Incredible Miracle
Overview[edit]
Incredible Miracle is a top Korean StarCraft II team. It was founded in 2010 by five former StarCraft: Brood War players: ZergBong/NesTea, Mvp, ChRh/KYumer, TT and LosirA.[1][2] Later on, Junwi would join the team after leaving the Old Generations team. NesTea would end up winning the GSL 2 and was thus the first player on IM guaranteed Code S entry to the 2011 GOMTV tournaments.
At the start of the GOMTV Sponsorship League, IM had two Code S players, NesTea and Mvp. Both NesTea and Mvp are easily considered two of the very best players of Starcraft II so far. Both players have made it into the Ro4 of the GSL January 2011 Sponsorship League without losing a single game. They would play against each other in the Ro4, where Mvp defeated NesTea 3:1. Mvp went on to win the January season, becoming the first Terran champion as well as making Incredible Miracle the first team with two champions.
In GSL March, Mvp briefly fell to code A. At the same time however, LosirA won the Code A tournament and secured his Code S status through the Up and Down Matches. While still in Code A, Mvp won the World Championship tournament, becoming the first two-time champion on the team. Mvp quickly made it back into Code S in May, the next season, while NesTea got his second championship in the same season.
In GSL July, NesTea and LosirA met in the Code S finals, this would be the first time there was a team kill in a GSL final. NesTea won, becoming the first three-time champion, as well as the only player to win every game in a GSL Code S, without dropping a single set.
In August, Mvp won his 3rd championship, making Incredible Miracle the first team with two three-time champions. No other team is remotely close to obtaining this achievement. Mvp won his 4th championship in 2012 Season 2, the first player ever to do so, and as of May 2012, NesTea and Mvp together have more GSL championships than all other champions combined, having 7 between them out of 12 tournaments.
In 2012 GSL Season 3, Seed won his first GSL championship against MC, going 4-1 in a very fast series, making him the second Protoss GSL champion. IM now has a champion from each race and 8 out of 15 total GSL championships.[3]
Timeline[edit]
- January 15, IM is sponsored by Joon System.[4]
- February 12, IM forms a Team Partnership with StarTale for Round 2 of the 2014 Proleague, with the partnership under the IM banner and including StarTale players living at the IM team house.[5]
- February 13, IM acquires Lucky.[6]
- March 31, NesTea leaves the team.[7]
- April 10, UngNim leaves the team.[8]
- July 22, Ruin leaves Incredible Miracle to join Wayi Spider.[9]
- July 23, Mvp, Trap, Squirtle and YongHwa leave IM.[10][11]
- July 31, ByuL leaves IM to join CJ Entus.[12]
- October 24, IM announces that Lucky will soon join the military.[13]
- January 26, RagnaroK announces via Twitter that he has joined LG-IM.[14]
- January 30, the Taiwanese motherboard company ASRock sponsors IM.[15]
- February 1, a new official website is published.[16]
- February 25, Squirtle joins Incredible Miracle.[17]
- March 12, Super Flower sponsors Incredible Miracle.[18]
- March 26, horror, dreamertt, Happy, True and Ready retire, enter military service or go inactive as they are not registered to play in the GSTL. Happy retires to pursue his studies in Japan.[19]
- April 2, Cooler Master 3R System sponsors Incredible Miracle.[20]
- April 6, Kingston HyperX sponsors Incredible Miracle.[21]
- May 21, DXRACER sponsors Incredible Miracle. [22]
- May 22, FXOpen buys Seed's contract.[23]
- July 20, Incredible Miracle wins the 2013 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 beating team MVP in the finals 5-3
- September 1, Incredible Miracle, Prime, and MVP (team) decide to leave the e-Sports Federation.[24]
- October 23, LG discontinues sponsorship of Incredible Miracle. Incredible Miracle drops LG from its team name.[25]
- November 4, IM recruits a new Terran, UngNim.[26].
- December 13, KangHo leaves the team.[27]
- December 14, Trap leaves SouL and joins IM.[28]
- December 30, Former fOu Coach, Supreme, joins as coach.[29]
- December 31, First and YoDa leaves the team.[30][31]
- April 26, LG Electronics (LG) announces a sponsorship deal with Incredible Miracle and the team becomes known as LG-IM.[32]
- May 17, GOMTV announced that Incredible Miracle and SK Gaming would be partnering for the upcoming 2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 2.[33]
- December 7, it is announced that ByuL has joined the LG-IM Roster.[34]
- February 10, Incredible Miracle wins 2011 Sony Ericsson Global StarCraft II Team League Feb.
- March 24, Incredible Miracle places second in the 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League March.
- Sept 1, Fenix joins Incredible Miracle, being the first non-Korean player on the team.[35]
- October 21, Incredible Miracle partners with Quantic Gaming.[36]
- December 2, Incredible Miracle and Quantic Gaming part ways.[37]
- October 10, Incredible Miracle was founded.
