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Player Information

Name:

Михайло Гайда

Romanized Name:

Mykhailo Gaida

Nationality:

 Ukraine

Born:

November 25, 1988 (age 33)

Race:

Terran

Team:

Team STARCOM

Alternate IDs:

EmpireKas, Kasmatuy, Mikelangelo, Kascade, Digger, MagicGnome, ELKasito

Approx. Total Winnings:

$84,191

Approx. Winnings 2022:

$561

EPT EU rank:

#33 (15 points)

Years active:

2010 - Present

Links

History

20??-??-?? — 20??-??-??

Team Pokeroff

2010-11-?? — 2014-05-07

Team Empire

2014-05-24 — 2018-07-20

Cascade

2018-08-01 — Present

Team STARCOM

Recent Matches

Kas	2:3	AqueroN
May 8, 2022 - 17:45 UTC DHM Valencia: EU Qualifiers

Kas	2:0	Hopt
May 8, 2022 - 16:40 UTC DHM Valencia: EU Qualifiers

Kas	0:2	SoulSpirit
May 8, 2022 - 16:00 UTC DHM Valencia: EU Qualifiers

Kas	0:2	Harstem
May 2, 2022 - 0:00 UTC ESL Open Cup #121 Europe

Kas	0:2	Zest
April 28, 2022 - 0:00 UTC WardiTV Spring Fling #3

Mykhailo "Kas" Gaida (born November 25, 1988) is a Ukrainian Terran player who is currently playing for Team STARCOM.

Playstyle

Kas has a very conservative playstyle developed through practice on ladder. Due to the nature of ladder and playing large numbers of players that he might be unfamiliar with, Kas has developed a safe style to survive, which lends greatly to his Big-Bracket success in best of one series.

Biography

Kas' RTS career began with Warcraft III. He only started playing it at a late stage (2007-2010) but soon became a strong player before the release of StarCraft II and winning 3 ZOTAC cups. Being a Human player in Warcraft, he picked Terran for StarCraft II. After numerous cup victories, he was the first player, aside from the seeded ones, to qualify for the TSL3 through winning the TL Open #8.

Wings of Liberty

Kas has enjoyed much success in many of the Weekly Tournaments that he plays on the Europe server. He scored multiple wins in the Go4SC2 ESL events and ZOTAC Cup events. He is currently 5th in the ZOTAC Cup hall of fame with three first place finishes. Kas has a very solid and conservative style which aids him very well in these weekly tournaments which are frequently Best of One series until the last 16 players. Kas also took out the HomerJ XMAS Cup 2010 and the GosuGamers Holiday Special with clean 3-0 victories over MaNa and SjoW.

Kas' successful large bracket style led him to become the first qualifier for the 2011 Pokerstrategy.com TSL3 by winning the TeamSpeak TL Open 8. He had a tough bracket, defeating a notable in every round. He went through Whiplash, ToD, Adelscott, NaNiwa and finally Ciara to clinch the $100 prize and the lucrative TSL3 qualification position.

However, before his TSL3 appearance, Kas travelled to Kiev in the Ukraine for the IEM Season V European Championship Finals. He qualified through winning a Ukrainian National Cup and ended up winning his group of Tarson, HasuObs and Jimpo.

In the TSL3, Kas took out his first-round opponent HayprO 2-1. This was followed by a 3-0 dismantling of NaDa and a 3-1 against Adelscott. He would then face ThorZaIN in 5 close games, with Kas losing 1-4. In the third place seed match for TSL4, Kas defeated HasuObs 4-2.

Intel Extreme Masters

IEM Season VI Global Challenge Kiev

From January 19 to January 22, 2012, Kas participated in the IEM Season VI Global Challenge Kiev. The tournament started off with group stages. Kas was placed in to Group B with Zenio, NightEnD, and Grubby. Kas advanced out of his group with a score of 3-0 and headed in to the playoffs bracket. In the playoffs bracket, Kas defeated White-Ra in order to advance in to the semifinals. He wasn't able to advance any further and fell to the 3rd/4th place match after losing to DIMAGA by a score of 2-3. He went on to defeat Zenio by a score of 3-2 in the 3rd/4th place match and grabbed third place.

