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SeleCT

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[e][h]Terran SeleCT
Player Information
Name:
류경현
Romanized Name:
Ryoo Kyung-hyun
Nationality:
Born:
October 21, 1988 (age 34)
Race:
Alternate IDs:
SeleCT
Approx. Total Winnings:
$39,797
Military Service:
Fulfilled
Years active:
2010 - 2014
2016
Links
History
2010-08-27 — 2012-10-24
2013-07-23 — 2017-??-??
Retired:
2016
Recent Matches
SeleCT Terran South Korea
0:2
United States Protoss TheoRy
2016-02-05 00:03:48UTC  
SeleCT Terran South Korea
0:2
New Zealand Zerg Petraeus
2016-01-29 00:01:08UTC  
SeleCT  Terran South Korea
2:1
United States Zerg ViBE
2016-01-29 00:01:01UTC  
SeleCT Terran South Korea
1:2
Canada Protoss HuK
2014-07-25 00:00:39UTC  
SeleCT Terran South Korea
0:2
Canada Zerg Scarlett
2014-07-25 00:00:27UTC  


Ryoo "SeleCT" Kyung-hyun (born October 21, 1988) is a retired Korean Terran player who last played for Team Dignitas.

Biography[edit]

Kyung Hyun "SeleCT" Ryoo is a high level RTS player who first competed in both Warcraft III and Dawn of War. He found his greatest success in the latter, where he managed to become WCG champion twice. He later switched to StarCraft II, where he played Terran, before retiring to play DotA 2.[1]

On May 27, 2013, it was announced that SeleCT had left his Dota 2 team and has since returned to StarCraft II.[2]

Wings of Liberty[edit]

SeleCT was the winner of the first two TeamLiquid open events, taking $300 from The Altitude TL Open and $100 from the TL SC2 Open #2.

His participation in the MLG Pro Circuit events has made him a very well known player in North America. Although he placed respectably in 7th place in MLG Raleigh 2010, it was in MLG D.C. 2010 where he rose to prominence. After being knocked into the loser's bracket by Tyler, he made a marathon run to take second place, playing 11 consecutive matches before falling to IdrA. He then placed 12th at the MLG Dallas 2010 national championships, eliminating iNkA from the loser's bracket. SeleCT's performance in all three events made him the highest ranking Terran player for the 2010 MLG Pro Circuit, and third overall.

SeleCT and HuK were the two North American representatives at Blizzcon 2010. SeleCT also traveled to Korea in November 2010 to participate in GSL Season 3, the last of the 3 open seasons. There, he made it to the final qualifying round, losing 1-2 to NaYa.[3]

2011[edit]

Upon returning to North America, SeleCT placed highly in the FXO invitationals, taking a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finish in the three events he participated in. SeleCT would be announced in March, 2011, as one of the applicants chosen to play in the North American Star League. He went 7-2 in the season and placed second in his group, qualifying him for the grand finals. He would ultimately lose to MC in the Round of 8.

Due to his high performance in 2010, SeleCT would start out in the MLG Pro Circuit for 2011 in the pool play, avoiding the open bracket. He debuted with a notable 3rd place finish in Dallas. Disappointingly, SeleCT's subsequent performances in Columbus and Anaheim were lackluster as he would have difficulty retaining a top 20 finish. He noticeably struggled in the group stages where he dropped matches to the South Korean invites as well as pool regulars.

In August, 2011, SeleCT would be invited as part of the North American Battle.net Invitational. He ended up defeating TT1, Sheth, and HuK. This would become SeleCT's first major LAN victory of this caliber and he would take $10,000 and an invite to BlizzCon.

In that same month, SeleCT participated in MLG Raleigh. Starting in pool play, SeleCT went 4-1, dropping only a single series to the South Korean Zerg DongRaeGu. SeleCT would advance 2nd from his group but would lose his first Championship Bracket match 2-1, against legendary Brood War progamer NaDa. SeleCT was awarded a Code A seed for being one of the top 3 non-Koreans (that accepted the seed) in MLG and had his GSL debut in GSL October.

