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SHIN
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SHIN
Player Information
Name:
신희범
Romanized Name:
Shin Hee-beom
Nationality:
Born:
September 3, 1996 (age 27)
Race:
Team:
Alternate IDs:
RagnaroK, heebeom, RNK, shinheebeom
Nicknames:
The Normal Zerg
Approx. Total Winnings:
$213,883
Approx. Winnings 2023:
$50,486
EPT KR rank:
Years active:
2011 - Present
Links
History
| 2011-07-?? — 2013-01-03 | Team SCV Life |
| 2013-01-25 — 2013-10-01 | Incredible Miracle |
| 2013-10-01 — 2014-02-02 | AZUBU |
| 2015-01-22 — 2016-10-18 | CJ Entus |
| 2018-01-05 — 2018-04-01 | TitanEX1 |
| 2018-04-03 — 2019-06-14 | PSISTORM Gaming |
| 2019-07-02 — 2020-04-07 | Chivo SC |
| 2020-06-24 — 2020-06-29 | Black Night |
| 2020-06-30 — 2023-05-13 | Alpha X |
| 2023-05-13 — Present | Mystery Gaming |
Upcoming Matches
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| December 9, 2023 - 22:00 CST | ||
| MYG | vs (Bo7) |  SSLT |
| December 23, 2023 - 20:00 CST | ||
Shin "SHIN" Hee-beom (born September 3, 1996) is a Korean Zerg player who is currently playing for Mystery Gaming.
He is previously known as "RagnaroK".
Biography[edit]
RagnaroK played for the amateur South Korean clan ReX before transferring to Team SCV Life in July 2011. On January 3, 2013 he would be left teamless following TSL disbanding.[1]
On January 26, RagnaroK announced via Twitter that he has joined LG-IM.[2]
Wings of Liberty[edit]
RagnaroK played for Team SCV Life in the IPL Team Arena Challenge 2. In the match vs Reign he defeated Artist, inori and giX before losing to SLush. He also played in the match vs StarTale but lost to AcE in the 4th set.
Global StarCraft II League[edit]
RagnaroK has repeatedly tried to qualify for GSL Code A but was for a long time unsuccessful. In the 2011 GSL October Preliminaries he lost 2-1 to SUPERSTAR in the Ro 8. In the November Preliminaries RagnaroK was eliminated in the Ro 4 by Alicia. In 2012, RagnaroK narrowly missed out on qualifying for Code A in the 2012 GSL Season 1 preliminaries. He lost to Jjun in the group finals stage after beating FruitDealer. In the Season 2 Preliminaries he made it to the Ro 4 where he lost 2-0 to True.
RagnaroK would finally qualify for Code A through the Season 4 Preliminaries. He defeated Soulkey, Movie, and Sound without dropping a game. However, RagnaroK lost to Ryung 0-2 in the Round of 48, falling straight out of Code A.
Global StarCraft II Team League[edit]
He was sent out in GSTL Season 3 against FXO in the Winners Match of Round 2. He beat Choya, asd, TheBest, and Tear before losing to GuMiho.
Esports Weekly Match[edit]
On April 27, 2012, RagnaroK participated in the EWM Season 2 Week 5. RagnaroK took down Ricgoon, KingKong, received a BYE in the third round, then CranK, and Galaxy to advance in to the finals against Life. He wasn't able to advance any further and had to settle for second place after losing to Life by a score of 0-2.
World Championship Series[edit]
2012 WCS Korea Preliminaries[edit]
On July 23, 2012, RagnaroK participated in the 2012 South Korea WCS Preliminaries. RagnaroK received a BYE in round one and then took down SuperNova, BBatta, Stork, and faced TAiLS in the finals. He was not able to advance any further as he lost to TAiLS by a score of 1:2 and took 2nd place in his group.
Heart of the Swarm[edit]
World Championship Series[edit]
2013 WCS Korea Season 1[edit]
RagnaroK qualified a second time for Code A, although this time in the guise of the Challenger League of the 2013 WCS Season 1 Korea GSL, defeating Puzzle 2-0 in the finals. He then proceeded to beat Sound in the Ro48, Bunny in the Ro32 and GuMiho in the Ro24 – all by the scoreline of 2-0 – in order to qualify for Premier League next season.