IGN ProLeague

IPL Fight Club

On December 17, 2011, Kas was invited to participate in the IPL Fight Club. His first opponent was GanZi. His debut was cut short as he was knocked out in his very first match up by a score of 3-5, and was not able to dethrone GanZi.

World Championship Series

2012 WCS Ukraine Nationals

On July 21, 2012, Kas participated in the World Championship Series 2012 Ukraine. Kas defeated sda in the first round before falling to the losers' bracket after losing to Strelok by a score of 0-2 in the second round. In the losers' bracket, Kas was able to grab one more victory against UkraineStar before taking fourth place after losing to White-Ra by a score of 0-2.

Heart of the Swarm

After leaving his old team Empire at the start of May 2014, he announced two weeks later that he joined the Ukrainian team Cascade.

Trivia

• Has over 20000 league wins on his main account on the European server.
• Since his main source of practice is ladder, his playstyle is solid and suited to deal with everything his opponent throws at him.
• His best match-up, according to himself, is TvT.
• Nicknamed "The Machine" in Europe because of the huge amount of ladder games played and tournaments entered.

Achievements

In A1Premier Tournaments
Date	Place		Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2012-01-22	CA3rd		IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev		3 : 2	Zenio	$1,750
2011-12-11	CA3rd		WCG 2011		2 : 0	TitaN	$2,000
2011-05-14	CA3rd		PokerStrategy.com TSL3		4 : 2	HasuObs	$3,000

In A2Major Tournaments
Date	Place		Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2015-09-02	BA2nd		Cascade1xbet Clan League Season 7		3 : 4		$75
2013-06-09	CA3rd		2013 Gigabyte Pro League #1		3 : 0	Dayshi	$397.38
2012-12-16	BA2nd		PokerStrategy.com League		4–3	Grp S.	$1,500
2012-10-14	CA3 - 4th		ASUS ROG The GD Invitational		1 : 3	ThorZaIN	$1,000
2012-07-15	AA1st		2012 Ritmix Russian StarCraft 2 League		4 : 1	fraer	$4,000
2012-04-07	AA1st		Copenhagen Games StarCraft 2 Challenge		4 : 1	Welmu	$4,386.83
2011-09-22	BA2nd		Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series League VI		1 : 3		$428.57
2011-08-21	AA1 - 2nd		Champions Trophy KotH		0 : 2	SaSe	$2,900
2011-08-20	BA2nd		Sennheiser Cup		0 : 3	Strelok	$1,439.70
2011-05-31	DA4th		Dailymotion Cup		2 : 3	DieStar	$288.55
2011-04-23	BA2nd		Copenhagen Games StarCraft 2 Challenge		0 : 4	MC	$2,535.91

