SOs (gamer) explained

Id:sOs
Kim Yoo Jin
Nationality:South Korean
Games:StarCraft II
Highlights:
  • 2× WCS champion (2013, 2015)
  • 2× IEM champion (2014 Poland, 2016 Taipei)
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Kim Yoo-jin, better known by his gaming handle sOs, is a Korean professional StarCraft II player. He is the first two-time StarCraft II World Championship Series winner, claiming the title in 2013 and 2015. Kim spent most of his career playing for the Jin Air Green Wings team, from 2013 - 2020. He is a Protoss player. He announced his retirement from professional gaming in 2021.

Career

In 2013, sOs beat Lee Jaedong at the World Championship Series (WCS).[1] [2]

In 2015, he repeated his WCS title after beating Life in the finals.[3]

In 2018 he made another deep run in the WCS. soS defeated his Jin Air teammate Cho "Maru" Seong Ju 3:0 in the quarterfinal; Maru was one of the favorites after Maru had won three GSLs in a row. sOs lost 0:3 to Kim "Stats" Dae-yeob in the semifinal.

sOs left Jin Air Green Wings for a new Korean team, Team NV, in November 2020. In September 2021, sOs announced his retirement from StarCraft on Team NV's Instagram.[4]

Tournament results

Playstyle

sOs is known for his creative play, often going for unusual build orders and "cheeses": high risk, high reward unconventional openings such as cannon rushing.[5] For example, at the finals of IEM Katowice 2014, sOs opened with the extremely high-risk proxy gateways (placing production buildings in the opponent's own base) strategy twice in a row in a best of seven against herO (Kim Joon-Ho) and won both games with it, and won the entire series 4–1.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kim "sOs" Yoo Jin Crowned StarCraft II Champion at BlizzCon. Marla. Desat . The Escapist. November 9, 2013. December 2, 2015.
  2. Web site: Kim Yoo Jin is now the best StarCfaft 2 player on earth. JASON . JOHNSON. Kill Screen. November 11, 2015. December 2, 2015.
  3. Web site: Protoss player SoS becomes the first two-time StarCraft 2 World Champion at BlizzCon. Philip . Kollar. Polygon. November 7, 2015. December 2, 2015.
  4. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTufF3WBMni/ Starcraft 2 Progamer sOs Retirement
  5. https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/page/blizzcon7/blizzcon-2018-starcraft-ii-sos-being-underdog-not-too-bad sOs: 'Being an underdog is not too bad'
  6. https://www.eslgaming.com/news/new-starcraft-ii-champion-has-been-crowned-1829 A new StarCraft II champion has been crowned

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