TricKsteR

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[e][h] TricKsteR

Player Information

Name:

서기수

Romanized Name:

Seo Ki-soo

Nationality:

 South Korea

Born:

November 29, 1984 (age 39)

Race:

Protoss

Alternate IDs:

TricKsteR, Trickster, Tester, sSKS, Ki Soo, Sagisoo, Bulldozer

Approx. Total Winnings:

$17,409

Military Service:

Fulfilled

Years Active:

2010 - 2011,
2014

Links

History

2010-05-01 — 2010-08-23	Old Generations
2010-10-14 — 2011-06-24	Team SCV Life
2011-07-11 — 2011-12-20	StarTale
2011-12-20 — 2014-01-08	Military
2014-01-08 — 2014-10-14	StarTale

Recent Matches

ST	0:0 (Bo7)	ROOT
May 31, 2014 - 14:00 EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	4:1 (Bo7)	mYi
May 17, 2014 - 17:00 EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	2:4 (Bo7)	MVP
April 28, 2014 - 21:00 EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	4:1 (Bo7)	coL
April 27, 2014 - 19:00 EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

ST	2:4 (Bo7)	EG
March 24, 2014 - 19:00 EDT SHOUTcraft Clan Wars

Seo "TricKsteR" Ki-soo (born November 29, 1984) is a Korean Protoss player who last played for StarTale.

Biography

In Brood War, TricKsteR was a coach and player for South Korean progaming team, eSTRO. He was most notable for his 2v2 performances with hyvaa, as well as qualifying for the Round of 16 of 2009 Batoo OSL.

In Beta

With the launch of the StarCraft II beta, TesteR moved out of the eSTRO Pro-house to pursue the goal of becoming a StarCraft II progamer. He is considered to be one of the top players on the Asian server and has won many tournaments, which include 2 PlayXP tours as well as finishing second to FruitDealer in the largest SC2 LAN of the beta, the PlayXP BrainBox tournament. He also won the second GosuCoaching weekly after defeating SLush in the finals. In an interview with Artosis, he said he was keen to play in many international tournaments.

Tester was also part of oGs, a StarCraft II progaming-house with many other top South Koreans, including FruitDealer, RainBOw and Zenio.

Tester appeared to dominate the South Korean and international scene alongside former eSTRO and, at the time, oGs team-mate FruitDealer. As a reward for his beta success, he was invited to Day[9]'s King of the Beta tournament, where he placed second, losing 3-2 to IdrA.

Wings of Liberty

Tester eventually left the OGS house along with FruitDealer, claiming:

"Me and Wonki wanted to relax and enjoy games. Being in a team environment was nice but both of us wanted to really enjoy SC2 and leagues. For the purpose of more freedom, I left the team with Wonki, we are now living together."

Shortly after, he qualified for the first GOMTV Starcraft II Open. After advancing to the Ro32, he announced joining the newly founded Team SCV Life along with FruitDealer. Tester would eventually advance to the Round of 8 before being defeated by RainBOw. In the next two open seasons Tester has been upset in the qualifying rounds by Flint and kkOma (LittleBoy), respectively.

Tester has participated in other GOMTV events including the GOM TV All-Stars Invitational 2010 as one of the 16 invitees. He would place third defeating oGsNaDa, NEXGenius & oGsTheWinD. He ultimately lost 1-2 against MarineKing in the semifinals.

On the 24th of June, Tester left TSL, because he disagreed with the direction TSL was heading. It was later announced that he had joined StarTale. On December 16, 2011, it was announced that TricKsteR and his teammate SUPERSTAR would be entering the military.

Code S

Despite only qualifying for one GSL open season, his Round of 8 finish in GSL1 seeded him for Code S in 2011. TricKsteR has played in all Code S tournaments as of August 2011, the farthest he has reached being the Round of 8 in GSL January and GSL July. TricKsteR played in the Up and Down matches in GSL August after finishing 0-2 in his group, where he tied for second place with MarineKing and JYP with a score of 2-2. TricKsteR ended up losing to both of them in the tiebreaker playoffs, therefore placing fourth overall in the group and dropping to Code A.

Code A

TricKsteR had his debut in Code A in GSL October, where he was knocked out 2-1 by Dream in the first round, therefore being knocked into Code B.

Outside Korea

Tester was announced as one of the South Korean invites to MLG Raleigh as part of the GSL-MLG Exchange Program. He was placed in Pool C alongside DongRaeGu, TLO, SeleCT and SLush., with HerO eventually making it into his group via the open bracket. TricKsteR went 2-3 in pool play series and entered the Championship Bracket as the 4th ranked player in his group. He would lose his first Championship Bracket match 2-1 to the British Terran player DeMusliM.

Trivia

• Slayer of the legendary Baneling Mom.
• Also Played Protoss in Brood War.

Achievements

Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result		Prize
2011-07-20	5th - 8th	Premier		2011 Global StarCraft II League July: Code S		2 : 3	LosirA	$2,800
2011-05-29	2nd	Minor		Clash of the Houses: TSL		1 : 2	Killer	$23.13
2011-03-24	3rd - 4th	Premier		Global Starcraft II Team League March		1 : 4		-
2011-02-10	3rd - 4th	Premier		2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Feb		1 : 4		-
2011-01-17	5th - 8th	Premier		2011 Sony Ericsson Global StarCraft II League January: Code S		0 : 3	Mvp	$2,690.10
2010-11-21	3rd	Major		GOM TV All-Stars Invitational 2010		2 : 1	TheWinD	$860
2010-09-28	5th - 8th	Premier		2010 TG Sambo Intel StarCraft II Open Season 1		0 : 2	RainBOw	$3,400
2010-07-26	2nd	Minor		Razer King of the Beta by Day9		2 : 3	IdrA	$1,000
2010-05-29	1st	Minor		Altitude TL Invitational		3 : 0	IdrA	$600
2010-04-30	1st	Week. (Basic)		GosuCoaching Weekly Cup 2		3 : 0	SLush	$100
Extended list of results

To see TricKsteR's full GSL standings, see StarTale GSL Results To see TricKsteR's full GSL standings, see StarTale GSL Results

Matches & VODs

First Person View Match VODS

• TricKsteR / Tester matches - FPVODs - YouTube playlist @ SC2POVs

Statistics

Matchup Statistics

	vs		vs		vs		Total
	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%	Record	Win%
as	18 - 14	56.3 %	27 - 43	38.6 %	28 - 24	53.8 %	73 - 81	47.4 %
as	0 - 4	0 %	0 - 0	-	0 - 0	-	0 - 4	0 %
Σ	18 - 18	50 %	27 - 43	38.6 %	28 - 24	53.8 %	73 - 85	46.2 %

Earnings Statistics

1v1 Medal Statistics

Tier						Total
Major	0	0	1	0	0	1
Minor	1	2	0	0	0	3
Basic	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	2	2	1	0	0	5