In A3Minor Tournaments
Date	Place		Tournament	Team	Score	Vs	Prize
2021-04-25	AA1st		King of CIS: April 2021		1 : 0	Nicoract	$140.17
2021-01-29	AA1st		HereBalance Tournament #1		4 : 3	SKillous	$329.14
2020-09-26	AA1st		King of CIS: September 2020		1 : 0	MilkiCow	$115.17
2019-10-24	AA1st		Nations Tournament CIS 1		4 : 1		$156.40
2018-12-29	AA1st		King of CIS: December 2018		0 : 1	Brat_OK	$229.88
2014-11-06	AA1st		SC2Improve Summer League 2014		3 : 1	Nerchio	$321.86
2014-10-02	AA1st		EU8 There's More		6 : 3	Harstem	$1,794.66
2013-10-28	AA1st		Cascade1xbet Clan League Season 5		4 : 2		$200
2013-08-31	AA1st		Techlabs Cup UA 2013		2 : 1	StarDust	$1,000
2013-06-21	AA1st		RaidCall EMS Spring 2013		2 : 1		$625
2013-06-21	AA1st		RaidCall EMS Spring 2013		2 : 1		$625
2012-10-24	AA1st		incredible Panic Team League Season 4		6 : 4		$260
2012-06-28	AA1st		Reverse Race Tournament		3 : 2	Nerchio	$310.33
2012-01-29	AA1st		ONOG Starcraft 2 Invitational		4 : 1	Illusion	$1,500
2011-12-24	AA1st		TwitchTV European Invitational		4 : 3	MaNa	$1,000
2011-12-22	AA1st		TT eSPORTS XMAS Cup 2011		3 : 2	Polt	$1,337
2011-12-19	AA1st		GIGABYTE Cup Season 2		3 : 2	Nerchio	$649.82
2011-11-13	AA1st		GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 2		3 : 2		$583.33
2011-07-01	AA1st		Champions Trophy Europe July		3 : 1	GoOdy	$250
2011-04-17	AA1st		HomerJ Tt eSports Cup		3 : 2	Brat_OK	$1,926.75
2011-04-07	AA1st		Go4SC2 March 2011		3 : 1	Strelok	$715.04
2011-03-10	AA1st		Go4SC2 February 2011		3 : 1	DieStar	$690.10
2011-02-03	AA1st		StarCraft2.net.pl Invitational		4 : 0	Mondragon	$117
2011-01-29	AA1st		Champions Trophy Europe January		3 : 0	SaSe	$250
2010-12-26	AA1st		GosuGamers Holiday Special		3 : 0	SjoW	$393.47
2010-12-22	AA1st		HomerJ XMAS Cup 2010		4 : 1	Tarson	$1,310.35

In Premier/Major Team Leagues
Date	Event	Result

Complete list of results in any tournament

Matches & VODs

TvZ

• 2017-05-26 | Tactical Targetting (ZvT) - Namshar vs Kas by [[Shaft]] of [[Polygon Gaming]]
• 2017-05-25 | Unit Positioning & Defense (TvZ) - Kas vs Namshar by [[Shaft]] of [[Polygon Gaming]]

First Person View Match VODS

• Kas matches - FPVODs - YouTube playlist @ SC2POVs

Interviews

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• [e] 2020-12-12 |  Kas - Профессия Геймер #15 by RNR of TM Cast

• [e] 2017-05-26 | Tactical Targetting (ZvT) - Namshar vs Kas by Shaft of Polygon Gaming
• [e] 2017-05-25 | Unit Positioning & Defense (TvZ) - Kas vs Namshar by Shaft of Polygon Gaming

• [e] 2013-01-10 | Kas 'Grilled' by Thorin of Team Acer at HomeStory Cup VI

• [e] 2012-12-21 | Kas on Day 3 of HSC VI by Thorin of Team Acer at HomeStory Cup VI
• [e] 2012-08-16 | IEM Cologne 2012 Kas Interview by gXxshock of inStarCraft.de at IEM Season VII - Cologne

• [e] 2011-12-10 | Interview with Kas in Korea by Team aAa at WCG 2011 Grand Final
• [e] 2011-11-25 | Kas: "Korea is the best place to train" by fragster.de at DreamHack Winter 2011
• [e] 2011-01-10 | Kas interview after qualifying for TSL 3 by TL.net
• [e] 2011-01-06 | Interview with Kas about results and Team Empire by SGL

Gallery

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  Kas playing at IEM Cologne 2012

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Statistics

Matchup Statistics

	vs		vs		vs		vs		Total
	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%
as	0 - 0	-	7 - 3	70 %	0 - 0	-	0 - 0	-	7 - 3	70 %
as	1056 - 930	53.2 %	684 - 536	56.1 %	1018 - 972	51.2 %	8 - -1	114.3 %	2766 - 2437	53.2 %
as	0 - 0	-	5 - 5	50 %	0 - 0	-	0 - 0	-	5 - 5	50 %
as	0 - 0	-	1 - 2	33.3 %	0 - 0	-	4 - 9	30.8 %	5 - 11	31.3 %

1v1 Medal Statistics

Tier				Total
A1Premier	0	0	3	3
A2Major	3	3	2	8
A3Minor	31	23	32	86
Total	34	26	37	97