XellOs | |
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Seo Ji-hun | |
Hangul | 서지훈 |
Hanja | 徐智訓 |
Revised Romanization | Seo Ji-hun |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Chi-hun |
Seo Ji-hun in the MSL | |
Born | 9 February 1985 |
Nationality | Republic of Korea |
Role | Terran |
League | OSL (2001-2010) |
Games | StarCraft |
Nickname(s) | XellOs, XellOs[yG] |
Professional career | |
CJ Entus | |
2009 | Airforce ACE |
Medal record | ||
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World Cyber Games | ||
![]() | 2004 San Francisco, California |
Seo Ji-hun (born 9 February 1985) also known as his tag XellOs[yG] or simplified XellOs, is a professional South Korean StarCraft player of the Terran race. Ji-hun won the 2003 Ongamenet Starleague and the World Cyber Games 2004 grand final.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. South Korea lies in the north temperate zone and has a predominantly mountainous terrain. It comprises an estimated 51.4 million residents distributed over 100,363 km2 (38,750 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of around 10 million.
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Seo Ji-hun uses the Terran race. He first played StarCraft on a professional level during the 2001 Summer OSL Qualifiers. [1] Later, in 2003 he was able to win the 2003 Olympus Ongamenet Starleague. At this time he was on CJ Entus. In September of the same year, Ji-hun was able to come in third in the Korean Qualifiers. [1] In October he won the 2004 World Cyber Games Grand Final. He was also able to place third in the You Are the Golf King MBCGame StarLeague. In the 2005 EVER OnGameNet StarLeague he was seen as a veteran who had the potential to win the title, but came in third place. [2] In 2005 he came in first place in the World Cyber Games Progamer selection for StarCraft, but did not place in the main event. During this time period, he was given the nickname Perfect Terran. [1]
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Ji-hun did not win any major tournaments from 2005 until 2009, although managed to make it into the semifinals of a tournament once in 2007. [3] In February 2009 he started to serve his mandatory two year service for the Republic of Korea Air Force. In doing so he joined the professional StarCraft team Airforce ACE. [4] [5] In June 2009 he said that he had not played for 300 days, but played again in order to fulfill his service, and said that he will use his mentality to get back to playing the game. In 2010 he was asked to go to Korean Air's main hangar to watch the OSL, along with all of the other past winners, and accepted. [6] In June 2010 he was ranked 103 with 71.4 points in KeSPA rankings. [7]
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