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Lim Yo-Hwan
Clan(s): SlayerS, Orion
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Which gaming scene has the most progamers?
Which progamers put in the most time?
Which progamers have wages and annual contracts?
Which progamers are recognised when they walk down the street, and cause queues of autograph hunters to form?
Which progamers appear on national TV, in the news, in commercials and in lifestyle shows?
South Korea has dozens of Starcraft professionals, and has done for over five years now. In a country that has two TV stations dedicated to the game, where school children everywhere know the players, and where finals have been known to draw 8,000 people to watch the game - LIVE - which player has dominated the scene for four years and is still going strong?
Lim Yo-Hwan, a.k.a SlayerS_'BoxeR' has a fan club with 100,000 members. He has won more televised tournaments than most the people in this competition have attended LANs. He has a regular wage that is several times the national average, and more income from endorsements and tournament prizes than I care to calculate. He has won two World Cyber Games in a row, written books, used his name to help sell chocolate - is there anyone else on this poll who has done even half as much?
However, it's dominating arguably the most popular competitive online game - there are more people on battle.net with Starcraft than there are with Warcraft 3 or on a Counter-Strike server at the moment - against scores of other professionals, that makes Boxer the most deserving recipient of this award. Voting against him just because you haven't heard of him until today, or because he doesn't play Quake, would be an admission that skill or influence on the world of gaming is being ignored.
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Tommy Ingemarsson
Clan(s): NiP, SK
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Counter-Strike is approaching its fifth anniversary. During this time the game has seen many players. But only a few have been around almost all the time. One of them is Tommy 'Potti' Ingemarsson. Through his impressive skill and the unusual ability to downright out-think his opponents he's secured himself a place in the sun.
Let's take a look at his career. His first clans where Allstars and 9. Then, back in 2000 he gathered the most talented players in Sweden and united them under the notorious 'Ninjas in Pyjamas' tag. With this team he should win, among others, five CPL events, including that legendary clash of the continents when his team defeated America's X3 in the final. When NiP more or less disbanded, SK signed him up. Under his direction SK became arguably the strongest team in the world. It's otiose to recount his successes.
Potti is not only the archetype of a Counter-Strike player but more general the prototype of a professional gamer. He's been around since the first days of the game and he's always been on top, he's not only steady in what he does, he's also successful in it. Therefore he is not only admired by Counter-Strikers but also by gamers of other disciplines..
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whatever, u know what i mean...
Seems fairly obvious...
