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Player Information

Name:

권태훈

Romanized Name:

Kwon Tae-hoon

Birth:

January 22, 1995 (1995-01-22)

Country:

South Korea

Race:

Zerg

Alternate IDs:

Killer.MvP

Nicknames:

Lady killer

Total Earnings:

$69,335

Links

Achievements

All-kills:

× 2

History

2010-12-15 — 2014-07-31

MVP

Retired:

2014-10-19

Recent Matches

Sniper	W:-	ByuN
November 5, 2020 - 13:07 UTC World Cyber Games/2012/Qualifiers/Korea/Non-KeSPA Qualifiers

Kwon "Sniper" Tae Hoon is a Zerg player from South Korea, now retired. He is one of 'The Forgotten Champions of Code S', having won the 2012 Season 5 by defeating HyuN in a close finals. He now plays Heroes of the Storm for Miracle.

Wings Of Liberty

Code A

In 2011 Sniper managed to qualify for the GSL August Code A defeating inori 2-1 in the final of his group in the GSL August Preliminaries. In the GSL August Code A he defeated SaSe 2-0 in the Round of 32 and secured his Code A slot for the next season. Sniper did not manage to qualify for the Up&Down matches as he lost to Check 0-2 in the Round of 16.

In the GSL October Code A Sniper lost to Curious 2-0 in the Round of 32 and was eliminated from the tournament.

Sniper tried to qualify for the GSL November. He made it to the Round of 4 in the GSL November Preliminaries where he lost to YoDa.

World Cyber Games

In 2011 Sniper managed to qualify for the WCG Korea 2011 National Finals where he lost to TaeJa and NesTea and finished 4th in his group.

GSL in 2012

In the 2012 GSL Season 1 Preliminaries, Sniper defeated Sickness 2-0 in the Round of 4 and PuMa 2-0 in the final of his group and re-qualified for GSL Season 1 Code A where he defeated Clide 2-0 in the Round of 48 and Sen 2-0 in the Round of 32. Sniper's opponent in the Round of 24 was Mvp. He lost 1-2 and advanced to Group B of the Up and Down stage where he finished 3rd with a 2-2 score, failing to qualify for Code S.

In GSL Season 2 Code A, Sniper defeated Avenge 2-0, Curious 2-0 and Bomber 2-1, earning him a spot in GSL Season 3 Code S - Group E where he will face SuperNova in the first match.

After two consecutive Code S Round of 32 finishes Sniper rose to fame by winning 2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 5. He beat HyuN 4-3 in finals which were held in Las Vegas in conjunction with IGN ProLeague Season 5.

OnGameNet Star II League

2012 OSL Non-KeSPA Preliminaries

On July 2, 2012, Sniper participated in the 2012 OSL Non-KeSPA Preliminaries. Sniper received a BYE in round one and then took down Punisher, Supreme, horror, and faced Curious in the finals. After taking down Curious by a score of 2:1, Sniper advanced in to the 2012 OSL Non-KeSPA Dual Tournament.

World Championship Series

2012 WCS Korea Preliminaries

On July 22, 2012, Sniper participated in the 2012 South Korea WCS Preliminaries. He received a BYE in round one and then took down 김지성, Ares, Flash, and faced Puzzle in the finals. He was not able to advance any further as he lost to Puzzle by a score of 0:2 and took 2nd place.

Achievements

In A1Premier tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Team	Result		Winnings
2012-12-20		3 - 4th	2012 GSL Blizzard Cup		0 : 3	PartinG	$4,653.98
2012-12-02		1st	2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 5: Code S		4 : 3	HyuN	$46,506.78
2012-10-18		1 - 12th	2012 Global StarCraft II League Season 4: Code A		2 : 0	Sirius	$905.38

Complete Results in any Tournament

Team Achievements

In A1Premier tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Team	Result		Winnings
2013-07-20		2nd	2013 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 1		3 : 5		$1,424.08
2012-12-08		2nd	2012 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 3		3 : 5		$1,540.36
2012-07-28		3 - 4th	2012 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 2		4 : 5		$439.23

In A2Major tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Team	Result		Winnings
2014-04-01	2nd	2014 Proleague: Round 2		1 : 4		$524.95
2013-08-18	1st	Acer TeamStory Cup Season 1		5 : 3		$769.23
2012-11-21	3 - 4th	2012 IGN Pro Team League		1 : 5		$250

In Premier/Major Team Leagues
Date	Event	Result

Complete Results in any Tournament

Championships

Global Starcraft II League Champion
2012 GSL Season 4 Preceded By:   Life	2012 GSL Season 5 2 December 2012 – 9 March 2013   Sniper	2013 GSL Season 1 Succeeded By:   RorO

Gallery

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Interviews

2014

• 2014-01-06 | 2014 SPL Round 1 Week 2 MVP vs Prime Winner by This Is Game at 2014 Proleague (trans. )

2013

• 2013-04-26 | 2013 GSTL Season 1 Group Stage MVP vs LG-IM Winner by This Is Game
• 2013-02-13 | 2013 GSL Season 1 Code A Ro32 Day 1 Winners by This Is Game

2012

• 2012-12-19 | Blizzard Cup 2012 Group B Winners by This Is Game
• 2012-12-02 | 2012 GSL Season 5 Grand Finals Winner by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 5
• 2012-12-02 |  GSL Code S Champion Interview by Slasher of GameSpot.com at 2012 GSL Season 5 (trans. )
• 2012-12-01 | 2012 GSL Season 5 Ro4 Winners by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 5
• 2012-12-01 |  Sniper talks about his semi's win and making the Code S Final by Slasher of GameSpot.com at 2012 GSL Season 5 (trans. )
• 2012-11-21 | 2012 GSL Season 5 Ro8 Day 2 Winners by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 5
• 2012-11-15 | 2012 GSL Season 5 Code S Ro16 Group C by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 5
• 2012-11-06 | 2012 GSL Season 5 Code S Ro32 Group F by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 5
• 2012-11-03 | 2012 GSTL Season 3 SlayerS vs MVP by This Is Game
• 2012-10-18 | 2012 GSL Season 4 Code A Ro24 Day 3 by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 4
• 2012-10-11 | 2012 GSL Season 4 Code A Ro32 Day 2 by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 4
• 2012-08-29 | 2012 GSL Season 4 Up & Down Group B by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 4
• 2012-01-05 | 2012 GSL Season 1 Qualified Code A Players by This Is Game at 2012 GSL Season 1

External links

• Sniper's profile on the Korean Ladder

Statistics

Matchup Statistics

	vs		vs		vs		Total
	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%
as	68 - 42	61.8 %	64 - 42	60.4 %	56 - 45	55.4 %	188 - 129	59.3 %
as	0 - 0	-	0 - 0	-	0 - 2	0 %	0 - 2	0 %

Medal Statistics

Tier				Total
Premier	1	0	1	2
Total	1	0	1	2