Global StarCraft II Team League[edit]
2013 GSTL Preseason[edit]
In the preseason, RagnaroK was fielded twice for LG-IM, both times as the starting player. In the round of 8 match against Axiom-Acer, RagnaroK defeated Ryung, Heart, and Miya before losing to MMA. In the finals against AZUBU, RagnaroK won against viOLet, but was subsequently defeated by GanZi.
On October 1, 2013, RagnaroK joined AZUBU.[3]
On February 2, 2014, he announced on Twitter that he had left the team AZUBU.[4]
Legacy of the Void[edit]
On April 3, 2018, it was announced that RagnaroK joined PSISTORM Gaming.[5]
Trivia[edit]
- As it was published that he joined PSISTORM Gaming, it was also announced that he changed his handle to "HB"[5][6] (later corrected to "Heebeom"[7]) which is his name. However, after receiving feedback from the fans, he decided to keep the ID "RagnaroK".[8]
- He won TL.net's Playoffs MVP Award for his performance in the Gold Series Team Championship 2020 Fall Season Playoffs.[9]
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-11 | Premier |  | World Team League 2021 Winter | Best Zerg of the Season |  | $1,262.07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-10-11 | Premier |  | Gold Series Team Championship 2020 Fall | Playoffs MVP | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interviews[edit]
2014[edit]
- 2014-04-09 |
2014 GSL Season 2 Code A Winners by inven eSports (trans. 
)
2013[edit]
- 2013-05-22 | 2013 WCS Korea Season 1 Challenger League Round 3 Day 2 Winners by This Is Game
- 2013-04-10 | 2013 WCS Korea Season 1 Challenger League Qualifiers Day 1 Winners by This Is Game
- 2012-02-23 | 2013 GSTL Pre-Season IM vs Axiom-Acer Winner by This Is Game
2012[edit]
- 2012-10-12 | GSTL 2012 Season 3 FXO vs TSL by This Is Game
- 2012-09-13 | GSL 2012 Season 4 Code A Preliminaries Day 2 Winners by This Is Game
VODS[edit]
First Person View Match VODS[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Matchup Statistics
vs  | vs  | vs  | vs  | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | Record | Win% | |
| as | 0 - 0 | - | 2 - 1 | 66.7 % | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 2 - 1 | 66.7 % |
| as | 1041 - 699 | 59.8 % | 819 - 694 | 54.1 % | 520 - 477 | 52.2 % | -1 - -1 | - | 2379 - 1869 | 56 % |
| as | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 0 - 0 | - | 5 - 2 | 71.4 % | 5 - 2 | 71.4 % |
Earnings Statistics
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1v1 Medal Statistics
| Tier |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Major | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Minor | 41 | 41 | 60 | 142 |
| Total | 44 | 42 | 63 | 149 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Ethan Ahn. "TSL Disbands". Twitter.com.
- ↑ Dodgin (2013-01-26). "Former TSL player RagnaroK joins LG-IM". TL.net.
- ↑ Ragnarok joins AZUBU
- ↑ Elite_ (February 2, 2014). "RagnaroK leaves AZUBU". TL.net. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Freeedom (April 3, 2018). "RagnaroK joins PSISTORM Gaming". Twitter.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018. "we have signed Korean pro @heebeom_ to @psistormgaming. P1 visa application is next to compete in #WCS and moving to the USA. Known as "RagnaroK", today he wants to change his gamer tag to "HB"."
- ↑ RagnaroK (April 3, 2018). "RagnaroK explaining his name change". Twitter.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018. "닉네임 Ragnarok -> heebeom (약자: HB) 로 바꿨습니다. my nickname change Ragnarok -> heebeom ( initials: HB , this mean my real name )"
- ↑ PengWin (April 4, 2018). "Clarification on the name change". Twitter.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018. "Clarification, Ragnarok's new ID will be "heebeom" not "HB""
- ↑ RagnaroK (April 6, 2018). "Cancelling the name change". Twitter.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018. "sorry . im not change my nickname . my fans want ragnarok :) , 닉네임을 바꾸지 않기로했습니다 많은분들이 Ragnarok를 원하시네요 허허"
- ↑ TheOneAboveU (2020-10-24). "Playoffs MVP Award: aX.RagnaroK". TL.net. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
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