ https://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=323816
- ↑ Heart (November 18, 2015). "Hi i'm retired!". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ 31,500 Replays - A look at balance in Starcraft II TL.net, 4 February 2012.
- ↑ Post on TL about Heart playing the chinese WCS qualifier
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