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
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Lucky | Lee In Soo | |
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ByuL | Han Ji Won |  CJ Entus
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YongHwa | Choi Yong Hwa |  MVP
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Trap | Cho Sung Ho |  Jin Air Green Wings
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Squirtle | Park Hyun Woo | |
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Mvp | Jung Jong Hyun | |
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Ruin | Hong Deok |  Wayi Spider
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UngNim | Shim Jae Hyun | |
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NesTea | Lim Jae Duk | |
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First | Kang Hyun Woo |  TCM-Gaming
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YoDa | Choi Byung Hyun | TCM-Gaming
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Losira | Hwang Kang Ho | MVP
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Fenix | Jian Carlo Morayra Alejo | |
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RagnaroK | Shin Hee Bum |  AZUBU
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Seed | Ahn Sang Won |  FXOpen e-Sports
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Happy | Ahn Ho Jin | |
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Ready | Moon Jin Hyun | |
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True | Yoo Ki Sung | |
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dreamertt | Kim Ji Hoon | |
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horror | Kim Hyo Jung | MVP
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Sopia | Park Min Kyu | |
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KYumer | Choi In Kyu | |
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TT | Park Sung Hoon | |
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GanZi | Kim Dong Ju |  SlayerS
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Sleep | Kim Sung Han | SlayerS
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IceCream | Cho Jae Won |  ZeNEX
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HwangSin | Hwang Seung Hyuk | MVP
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NalZa | Kong Won Wook | MVP
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MinSeOk | Kim Min Seok | |
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Apocalypse | Kim Min Hyung |  Quantic Gaming
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BBi | Park Hyo Jong | |
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Junwi | Park Gyung Lak |
Organization[edit]
| Name | Position | |
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Kang Dong Hoon | Head Coach |
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Choi Seung Min | Coach |
Team Achievements[edit]
| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2013-07-20 | 2013 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1 |   5 : 3
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| 2013-03-29 | 2013 IGN Pro Team League Season 1 |  4 : 5
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2012-11-21 | 2012 IGN Pro Team League Season 1 | 1 : 5 
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| 2012-08-11 | IPL Team Arena Challenge 3 | 1 : 5 / 5 : 3 
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| Date | Event | Result |
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| 2011-12-22 | IPL Team Arena Challenge 1 |  0 : 5 / 5 : 3 
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| 2011-03-24 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League March | 4 : 5
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| 2011-02-10 | 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League February | 5 : 4
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Championships[edit]
| Global Starcraft II Team League Champions | ||
Preceded By: None |
GSTL Feb 10 February 2011 – 24 March 2011 Incredible Miracle
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GSTL March Succeeded By: SlayerS
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| 2012 GSTL Season 3 Preceded By: FXO
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2013 GSTL Season 1 20 July 2013 - Present Incredible Miracle
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2013 GSTL Season 2 Succeeded By:  AxA
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| IPL Team Arena Challenge Champions | ||
Preceded By: None |
IPL TAC 1 5 December 2011 – 23 January 2012 Quantic Incredible Miracle
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IPL TAC 2 Succeeded By:  Prime
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| IPL TAC 2 Preceded By: Prime
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IPL TAC 3 11 August 2012 – 29 March 2013 Incredible Miracle
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2012 IPTL Season 1 Succeeded By: ST
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Highlight Videos[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2013[edit]
- 2013-12-13 | IM Hirai by OnGamers (trans.
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2011[edit]
- 2011-02-11 | GSTL Winners Interview by PlayXP at GSTL February 2011
Trivia[edit]
- Is the third team to win the GSTL twice.
- Is ranked second on the Liquipedia list of Accomplishments in Premier Tournaments based on individual players' results, behind Team Liquid with 16 golds. 9 of those were won by Mvp.
- Is the first team ever (and the only one so far) whose players finished on all top 4 spots at Premier Tournaments - during IEM Season VII - World Championship with YoDa finishing ahead of First, Mvp and YongHwa.
- Was the only SC2 team whose representatives of each race won GSL with NesTea, Mvp and Seed each winning a GSL title.
- Was the only team whose players won the NesTea Award until DongRaeGu won his.
References[edit]
- ↑ Translation of Fomos article on TL
- ↑ Formation of IM on Fomos
- ↑ LG-IM's Status
- ↑ Incredible Miracle sponsored by Joonsystem
- ↑ Incredible Miracle and StarTale to team up in Proleague Season 2 TL.net
- ↑ Lucky joins IM
- ↑ NesTea leaves IM
- ↑ UngNim leaves IM
- ↑ Wayi Spider. "Ruin joins Wayi Spider". Facebook.com. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ↑ Mvp, Trap and Squirtle leave IM
- ↑ YongHwa leaves IM
- ↑ ByuL leaves Incredible Miracle and joins CJ Entus
- ↑ Lucky to Military
- ↑ Dodgin (2013-01-26). "Former TSL player RagnaroK joins LG-IM". TL.net.
- ↑ ASRock to Sponsor IM
- ↑ Incredible Miracle (2013-02-01). "Incredible Miracle's homepage!!". TL.net.
- ↑ Squirtle joins LG-IM
- ↑ Super Flower sponsors Incredible Miracle
- ↑ DiMano (2013-03-26). "eSF Teams: Transfers and Name Changes". TL.net.
- ↑ 3R System sponsors Incredible Miracle
- ↑ Kingston HyperX sponsors Incredible Miracle
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ antvolt (2013-05-22). "FXOpen acquires Seed from LG-IM". /. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- ↑ IM, Prime, MVP out of eSF, SouL joins
- ↑ LG-IM now offically only IM
- ↑ Post on the Incredible Miracle Facebook Page
- ↑ KangHo leaves IM
- ↑ Trap to IM
- ↑ Supreme (formerly of fOu) joins IM as coach
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ First and YoDa leaves IM
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4] GSTL Season 2 changes
- ↑ ByuL to LG-IM
- ↑ Fenix to team IM
- ↑ Incredible Miracle partners with Quantic Gaming
- ↑ Quantic Gaming parts ways with Incredible Miracle
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