Heart

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Heart

Player Information

Name:

김민혁

Romanized Name:

Kim Min-hyuk

Nationality:

South Korea

Born:

November 16, 1990 (age 32)

Race:

Terran

Alternate IDs:

KT.MGW_Strict, Link[3.33], Link, Maynard

Approx. Total Winnings:

$66,914

Years active:

2011 - 2017
2020

Links

History

????-??-?? — 2012-01-18

Team SCV Life

2012-02-17 — 2013-01-09

compLexity Gaming

2013-01-14 — 2015-10-15

Axiom

Retired:

2015-11-18

Recent Matches

Heart	0:2	Blade
2020-12-06 00:00:16UTC Platinum Heroes/7

Heart	2:1	Babylon
2020-12-06 00:00:01UTC Platinum Heroes/7

Link	0:2	Jhonny
2017-03-13 00:00:22UTC Copa América 2017 Season 1

Link	0:2	DarkUnnamed
2016-02-08 00:01:39UTC Copa América 2016 Season 1

Heart	0:2	Losira
2015-10-31 00:00:01UTC OlimoLeague/2015/October

Kim "Heart" Min-hyuk (born November 16, 1990) is a retired Korean Terran player.

He was also active in Brood War, where he played for Hwaseung Oz.

Wings of Liberty[edit]

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 A1Premier Tournaments
Date	Place	Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2014-10-12	2nd	2014 WCS Season 3 America Premier League		2 : 4	Bomber	$15,000
2014-07-06	3rd - 4th	2014 WCS Season 2 America Premier League		1 : 3	Bomber	$7,500
2013-11-23	1st	2013 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 2	Axiom-Acer	6 : 7		$6,056.12
2013-07-19	3rd	2013 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 1	Axiom-Acer	0 : 5		$635.73
2012-07-24	1st - 12th	2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 3: Code A		2 : 0	KeeN	$869.28
2012-03-25	3rd	2012 MLG Winter Championship		1 : 4	DongRaeGu	$9,000
2011-10-08	3rd - 4th	2011 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 1	Team SCV Life	4 : 5		$0

In A2Major Tournaments
Date	Place	Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2015-04-18	3rd - 4th	ASL Season 4 Prime League		0 : 4	Journey	$500
2014-07-09	4th	Acer TeamStory Cup Season 3	Axiom	4 : 5		$400
2013-12-15	2nd	Acer TeamStory Cup Season 2	Axiom	1 : 5		$1,000
2012-07-01	1st	Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series League VII	CoL.MVP	3 : 2		$384.62
2012-04-22	3rd - 4th	2012 MLG Spring Arena 1		0 : 3	DongRaeGu	$1,450

In A3Minor Tournaments
Date	Place	Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2015-07-24	1st	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars July 2015 #4	Axiom	4 : 1		$100
2015-05-27	1st	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars May 2015 #6	Axiom	4 : 1		$100
2015-05-25	1st	SEAcraft Weekly 48		2 : 1	Zanster	$41
2015-05-22	2nd	Masters Cup 54		2 : 3	Hydra	$25
2015-04-28	1st	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars April 2015 #7	Axiom	4 : 3		$100
2015-04-20	2nd	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars April 2015 #5	Axiom	3 : 4		$0
2015-04-13	2nd	SEAcraft Weekly 42		0 : 2	viOLet	$25
2015-02-16	1st	SEAcraft Weekly 35		2 : 0	Armani	$41
2014-04-22	2nd	Starship Troopers Ultimate Edition		2 : 3	TLO	$150
2014-04-21	2nd	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars April 2014 #1	Axiom	2 : 4		$0
2014-04-18	2nd	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars May 2014 #3	Axiom	3 : 4		$0
2014-02-28	2nd	SHOUTcraft Clan Wars February 2014 #3	Axiom	2 : 4		$0
2011-08-20	1st	TeamSpeak TL Open #21		3 : 2	IdrA	$100