In GSL October, SeleCT managed to beat Alicia 2-0 in the first round before falling 0-2 to sC in the following round. If he plans on attending the next GSL, he will retain his Code A spot.

SeleCT's birthday coincided with the first day of BlizzCon 2011. He beat Nifi and DIMAGA in the upper bracket before going 1-2 against Mvp and falling to the lower bracket. On day two, SeleCT claimed that he still had his "Birthday Buff" from the day before, but ended up losing to Sen, 1-2.

On November, SeleCT took part in the ASUS ROG Stars Invite in Finland. He managed to defeat DIMAGA in a tied series in the first round, and later knocked-out the local crowd's favorite elfi in semifinals. He eventually lost to IdrA in final, therefore earning the 3.000 $ prize dedicated to the runner-up.

In the 2011 GSL November, SeleCT was knocked out of Code A after falling to Tassadar 0-2.

2012[edit]

He announced his retirement on October 24, 2012, looking to move to Dota 2.[4]

Heart of the Swarm[edit]

2013[edit]

When the QPAD Red Pandas Dota 2 team failed to qualify for The International 3, he decided to move back to America and start playing StarCraft II again, in hopes of qualifying for the World Championship Series.[5]

On July 23, he returned to play for his former team, Dignitas.[6]

2013 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

Season 2[edit]

SeleCT participated in the WCS America Season 2 Challenger League Qualifiers just over a month after returning to StarCraft II. In the first qualifier he advanced to the semifinals by defeating Dragon, Tassadar, and XiGua but lost 2-0 to HyuN one round from advancement. He eventually made top 2 in the final qualifier by defeating BBoongBBoong, XiGua, and EliGE, which qualified him for WCS America Season 2 Challenger League.

In Challenger League, SeleCT was defeated in the first round 2-0 by HerO. He fell to the group stages where he would play Hack, Center, and Apocalypse. He was defeated by both Hack and Apocalypse but was able to beat Center to maintain his spot in Challenger League for Season 3.

Season 3[edit]

In WCS America Challenger League Season 3 SeleCT was defeated in round 1 by TheStC. He fell to the group stages where he was placed in a group with TaeJa, Revival, and JonSnow. He was defeated by both Revival and JonSnow and fell out of Challenger League.

2014 StarCraft II World Championship Series[edit]

SeleCT participated in the 2014 WCS America Season 1 American Qualifier on January 4, 2014. He was able to advance from his bracket in the first qualifier by defeating CatZ and advanced to WCS America 2014 Season 1 Challenger League.

In Challenger League, SeleCT was able to defeat qxc by a score of 3-1 and advanced into Premier League.

SeleCT was placed in Group H of Premier League along with Sen, puCK, and MacSed, he would play against United States player puCK, he would lose 0-2 meaning he is put into the losers match, in the losers match he would face Taiwanese player Sen, he would also lose against Sen with a score of 1-2 eliminating him from the group and Premier League this season. He awaits to play in the next season of WCS America Challenger League.

Trivia[edit]

SeleCT performing his signature gesture at the North American Star League Season 1 Live Event.
  • Played Eldar in Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War.[7]
  • Known for "¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sup Son!".[8]
  • Was in the All-State Chorus in High School.[9]
  • On the day of his return to SC2, he made a bet with SjoW about reaching GM #1 in NA within a month for a $100. He reached his goal on June 18, 2013.[10]

Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2014-02-201stShowm. (Basic)MONEY $PEAK$ #3 Match 3MONEY $PEAK$ #3 Match 3MONEY $PEAK$ #3 Match 3
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
4 : 3$100
2014-01-091stShowm. (Basic)MONEY $PEAK$ #1 Match 2MONEY $PEAK$ #1 Match 2MONEY $PEAK$ #1 Match 2
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 1$50
2012-02-051stShowm. (Basic)NASL Sunday Showdown 3NASL Sunday Showdown 3NASL Sunday Showdown 3
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
4 : 1$400
2011-11-052ndMajorASUS ROG Stars InviteASUS ROG Stars InviteASUS ROG Stars Invite
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 4$3,000
2011-08-311stMinorTt eSPORTS Challenge 2
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 0$750
2011-08-131stMajorNorth American Battle.net Invitational 2011
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 3$10,000
2011-07-061stMinorAlienware Arena SC2 North American Challenge
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 1$1,000
2011-06-262nd2v2 (Min.)Prodigy Team Star League Season 11 : 4$150
2011-06-173rdMajorEvil Geniuses Master's Cup Series VEvil Geniuses Master's Cup Series VEvil Geniuses Master's Cup Series V
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 3
compLexity GamingcompLexity Gaming
$222.22
2011-04-303rdMajorIGN ProLeague Season 1: "Best Of The West"IGN ProLeague Season 1: "Best Of The West"IGN ProLeague Season 1: "Best Of The West"
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 3$1,000
2011-04-241stMinorInsomnia42
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
4 : 1$1,239.40
2011-04-173rdMajorGadget Show Live InvitationalGadget Show Live InvitationalGadget Show Live Invitational
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
0 : 2$1,224.71
2011-04-033rdPremier2011 MLG Pro Circuit Dallas2011 MLG Pro Circuit Dallas2011 MLG Pro Circuit Dallas
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
0 : 2$2,000
2011-03-202ndPremierGosuCoaching Premiere League Season 1GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 1GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 1
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 3
FnaticFnatic
$333.33
2011-02-151stWeek. (Basic)4PL Close Combat Cup 2011 Cup 144PL Close Combat Cup 2011 Cup 144PL Close Combat Cup 2011 Cup 14
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
2 : 1$134.88
2011-01-291stMon. (Min.)Champions Trophy NA January
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 1$250
2011-01-241stWeek. (Basic)Go4SC2 NA Cup 25
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 0$50
2011-01-171stWeek. (Basic)Go4SC2 NA Cup 23
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 0$50
2011-01-152ndMinorFXOpen Shatter The Sky
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
1 : 3$300
2011-01-083rdMajorPokerIdol.com European Championship
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
1 : 2$1,158.93
2010-11-141stMinorKiller Launch Detected Tournament
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
 : -$500
2010-11-071stWeek. (Basic)Go4SC2 NA Cup 5
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 1$50
2010-10-162ndPremier2010 MLG Pro Circuit Washington D.C.2010 MLG Pro Circuit Washington D.C.2010 MLG Pro Circuit Washington D.C.
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
0 : 2$1,500
2010-10-021stMinorATL SC2 Open #2
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 0$100
2010-09-271stWeek. (Basic)Competo Cup 7Competo Cup 7Competo Cup 7
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 1$67.21
2010-09-251stWeek. (Basic)Undeniable Tournament 5Undeniable Tournament 5Undeniable Tournament 5
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 0$75
2010-09-181stMinorAltitude TL Open
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 2$300
2010-09-171stShowm. (Min.)2010 Leave No Doubt Showmatch #1
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 1$250
2010-09-051stWeek. (Basic)ZOTAC Cup EU Cup #21
Team DignitasTeam Dignitas
3 : 2$128.97
Extended list of results

Gallery[edit]

Interviews[edit]

Matches & VODs[edit]

First Person View Match VODS[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Matchup Statistics

 vs Protossvs Terranvs Zergvs RandomTotal
RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%
as Protoss0 - 0-0 - 0-2 - 166.7 %0 - 0-2 - 166.7 %
as Terran198 - 16854.1 %165 - 15052.4 %173 - 15952.1 %12 - 0100 %548 - 47753.5 %

Earnings Statistics

1v1 Medal Statistics

TierTotal
A1Premier0112
A2Major1135
A3Minor81413
Total93820

References[edit]