In A4Basic Tournaments
Date	Place	Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2015-04-26	1st	DingIt Showmatches Match 20		4 : 1	Harstem	$150
2015-03-22	1st	Team Gravity's Fight Night 2015: March, Week 4 Match 3		4 : 3	TRUE	$60
2014-05-09	1st	Kipi's Tournament One Cup 11		– : –	JonSnow	$75
2012-02-25	1st	Playhem NA Daily 163		– : –	Noxn	$60
2012-02-01	1st	Playhem NA Daily 139		– : –	tgun	$45
2012-01-29	1st	Playhem NA Daily 136		– : –	Messiah	$45
2012-01-25	1st	Playhem NA Daily 132		– : –	Shine	$45
2012-01-23	1st	Playhem NA Daily 130		– : –	MoOk	$45
2012-01-12	1st	Playhem NA Daily 119		– : –	Alkresh	$45
2012-01-04	1st	Playhem NA Daily 111		– : –	RainBOw	$45
2011-12-28	1st	Playhem NA Daily 104		– : –	goswser	$45
2011-12-27	1st	Playhem NA Daily 103		– : –	Revival	$45
2011-12-23	1st	Playhem NA Daily 99		– : –	Heavens	$60
2011-12-16	1st	Playhem NA Daily 92		– : –	inori	$60
2011-11-14	1st	Z33k 2v2 Masters Weekly Cup 14	aLive Heart	3 : 1	PicNic binski	$25

Complete list of results in any tournament

Matches & VODs[edit]

Wings of Liberty

First Person View Match VODS[edit]

Heart matches - FPVODs - YouTube playlist @ SC2POVs

Interviews[edit]

2013
2012
Show All

[e] 2013-11-12 | Axiom Player Spotlight : Heart by Axiom (trans. )

[e] 2012-09-11 | GSL 2012 Season 4 Code S Ro32 Group F Winners by This Is Game
[e] 2012-07-30 | Heart after qualifying for 2012 GSL Season 4 Code S by compLexity
[e] 2012-04-26 | Heart at MLG Spring Arena 1, video interview by SeltzerPlease of Cyber Sports Network at MLG Spring Arena 1 2012 (trans. )
[e] 2012-03-26 | Interview following MLG Winter Championship 2012 by compLexity at MLG Winter Championship 2012 (trans. )
[e] 2012-02-18 | Heart after joining compLexity interview by compLexity

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Gallery[edit]

External Links[edit]

Highlight video vs XiGua

Statistics[edit]

Matchup Statistics

	vs		vs		vs		vs		Total
	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%
as	219 - 169	56.4 %	161 - 150	51.8 %	262 - 237	52.5 %	15 - 0	100 %	657 - 556	54.2 %
as	2 - 1	66.7 %	0 - 2	0 %	0 - 4	0 %	0 - 0	-	2 - 7	22.2 %
as	0 - 0	-	0 - 0	-	0 - 0	-	0 - 2	0 %	0 - 2	0 %

Earnings Statistics

1v1 Medal Statistics

Tier				Total
A1Premier	1	1	2	4
A2Major	0	0	2	2
A3Minor	3	3	6	12
Total	4	4	10	18

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

[1] ttps://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=304299

[2] "compLexity Welcomes Heart" compLexityGaming.com, 17 February 2012. Thread on TL.net

[3] Heart Leaves compLexity Gaming

[4] Kenny_oro (2013-01-14). "Axiom signs Heart and Alicia / GSTL confirmed". TL.net.

[5] ttps://tl.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=323816

[6] Heart (November 18, 2015). "Hi i'm retired!". Twitter.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

[7] 31,500 Replays - A look at balance in Starcraft II TL.net, 4 February 2012.

[8] Post on TL about Heart playing the chinese WCS qualifier

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Heart

Wings of Liberty[edit]

Global StarCraft II Team League[edit]

2011 GSTL Season 1[edit]

World Championship Series[edit]

2012 WCS Korea Preliminaries[edit]

Global StarCraft II League[edit]

Code A[edit]

Up & Downs[edit]

Code S[edit]

Outside Korea[edit]

Heart of the Swarm[edit]

2015[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Matches & VODs[edit]

First Person View Match VODS[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Gallery[edit]

External Links[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Matchup Statistics

Earnings Statistics

1v1 Medal Statistics

References[edit]